Coachella’s Friday night headlining show ends on a bad note

Bad Bunny’s 2023 Coachella headlining show on Friday night was an epic show. The Puerto Rican superstar was the first Latino solo artist to headline the music festival and broke the barrier with commanding charisma and heartfelt respect for the music that created him.

During Friday night’s set, the artist appeared in a line of colorful plates supported by elaborate set-up — at first looking like a gas station in the desert, the artist addressed the mammoth crowd from the altar on a suspended platform.

The set opened with his arresting 2022 single “Titty Me Pregundo” and included worldwide favorites such as “I Like It” (featuring Cardi B and J Balvin) and “See You A Tu Mama”, a remix of the immortal “The Girl”. ” ran From Ipanema” to a new generation.

Speaking between songs in Spanish — early on, he asked the crowd which language they preferred, the results were clear — as Bad Bunny confidently explained to the thousands, “Nunca antes hubo uno como yo,” or, “There never was a like me. .”

Bad Buddy took to Coachella’s main stage to honor the history of the music that inspired him, using short documentary interludes that appeared on screen during show transitions.

Beginning with a tribute to the origins of the drums and rhythm in the Congo and Nigeria to the history of salsa and reggaeton (with a nod to the great Tito Puente), his set paid tribute to the multitude of artists and musical styles that converged to inform it. his opening title. Act for the festival.

The only setback came at the end, when he decided to share the stage with a former Coachella.

Post Malone performs in the Sahara Tent at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 16, 2022 in Indio, California.

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As Bad Bunny made his way through the crowd, a mysterious figure appeared on the side of the stage. By the time Bad Bunny returned to the spotlight, the cameras revealed a surprise guest: Post Malone.

Shockwaves of emotion (and ambiguity) reverberated behind the polo field, and the two artists slowed down for a somber duet with Post Malone on guitar.

They started playing Bad Bunny’s “La Cancione,” and within the first minute, Post Malone’s guitar started strumming and strumming. At first, the tattoo-faced artist appeared to be deliberately creating a rhythmic change in the song, but within seconds, it became clear that the microphone amplifying his guitar had failed.

Embarrassed, the two artists scrambled to fix the sound problems. Guitar tried to take a solo microphone while Bad Bunny played with another microphone, but B’s plan quickly failed. The crowd helped out with an a cappella version of “Yonakuni,” but the act quickly lost momentum.

Post Malone – care este cunoscut pentru că a atras privirile suspecte de la localnici atunci când vizitează orașul gazdă al festivalului, Indio – iese rapid de pe scenă și părăsește Bad Bunny, terminând setul fără probleme tehnice.

Focuri de artificii au explodat pe cer în timp ce Bad Bunny și-a revenit după o încurcătură pentru a încheia prima noapte a Coachella 2023.

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