In the distant future, a colony of humans live in a city called New Babyl under a dome to protect them from the aftermath of a great war that killed all other life on Earth.

[5] While competing, a group of the competitors discover an ancient archive hidden in the forest on the outskirts of New Babyl filled with forbidden historical, cultural and musical relics which forces them to question everything they have been taught.

[7] Series creator R.T. Thorne says of the show: People definitely looked at me weird when I first threw it out there a few years ago, just this idea of science fiction and hip-hop.

[11] Tai Gooden of Nerdist compared the premise to that of the Hunger Games series and Divergent, and said: "it’s a musical sci-fi dystopian mystery/drama where kids try to dismantle a system through creative dance.

[2] Nicole Hill of Den of Geek wrote "Utopia Falls, Hulu’s latest TV series offering, has a premise straight out of young adult fiction.

"[13] Joel Keller of Decider said: "Hulu is billing Utopia Falls as 'the first ever sci-fi hip-hop television series,' and it’s easy to see why such a thing hasn’t been created before.