The crew will be up there for three days. RCA has officially confirmed that Kings of Leon’s seventh studio album will be released this year on October 14th. The SpaceX Inspiration4 flight mission will begin on 9/15. To now have that song and those images be a part of something as historic as this is really cool, and having it raise money for a cause we’ve always cared so much about, makes it even better.” “When we wrote and recorded ‘Time in Disguise’ in the studio, we always thought it had a spacy feel to it and then the visuals from our live show have that vibe, as well. “It means so much to us to be a part of this historic moment,” the band told People. The winner of the auction will receive both the NFT and the iPhone that went to space. Jude and was treated there for cancer when she was younger, will also play the song in orbit for the crew. Arceneaux, who is now a physician assistant at St. The iPhone will also contain artwork and footage of the band performing the track at a show in Nashville last month.
The file for that song is going to be loaded onto an iPhone, and that iPhone will be given to civilian astronaut Hayley Arceneaux, who will be going up into space on-board SpaceX’s Inspiration4 later this month. The riffin and ruminatin rockers are back with an eighth album that finds them joyful, energised and curious, the sound of growing happier in your own skin By Ella Kemp 5th March 2021 Kings Of. How, you might ask, will a digital non-fungible token make its way to a physical location such as space? Well, the new Kings Of Leon NFT is a live recording of “Time In Disguise” off their most recent album When Do You See Yourself. The space-bound NFT is up for auction now, with all proceeds going to St. In a People exclusive, Kings Of Leon revealed that they are about to embark on an “historic” milestone by becoming … the first band to send an NFT into space. The idea is that when the window closes this Sunday at 8pm, the NFTs in that finite pool will become collector’s items.Īll three are being released through a blockchain platform called YellowHeart, which focuses on ticketing for concerts.Īnd for the crypto-skeptical, “When You See Yourself” is still being released on digital streaming platforms, like Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube.Kings Of Leon were in the first wave of musicians that started messing around with NFTs and now the band is taking things one step further. This cryptographic way to buy and sell digital art and media is becoming increasingly popular, especially as fans want to own digital collectibles and artists are looking for means of monetizing.
The last is a riff on the “open edition” concept, where, for a set amount of time, fans can pay to “mint” as many “When You See Yourself” NFTs as they want. The new Kings of Leon album, When You See Yourself, will make history as the first album available as an NFT, also known as a non-fungible token. It comes in an edition of 18, six of which will be auctioned off the rest will go unsold, presumably with the hope that they’ll accrue value over time. Another is a “golden ticket,” which is linked to an actual concert ticket, and promises VIP perks like front-row seats for life and a personal concierge for shows. One is a sort of limited deluxe package that includes the digital album, vinyl, and an animated digital album cover. Kings of Leon are releasing three types of NFTs for the new album, per Rolling Stone.