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"'The Scotts'" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American hip hop super-duo The Scotts, composed of rappers Travis Scott and Kid Cudi. It was released in various formats, including on 7-inch vinyl, cassette and as a CD single through Epic, Cactus Jack and Wicked Awesome on April 24, 2020. The song release was supported by four different visuals on YouTube.

The song debuted atop the 'Billboard' Hot 100, for the chart dated May 9, 2020, becoming Scott's third US number-one single, following "Sicko Mode" and "Highest in the Room", as well as Cudi's first US number-one single.

Both artists had previously collaborated on Scott's "Through the Late Night" and "Way Back" on 'Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight' (2016), Cudi's "Baptized in Fire" on 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' (2016), and Scott's "Stop Trying to Be God" on 'Astroworld' (2018). On September 3, 2021, Kid Cudi stated via Twitter that a full length "The Scotts" album was in store for the future, though he noted that he did not know when it would happen, only that it would at some point.

Background and promotion



On April 20, 2020, it was reported that Scott teamed up with 'Fortnite Battle Royale' to start a virtual tour through the game called "Astronomical" starting on April 23 until April 25. The rapper would premiere and play a new song at several different times during the game. Players of the game got to hear snippets of the song before its official release. In total, the concert was witnessed by an audience of over 12 million players. On April 23, Scott revealed the cover art of the song on his Instagram and announced that the song would feature Kid Cudi. The song title is a reference to Scott's stage surname and Cudi's real first name, who inspired Scott to take the name in the first place. The cover art of the single was created by American artist Kaws.

Critical reception



To Charles Holmes of 'Rolling Stone', the song felt "like a symbolic passing of the torch" after Scott's longstanding admiration for Cudi's work but eventually thought that "the results are mixed" despite having been "very hyped" beforehand. 'Rap-Up' described the song as an "explosive banger" with Scott igniting "the two-minute track while Cudder keeps the fire burning".

Chart performance



"The Scotts" debuted at number one the 'Billboard' Hot 100 on the week of May 9, 2020. The song became Scott's 3rd number one single and Cudi's first. The song also made Scott the sixth artist in history to have multiple songs that debuted at number one following Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Drake and Ariana Grande.

Personnel



Credits adapted from Tidal.

* Jacques Webster (Travis Scott) vocals, songwriting, composition, recording engineering, uncredited co-production

* Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) vocals, songwriting, composition

* David Biral songwriting, composition, production

* Denzel Baptiste songwriting, composition, production

* Mike Dean songwriting, composition, master engineering, mixing engineering, uncredited co-production

* Oladipo Omishore songwriting, composition, production

* Patrick Reynolds songwriting, composition, production

* Jimmy Cash recording engineering

* Ali Adel - music video editing

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications



Release history



See also



*List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2020

References



Category:2020 singles

Category:2020 songs

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Number-one singles in Greece

Category:Number-one singles in Portugal

Category:Travis Scott songs

Category:Kid Cudi songs

Category:Songs written by Mike Dean (record producer)

Category:Songs written by Travis Scott

Category:Songs written by Kid Cudi

Category:Epic Records singles

Category:Cactus Jack Records singles

Category:Songs written by Dot da Genius

Category:Songs written by Plain Pat

Category:Song recordings produced by Take a Daytrip

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