Delresto (Echoes)

{{Infobox song

| name = Delresto (Echoes)

| cover = Delresto (Echoes).png

| alt = Cover art for "Delresto (Echoes)": a greyscale photo of a pile of newspapers; "The Echo" is the name of the newspaper; part of the headline reads "America" and the back of one newspaper has a picture of Beyoncé

| type = single

| artist = Travis Scott and Beyoncé

| album = Utopia

| released = July 28, 2023

| recorded = 2023

| studio = Shangri-La (California)

| genre = Hip house{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Nathan |date=July 31, 2023 |title=Travis Scott – 'Utopia' review: lofty concept, shaky execution |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/travis-scott-utopia-review-tracklist-lyrics-credits-3475580 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801015949/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/travis-scott-utopia-review-tracklist-lyrics-credits-3475580 |url-status=live }}

| length = 4:34

| label = * Parkwood

| writer = * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

| producer = Travis Scott

| chronology = Beyoncé

| prev_title = Virgo's Groove

| prev_year = 2023

| next_title = My House

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Travis Scott

| type = single

| prev_title = K-pop

| prev_year = 2023

| title = Delresto (Echoes)

| year = 2023

| next_title = Meltdown

| next_year = 2023

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|djjJppx5nD0|"Delresto (Echoes)"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"Delresto (Echoes)" is a song by American rapper and singer Travis Scott with fellow singer Beyoncé.{{Efn|Beyoncé is credited as a featured artist on the album version of "Delresto (Echoes)".|name=lead}} It was released through Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment, Scott's Cactus Jack, Columbia, and Epic Records as the second single from his fourth studio album Utopia, both being released on July 28, 2023.{{Cite web |last=McNab |first=Kaitlyn |date=2023-07-28 |title=Travis Scott and Beyoncé, Saweetie, Offset, and More Best New Songs This Week |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-music-friday-travis-scott-saweetie-offset-more |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728210117/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-music-friday-travis-scott-saweetie-offset-more |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Teen Vogue |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=July 28, 2023 |title=Travis Scott Releases New Album Utopia |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/travis-scott-releases-new-album-utopia-listen/ |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=Pitchfork |language=en |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728041058/https://pitchfork.com/news/travis-scott-releases-new-album-utopia-listen/ |url-status=live }} The song was produced by Scott with additional production by Beyoncé, Hit-Boy, Mike Dean, and Allen Ritter; all of whom wrote the song alongside James Blake and The-Dream. The song also features uncredited additional vocals from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Alez |date=2023-07-28 |title=Travis Scott And Beyoncé Share 'Delresto (Echoes),' A New Collab |url=https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-beyonce-delresto-echoes/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Uproxx |language=en-US |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728045303/https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-beyonce-delresto-echoes/ |url-status=live }}

"Delresto (Echoes)" received positive reviews from critics, who praised Beyoncé's vocal performance and the song's production. In the United States, "Delresto (Echoes)" debuted at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 alongside entering at 14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song charted in fourteen other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom.

Background

In a 2015 Complex interview, Scott stated that he wanted to collaborate with Beyoncé. He said: "You know, I'm from Houston, she's from Houston. I feel like we—we're definitely in due time to do some music."{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Joe |date=July 28, 2023 |title=Travis Scott Finally Made His Beyoncé Collab Happen After Manifesting It 8 Years Ago |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/backwoodsaltar/travis-scott-made-beyonce-delresto-echoes-collab-happen |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Complex |language=en-us |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728215233/https://www.complex.com/music/a/backwoodsaltar/travis-scott-made-beyonce-delresto-echoes-collab-happen |url-status=live }} In 2019, it was revealed in a Vibe interview with R&B artist Tone Stith that both Beyoncé and Scott were still looking to collaborate, as Stith's song "Good Company" began as a demo for Beyoncé and Scott before being completed alongside Quavo and Swae Lee.{{Cite web|last=Johnson |first=Zoe |date=February 21, 2019| title=Beyonce And Travis Scott Are Reportedly Working On Music Together| url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=Vibe |archive-date=June 7, 2023|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/beyonce-and-travis-scott-working-on-music-together-636034/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607133530/https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/beyonce-and-travis-scott-working-on-music-together-636034/ }} Later, on Beyoncé's 2023 Renaissance World Tour, she performed the song "America Has a Problem". As the song played, images of a newspaper titled "The Echo" were displayed on the concert screens.{{Cite web |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=July 28, 2023 |title=5 Takeaways From Travis Scott's New Album 'UTOPIA' |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/travis-scott-utopia-new-album-review-takeaways-astroworld |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=Recording Academy |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731195514/https://www.grammy.com/news/travis-scott-utopia-new-album-review-takeaways-astroworld |url-status=live }} These images served as a hint towards "Delresto (Echoes)", and were later identified as a major component on the single's cover artwork.{{Cite web |last=Chandonnet |first=Henry |date=July 28, 2023 |title=Beyoncé Has Been Teasing Travis Scott Collab for Months – and No One Knew |url=https://people.com/beyonce-teased-travis-scott-collaboration-on-tour-7567283 |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=People |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729192001/https://people.com/beyonce-teased-travis-scott-collaboration-on-tour-7567283 }}

