

The concert that was set to promote Dystopia ended up with the notorious Astroworld Festival crowd crush, that led to more than 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries, sparking worldwide controversies aimed at Scott. The two tracks are speculated to be part of Scott's upcoming third solo mixtape Dystopia, which would be released before Utopia.

The song was eventually released as a single on November 5, 2021, along with " Mafia", which features guest vocals from J.

The song was believed to be another track off Utopia. At Rolling Loud Miami on July 24, 2021, Scott debuted an unreleased new song titled " Escape Plan". In June 2021, Scott appeared on the Cactus Jack for Dior Summer 2022 show in which 2 new songs were featured including: "In My Head" featuring Swae Lee which leaked in August 2019 and was recorded in 2018 during Astroworld sessions, and "Lost Forever" featuring James Blake and Westside Gunn. It debuted at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Niagara Falls" was released two years later under the name " Niagara Falls (Foot or 2)" on Metro Boomin's second studio album, titled Heroes & Villains. In October, Scott previewed a song with 21 Savage titled "Niagara Falls" and Bryson Tiller titled "Blunt Talk" on the twelfth episode of WAV Radio. The following month, it was remixed by Future with M.I.A.'s verse taken out. "Franchise" debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On September 25, "White Tee" was released under the name " Franchise" featuring Young Thug, and M.I.A., which was accompanied by a music video directed by Scott himself. On July 20, Scott previewed a song with Young Thug titled "White Tee" on the tenth episode of Chase B's radio. On June 20, 2020, a snippet of an untitled song, coined "Vision" by fans, debuted on another Kylie Cosmetics advertisement. The song was previously teased on one of Kylie Jenner's Kylie Cosmetics advertisements. A remix with Spanish singer Rosalía, and American rapper Lil Baby, the latter which debuted on Scott's Cactus Jack compilation album JackBoys in December. "Highest in the Room" debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, marking the song Scott's second number-one charted single since " Sicko Mode". On October 4, 2019, Scott released the single " Highest in the Room", which was accompanied by a music video directed by David Meyers. In an interview with WWD in June, Scott described the sound of Utopia, stating "I'm in this new album mode where it's like psychedelic rock". In May 2021, Mike Dean said Scott was going back to Owl Pharaoh vibes for Utopia. “So we came here with that message and I can’t wait for these to drop this shit". Sheck Wes "You Know The Scouts" is on the way, we got Faygo about to put out a lil EP that’s on the way, and right after that, Utopia,” Scott said. In February 2023, Scott revealed at the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend event in Salt Lake City that Utopia would be released after Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, and SoFaygo's projects would release. In April 2022, Utopia billboards were spotted in California.

In a 2021 interview with i-D, Scott said he has been working with new people while attempting to expand his sound and rapping new beats he has created recently. In January 2021, iced out Elliante- Utopia chains were seen worn by Roddy Ricch, Young Thug, Luxury Tax, Don Toliver, Gunna, 21 Savage, Sheck Wes, Chris Brown, Wheezy and Mustard. Recording for the album began in 2019 with Scott posting updates throughout recording sessions on social media.
#Travis scott utopia headphones series
In October, Scott continued to tease the album in a series of tweets. He further teased the "Utopia" title in a thank you letter on the second anniversary of Astroworld. The title of the album was revealed in early July 2020 when Scott uploaded an Instagram post with the caption "Utopia". The album will follow his third studio album Astroworld (2018) and will be the longest awaited project in his career. It is anticipated to be released through Cactus Jack Records and Epic Records on July 28, 2023. Utopia is the upcoming fourth studio album by American rapper Travis Scott.
