The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant is heading into its twenty fourth yr with a set of history-making headliners. When the competition grounds welcome 1000’s of music followers again, first on the weekend of April 14 via 16 and once more on the weekend of April 21 via 23, they’ll witness historic feats as Unhealthy Bunny turns into the primary Latin artist to headline Coachella and Blackpink turns into the primary Okay-pop group to carry out on the principle stage. Frank Ocean, the ever-elusive singer and songwriter, may also make a grand return, rounding out the lineup because the third 2023 headliner.
Among the many second-liners are the likes of Gorillaz, Rosalía, and Björk. Calvin Harris fills the “returning to the desert” spot that Swedish Home Mafia took over final yr.
Headlined by Unhealthy Bunny, Friday will function acts reminiscent of Kaytranada, Blondie, Becky G, Metro Boomin, Moist Leg, Angèle, MUNA, BENEE, and Yungblud. Day 2 with Blackpink on the helm will see Boygenius, the Child Laroi, Charli XCX, Labrinth, Remi Wolf, 070 Shake, and Mura Masa. In the meantime, Frank Ocean’s Day 3 will see Kali Uchis, Dominic Fike, Latto, GloRilla, Porter Robinson, Rae Sremmard, and Weyes Blood.
The looks of Boygenius — the indie rock group comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker — hints at attainable en route. Except for headliner Unhealthy Bunny, the Latinx acts on the lineup embody Becky G, ¿Téo?, Dannylux, Eladio Carrión, Los Fabulosos Cadillac, Kali Uchis, Gordo, and Conexión Divina.
Unhealthy Bunny is constant his trek towards international domination as he prepares to take the stage. Again in 2019, whereas making his debut on the competition, the Puerto Rican musician delivered probably the most talked about performances to return out of the Coachella Valley, yelling out on the crowd in Spanish: “I need to know the place the Latinos are!”
Later, he added: “For me it is extremely huge to be right here. I really feel very completely happy, very grateful to all of you. I’m very pleased with what I symbolize, of the Latino group that has come far talking the language they communicate in my nation.” Now, he’ll be the last word star of the present with the principle stage slot to match it.
Heading into 2023, Unhealthy Bunny continues to be using the excessive of the largest album of his profession, final yr’s sensational Un Verano Sin Ti, and the 2 main excursions that accompanied it. Beginning off with sold-out nights in arenas in North America, the musician headed straight right into a multi-leg stadium tour 4 months later. Coachella turns into the most recent conquest in his unstoppable rise.
Blackpink turned the primary Okay-pop lady group to carry out at Coachella once they took the stage in 2019. Now, the four-piece supergroup will break their very own record-breaking feat as the primary Okay-pop group to be named headliners within the competition’s 24-year historical past. Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé made their grand return in 2022 with their highly-anticipated sophomore studio album Born Pink.
On stage in 2019, Lisa seemed over the Coachella crowd and requested: “Is that this actual or is that this a pc impact?” Since then, Blackpink has solely amassed extra followers and damaged extra data as the most well-liked lady group on the planet. Trying forward on the future, Jennie advised Rolling Stone final yr, they solely see their star shining brighter. “I don’t suppose Blackpink will ever finish in my coronary heart, as corny as that sounds,” she stated. “No matter what I do, I’ll at all times be Blackpink. Even when we’re 70 and we’ve got totally different lives, I’ll nonetheless really feel like I’m Blackpink. I’m dedicated.”
She added: “Blackpink, to me, is greater than whether or not we do music or not. It’s part of my household. You may’t deny your loved ones. There are ups and downs: You’re all busy, you see them so much, you then don’t — you’re nonetheless household.”
Ocean’s long-awaited second album, Blonde, was launched in 2016. Though the singer is thought for his lengthy breaks from music trade and the general public, he has launched songs together with “In My Room” and “DHL” in 2019, and “Expensive April” and “Cayendo” in 2020. In October, he launched his newest mission, Homer Radio, a brand new Apple Music 1 present.