AR Rahman enters the world of Web3, unveils ‘Katraar’, a metaverse platform

AR Rahman, the renowned composer and music director, announced the launch of his metaverse platform ‘Katraar’ on the occasion of his birthday celebration.

By Jasmine Anand:

AR Rahman, the globally-acclaimed Indian film composer, record producer, singer, and songwriter, is the latest Indian celeb to foray into the world of Web3. Rahman took to Twitter to tease the launch of his metaverse project.

I’m excited to announce today – KATRAAR, the #metaverse platform currently in development, is one step closer to launching. And I look forward to sharing this journey with you all.

➡️ https://t.co/1XP04zo0Lr@HBAR_foundation @MyQyuki #NFTs #Web3 pic.twitter.com/Un0fGSzxdl
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) January 6, 2023

On his 56^th birthday on Friday, the music maestro surprised his millions of fans across the globe as he announced the launch of a new metaverse music platform called ‘Katraar’ soon.

Rahman’s much-talked-about metaverse project ‘Katraar’, is a digital platform for up-and-coming musicians and artists. He described the word, ‘Katraar’ as a group of learned people who can change the world. He further explained that ‘Katraar is also a tradition. Katraar has wisdom. Katraar has future. Katraar has a vision.’

Katraar promotes new creations in music & empowers budding and upcoming artists

On this digital music platform, musicians can directly upload their works and make money from them. Moreover, the renowned musician will also make some of his original works available on the Katraar platform, which will be deployed on HBAR Foundation’s Hedera Network.

The Oscar award-winning musician has also mentioned working with the above-mentioned foundation to do many ‘cool things’, one of them being bringing in NFTs, which are rare and unique in music, art, and storytelling.

Interestingly, the said metaverse platform will soon feature many works from around the world.

Upon visiting the website of the said metaverse project, users are supposed to sign up with their email id in order to proceed. They also have the option to subscribe to their services. Other features of the project are still under veils.