Beychella, as it quickly became known, clearly raised the ceiling of possibility. Our pop music critic mikaelwood looks back at Beyoncé's historic Coachella performance
One way to gauge the level of excitement rippling across the field at Coachella ahead of Beyoncé’s headlining performance last year is to consider that— the hugely popular MC who himself is no stranger to the festival’s massive main stage — could be seen standing for at least half an hour in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd that breathlessly awaited Queen Bey.
Almost certainly a guy capable of scoring a roomier spot had he asked, Chance seemed to understand that he’d want to be front and center for whatever Beyoncé had in store.When the pop superstar finally appeared before us on April 14, 2018, she made known immediately that this wasn’t to be a typical festival performance.
By far the most complicated production I’ve ever seen at Coachella, the two-hour gig featured approximately 100 musicians and dancers — including brass and string players, a drum line and a baton twirler — all of whom helped her radically reimagine familiar songs in a context clearly tied to her role as the first black woman to headline the annual desert festival.
Beyoncé, who’d pushed back her Coachella debut from 2017 after becoming pregnant with twins, told the audience that the delay had given her time “to dream” up something special.
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