Travis Scott is again. The “Choose Up the Telephone” rapper is about to launch Utopia, his first studio album in practically 5 years, on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. He introduced the livestream occasion by means of social media posts throughout Instagram and Twitter on Sunday (July 9).
“Utopia is wherever you might be,” he wrote in one of many bulletins. The livestream is about to happen July 28 at 9 p.m. Tickets for the in-person occasion are already bought out.
Scott has remained comparatively mum concerning the particulars of the present, however within the midst of directing followers to hyperlinks by means of which they may buy tickets, he tweeted “Can’t waitttt to see ya.” On Twitter, simply minutes earlier than he formally introduced the Giza Pyramids occasion, Scott tweeted, “Damnnnnnnn I misss y’all,” adopted by a comparatively uncharacteristic keyboard smash. Each tweets served as Scott’s first main exercise on the platform since November.
Utopia will function the follow-up to Astroworld, Scott’s third studio album, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned a number of Billboard Sizzling 100 hits resembling “Sicko Mode” (No. 1), “Stargazing” (No. 8), and “Carousel” (No. 24). Though Scott has appeared as a featured artist on a slew of latest singles — together with tracks from the likes of Pharrell Williams (“Down in Atlanta”) and SZA (“Open Arms”) — his final fully unaccompanied singles arrived in 2021. A pair of songs titled “Escape Plan” and “Mafia” have been overshadowed by the devastating Astroworld Pageant crowd crush that killed 10 individuals throughout Scott’s efficiency. Scott based the music occasion in 2018 in his hometown of Houston. On June 29, a Texas grand jury determined in opposition to indicting Scott for any crimes associated to the deadly crowd crush.
Try Travis Scott’s Utopia bulletins beneath: