BEYONCE BECOMES FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HEADLINE COACHELLA
BEYONCE BECOMES FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HEADLINE COACHELLA
“Y’all ready Coachella?,” she asked the crowd as she opened her set, becoming the first woman of color to headline the music festival in Indio, California.
Beyoncé performed in front of thousands of screaming fans on Saturday night at Coachella, after a year’s wait following her cancelation last year due to her pregnancy.
She began her sizzling performance with her 2003 debut solo single, “Crazy in Love”, she then transitioned into “Freedom”, “Formation” and “Sorry” from her 2016 visual album Lemonade. During “Sorry,” she mixed in verses from two fan favourites: “Me, Myself and I” and “Kitty Kat”.
Beyoncé performed for nearly two hours, during her performance, she unveiled surprise after surprise, her husband Jay Z joined her for a rendition of “Deja Vu” ahead of their On The Run 2 tour, making sure the spotlight was focused on his wife with a no-frills rap cameo, while Destiny’s Child reunited in an incredible moment, for a flawless renditions of “Lose My Breath”, “Say My Name” and “Soldier”. Her sister Solange joined her for a dance on stage, then Beyonce took to the runway for “Single Ladies” where she and two backing dances performed the famous routines. “Who Run The World (Girls)” was a powerful salute to feminism where Beyonce shouted out to every woman present and thanked those who had paved the way before her
Excited fans had a new nickname for this year’s festival: Beychella. Other headliners included the Weeknd and Eminem.
