Billie Eilish Pabllo Vittar and More Billboard

Billie Eilish, Pabllo Vittar and More

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Day two of Coachella 2022 Weekend One is officially in the books. Saturday (April 16) in the desert marked some premieres and history-making sets for many of the artists, setting a new precedent for the festival.

For one, Argentinian trap sensation Nicki Nicole made her first-ever appearance in the United States, making her US debut on the Sonoran stage. The emotional 21-year-old artist said, “I never thought so many people would come to see my first show in the US.” Meanwhile, the set of 88Rising on the Coachella main stage made history as the first time in Record label landed spot in Coachella lineup. Also, Brazilian star Pabllo Vittar was the very first drag queen to appear at Coachella.

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Saturday’s headliner Billie Eilish also became the youngest act to ever headline the festival. Their loyal fans withstood the gusty winds that seemed to be getting stronger by the minute. The 20-year-old chart-topper closed day two with hits like “Bad Guy,” “All the Good Girls Go to Hell,” and “Happier Than Ever.” Eilish also had special guests, Khalid, Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn and De La Soul’s Posdnuos, join her on stage.

Check out the 14 best moments from Saturday below.

3:32 p.m. – Mexican singer-songwriter Ed Maverick took to the indoor Sonora stage and introduced himself to a significant crowd. “Hello, my name is Edward. Hello all Eduardos.” He went on to perform a nostalgic set singing his heartbreak anthems, which he planned to sing in 2020 when he was first booked. “I still can’t believe I’m playing Coachella,” he emotionally told the crowd, to whom he later apologized after his guitar “didn’t sound like I wanted it to.” brought toward the end of his 40-minute performance he Señor Kino out to perform their collaboration Vuelta En U. “Arriba México, Arriba el Rock.” He finished a fan favorite, “Fuentes de Ortiz,” then left the stage while his fans asked “otra, otra (one more).”

4:00 pm — Fresh from their performance at Dreamville Festival two weeks ago, JID brought the ‘Ville to the West. The Atlanta rapper brought EarthGang to perform “Meditate” and her verses on Revenge of the Dreamers III hit “Down Bad.” “Open up!” they all shouted to the crowd to open a mosh pit. JID displayed his fast-paced cadence throughout his set, playing songs like “Off da Zoinkys,” “Workin Out,” and “Skrawberries,” which he dedicated to the ladies in the crowd. “Women are cooler than guys,” he said. At an early stage, fans started chanting to a certain song, and the Dreamville rapper humorously replied, “You guys are trying to prematurely ejaculate! We need to do some foreplay first.” While JID encouraged the mosh pits, the artist nonetheless urged everyone to stay safe as he joined up-and-coming artist Kenny Mason to perform their new song “Sitck” from Dreamville’s final D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape performed. The two then played an encore of the song to end JID’s set.

4:40 p.m. – Tearing-eyed Nicki Nicole, who was making her US debut at Coachella, thanked fans for their support. “I never thought so many people would come to see my first show in the US,” she said, holding back tears as she also grabbed a flag from her native Argentina that a fan had given her as a gift . Towards the end, she also invited a little girl from the crowd to come on stage with her and sing “Wapo Traketero”. Even though the little girl was totally shocked and just stood there frozen, it was a sweet moment between Nicole and her little fan.

5:30pm – Although Giveon performed “Peaches” alone, he played a soothing show with live instruments for his Saturday night set on the main stage. The Long Beach singer mostly performed songs from his 2021 album When It’s All Said and Done…Take Time, with the exception of “Peaches” and a semi-rock version of his verse on Drake’s “Chicago Freestyle.” Giveon certainly dressed the part in a blue button down Chanel shirt with a white collar and cuffs and multiple chains. He also held on to a glass of white wine for part of his performance, before dedicating “World We Created” to a couple in the crowd he was interacting with. “How long have you been together? do you have a song The next song I’m going to play is your song, it’s just yours ok?” the R&B singer told them. Giveon ended with an extended version of Heartbreak Anniversary.

6:12 p.m. – Cuco’s trippy, rocking set felt tailor-made for the desert, a fact proven by his performance of “Under the Sun,” a swaggering, horn-heavy song that suited Coachella’s golden hour perfectly.

