Highest In The Room

Album

The Dome, Vol. 92

Label

Cactus Jack

Genre

Hip hop

Composer(s)

Jacques WebsterII;Ozan Yildirim;Nik Frascona;Mike Dean

Entered Chart

Oct 19, 2019

Peak Date

Oct 19, 2019

Released

October 4, 2019

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Grand Hustle, Cactus Jack

The song's title is based on Travis Scott's use of weed. He is so heavily under the influence of the drug he feels like he's the "highest in the room." The hook's final line, "Hope I make it outta here," suggests La Flame is suffering from drug-induced paranoia. The first verse finds Scott discussing his love for his then-girlfriend, reality-TV star Kylie Jenner. According to TMZ, they called it quits in late summer 2019 (they were last seen together publicly on August 27). Kylie Jenner first teased the song in April 2019 as part of her Kybrows collection commercial. The following month, Scott performed a truncated version of "Highest In The Room" during his headlining set at Rolling Loud Miami. Then, on September 1, 2019, Scott elected to play a snippet of the record during a live show, which included a verse from Lil Baby. However, Lil Baby's contribution was left off the final version of the song. The track was produced by Swiss beatmaker OZ ("Sicko Mode") and German producer Nik D, who is part of OZ's team. The instrumentation is based around a tinkling guitar melody that was recorded by Nik D on an iPhone in February 2019. "I played the melody with my guitar, and I freestyled it for one minute," he explained to Complex. "I recorded it on my iPhone. It's very uncommon to do it like that." As Nik D said, it is uncommon to make a song using an iPhone, but it has been done before. One instance was The Internet's Steve Lacy, who produced the beat for Kendrick Lamar's track "PRIDE." using GarageBand on his iPhone. The blockbuster music video was co-directed by Scott with Dave Meyers. It opens with the rapper on top of a towering skyscraper in some futuristic city showing us that he's, quite literally, the "highest in the toom." We then see Scott walking the exposed metal framework of the building before battling cyborgs. "Highest in the Room" also became highest on the chart when it debuted at #1 on the Hot 100. It was Scott's second chart-topping solo hit, following "Sicko Mode." Travis Scott recorded a multilingual remix with Spanish singer Rosalia and Atlanta rapper Lil Baby. The new version is the opening track of Scott's Cactus Jack compilation project, Jackboys. Songwriters Olivier Bassil, Benjamin Lasnier and Lukas Benjamin Leth sued Scott and his collaborators, including Oz (Ozan Yildirim), Nik D (Nik Dejan Frascona) and Jimmy Cash (Jamie Lepr), claiming they lifted this song's guitar melody from their 2019 song "Cartier." The trio stated that they posted their song on a public discussion group for producers, and also emailed it directly to more than 100 producers, including Lepr, Frascona, and Yildrim, hoping to collaborate on a future release. However, when "Highest In The Room" was released later that year, Bassil, Lasnier and Leth "found the guitar melody of the song substantially similar to 'Cartier.'" They filed the suit in Federal Court in California on June 9, 2020, asking for damages in addition to their share of royalties.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I got room
In my fumes (yeah)
She fill my mind up with ideas
I'm the highest in the room (it's lit)
Hope I make it outta here (let's go)

She saw my eyes, she know I'm gone (ah)
I see some things that you might fear
I'm doin' a show, I'll be back soon (soon)
That ain't what she wanna hear (nah)
Now I got her in my room (ah)
Legs wrapped around my beard (uh)
Got the fastest car, it zoom (zoom)
Hope we make it outta here
When I'm with you, I feel alive
You say you love me, don't you lie (yeah)
Won't cross my heart, don't wanna die
Keep the pistol on my side (yeah)

Case it's fumes
She fill my mind up with ideas (straight up)
I'm the highest in the room (it's lit)
Hope I make it outta here (let's go)

Su black Ferrari le doy gas
Caballos suenan con delay
Si quieres duro el quiere má'
Aquí siempre hay un beso de ley, uy
Si ahora de fiera no me fuera a conocer
Chaqueta al hombro y la cadena hasta el pie
Si ahora de fiera no me fuera a conocer
Lolli-lollipop viene cash
Ay, shine ya la' joya'
Balas que duelen por detrás
Broom broom, yo también acicalá ('cicalá)
Ojalá que me cojas confesá'

(Ah, this my life, I did not choose)
Uh, been on this since we was kids
(Ayy, gon' stay on top and break the rules)
Uh, I fill my mind up with ideas
Case it's fumes
She fill my mind up with ideas (straight up)
I'm the highest in the room (I'm the highest, it's lit)
Hope I make it outta here

Baby, I just left from Vegas
Did 'em dirty on the table
Went and bought a new Bentayga
I paid cash, don't see no paper
Buy it, park it, tint it later
All my car's inside tomato
From Atlanta, not Decatur
I'm the one they say, "Don't play with"
Make them boys get on your table
High-five LeBron, floor seat the Lakers
Get more paper, get more haters
Standin' still, my diamonds skatin'
Fucked her once, she think we datin'
I can spend it, I've been savin'
I'ma spin ya, try to play me
I've been trappin' up them millions, used to trap it off a RAZR
Back when I was sellin' two-for-five plays, called in my RAZR
Niggas never had to give it to me, I want it and I'ma take it
Guaranteed to tell a hoe goodbye if she ain't tryna get naked

I'm like mm, mm-hm
Gotta get up out my room
Got some more bad vibes comin' through
Hm, she gon' bust a move
Make it do

I'm the highest, you might got the Midas touch
What the vibe is? And my bitch the vibiest, yeah
Everyone excited, everyone too excited, yeah now
Play with the giants, little bit too extravagant, yeah now
Night, everyone feel my vibe, yeah
In the broad day, everyone hypnotizing, yeah
I'm okay and I take the cake, yeah (yo también acicalá)