Travis Scott says ‘Utopia’ was meant to be a play
nme.comTravis Scott has opened up about his recent ‘Utopia‘ album saying that it was initially meant to be a play.In a new interview with GQ, Scott said he’d like to write a play in the future although he initially thought that ‘Utopia’ was his route into producing this.“I wanted the album to be a play,” he told the publication. “I was trying to take Broadway — because the thing about Broadway theatres, they’re kind of small — I was trying to bring the idea of Broadway to bigger venues.
Like, either, like, plays in stadiums or plays in arenas, but still make it feel like a Broadway bill.”He revealed that he met with the playwright Jeremy O.
Harris to discuss the plans further.“I love Jeremy O. Harris. He’s amazing. We were exploring all these different ideas. I met with him.
I met with a couple of different people. We just talked about the idea of it happening. I was still trying to figure it out,” he said.Elsewhere in the interview, Scott has spoke about the tragic deaths that occurred at his Astroworld festival in 2021.In November 2021 eight people died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival during the rapper’s set due to a fatal crowd crush.
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