The primary weekend of Coachella 2024 is over, and what went down off stage practically made extra headlines than what went down on stage.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce stood within the crowd throughout Ice Spice and Bleachers’ units. Vampire Weekend had Paris Hilton play Cornhole throughout their Western-inspired efficiency. Grimes got here out on an enormous robotic spider. Will Smith donned his go well with and Ray Bans to carry out “Males In Black.” Suki Waterhouse used her set as a gender reveal. ATEEZ introduced the Okay-Pop whereas The Aquabats introduced the “pool occasion.” And people weren’t even the headliners!
Us will observe that the trio of top-billed abilities — Lana Del Rey (Friday), Tyler, The Creator (Saturday), and Doja Cat (Sunday) — didn’t disappoint both. Throughout Del Rey’s April 12 efficiency, she introduced out a hologram model of herself. Tyler, The Creator, actually exploded on stage at first of his Saturday set. And Doja Cat introduced out dancing yetis earlier than being chased by a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton.
The second weekend of the pageant takes place from April 19-21. Because the bands put together to high this primary installment, scroll on to see what went down throughout Weekend 1 of Coachella 2024.
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For a second, it appeared that the one time Swift caught dwell music was when she danced at awards reveals. Nonetheless, Swift made up for misplaced time by attending Coachella alongside Kelce.
The 2 lovebirds watched as her BFF Jack Antonoff rocked the stage along with his band, Bleachers, on Day 2. Later within the night time, she was entrance and heart when her new bestie Ice Spice. Afterward, when Swift, Kelce, and Ice Spice hit up DJ Dom Dolla’s set, Kelce lifted his love within the air as if she weighed nothing in any respect.
Cameos, Cameos, Cameos
After the lineup left followers on-line feeling barely underwhelmed – ticket gross sales have been slower than typical, based on Billboard – each act went via their cellphone’s contacts to see who they may get to affix them on stage.
Shakira got here out throughout Bizarrap’s set on Friday to carry out “La Fuerte” earlier than saying that she’s happening a world tour. She and Bizarrap additionally carried out “Shakira: Bzrp Music Periods, Vol. 53,” the observe that skewered her ex Girard Pique.
As J Balvin carried out on his extraterrestrial-themed set, out got here “Agent J” from Males In Black – a.ok.a. Will Smith. The Oscar-winner and rapper previously referred to as “The Contemporary Prince” then carried out the theme music from the 1997 film.
Tems additionally obtained Justin Bieber to return out on stage. Bieber, who carried out for the primary time in two years on the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in February, joined Tems and Wizkid for a rendition of her 2021 hit, “Essence.”
Reneé Rapp drew a crowd on Sunday and handled her followers to a shock Kesha look. Whereas on stage, Kesha carried out her breakthrough hit, “Tik Tok,” altering the lyrics to take a stab at Diddy over his a number of sexual misconduct allegations.
Proper earlier than Del Rey closed out Friday, rising famous person Peso Pluma introduced out Becky G (“Chanel”), Junior H (“El Azul”), Santa Fe Klan (“No Son Klle”) and Arcángel (“Peso Completo”), every performing their collabs with Pluma.
On Saturday, Vampire Weekend was deep inside their nation vibe, leaning right into a bloes-Americana sound. Out of the blue, Paris Hilton, in a cowboy hat, got here out to play a sport of Cornhole. She picked up the beanbags and stated she hadn’t “performed this sport since The Easy Life.”
Random Fugees Reunion Out of Nowhere
Lauryn Hill stunned the Coachella viewers when she joined her son, YG Marley, throughout his afternoon set on Sunday. Then, Wyclef Jean got here out, and the trio went via “Killing Me Softly,” “Prepared or Not” and “Fu-Ge-La.”
Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star carried out throughout YG Marley’s set. The third Fugees member, Pras, didn’t seem (he was convicted in April 2023 on 10 federal fees that included conspiracy, witness tampering and failing to register as an agent of China, per NPR. He faces a most of 20 years in jail.)
