Travis Scott just held a concert and
over 12 million people attended.
In a major collaboration, that's
clearly a sign of times, twelve
million players locked into Fortnite
last night to watch a virtual Travis
Scott perform in concert.
Scott also used the opportunity to
drop his latest song, The Scotts.
The event started with Scott's
personalized media crashing onto the
Fortnite map, delivering a giant
sized Scott wrapping to his hit song
Sicko Mode.
He then went throughout the map,
going through a six-song setlist,
ending with his latest The Scotts, a
collaboration with Kid Cudi.
All throughout the concert, players
were bombarded with ever changing
scenery, lights and sounds.
It was insane.
At one point during Goosebumps, the
entire game turned into this
psychedelic neon light show,
like the Disneyland Main Street
Electrical Parade.
But on acid.
And then we were underwater with a
diving suit-clad Scott rapping
to Highest in the Room.
This isn't the first concert held
within Fortnite.
Last year, Marshmello held a more
traditional concert in the game to
celebrate the end of the game's
Chapter One.
That event drew in around 10 million
people and Scott's Astronomical
concert beat that by around 2
million. With the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic still forcing major
gatherings like concerts to postpone
or cancel entirely, this
collaboration with Fortnite could
open more doors for other artists
looking to interact with their fans,
all while respecting social
distancing guidelines.
The newly launched short-form
streaming platform Quibi allowed
episodes of Chance the Rapper's
Punk'd reboot to play within the
game. Last year, Epic launched a
feature that allows you to watch
World Cup matches via a
picture-in-picture while playing
Fortnite. If you missed your chance
to see a giant Travis Scott stomp
around the Fortnite map, there will
be encore presentations tonight,
Saturday morning, and Saturday
afternoon.
Check out Fortnite's website for
exact times, and if you did catch
it, what did you think?
Are there any other musical acts
you'd like to see perform in
Fortnite? Or maybe any other game?
Let us know in the comments below
and we'll see you on the next
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