Over two years after the 2021 Astroworld music pageant the place ten followers died in a crowd rush, Travis Scott defined how his newest album, Utopia, displays on that fateful day in an interview with GQ. “That second for households, for the town, you already know, it was devastating. And when it got here to creating, like even ending the album…I obtained again into it most likely like, I don’t know, months and months and months after,” the 32-year-old rapper informed the publication for GQ‘s twenty eighth annual Males of the 12 months difficulty revealed November 15.
Travis continued, “And the concept of simply even getting again into music, engaged on music and simply even entering into that, was therapeutic of having the ability to channel among the power into manufacturing and sounds and ending it.”
The tragedy occurred on Nov. 5, 2021 in Houston, Texas, the place greater than 50,000 followers gathered outdoors to see the “SICKO MODE” rapper. A crowd rush ensued on the venue leading to ten deaths and hundreds of accidents. The live performance led to a lot of lawsuits and far criticism of Travis, who in the end didn’t face felony expenses for the incident.
Within the GQ interview, Travis confirmed he was in a nasty place after the Astroworld pageant when he was making his Utopia album, which got here out in July 2023. “I imply I used to be simply overly devastated, you already know,” he mentioned. The daddy-of-two additionally admitted that he “at all times” thinks concerning the tragedy. “These followers have been like my household. You already know, I really like my followers to the utmost.”
As for the way he’s doing at this time, Travis shared that there’s “moments the place it will get tough” when he thinks again about what occurred that tragic evening. “You simply really feel for these individuals,” he mentioned. “And their households.”
“My Eyes,” a music from Travis’ newest album, references the Astroworld pageant. Travis informed GQ that the music is about “the issues I take care of on a day-to-day foundation and the very fact of the way it might be misunderstood and the struggles of life and all facets of life. The fixed weight that’s placed on. That you simply carry, you already know. And only a imaginative and prescient by my eyes.”
Following the 2021 incident, Travis took to social media to specific his deepest condolences to the victims and their households. “I’m completely devastated by what occurred final evening. My prayers exit to the households all these impacted by what occurred at Astroworld Competition,” the “Ring Ring” rapper wrote on Twitter. Travis spent months out of the general public eye earlier than making his first unannounced efficiency at a Coachella afterparty in April 2022. He additionally made his first TV look on the Billboard Music Awards in Might 2022.
