
Aside from that, each of the 1,000 buyers will have their names permanently listed on the linked roster of purchasers. Muse’s upcoming NFT release is limited to 1,000 copies globally and will come as both an NFT and a limited-edition format, according to The Guardian.Ī £20 ($24.50) purchase will get fans a downloadable version of the album as high-resolution FLAC files containing digital signatures of the members of Muse. That, however, was a release “containing NFT content” in the form of animated unreleased photographs taken from a key moment of the band’s past, rather than a standalone release. Self-produced by the band, it is a genre-hopping album that Matthew Bellamy described as 'a greatest hits album of new songs. Official Charts Company (OCC), the home of the official UK Top 40 charts, made NFT albums eligible for the charts in April this year, when UK indie rock band the Amazons released a digital box set NFT, limited to 100 copies. Will of the People is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Muse, released through Warner Records and Helium-3 on 26 August 2022. “The fan then has the option to store their NFT in their Serenade collection or transfer it to an external wallet of their choice,” Serenade’s CEO told Decrypt. Users can also use their existing Bitcoin or Ethereum wallets linked to Coinbase.Īs further explained by Shand, when a fan signs up on Serenade, the platform automatically creates a digital wallet on their behalf using Web3 infrastructure authentication solution Web3Auth. Muse have announced another new single, 'Compliance', which is set to appear on their ninth album check out a teaser here. Serenade’s one notable feature is that the platform doesn’t require users to create a crypto wallet before purchasing NFTs, and people can use debit and credit cards to purchase NFTs on the site. “On Serenade, we bear gas fees on behalf of all users-artists and fans-because we want to replicate the frictionless shopping experience today's customers are used to, and Polygon allows us to do this at scale.” “All Serenade NFTs are minted on the Polygon, because we value its affordability and eco-friendliness,” Shand told Decrypt.

“Muse have always had a great appetite for innovation and pushing the boundaries of how they deliver their music to fans, so using this technology to elevate the experience of their new album made a lot of sense,” Serenade’s CEO Max Shand told Decrypt.Īccording to Serenade's website, the platform uses layer-2 solution Polygon to mint NFTs-the company calls Polygon’s proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanism “far more efficient” than Ethereum’s current proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm.

"Will of the People" will be sold via Serenade, the “eco-friendly” platform that helps artists to capitalize on the NFT boom. Back in 2020, Mused also worked with Dapper Lab’s CryptoKitties project to create digital collectibles. Their ninth album, Will of the People (2022), which combined many genres and themes from their previous albums, was released in August 2022.
