Major NFT projects provide a unique perk: access to communities or experiences that were previously closed off to the public.
An upcoming project whose utility is no exception is the First Ape Wives Club (yes, inspired by the film ‘The First Wives Club’). NFT holders can enjoy new social utility through this project, which includes travel perks rivaling the Black American Express Card and Hollywood experiences that will revolutionize how they access entertainment.
Read below to learn how these NFTs are defining social utility by opening doors to the ‘rich and famous’ lifestyle. Interview with Amanda Archer.
Tell us about your experience working in Hollywood.
My first job in the United States was with Michael Jackson’s family. After Michael Jackson’s death, I worked with Katherine and Paris to do all their first international exclusives. It was an extremely steep learning curve for the American entertainment media industry.
Since then, I have been a specialist in exclusive interviews with world-renowned people such as the Hefners and Priscilla Pressley, Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton, as well kids from The Rolling Stones. After the media evolved with social media, my focus shifted to movie-making.
FAWC have some KICK ASS #ambassadors who are becoming #ape wifeys 💖 They’re representing a collection that promotes FUN and empowerment and we’re excited to announce them soon!
FAWC #nft dropping in autumn 2022 🍸 stay tuned for the #WL pic.twitter.com/Upj5mYQ37F
— First Ape Wives Club 💜 FAWC (@FirstApeWives) July 15, 2022
I’ve just finished producing my first feature film, ‘The Holiday Twist’ starring Neal McDonough, Sean Astin, James Maslow, Kelly Stables, Melody Thornton from the Pussycat Dolls and a bunch more.
I’m also a producer and Vice President of Talent and Business development at Fandomodo Film Company, where we have some pretty exciting, big budget projects coming later in the year.
What made you discover Web3 for the first time?
In October of 2021, myself and my First Ape Wives Club co-founder Farah Selena, we were researching NFTs and I basically couldn’t sleep once I discovered it. It was like a tunnel of information that I couldn’t get out of — it sucked me in completely. Just the depth of understanding web3 was a new challenge to me, which I hadn’t had in a very long time, where you find something that challenges you and pushes you to discover new ways of doing things and I really loved that.
We then created the First Ape Wives Club. This allowed us to figure out how to do all the generation, and what the strategy was to create a complete plan for an NFT Project that has long-lasting assets and capabilities.
We went into that development phase in October until now, and we’re getting ready to launch the First Ape Wives Club to the public which is extremely exciting after many rounds of development and strategic planning.
How did you get the idea for First Ape Wives Club, and how did it come about?
My business partner was going through a real-life ‘First Wives Club’ story where she had been in a relationship and it wasn’t working out and so as two women to empower each other, we started the First Ape Wives Club, and it’s sort of based off the movie ‘The First Wives Club’ where Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler all get together after the men have let them down and they empower each other and come up with a club to empower many other women. It’s a real-life ‘First Wives Club’ story.
It is amazing how useful the First Ape Wives Club NFTs are. Let us know about some luxury travel perks.
We offer a wide range of travel perks. Our network includes more than 1400 hotels around the world. To make you feel special, we offer perks such as early check in, late checkout, $100 credit towards food and beverages, hotel transfers, upgrades and hand-written notes from the general managers.
The brands that are included are Four Seasons, Bulgari, Peninsula Hotel, Sofitel, Virtuoso — it’s all the biggest brands in the world.
In addition, we’ve partnered with VIP Global which is a concierge bespoke travel group which are the next level of jets, private homes, VIP tickets to Oscars, Formula One — basically anything in the world that you want to get VIP, we will have it for our holders to experience the First Ape Wives Club lifestyle.
When you find something you’re passionate about, work becomes about more than just the 💸, it becomes life-fulfilling and you instinctively make ways to nurture it.
We ensure that FAWC club members (aka #apewifeys) experience this.
Join us: https://t.co/fi0bdnV6EY pic.twitter.com/eScdlqD5o4
— First Ape Wives Club 💜 FAWC (@FirstApeWives) July 18, 2022
We offer more perks than any Black American Express card by using our NFTs.
NFT holders can also enjoy exclusive Hollywood access. Please tell us about entertainment industry perks.
In addition to the travel, we’ve got all these entertainment perks. We’re going to be hosting events at a lot of the global events like Art Basel, The Oscars, The Emmys — having First Ape Wives Club partnerships with major entertainment companies.
We’re bringing in ambassadors who are leading writers, actors, producers, directors, and bringing them to our community to be directly accessible in our community through our Discord, Twitter Spaces, AMA’s, things like that.
And in real life, we’re also going to be giving our community the chance to participate on the set of a movie, in the creative spaces, entertainment agencies, music industry, all of those things. We have a lot to offer.
Why was it so important to allow Hollywood access on web3
My whole career working in entertainment, I have done it for everyone. ‘If you want tickets to the Rolling Stones I’ll get them for you, if you want to go to a movie premiere I’ll do it for you’ — and I always just did it because I love to share my experience.
I don’t think it should be just for me and just for these people who are in the business. It’s hard to crack into the industry. So giving people the opportunity to get their foot in the door, give people a chance, give people the once in a lifetime experience, that’s something that brings value to me because I love to give and share, but it also gives value to my community because it gives them access to things that they would never have thought possible.
Women of the Metaverse was founded by Amanda Archer, a creative studio that helps female creatives commercialize their NFT or web3 projects. First Ape Wives club is Archer’s first collection in partnership with Dapper Labs and Flow Blockchain.
The First Ape Wives Club project, which will launch September 12, 2022, features a collection 11111 female ape NFTs. These NFTs represent contemporary pop culture, with their neon colors, cheeky expressions and detailed jewels.
Six Senses Ibiza will host the Big Splash event hosted by Project Zero. The First Ape Wives Club will be supporting their launch. Project Zero ambassadors include Cara Delevingne (Celebrity), Kate Moss and Princess Eugenie.
Project Zero, a climate change organization, will receive a portion of the proceeds from the First Ape Wives Club Launch, and an annual donation.