On Sunday night, Karol G made history as the first Latina to headline at Coachella. The Colombian artist’s energetic set not only incorporated salsa, merengue and reggaeton classics — it also paid homage to regional Mexican music, with help from the Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. “Karol G knew that when people…
On Sunday night, Karol G became the first Latina to headline Coachella. Along with all her pride in that achievement, she seemed a little angry at that fact too. “It feels late,” the Colombian superstar said onstage, in a brief English-language address to the audience in a set otherwise fully in Spanish. “ It’s been…
“All Hippos, the drone is in the control room, give us your all.” Vanessa Bonet of the installation art group Dedo Vabo watched over a mission-control monitor deck, as the buzzing craft climbed into room full of braying hippos in rumpled suits. The beasts were, ostensibly, running a menacing communications conglomerate in a satellite tower…
If you’d like to take a ride on the Goodyear blimp, it turns out you can’t do it wearing heels. This I learned on Day 2 of Coachella, when the people who promote the tire company’s famous dirigible — they have a nice lady in charge of the blimp’s socials and everything — invited me…
Scroll through Instagram any time in April and you’ll see a stream of photos that are instantly recognizable as being from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival thanks to the iconic backdrop of a Ferris wheel against a desert mountainscape. Even though it’s not a permanent structure at the Empire Polo Club, the attraction,…
It’s TropiCoachella day. How are you watching La Bichota? Karol G’s Coachella headlining set rounds out a third day of some of music’s biggest names on the YouTube livestream: Wet Leg and Major Lazer on the Main Stage, Laufey and BigBang at the Outdoor Theatre, Iggy Pop and FKA Twigs at the Mojave and more….
So this is how we find out Justin Bieber is a YouTube Premium subscriber. The 32-year-old teen-pop survivor headlined Coachella on Saturday night, and for roughly half an hour in the middle of his set, what Bieber did was sit behind a laptop and sing along to his old music videos — often an octave…
Me when I’m watching my own Instagram Stories. Photo: Coachella/YouTube Justin Bieber’s music career began with YouTube, and during his Coachella headlining set, he paid tribute to his roots by dueting with himself. Bieber introduced the concept of DJ Biebs at the beginning of his set, shouting out the audience watching at home (also on…
Rae on March 20. Photo: Alejandro Gonzalez/AFP via Getty Images Addison Rae didn’t want to dance alone, so she brought a friend. During her Coachella debut, Rae invited Maddie Ziegler to dance during “Aquamarine,” and with their color combos, it became a nice fire (Rae in red latex) and ice (Ziegler in ribbon white) contrast…
Trent Reznor might never escape those ghouls. No one quite knew what to expect from Saturday’s re-vamped collaboration between veteran industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails and their recent tourmate, the German electro producer Boys Noize. Billed here as Nine Inch Noize, the pairing had experience on stages together, teaming up for the nightly middle third…
