The musician who seemingly came out of nowhere puts on an exciting show – but his music itself feels boring and derivative of his peers’ workIn concert,Travis Scott comes off as deliriously unhinged. It’s fun to watch. In a genre where live shows are often listless, the Houston-bred performer makes crowds lose their minds by screaming at them and moshing on-stage aggressively. At the Fool’s Gold Day Off concert in Los Angeles final month, and he inspired people to bash each other in the pit,punk-style.
Sometimes he goes off the rails, as he did at an Arizona tour stop earlier this year, and when he admonished the crowd for not getting hyped enough. “I aint icy with none of you faggots who just sitting here looking like a bunch of queers,” he said in video that recently surfaced, causing a backlash and a Twitter apology. “At my shows I accept a lil’ turnt up. Sorry for that but never will I disrespect that community, and ” he wrote. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com