Travis Scott has introduced a brand new single that includes Bad Bunny and the Weeknd. He teased the music, titled “Kpop,” on social media forward of its launch tomorrow night time (July 20). This might be Scott’s first new music since he launched the songs “Escape Plan” and “Mafia” in late 2021.
Utopia, Scott’s upcoming album, is obtainable for pre-order however no launch date has been shared. It’ll mark his first album following the “mass casualty incident” at his Astroworld 2021 music pageant in Houston the place eight individuals died and others suffered accidents. (Two others died within the days following the pageant, and a Texas grand jury declined to indict the rapper on criminal charges as of final week.)
Again in Might, Scott played a preview of Utopia for members of the Houston Astros baseball staff of their locker room. He’s been teasing the LP for greater than a yr, as Billboards selling it popped up round California main as much as final yr’s Coachella.
Final week, Scott introduced a livestream event to have a good time “the world of Utopia” with a efficiency in entrance of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Though Egypt’s Musicians’ Syndicate stated it might revoke a permit for the July 28 live performance as a result of it “contradict[s] the id of the Egyptian tradition,” promoter Stay Nation denied that, saying there are “no modifications to Travis Scott’s present in Egypt; any experiences on the contrary are false.”