When you’re the primary feminine rapper to headline Coachella, you’ve acquired to drag out all of the stops. If anybody was going to do it, after which some, it was Doja Cat.
Her 2022 Coachella set was stuffed with colour and a number of other outfit modifications, all exhibiting she was headliner materials. But when given the prospect to fill that coveted Sunday night time slot, her efficiency was a spectacle of all types, each along with her music selections and her manufacturing worth.
An unlucky pattern throughout Weekend 2 is that few performers have introduced out particular friends, however for the second weekend in a row, Doja introduced out Teezo Touchdown for “MASC.” He donned a silver swimsuit and, whimsically, sang right into a microphone that was embellished as a flower bouquet. During Weekend 1, Doja additionally introduced out 21 Savage and A$AP Rocky, who skipped out this time round.
Even when not a lot differed between her two performances, it was entertaining by means of and thru.
Coachella 2024: Here’s the entire setlist from Doja Cat’s Weekend 2 efficiency
The opening notes of “ACKNOWLEDGE ME” had been met with screams from the viewers, as Doja appeared on a round stage surrounded by followers. Wearing a white hazmat swimsuit and yellow gloves, it almost gave the viewers a warning that they weren’t prepared for all she would ship.
One of the extra distinctive parts of the present was when she was joined by the five-member South African a capella group The Joy (additionally wearing white) main into “Shutcho.” Their voices blended superbly, and it type of makes me need an a capella part for each efficiency shifting ahead.
A sight that I may watch again and again is Doja crawling on the catwalk with lengthy blonde hair and later accompanied by long-haired yeti dancers for “Demons.” I don’t know what’s extra placing: the demonic crawl or the Cousin Itt from “The Addams Family” outfit inspiration.
Later donning a silver one-piece, she commanded each inch of the stage as she rocked out to “Tia Tamara” and “F*** The Girls (FTG).” The crowd beloved it as properly, leaping round and head-banging alongside. Perhaps much more satisfying than her rap abilities was seeing her grin sometimes, doubtless as a result of she knew how good she was and that the viewers was dwelling for it.
Many followers doubtless hoped to listen to her extra pop hits corresponding to “Kiss Me More” and “Say So,” however Doja selected to skip these. In the top, it was the best determination, contemplating that her set was on the edgier facet. Instead, they had been handled to “Need To Know” and “Paint the Town Red,” which verify the packing containers for in style songs whereas nonetheless becoming into the rap-heavy theme.
You’ve acquired to depart the viewers on a excessive be aware, or in Doja’s case, she determined to finish on a messy one. She rolled round in a mud wrestling ring within the spherical podium space for “Wet Vagina” earlier than fireworks shot into the sky. It actually takes the cake for messiest competition closing ever, and like every little thing else in her set, one other memorable second.
Ema Sasic covers leisure and well being within the Coachella Valley. Reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @ema_sasic.