No Doubt Returned
The ‘90s have been alive and nicely at Coachella. Deftones, Blur and the newly reformed Elegant (with the late Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob Nowell, taking on singing and guitar duties) rocked the stage. But, the 90s act that almost all got here to see was No Doubt.
Saturday’s set was a reunion practically a decade within the making. Gwen Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Younger got here collectively to play a set that includes their greatest hits, together with “Hella Good,” “Simply A Woman,” “Don’t Converse” and “Spiderwebs.”
Throughout the set, Olivia Rodrigo got here out to carry out “Bathwater,” a music Rodrigo stated was one among her favorites.
Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish
Del Rey capped off Night time 2 in a spectacular style. She carried out “Hope Is a Harmful Factor for a Girl Like Me to Have – However I Have It” through hologram, as her collaborator/pal Antonoff performed the piano. Earlier within the night time, Jon Batiste joined Del Rey for “Sweet Necklace.” Nonetheless, essentially the most thrilling visitor throughout Del Rey’s set was none apart from Billie Eilish.
“Yep, that’s the voice of your technology, the voice of our technology,” stated Del Rey after bringing out Eilish. “I”m so f—king grateful she’s standing subsequent to me proper now.” The “Unhealthy Man” singer replied that Del Rey was “the rationale for half [of] you bitches existence, together with thoughts.”
Collectively, they carried out variations of Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes” and Del Rey’s “Video Video games.”
This cameo wasn’t Eilish’s solely Coachella second. Throughout a membership night time/listening occasion at Do Lab’s tent on Saturday, she’d preview a music from her upcoming album, Hit Me Exhausting and Tender. The observe, apparently titled “Lunch,” depicted Eilish’s lust for one more femme (“I can eat that woman for lunch,” went one lyric.)
Tyler, The Creator Blows Up
Tyler kicked off his set on Saturday by taking part in a video of him wearing a park ranger’s outfit, saying he had given up his life as a music star to dwell contained in the camper parked on the Coachella stage. Cue some magic and stage explosions, and Tyler crashed via the camper’s wall because it exploded. It was a approach to get up the crowds, and the power stayed excessive as he introduced out Infantile Gambino to carry out “Working Out of Time.”
“I used to hate that n—a. Critically,” stated Tyler about Gambino (aka Donald Glover). I don’t know why, I gotta go to remedy to determine it out. however this n—a put this music referred to as ‘Urn’ out…I used to be at battle with myself, like, how might a n—a I hate a lot make one thing so good?”
Tyler would additionally convey out ASAP Rocky to carry out “Potato Salad” and “Who Dat Boy”; singer-songwriter Charlie Wilson to carry out “Earfquake”; and Kali Uchis to carry out “See You Once more.” Ultimately, Tyler obtained caught up in a windstorm and was blown off stage to shut out Night time 2.
Doja Cat Ends It on A Bizarre Word
Doja Cat closed out the primary Coachella weekend the one manner she might: fabulously. Doja carried out in a white furry two-piece, and her set included a mud pit, dancing Yetis, and an enormous Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton chasing her across the stage.
She began her efficiency sporting a blonde wig that went right down to her knees. Later within the present, she carried out with dancers in furry fits, giving the sense that she had recruited the native Bigfoot inhabitants as her entourage.
Doja Cat additionally introduced out some pals. Teezo Landing carried out alongside Doja for her dwell debut of “MASC.” ASAP Rocky returned for “URRRGE!!!!!!!!!!,” whereas 21 Savage got here out for “n.h.i.e.” Doja additionally launched the Coachella crowd to The Pleasure, a five-man a capella group from South Africa.
She closed her set with “Moist Vagina,” and the stage become an enormous mud pit. Doja and her dancers obtained deep into a lot, crawling round one another to finish the night time with an enormous innuendo.