The stars aligned or more accurately, moved aside over the past few months for Travis Scott.

Scott’s peers' stalling leaves a void that seems tailored for him to fill.

ButAstroworldbenefits from more than good timing.

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Credit: David LaChapelle

Dark Angel Travis on the cover ofMcKnight).

One feels like the inverse of the other.

The sharper focus immediately pays off with opener “Stargazing.”

His voice digitizes and bends skyward in a joyously melodramatic moment that could be described as Afrofuturistic emo.

The raucousness sticks through all the switch-ups.

Screw") over an aggressively angelic mix of Swae Lee’s coos and candy-sweet keys.