Grimes started her Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival with some good self-deprecation after opening her Weekend 2 set with a video that mocked her Weekend 1 set, which many called disastrous.
A “Breaking News” style video was released, drawing coverage from his Weekend 1 set which was marred by technical difficulties that ultimately led Grimes to temporarily suspend the set.
#Grimes mocks his own Weekend 1 set in his Weekend 2 set intro.
Coachella coverage: https://t.co/QsapCPtBjF pic.twitter.com/wC9uvPBlg5
– Dorothy Elder (@dorthelder) April 21, 2024
Last weekend’s disaster caused the singer, songwriter and DJ to issue an official apology on
I would like to apologize for any technical issues with tonight’s show. I wanted to come back really strong and usually I always manage all aspects of my show myself – to save time this was one of the first times I outsourced essential things like rekordbox bpms and to leave…
— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) April 14, 2024
Grimes called Saturday’s performance a “redemption set” in an April 20 Instagram post and wrote on X that she doesn’t know “if there has ever been a more rehearsed or refined Grimes set.”
Who’s ready for Coachella Weekend 2?
I’ll limit the dismay to a maximum of ten seconds per song – I don’t know if there’s ever been a more rehearsed or fine-tuned grime set.
And I did another Blackpink remix for good measure pic.twitter.com/SKG4dqU0Ex
— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) April 19, 2024
Some speculated that Weekend 1’s set might have been a PR stunt, given Weekend 2’s intro, while others simply applauded his team, in general, for the opening video.
It’s Coachella w2 and Grimes has managed to capture the entire audience watching her to see if she gets it wrong again, but this time she’s delivering the sickest, most flawless ensemble anyone’s ever seen. . and in 1 public relations move, she claims total domination over Coachella 24.
Or her…
– Wax Motif (@WaxMotif) April 17, 2024
Grimes’ pr team ate that intro, my god.
-Queeen_LaChiefa (@EverydayJayyy) April 21, 2024
I’m actually a little skeptical that the Grimes debacle was staged and planned because this set is next level. PR stunt family.
-Ruhn (@darthruhn) April 21, 2024
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