Travis Scott has released the self-directed ‘The Odyssey’ music video for “When I’m Home” featuring James Blake and Ludwig Göransson
The track is featured in Christopher Nolan’s epic film The Odyssey in which Scott also appears as an ancient Bard
In recent interviews Scott recalled his eighth-grade connection to Homer’s original poem prior to joining the movie
Travis Scott has officially released the self-directed music video for “When I’m Home,” his featured track from director Christopher Nolan’s new film The Odyssey. Created alongside James Blake and composer Ludwig Göransson, the visual arrives one week after the movie’s global theatrical premiere.
In the film, Scott makes an on-screen appearance as a Bard reciting ancient oral epics. Speaking on the casting choice, Nolan explained that rap serves as a contemporary analogue to ancient oral poetry. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Scott expressed his immediate enthusiasm for joining the project alongside a cast that includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, and Lupita Nyong’o.
In a separate interview with Variety, the Houston rapper reflected on his initial exposure to Homer’s epic as an eighth-grader, recalling how his teacher Bernice Webster assigned it for summer reading. “She made me do an essay on the book, and I did some CliffsNotes bullshit,” Scott revealed. “I got a whoopin’ because I lied about reading it… She’s like, ‘See? That’s why I made you read that book; now you’re in this movie. It’s actually crazy.’”
Watch the official music video for “When I’m Home” above, and catch Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in theaters now.
