Travis Scott’s Utopia album could also be inching nearer to a launch date. On Thursday (Could 18), pictures surfaced of Scott strolling alongside his bodyguard, who was spotted holding a briefcase with Utopia written on it. To extend safety measures, the guard had the briefcase handcuffed to his wrist.
Billboard has reached out to the rapper’s rep for remark.
Rumors have been swirling relating to the discharge date for the hotly anticipated album. Epic Information CEO Sylvia Rhone informed Billboard earlier this 12 months that Utopia is “anticipated to return in June.” Scott’s final album arrived in 2018 when he launched his astronomic effort Astroworld. The gathering bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its debut week, reeling in 537,000 album equal items. It included options from Drake, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and extra. It additionally obtained a Grammy nomination for greatest rap album the next 12 months, however misplaced to Cardi B’s Invasion of Privateness.
Earlier this week, Scott was at a Houston Astros sport when he previewed Utopia forward of the crew’s showdown in opposition to the Chicago Cubs. Talking to Fox 26’s sports activities director Mark Berman, Scott stated he was “contemporary from Utopia … it’s on the way in which now.” He added, “I needed to come right here to play Utopia for the boys down within the locker room. Needed to get them proper for the sport.”
In 2021, Travis launched one-off singles in “Mafia” and “Escape Plan” forward of his Astroworld Pageant, which turned tragic when 10 individuals died and almost 5,000 had been injured in a crowd surge. It has since led to a $750 million class-action lawsuit.
Scott seems to be to make one other return to Rolling Loud Miami this 12 months, the place he’ll function a headliner and carry out alongside A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, 21 Savage and extra.
