Grimes claims to have made more money selling NFTs than he has made in his music career.
Canadian musicians made over $5.8 million in less than 20 minutes selling NFTs in 2021.
It recently offered to split 50% of the royalties to whoever creates a song with AI-powered sound.
Grimes claims that he has made more income from selling NFTs than he makes from his music career.
In an in-depth interview with Wired's Stephen Levy, the artist, whose real name is Claire Boucher, reflects on her cryptographic and static code endeavors.
In 2021, he launched "Warnymph", a set of 10 NFTs developed in collaboration with his brother Mac Butcher. NFTs made over $5.8 million in less than 20 minutes.
“That was about my brother,” he said of the money he made selling NFTs. He had a real vision and we executed one of the first big visions. You really changed my life
When asked if Grimes made more money selling NFTs than he made from his music career, he replied, "Yes."
Grimes, who has two children with Elon Musk, has been releasing music since 2010 and took a break in 2011. He released the hit album Vision in 2012 and the critically acclaimed album Art Angels in 2015.
Musician recently released AI-powered audio software that allows creators to create sounds with their own voices and offers to share 50% of royalties with users who create songs using the software.
"Two in particular are great," Grimes told Ward of the track, which features user-produced vocals. I'm so in tune with my new album that it feels really bad. It's like, 'Who am I and why am I here?'
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