Travis Scott Gets Into A Street Fighter-Style Brawl With A Robot In 'Highest In The Room'

Trippy videos are so 2018. So Travis Scott's video for "Highest In The Room," his new single, is downright absurd, realistic, cartoonish, sexy, and creepy. It'll make your skin tingle. Maybe itch. However it's good. The song is built around a tinkling guitar and is a lot simpler and more mellow than a lot of what Scott brings to the table. So, in contrast, it's not hard to believe that "Highest In The Room" is one of the most detailed, and unpredictable videos that he's ever had. Think of it as a bunch of puzzle pieces that don't quite fit with each other. On purpose.


Scott seamlessly blends reality and CGI with each other as if he were James Cameron whenever he released Avatar in 2009. In the video, Scott is standing outdoor on a rainy day in some futuristic city, looking oddly disconnected for some reason. He opens his mouth twice and exposes steam coming from his windpipes to show us that he's, quite literally, the "Highest In The Room." From then on, it gets weird(er). Scott slides his head through a sea of other faces (???), Gets his mouth full of hooks like a fish, as well as gets a metal arm tattooed before fighting a robot, 2D Street Fighter-style. I'm prepared to bet that he has a constantly-changing wheel of music video ideas that he spins and throws a dart at numerous times, then pieces with each other a treatment immediately after that. There's no other explanation for something like this. 


Scott's last album was 2018's Astroworld. In August, he released the documentary, Look Mom I Can Fly, that follows his career thus far.


Watch Scott's wild video for "Highest In The Room" up above.