Crazy Frog Is Getting Death Threats Over NFT Release, Rumors Spread That Artist's Team Is Being Forced

After coming back with the first new song in 12 years, the most annoying frog in the biz, Crazy Frog, has found itself the center of an NFT controversy. Eager to hop onto the NFT train, the amphibian artist announced Crazy Frog NFTs, but not everybody believes that Crazy Frog's team is on the same page about selling tokens.

The December 9th release of Crazy Frog's single “Tricky” came as a surprise to many. What didn't come as a surprise was the announcement that Crazy Frog NFTs would soon be made available for purchase.

Soon, users on Twitter were reporting that not everybody on the Crazy Frog team was on the same page, with a user sharing a screenshot from the official Discord in which an administrator indirectly referred to NFTs as a scam.

EVEN THE ADMINS OF THE CRAZY FROG DISCORD ARE CALLING THE NFTS A SCAM LMAOOOO pic.twitter.com/cId2RnjsMX

— Dragon Girl December (@Shockinthereal) December 9, 2021

crazy frog nft are you fucking joking

— 🍭🌈🪲KAZ🪲🌈🍭 (@y2_kazoo) December 7, 2021

On December 10th, Crazy Frog's Twitter account, which called out several scam accounts trying to profit off the most annoying CGI artist in the past, rolled out a post about the future release, writing that the release of official NFTs "was the only way we can truly stop [the scammers] for good."

pic.twitter.com/FsTfuOPmKM

— Crazy Frog (@TrueCrazyFrog) December 10, 2021

This, however, attracted even more anti-NFT sentiment, to which Crazy Frog reacted by doubling down.

Can’t believe crazy frog fell off. You hate to see it pic.twitter.com/tdcw5hjZ2J

— Aleside (@Aleside9) December 10, 2021

WON'T cancel the NFTs.

— Crazy Frog (@TrueCrazyFrog) December 11, 2021

I mourn our time together Crazy Frog, but it’s too late for you https://t.co/OYc5N0wxYS pic.twitter.com/BCyPu1slkG

— Saltydkdan (@saltydkdan) December 11, 2021

This did little to stop the flood of tweets criticizing the creator — moreover, the rumors that there was discord among Crazy Frog's social media team seemed to have gained more momentum, with more evidence surfacing.

What's depressing about this whole situation is that the Crazy Frog people don't even want to do NFTs but the producer does, this is their genuine attempt to try and make the NFT stuff fail https://t.co/P1ZnJ5jVml pic.twitter.com/iseWRsHyDL

— Rel – oat (@DewEnjoyer) December 12, 2021

losing my mind at this image pic.twitter.com/bJbAn9DFWh

— LONELYMR (@YakuzaFive) December 13, 2021

the crazy frog team is all against nfts and it is literally only the producer's idea, their social media manager is actively trying to get a big backlash in hopes the producer will stop https://t.co/ZgfZ9Ajo9A

— hallie 💌✂️🦠 (@hccupit) December 13, 2021

On one hand the image of crazy frog being held hostage to make nft’s is really funny

On the other hand they are literally being forced nft’s against their will

I literally could not think of a more perfect time for this image pic.twitter.com/u0yBTUMcuB

— Joe (@ScreamingmadJoe) December 13, 2021

On Monday, Crazy Frog's Twitter account reported that they have been getting death threats since the scandal broke out. In a series of tweets, the Crazy Frog team provided assurances that nobody was pressuring anyone to do something (since the creator and producer of the project was the same person) and that social media guys had their own opinions and were allowed to voice them.

Hello, everyone. We would like to start this message by acknowledging that while we appreciate all the valid criticism toward NFTs, sending us death threats and other nasty things to our email isn't cool or productive. 1/9

— Crazy Frog (@TrueCrazyFrog) December 13, 2021

Nobody is forcing us to like each other's ideas and the producer isn't pressuring the creators. The creator is the producer. He's in charge and we just follow. Please stop spreading this myth, as it's blatantly untrue. 3/9

— Crazy Frog (@TrueCrazyFrog) December 13, 2021

Everyone has a say in the brand matters, however the higher-ups have still decided to go forward with the project. Not all of us agree and we may sometimes express disapproval promoting it. We are allowed to do so and we have been only speaking from our own personal judgment.

Whether Crazy Frog NFTs will be a success or a flop, the project is planning to release more music in the future so people can also get annoyed the old-fashioned way.