[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":116},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/namewee-fragile-nft-2021":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorPic":7,"body":8,"category":105,"coverPics":18,"date":106,"description":107,"extension":108,"meta":109,"navigation":110,"path":111,"seo":112,"stem":113,"type":114,"__hash__":115},"blogs/blog/namewee-fragile-nft-2021.md","Namewee's banned ballad \"Fragile\" makes him an NFT millionaire","Malaysia Blockchain Association Team","https://api.dicebear.com/7.x/avataaars/svg?seed=mba-team-3",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":96},"minimark",[11,19,22,42,47,50,54,57,62],[12,13,14],"p",{},[15,16],"img",{"alt":17,"src":18},"Digital art and NFT","/img/blog/gen/namewee-fragile-nft-2021.svg",[12,20,21],{},"A song banned in China has become Malaysia's biggest NFT story yet.",[12,23,24,25,29,30,33,34,37,38,41],{},"Rapper ",[26,27,28],"strong",{},"Namewee"," (Wee Meng Chee) put 99 NFT copies of his Mandarin ballad ",[26,31,32],{},"\"Fragile\""," — a duet with Australian-based singer Kimberley Chen that satirises China's \"little pink\" online nationalists — on OpenSea on Sunday. All 99 sold out ",[26,35,36],{},"within about three hours",", netting roughly ",[26,39,40],{},"209 ETH, reported at about RM4 million",".",[43,44,46],"h2",{"id":45},"the-backstory","The backstory",[12,48,49],{},"\"Fragile\" was released in mid-October and promptly banned in China, with both artists' Weibo accounts blocked. The ban did nothing to slow it down: the music video racked up tens of millions of YouTube views, and the controversy arguably supercharged the NFT drop. Local press are calling Namewee an \"instant millionaire\"; the man himself said he was \"honestly a little overwhelmed.\"",[43,51,53],{"id":52},"the-takeaway","The takeaway",[12,55,56],{},"Censorship, it turns out, is terrible at stopping decentralised distribution — and that is precisely the point Namewee's sale makes. For Malaysian creators, \"Fragile\" is the flagship example of the year's NFT boom: an artist monetising work directly with a global audience, on rails no intermediary controls. Alongside Red Hong Yi's record-setting art sale in July, Malaysia's creative scene is having a genuine web3 moment.",[58,59,61],"h3",{"id":60},"references","References",[63,64,65,75,82,89],"ul",{},[66,67,68],"li",{},[69,70,74],"a",{"href":71,"rel":72},"https://www.malaymail.com/news/showbiz/2021/11/09/malaysian-rapper-namewee-an-instant-millionaire-as-single-fragile-sells-for/2019499",[73],"nofollow","Malay Mail — \"Malaysian rapper Namewee an instant millionaire as single 'Fragile' sells for RM4m\" (9 Nov 2021)",[66,76,77],{},[69,78,81],{"href":79,"rel":80},"https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2021/11/743815/showbiz-fragile-sells-rm4mil-making-namewee-instant-millionaire",[73],"New Straits Times — \"'Fragile' sells RM4mil, making Namewee instant millionaire\" (Nov 2021)",[66,83,84],{},[69,85,88],{"href":86,"rel":87},"https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/malaysian-rapper-namewee-song-fragile-sold-as-nft-for-rm-4-million-go-nft-november-2021",[73],"Bandwagon Asia — NFT drop details (11 Nov 2021)",[66,90,91],{},[69,92,95],{"href":93,"rel":94},"https://soyacincau.com/2021/11/09/malaysian-namewee-sold-nfts-fragile-worth-over-rm4-mil/",[73],"SoyaCincau — sale coverage (9 Nov 2021)",{"title":97,"searchDepth":98,"depth":98,"links":99},"",2,[100,101],{"id":45,"depth":98,"text":46},{"id":52,"depth":98,"text":53,"children":102},[103],{"id":60,"depth":104,"text":61},3,"News","2021-11-09","All 99 NFT copies of the Mandarin ballad \"Fragile\" sell out within about three hours on OpenSea, netting roughly 209 ETH — about RM4 million — after the song was banned in China.","md",{},true,"/blog/namewee-fragile-nft-2021",{"title":5,"description":107},"blog/namewee-fragile-nft-2021","blog","XJzmOg5fZFk7VPWJ42BlChBA_Ue7n7Gdy-9_V7w0UhI",1784183600190]