Travis Scott
The Houston rapper who joined Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert on the 2018 single "Watch."
Travis Scott is an American rapper who collaborated with Kanye West on the 2018 song "Watch." The track was written alongside producer Pi'erre Bourne and released by Cactus Jack, Grand Hustle, and Epic Records on May 4, 2018. It was expected to be the second single from Scott's third studio album Astroworld, before being excluded when the album was released on August 3, 2018. On "Watch," West raps about opioid addiction and addresses his controversial social position.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Rapper
- Affiliation
- Cactus Jack Records
Lore & Background
The collaboration on "Watch" brought together three major American rappers: Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, and Kanye West. The song was teased by Scott's then-girlfriend Kylie Jenner via her Snapchat story on April 24, 2018, with West also teasing it on Twitter the following day. A day before the song's release, Scott revealed its release date and cover art, which includes a roller coaster, a skull with fire in its eye sockets, flowers, and a gem-encrusted gold watch. On May 11, Scott premiered a vertical video for the song exclusively on Spotify, shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain, in which Uzi and West were absent.
Reader's Guide
Travis Scott's role on "Watch" is as a vocalist alongside Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West. The song was produced by Pi'erre Bourne, who samples Ronald Jenkees' 2012 song "Early Morning May" and KSupreme's unreleased song "Expensive Shit." According to Rolling Stone's Althea Legaspi, "the track opens with an amusement park clip of a child at AstroWorld, and a whimsical, woozy musical vibe follows that befits that theme." Pearce noted "Pi'erre's superb ear-bending production" as "the song's best feature," writing that "Scott is largely forgettable" due to his "toneless, flat, and unchanging" hums. Personnel credits from Tidal list Scott, Uzi, and West on vocals, with Pi'erre Bourne on production, and engineering by Jimmy Cash, Noah Goldstein, and Mike Dean.
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