Travis Scott is already a casteller. For some, his name is unknown; For millions of hip hop followers around the world, he is an authentic and indisputable reference of this style: an American artist with more than 50 million followers on Instagram, music producer and singer. Scott has released his new album, Utopiaand it comes with a surprise: it has the castellers as absolute protagonists.
The rapper seems to be forming a castle 4 of 9 with lining in the video clip of the single Circus Maximus. The video clip was recorded on July 3, according to the specialized media Castells magazinein the Tarraco Arena Plaza, in Tarragona, had the participation of castellers of the gangs Castellers de Vilafranca, Xiquets de Tarragona, Xiquets del Serrallo, Nois de la Torre and Castellers de Mediona.
Behind the production of the video clip is the Catalan company Canadawhich also has videos of Dua Lipa y Rosalía, among others. The filming lasted throughout the day, since in the morning the whole stage was prepared, while in the afternoon the castle 4 by 9 with lining.
It has not yet been published on Youtube but the leak of some images in the presentation of the project has already generated a multitude of reactions on social networks.
For its part, according to the website Born, the castellers made “a great effort to participate”, since the filming of the video clip took place the day after an intense performance in the Pla de la Seu. They point out thatfilming “lasted many hours”but the president of the group, Carles Mata qualifies that “everyone was very keen”.