The artist behind Gristle Buddeez Worldwide, Alphonso Knudsen—better known by his performative pseudonym DieWithTheMostLikes—has made a career out of confronting taste, class, and consumer culture with a bloodied, sarcastic grin. A veteran of SuperRare and an instigator of digital absurdism, Knudsen's work occupies the grotesque intersection of internet clout and conceptual art, often delivered in raw, fleshy metaphors. His irreverent style blends social critique with meat-heavy surrealism, building a universe where deli trays become altars and every JPEG bleeds irony. Gristle Buddeez isn't a pivot—it's a culmination.
This isn’t your typical PFP project—Gristle Buddeez comes marinated in narrative and packed with perverse interactivity. From “shid-bag” mechanics to a lore-rich game structure, holders are invited into a digestive economy that rewards participation with absurdist flair. The project gamifies gluttony, asking users to consume and trade within a world that blurs the line between engagement and satire. Here, utility is a parody of utility itself—meat tokens, badge systems, and community missions are built not to serve a roadmap, but to skew it into something stranger and far more entertaining.
More than an art drop, Gristle Buddeez Worldwide is a living critique of digital culture, art world self-seriousness, and the fleeting nature of hype. Launching with an NYC event complete with warm beer and cold cuts, the project leans into parody with full commitment—naming its central lore hub “Sotharby’s Bar, Grill, and Adult Bookstore,” a sideways nod to the institutions it gleefully mocks. In a landscape where “grail” status is often self-declared, Gristle Buddeez wears its absurdist ambition like a sash of spoiled bacon—proud, pungent, and impossible to ignore.
