Commercially the album became Scott's first number one album in the United Kingdom, reaching the top also in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden charts. The album was promoted with a launch event, which initially was scheduled to be livestreamed from the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt, but due to construction issues was moved to the Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy. The album also has four alternative cover arts with different versions to each, in which Scott posted all of them to his Instagram profile in the days leading up to its release.

The album was supported by three singles, ' K-pop', ' Delresto (Echoes)', and ' Meltdown', and is a concept record that was accompanied by a film, Circus Maximus, which was released the day before the album. All 19 songs from the album debuted in the Billboard Hot 100, making Scott the 15th artist in the chart’s history to log 100-plus career entries. Utopia received generally positive reviews from music critics and debuted at number one on Billboard 200 chart, in which it earned 496,000 album-equivalent units, of which 252,000 units were pure album sales. The album serves as the follow-up to Scott's third studio album, Astroworld (2018), as well as JackBoys (2019), his compilation album that was released in collaboration with his record label Cactus Jack (also known as JackBoys). The names of the other artists on the album were initially hidden on streaming services, but Scott credited them four days after it was released.

Production was handled by a variety of record producers, including Scott and James Blake themselves, WondaGurl, Kanye West, Allen Ritter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Wheezy, Pharrell Williams, Beyoncé, Buddy Ross, Vegyn, 30 Roc, John Mayer, Jahaan Sweet, Boi-1da, Vinylz, Tay Keith, BNYX, Oz, Justin Vernon, the Alchemist, Dom Maker, Illangelo, DVLP, and Metro Boomin, among others. The album features guest appearances from Teezo Touchdown, Drake, Playboi Carti, Beyoncé, Rob49, 21 Savage, the Weeknd, Swae Lee, Yung Lean, Dave Chappelle, Young Thug, Westside Gunn, Kid Cudi, Bad Bunny, SZA, Future, and James Blake.

It was released through Cactus Jack and Epic Records on July 28, 2023. Utopia is the fourth studio album by American rapper Travis Scott.

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