Travis Scott releases album Utopia featuring Beyoncé, The Weeknd and more

Travis Scott released the long-awaited album “Utopia” in the early hours of today (28). Five years after the release of “Astroworld” (2018), the project first announced in July 2020 through a simple post on Instagram, “Utopia”, arrives on digital platforms with 19 tracks and the participation of big names in the music industry such as Beyoncé, SZA, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Drake, Playboi Carti, Future, and others.

The album released by Cactus Jack, Travis' record label in partnership with Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, also features big names in its production, in addition to BNYX®, Boi-1da, and Jahaan Sweet, Mike Dean is responsible for engineering the mastering and mixing of “Utopia,” and Kanye West is credited on some tracks in production and songwriting. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Cristo, ex-Daft Punk, is also credited with producing one of the tracks.

“K-POP”

The track in partnership with The Weeknd and Bad Bunny, “K-POP” preceded the release of the album as a debut single on the 21st of this month and already showed a little of what the rapper would bring to the new project. The song also has a video featuring SZA, who despite not singing on this specific track, appears at various points on the album.

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Collaborations on “Utopia”

The participation of Beyoncé, who appears by surprise in the ninth track, titled “DALRESTO (ECHOES)” further increased fans' expectations about the project. She even shares some verses with Justin Vernon, known as the lead singer of the band Bon Iver. While in “TELEKINESIS”, in addition to SZA giving voice to the track, she also appears as a lyricist along with Kanye West, who is also credited in the composition.

The Weeknd, in addition to appearing on the debut single, also sings on “Circus Maximus”, the same name as the film announced by Scott on the 25th, which will be co-directed by him alongside renowned filmmaker Gaspar Noé.

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In the song “Skitzo” with Young Thug, Scott takes the opportunity to declare his loyalty to his ex-brother-in-law Kanye West in the lyrics, making reference to his candidacy for president of the United States. For those who don't know, many artists cut ties with West after scandals involving anti-Semitic comments by the rapper, but this didn't affect his relationship with Travis, who always makes a point of making his closeness to him very clear.

Featured Photo: photo of the cover of the album “Utopia”, by Travis Scott. Reproduction/Twitter/@tracklist