Travis Scott Shows Love to Coldplay After They Tease 'Goosebumps' Cover on Tour: 'Got It'

Mar. 15, 2025

Travis Scott performing in Los Angeles on July 18, 2022, Chris Martin performing in Las Vegas on Sept. 21, 2024.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty, Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Emma McIntyre/Getty, Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

ColdplayandTravis Scottare a more likely duo than you think!At a Coldplay concert in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, Nov. 10, frontmanChris Martinwas perplexed when a fan asked if he could play Scott’sUtopiahit “FE!N,” which has become a meme among concert goers ala Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” Scott has been known to perform the raucous song upwards of 10 times in a row.“What does that mean?” Martin, 47, asked infan-captured footage. “I’m under pressure. I can’t remember the whole Travis Scott catalog right now.“Coldplay performing in Rome, Italy on July 12, 2024.Roberto Panucci - Corbis/Corbis via GettyAfter racking his brain, Martin remembered his favorite Scott song: “Goosebumps” from 2016’sBirds in the Trap Sing McKnight.The band found a way to work the song into “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” from 2002’sA Rush of Blood to the Head.Scottreacted to the footageon X, writing, “This got it” with a goat emoji, signaling that the band is one of the “Greatest of All Time.“Scott, 33, is a documented Coldplay fan, shouting them out on songs such as “TIL FURTHER NOTICE” and “way back.” In a2012 interview withComplex, the Texas rapper named some of his more surprising influences.“I also like Little Dragon, Portishead, and Björk. Them n—-s is ill. I like The Fray and Gym Class Heroes, that s— was fresh. Coldplay, their melodies was ill… I feel like Coldplay has the craziest, aired-out choruses, but the music was too happy,” he said.As for Martin, he is no stranger to the hip-hop world. The singer has previously collaborated withJAY-Z,Kanye WestandBig Sean.Travis Scott performing in Miami in May 2023.Alexander Tamargo/GettyMartin sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in September to reveal thefuture of Coldplay. He shared that the band only has two “proper albums” left before they call it quits. The band’s tenth album,Moon Music, was released in October.“It’s really important that we have that limit,” he asserted. “There’s only 12 and a half Beatles albums. There’s about the sameBob Marley, so all of our heroes. and also having that limit means that the quality control is so high right now, and for a song to make it, it’s almost impossible, which is great.”

ColdplayandTravis Scottare a more likely duo than you think!

At a Coldplay concert in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, Nov. 10, frontmanChris Martinwas perplexed when a fan asked if he could play Scott’sUtopiahit “FE!N,” which has become a meme among concert goers ala Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” Scott has been known to perform the raucous song upwards of 10 times in a row.

“What does that mean?” Martin, 47, asked infan-captured footage. “I’m under pressure. I can’t remember the whole Travis Scott catalog right now.”

Coldplay performing in Rome, Italy on July 12, 2024.Roberto Panucci - Corbis/Corbis via Getty

Roberto Panucci - Corbis/Corbis via Getty

After racking his brain, Martin remembered his favorite Scott song: “Goosebumps” from 2016’sBirds in the Trap Sing McKnight.The band found a way to work the song into “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” from 2002’sA Rush of Blood to the Head.

Scottreacted to the footageon X, writing, “This got it” with a goat emoji, signaling that the band is one of the “Greatest of All Time.”

Scott, 33, is a documented Coldplay fan, shouting them out on songs such as “TIL FURTHER NOTICE” and “way back.” In a2012 interview withComplex, the Texas rapper named some of his more surprising influences.

“I also like Little Dragon, Portishead, and Björk. Them n—-s is ill. I like The Fray and Gym Class Heroes, that s— was fresh. Coldplay, their melodies was ill… I feel like Coldplay has the craziest, aired-out choruses, but the music was too happy,” he said.

As for Martin, he is no stranger to the hip-hop world. The singer has previously collaborated withJAY-Z,Kanye WestandBig Sean.

Travis Scott performing in Miami in May 2023.Alexander Tamargo/Getty

Alexander Tamargo/Getty

Martin sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in September to reveal thefuture of Coldplay. He shared that the band only has two “proper albums” left before they call it quits. The band’s tenth album,Moon Music, was released in October.

“It’s really important that we have that limit,” he asserted. “There’s only 12 and a half Beatles albums. There’s about the sameBob Marley, so all of our heroes. and also having that limit means that the quality control is so high right now, and for a song to make it, it’s almost impossible, which is great.”

source: people.com