Doja Cat confirmed she was the utmost skilled when she suffered a mishap onstage throughout her headlining set at Coachella.
The 28-year-old, whose given identify is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, was the final act to hit the stage of the two-weekend pageant on Sunday,
During a efficiency of her hit “F*** the Girls (FTG)” from her 2023 album, Scarlet, Doja Cat was ready for one among her crew members or dancers handy her a microphone so she may carry out the tune however was left empty handed.
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She gestured just a few instances to get their consideration to point out she had no microphone, however continued to lip-synch the lyrics and carry out choreography for the tune.
Doja Cat turned to face her band and raised her arms to ask the place the microphone was and was finally handed a chunk, however she appeared exasperated to seek out it did not appear to be working.
Eventually, she received it switched on and with out lacking a beat joined proper again into the tune like nothing had occurred.
A clip of the second went viral after Pop Crave reposted the video from X, previously Twitter account, Viral Thingz. The publish has reached almost 269,000 views.
Her followers flooded the replies with messages of reward for the singer/rapper.
“I did not even discover she did not have a mic. I simply thought she was emoting,” commented @yuhianka.
“She’s such an expert,” added @arishexiscoming.
And @emysbill wrote: “She’s such a real performer.”
While @cliqueminaj posted: “Her stage presence is CRAZY.”
Despite Coachella’s disappointing ticket gross sales this yr, which consultants informed Newsweek was attributable to a spread of things such because the cost of residing disaster, Doja Cat earned rave opinions for her set.
She grew to become the second Black girl to headline the pageant after Beyoncé’s efficiency in 2018.
“I think it would turn out to be a staple on best-of-Coachella lists for years to come back,” wrote Alaina Demopoulos for the The Guardian.
“For all of the infinite chatter this yr a couple of lackluster lineup, Doja proved she’s worthy of a headline spot, as long as the folks in cost—and, crucially, her followers—belief her to do it her personal method,” Demopoulos wrote.
Coachella additionally featured headline performances from Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator and even a reunion by Nineteen Nineties mega-band, No Doubt.
It was attended by many A-list celebrities from Kendall Jenner, to Hailey and Justin Bieber, and the most recent energy couple of the second, Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce.
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