Houston’s legendary rapper, record producer and film director has just premiered his directorial debut “Circus Maximus”. The theatrical film, whose title translates to “Largest Circus”, is directed by Scott alongside cult cinema filmmakers Harmony Korine, Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn, Valdimar Jóhannsson, and music-video maestro Kahlil Joseph.
The “surreal and psychedelic” film, which runs for 75 minutes and casts La Flame, in select theatres across the U.S. for just four dates: July 27th, July 30th, August 1st and 2nd. However, Scott has confirmed that more screenings “might be added” in future.
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Premiered via AMC, the “God’s Country” rapper’s “film is a surreal and psychedelic journey, uniting a collective of visionary filmmakers from around the world in a kaleidoscopic exploration of human experience and the power of soundscapes.”
Notably, the theatrical film is released alongside Travis Scott’s long-awaited fourth album “Utopia”. The 19-track LP, which is Scott’s first full-length album in five years, arrives after perhaps the most notorious and influential album rollout in Hip-Hop history.
The provocative album brings together some of the finest vocalists, emcees and record producers of our times. Here’s every featured artist and record producer on Travis Scott’s “Utopia” LP.
Ahead of the movie premiere, Scott revealed an exclusive trailer for “Circus Maximus”. Watch it here if you haven’t yet.
As Scott’s fans throng theatres in the U.S. and Canada, the hard-hitting rapper, who often shows love for his fans, announced that his fans will receive an exclusive “Circus Maximus” t-shirt and wants them to “send photos and videos from the inside”.
“Hid merch in the theatres. Send me photos and vids from inside Actually take pics in a theatre is janky Whatevs who care let’s have a blast,” Scott urged his fans earlier today.
This isn’t the first time that Scott has linked up with marquee filmmakers and photographers for “Utopia”.
In fact, Scott linked up with South African photographer Pieter Hugo and Berlin, Germany-based visual artist and photographer Kristina Nagel for Utopia’s affecting artworks.
“THE JOURNEY THRU THE ALBUM TOOK ME ALL OVER THE WORLD AND CANT WAIT TO FINALLY DROP THE ALBUM. THE MAIN COVER WILL DROP THURS UNTIL THEN A COVER EVERYDAY LOVE U SEE U IN UTOPIA,” Scott wrote at the time.
Check out Utopia’s evocative artworks below.
Scott was originally slated to premiere his latest album “Utopia” at the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.
However, Scott’s historic premiere, slated to go down tonight in Cairo, was allegedly stalled by Egyptian authorities over “strange rituals” which might not adhere to “Egyptian and Arab customs and traditions”.
While Scott pushed heavily for his concert to happen, it was “officially cancelled” by Live Nation this Wednesday citing “complex production issues”.
Listen to Travis Scott’s massive rap record ‘Utopia’ via Spotify.