Composition

"Delresto (Echoes)" is a hip house song that has been described as having a "vibrant and progressive instrumental". It draws comparisons to Beyoncé's seventh studio album, Renaissance, due to its similar "house-inspired rhythms and musical aesthetics".{{Cite web |last=Nevares |first=Gabriel Bras |date=2023-07-29 |title=Travis Scott, Beyonce & Bon Iver Conjure Magic On "DELRESTO (ECHOES)" |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/699104-travis-scott-delresto-echoes-beyonce-bon-iver-stream |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731041829/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/699104-travis-scott-delresto-echoes-beyonce-bon-iver-stream |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}} In this track, Scott takes a more subdued role, allowing Beyoncé to steer the song and layering in his own "hazy Auto-Tuned speculations as a backdrop".{{Cite magazine |last=Cummings-Grady |first=Mackenzie |date=2023-07-28 |title=Travis Scott's 'Utopia' Album: All 19 Songs Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/travis-scotts-utopia-album-songs-ranked-1235381047/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729103640/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/travis-scotts-utopia-album-songs-ranked-1235381047/ |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

The song samples "Warped Woods", composed by Mattias Hakulinen and Pontus Askbrink, from the soundtrack to the video game Ittle Dew.

Music video

The music video is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.{{efn|name=credits|Stated in the end credits of Circus Maximus.}} The music video is a segment in the film Circus Maximus. The video takes place in the near future when Scott is in a blue taxi where his masked driver drives around in Copenhagen, Denmark. Beyoncé does not appear.

Reception

"Delresto (Echoes)" received positive reviews, with critics especially praising Beyoncé's performance.{{Cite web |last=Rindner |first=Grant |date=July 29, 2023 |title=Travis Scott's New Album 'Utopia' Is Heavy on 'Yeezus' Influences and Rising Rap Talent (And Possibly Beef) |url=https://www.gq.com/story/travis-scott-utopia-album-first-impressions |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=GQ |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729135543/https://www.gq.com/story/travis-scott-utopia-album-first-impressions |url-status=live }} Gabriel Bras Nevares of HotNewHipHop characterized the track as "euphoric" and identified it as a standout from Utopia. He elaborated that "the track feels complete without exaggerating its opulence". Complex considered Beyoncé's feature as the "biggest surprise" of the album, similar to the singer's appearance on Drake's Care Package track "Can I".{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2023 |title=First Impressions Of Travis Scott's New Album 'Utopia' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/j-mckinney/first-impressions-travis-scott-utopia-review |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=Complex |language=en |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731082751/https://www.complex.com/music/a/j-mckinney/first-impressions-travis-scott-utopia-review |url-status=live }} Recording Academy writer Michael Saponara called the song "one of Utopia{{'s}} buzziest cameos", praising the production of the song and remarking that "while Beyoncé does much of the heavy lifting on "Delresto (Echoes)" Scott's verse still stands out". Writing for Billboard, Mackenzie Cummings-Grady listed it as the fourth-best song on Utopia. She observed that even though the song seemed stuffed, it was still able to "take flight thanks to Beyoncé’s Renaissance-era groove, which fit in well with Utopia{{'s}} dystopian vision". Barnaby Lane of Insider highlighted "Beyoncé's angelic tones", which complete "the track's stripped-back sound and Scott's own short verse".{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Barnaby |date=July 28, 2023 |title=The influence of Kanye West's 'Yeezus' is clear as day on Travis Scott's 'Utopia' — but unlike Kanye, his experimental new album misses the mark |url=https://www.insider.com/travis-scott-utopia-album-review-kanye-west-yeezus-2023-7 |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=Business Insider |language=en |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230728175032/https://www.insider.com/travis-scott-utopia-album-review-kanye-west-yeezus-2023-7 |url-status=live }}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for "Delresto (Echoes)" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{single chart\|Australia\|34\|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé\|song=Delresto (Echoes)\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 4, 2023}}
scope="row"\| Australia Hip Hop/R&B (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/hip-hop-r-and-b-singles-chart/2023-08-07\|title=ARIA Top 40 Hip Hop/R&B Singles Chart\|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association\|date=August 7, 2023\|access-date=August 4, 2023\|archive-date=August 4, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804082653/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/hip-hop-r-and-b-singles-chart/2023-08-07\|url-status=live}} \| 18
{{single chart\|Canada\|26\|artist=Travis Scott\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 8, 2023}}
{{single chart\|France\|38\|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé\|song=Delresto (Echoes)\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 7, 2023}}
{{single chart\|Billboardglobal200\|19\|artist=Travis Scott\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 8, 2023}}
scope="row"\| Greece International (IFPI){{cite web\|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html\|publisher=IFPI Greece\|title=Official IFPI Charts — Digital Singles Chart (International) — Εβδομάδα: 35/2023\|language=el\|access-date=6 September 2023\|archive-date=6 September 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906064202/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html}} \| 64
scope="row"\| Iceland (Tónlistinn){{cite web\|url=http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/\|title=Tónlistinn – Lög\|trans-title=The Music – Songs\|language=is\|publisher=Plötutíðindi\|access-date=5 August 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805151119/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/\|archive-date=5 August 2023}} \| 25
{{single chart\|Italy\|63\|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé\|song=Delresto (Echoes)\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 5, 2023}}
scope="row"\| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web\|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s31-2-2/\|title=2023 31-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)\|publisher=AGATA\|language=lt\|date=August 4, 2023\|access-date=August 4, 2023\|archive-date=August 4, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804074412/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s31-2-2/\|url-status=live}} \| 35
scope="row"\| Luxembourg (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/travis-scott/chart-history/i12/\|title=Travis Scott Chart History (Luxembourg Songs)\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=August 8, 2023}} \| 22
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|30\|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé\|song=Delresto (Echoes)\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 14, 2023}}
scope="row"\| Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100){{cite web\|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-sprzedazy/single-w-streamie\|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie\|publisher=OLiS\|language=pl\|access-date=August 10, 2023\|type=Select week 28.07.2023–03.08.2023.}} \| 38
{{single chart\|Portugal\|37\|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé\|song=Delresto (Echoes)\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 14, 2023}}
scope="row"\| South Africa (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/travis-scott/chart-history/i38/\|title=Travis Scott Chart History (South Africa Songs)\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=August 8, 2023}} \| 18
scope="row"\| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=31\|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 31\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=August 4, 2023\|archive-date=August 4, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804124433/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=31\|url-status=live}} \| 1
scope="row"\| UK Streaming (OCC){{cite web \|title=Official Streaming Chart Top 100 \|url=https://officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20230804/7510/ \|publisher=Official Charts Company \|access-date=August 4, 2023 \|archive-date=August 4, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804165938/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20230804/7510/ \|url-status=live }} \| 45
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|25\|artist=Travis Scott\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 8, 2023}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|14\|artist=Travis Scott\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

