Rome, July 8 _ It was easy to rename it, given the location and hype of the event, hip hop gladiator. Feverish anticipation in the morning, buses diverted, streaming novelty _ live stream was on his website worth $15 _ for those who were not in Rome but in the world: a sold-out concert Travis Scott Last Night at the Circus Maximus which made at least 60,000 people dance.
Texas rapper Jacques Bermont Webster II, stage name Travis Scott of 67 million monthly listeners on Spotifty, performed live for the first time the songs of the new album, the fourth, “Utopia”, released on July 28 and already accompanied by records. It peaked at number one in Italy on the Fimi Albums and Compilations Chart. In the global table debuted at number one with over 128 million plays on Spotify in just 24 hours and thus became the artist’s best debut to date. and the fifth best debut in platform history. The song “Hyaena” was the first song, along with 8 others, to directly enter the Top 10 of the world chart, and all the songs of the album entered the Top 30.
An event announced just 5 days ago, the gallery featured many artists such as Hemitize, Tedua, Matteo Paolillo, Sick Luke, Emma Marrone, but also Bebe Vio, Georgia Soleri, football players Dybala, El Sharawi, Abraham, Cristante. The multi-awarded, 8-time Grammy-nominated, certified Diamond-certified artist on the Rome stage began with his flagships from 2015 (the year of “Rodeo”). On the third song, a surprise: Kanye West is on stage singing “Can say me Nothing” with his wild protégé. It’s Utopia night, the meadow is shaking too on Twitter, fans are talking about the ongoing “earthquake”, waiting for Drake, Beyoncé and The Weeknd to arrive on stage to sing with Travis the gladiator in white amid flames and smoke bombs.
As part of “Molten”, written with Drake, who with these rhymes about Willy Wonka immediately suggests a reference, if not dissing so fashionable in musical summer 2023, addressed to Timothée Chalamet, the protagonist of an as-yet-unpublished movie about the Chocolate Factory character who, according to gossip, has never actually confirmed that he will be Kylie Jenner’s new boyfriend.one of the Kardashian sisters with whom Scott had two children, Stormy and Aire.
Scott – grew up in the school of rapper Kanye West, said “I wouldn’t be here without him” – performer, songwriter, producer and co-writer, became emblem of its time influence on fashion and culture. His film “Circus Maximus” was released in US theaters on July 27. In the film, the main character is Scott, who, suffocated by an octopus, takes on a new form to meet producer Rick Rubin on a mountain.