Iman Europe and The Agenda chat mental health, music, Web3 and The Homies DAO

Talk to any musician who has “made it,” and they’ll say that achieving fame is both a gift and a curse. While success in entertainment can obviously bring many positives, it also carries the pressure to stay relevant, the worry of constantly needing to stay connected to fans, and the loss of freedom and privacy that comes with being a regular Joe — all of which can be utterly exhausting. Add a jam-packed events schedule that robs artists of the time to detox and socialize, and fame begins to look like just as much a burden as it may be a blessing.

On the flip side, those aspiring to break through and finally go mainstream deal with the pressure of an uphill climb and the potential outcome that after all the struggle, there might not be a light at the end of the tunnel.

For this reason,

When asked why she’s not currently concerned with floor prices, increasing the collective’s size, or even partnering with blue-chip projects, Europe replied:

“We’ll only have 500 because we really want to know each other, and we’re really trying to build a community, not just like a project. I think that’s the difference between a DAO and a project, is you want as many people to be on it as possible. But I think when we think of wellness, it is an intimate thing. And sometimes when you make it more about like clout and, I don’t know, speculation, it loses its truth, and it loses its power to really do what we want to do in this wellness.”

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