Travis Scott may still be touring the world in support of last year’s Utopia, but he’s already in the process of putting together a follow-up album.
In an interview with visual artist George Condo for Cultured Magazine on Thursday (September 5), the Cactus Jack rapper revealed that he’s “back in album mode” and “amped” about the new material that he’s working on.
During the conversation, Condo — who designed the artwork for Scott’s “Franchise” single, as well as Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — said to Travis: “I remember we were in Electric Lady [Studios] and you were like, ‘I want four chords on a piano.’
“All of a sudden you had that little microphone next to you, and you’d say something like, ‘I’m gonna juggle my urges.’ Would you ever go back and work again in that studio?”
The Houston native replied: “I’m gonna be back in New York. I’m back in album mode. I’ve been working on music and shit 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 fucking amped.”
The “I KNOW?” hitmaker has offered up other clues about what his next album might sound like.
Earlier this year, he teased the possible concept of his fifth LP after a fan speculated about what direction he might take.
“Imagine an album where each song is the city it was made in on the tour,” the fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Scott responded the following day and appeared to confirm he’s running with the idea, replying: “R u in my brain or what.”
La Flame has continued recording while on his massive Circus Maximus Tour, including in make-shift studios while traveling across North America and Europe.
Prior to a show in Boston in January, he posted a photo on his Instagram Stories of him tinkering with production software on his laptop.
“B4 Every Show,” he captioned the image. “Boston I’m tryna record back here. Chase B got it rocking out there.”
In addition to a new solo album, Travis Scott also appears to be working on a second collaborative project with Quavo.
In a video shared online in July, the former Migos rapper previewed a snippet of a new song with La Flame while he rode on a boat in Miami.
In a follow-up story, he simply wrote: “HJ2,” alluding to a follow-up to their 2017 album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho.
