Singer Yoon Ji-sung to participate in NFT project

Singer Yoon Ji-sung [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Singer Yoon Ji-sung will participate in a non-fungible token (NFT) project and engage in special communication with fans, his agency DG Entertainment announced Thursday.

“Yoon Ji-sung will conduct an NFT project with Meta Mafia, Meta Coop’s community NFT market platform,” DG Entertainment said through a press release Thurday.

This NFT project is scheduled to be “minted” — an NFT creation process — and airdropped or delivered in March. Fans will be able to obtain Yoon Ji-sung’s autographs and photos that were taken in collaboration with famous photographers.

In addition, various benefits such as free fan meeting invitation lotteries, a 20 percent discount on NFT purchases, preferential purchase of tickets for fan meetings hosted by Meta Mafia, and discount coupons for Meta Mafia goods will be provided.

“Starting with Yoon, we will introduce specialized NFT services through collaboration with talented celebrities,” said Metacoop CMO Kim Woo-jung through a press release Thursday.

Yoon debuted in the 11-member band Wanna One after finishing in eighth place on Mnet’s hit music competition show “Produce 101” in 2017. As Wanna One was intended to be a project boy band, its activities ended in 2019, and since then the members have gone their separate ways.

Wanna One is known for songs like “Energetic” (2017), “Beautiful” (2017) and “Light” (2018).

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]