Travis Scott once had fans thirsting for UTOPIA for five years straight, but now, it seems like he's more excited than ever to keep making art. Moreover, that 2023 album is still beloved and highly successful thanks to its replay value and its ongoing tours, and he just re-released his fan-favorite 2014 mixtape DAYS BEFORE RODEO on streaming services for the first time ever to much acclaim and sales controversy. As such, it might surprise you to hear that La Flame is apparently already working on his next full-length effort. He revealed this during a new Cultured magazine interview with legendary visual artist George Condo.
"I’m gonna be back in New York," Travis Scott remarked. "I’m back in album mode. I’ve been working on music and s**t every day on tour. When I’m doing the stadiums, because they’re sold out, I can see the music for what it is. I’m f***ing amped." "We’ve always approached everything from scratch, not doing loops," he said of his overall creative process when it comes to making music. "Taking music back to the real raw art. Cooking things instead of having them passed down."
Travis Scott At Fanatics Fest NYC 2024
Of course, this isn't really something new for Travis Scott in concept. He followed up ASTROWORLD with the JACKBOYS EP the next year, plus a slew of singles up until UTOPIA dropped. Also, let's not forget the massive hype that formed around ASTROWORLD before Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight had even dropped back in 2016. But considering the precedent that the Houston rapper's five-year wait created, this should be a very exciting preview for fans. Let's just hope it's legit. After all, we've already had some canceled sneaker color-ways this year...
Jokes aside, we'll see in due time what Travis Scott's next full-length looks like. Whether it comes around quickly in 2025 or it's the start of a years-long process, we're sure that the results will impress, inspire, and engage. Meanwhile, fans are still salty about the sales battle between Sabrina Carpenter's Short N' Sweet and DAYS BEFORE RODEO. But selling over 360K copies of a ten-year-old mixtape is a larger flex than most No. 1 chart debuts.
