On January 8, 2025, songwriter Victory Boyd filed a copyright infringement legal complaint against Scott, SZA and Future, alleging that "Telekinesis" utilized elements of her 2019 song "Like the Way It Sounds"[6][7] – reportedly written during the studio sessions for West's album Jesus Is King –[8] without her permission.
During Travis Scott's chorus refrain, the instrumental uses "quick snare hits, deep bass, trill hi-hats, and industrial tones",[1] coming in when he proclaims "the future of the bounce".
He further stated "SZA's beautiful vocal performance and rapping paired perfectly with rising synths and string arrangements" and compared the song to Travis Scott and Beyoncé's "Delresto (Echoes)" in that "'Telekinesis' opts for consistent and elevatory progressions rather than a big payoff.
"[1] Vivian Medithi of HipHopDX commented "Unlike the rest of Scott's leftovers, UTOPIA breathes new life into the track, if only by passing the baton to Future and SZA", before calling the song a "great example of why people bother with these records in the first place.
"[13] Andre Gee of Rolling Stone commented that Scott had a "solid verse" in the song, and "When Future laments on 'Telekinesis' that he's 'takin' more drugs all alone in a mansion/Walkin' around tweakin' with the yop in my hands," you feel like someone's finally depicting what rich-nigga nihilism is supposed to sound like.