Travis Scott Brings Out Playboi Carti & More Epic Moments From His Utopia – Circus Maximus Show in L.A.

Before the show started, tens of thousands of fans were stirring at the recorded sound of crickets. But around 9:52 p.m., a robotic female voice began preparing them for Scott’s rowdy arrival. “Greetings from Utopia. Before the show starts, open that s–t up,” she politely instructed before exhilarating chaos ensued for the next hour. The mosh pits ebbed and flowed like waves crashing in the ocean, concertgoers’ white phone lights indicating the tide.

“I’m nothing without my fans. … Thanks for making me the first rapper to sell out SoFi Stadium,” he marveled.

Moshing to their hearts’ delight was fans’ reward for sending Scott to the upper echelon of concert venues, and it was well-earned.

Utopia took center stage, but it wouldn’t be lit at the night show if he didn’t pull out the classics. Scott took it as far back as “Mamacita” from his 2014 sophomore mixtape, Days Before Rodeo, and “90210” from his 2015 debut studio album, Rodeo, while “Goosebumps” became the unexpected, electrifying finale.

Scott told the crowd “I never abided by curfews” shortly before all of the lights in SoFi Stadium abruptly turned on around 11:08 p.m., signaling everyone to go home and soundtracking their exit with “Telekinesis.”

It was a family affair when Scott’s firstborn child, Stormi, joined him in the baby-shaped parasail during his performance of “Mafia,” the single he released exactly two years ago along with “Escape Plan.” While the father-daughter duo was safely harnessed in the floating structure, he held her hand the whole time for extra protection. But she grew comfortable enough before the ride was over to bop along with her noise-reduction headphones. The sweet moment felt reminiscent of the time Stormi’s mother, Kylie Jenner, joined him in the roller coaster cart during his NYC Astroworld Tour stop at Madison Square Garden five years ago.

Scott restarted “Fe!n” to bring out the song’s sequestered guest, Playboi Carti, for the show’s most riveting moment. After smoking and flicking a cigarette in one fell swoop, the Die Lit rapper casually performed his verse from a crouched position while sending fans into a frenzy at his feet. But Carti wasn’t too cool to get caught up in the hype. Carti and Scott’s unmatched synergy, as seen in their belligerent head bobbing and heard in their maniacal, ear-piercing screeches, made the former Scott’s prime stage partner in crime.

Scott came in strong during the show’s second half, when the rapper — with the help of his longtime DJ Chase B — executed a flawless transition between “No Bystanders” and “Fe!n.” He pulled out all the stops for both party anthems, from flashing white and red strobe lights creating an eye-catching experience to SoFi Stadium’s video board transforming into vintage TV screens that projected real-time videos of fans. But Scott pulled out his Hot 100 No. 1 smash “Sicko Mode” (sans Drake) to keep the party going, sustaining his own and fans’ frenetic momentum and making his L.A. stop a night to not just remember, but wish to relive.