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|+ Chart performance for "Delresto (Echoes)"

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|34|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé|song=Delresto (Echoes)|rowheader=true|access-date=August 4, 2023}}

scope="row"| Australia Hip Hop/R&B (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/hip-hop-r-and-b-singles-chart/2023-08-07|title=ARIA Top 40 Hip Hop/R&B Singles Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=August 7, 2023|access-date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=August 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804082653/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/hip-hop-r-and-b-singles-chart/2023-08-07|url-status=live}}

| 18

{{single chart|Canada|26|artist=Travis Scott|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

{{single chart|France|38|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé|song=Delresto (Echoes)|rowheader=true|access-date=August 7, 2023}}

{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|19|artist=Travis Scott|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

scope="row"| Greece International (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|publisher=IFPI Greece|title=Official IFPI Charts — Digital Singles Chart (International) — Εβδομάδα: 35/2023|language=el|access-date=6 September 2023|archive-date=6 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906064202/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html}}

| 64

scope="row"| Iceland (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=Plötutíðindi|access-date=5 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805151119/http://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|archive-date=5 August 2023}}

| 25

{{single chart|Italy|63|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé|song=Delresto (Echoes)|rowheader=true|access-date=August 5, 2023}}

scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s31-2-2/|title=2023 31-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=August 4, 2023|access-date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=August 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804074412/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s31-2-2/|url-status=live}}

| 35

scope="row"| Luxembourg (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/travis-scott/chart-history/i12/|title=Travis Scott Chart History (Luxembourg Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

| 22

{{single chart|New Zealand|30|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé|song=Delresto (Echoes)|rowheader=true|access-date=August 14, 2023}}

scope="row"| Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-sprzedazy/single-w-streamie|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie|publisher=OLiS|language=pl|access-date=August 10, 2023|type=Select week 28.07.2023–03.08.2023.}}

| 38

{{single chart|Portugal|37|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé|song=Delresto (Echoes)|rowheader=true|access-date=August 14, 2023}}

scope="row"| South Africa (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/travis-scott/chart-history/i38/|title=Travis Scott Chart History (South Africa Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

| 18

scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=31|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 31|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=August 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804124433/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2023&dspp=31|url-status=live}}

| 1

scope="row"| UK Streaming (OCC){{cite web |title=Official Streaming Chart Top 100 |url=https://officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20230804/7510/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804165938/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/streaming-chart/20230804/7510/ |url-status=live }}

| 45

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|25|artist=Travis Scott|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|14|artist=Travis Scott|rowheader=true|access-date=August 8, 2023}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Delresto (Echoes)"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Delresto (Echoes)|artist=Travis Scott feat. Beyoncé|certyear=2024|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2023|access-date=October 18, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Travis Scott|title=Delresto (Echoes) (feat. Beyoncé) |award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=November 26, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}