7:04 p.m. – 88Rising’s set – which functioned like a high-profile, ultra-impressive talent show – made history as the first time a record label got a spot on Coachella’s lineup. The 80-minute performance appropriately felt like a celebration; From the long-awaited return of K-pop act 2NE1 to J-pop artist Hilary Utada’s first festival set, there was applause around every corner. But one of the standout moments of the set came from label act NIKI, backed by a 15-piece orchestra, as she delivered her song “Split,” which she introduced by saying, “This next song is for my family and mine.” Country. ” How will the label remember such a feat? It was thinking ahead – 88Rising released a new compilation album titled Head In The Clouds Forever.

7:26pm – French record producer Tchami unexpectedly released Gunna during his Saturday night set on the Sahara Stage. The pair performed their song “Praise,” then Gunna rapped “Pushin P” for a second time after joining Lil Baby for “Drip Too Hard” on Friday night (April 15).

8:10pm – Fans could already feel the energy of Disclosure’s set as the DJ duo played a mix of fan-favorite beats including “Latch”, “Tondo” and “When a Fire Starts to Burn”. To add to the hype, Khalid appeared onstage in a lime green suit to perform the group’s 2019 collaboration, “Talk.”

8:30pm – Pabllo Vittar soaked up all the love her fans had to offer. After all, she made history tonight. “My name is Pabllo and I’m a drag queen from Brazil – the first drag queen to perform at Coachella,” she said. Their energetic and heavy set on the Gobi stage attracted fans who never stopped dancing to their trilingual techno and pop anthems. Towards the end of her set, she brought out Rina Sawayama to perform her new single, “Follow Me.” As she said goodbye, Pabllo couldn’t help but cry. “Muito Obrigada. Thank you Coachella.”

8:35 p.m. – Flume had to restart his set after a brief scramble, but the hiccups didn’t seem to bother him. The DJ/producer seamlessly delivered “You & Me” before kicking off a series of guests, beginning with Vince Staples for “Smoke & Retribution.” Other surprising drop-ins came courtesy of MAY-A and Oklou, which featured throughout the set, which also leaned heavily on new music – and deservedly Flume’s remix of SOPHIE track ‘Is It Cold in the Water? “ contained.

10:09pm – Megan Thee Stallion delivered a set full of old mixtape hits and newer chart-topping hits like ‘WAP’ and ‘Savage’ – and even debuted a new song, which she said is dedicated to her personally and to ‘who’ the f— it may affect…” Fittingly, the song ended with Meg repeating the phrase, “Yous ab—.” But more than any other moment on the set, Megan doubled down on what Anitta – with her own sex-positive performance – did at first day proved true. Being confident pays off. As Meg said best, “I want to take a second to say, Really hot girl s-.”

10:35pm – Stromae opens its highly anticipated return to the Coachella stage with a Pixar-esque animation featuring an animated version of the singer flying from Mars to Indio. He then performed a dynamic set complete with hits old and new, a robotic dog delivering a sweater to Stromae on stage, and stunning background animations. A highlight of the set was Fils de Joie, in which the Belgian star stood on a podium and gave the audience a press conference about a deceased sex worker. The song commemorates the passing of various people in their lives, highlighting how each character has “closed their eyes” to address the stigma of women in the sex work field.

10:50pm – Isaiah Rashad marked his first appearance since his sextape with him and two other men was leaked in February. Isaiah Rashad began his set with a video montage that addressed the elephant in the room. “The purpose of doing that was to embarrass him. It backfired, though,” said one of the voices. “When his video leaked, his dreams and everything came true.” The Chattanooga rapper kicked off his Sahara Stage set Saturday night with Kal Banx performing “RIP Young.” Then he brought out Doechii for Wat U Sed and her new song Crazy. “I see all the messages and all the positivity. You’ve kept me alive for the past few months,” he said. SiR also performed for “Rope // rosegold”. Rashad ended his set with “Headshots”.

12:37pm – Towards the end of Billie Eilish’s day two headlining set, the superstar treated fans to a guest appearance from Damon Albarn – consider it her own “When Harry Met Shania” moment (from Styles’ headlining set on first day). Albarn sauntered onto the stage to sing “Getting Older” from Eilish’s sophomore album Happier Than Ever, and stayed with “Feel Good Inc.”, which was also joined by Posdnuos from De La Soul and the last bit of Eilish’s set with high injected energy. “This is the craziest shit I’ve ever experienced,” Eilish said. “This man changed my life in many ways and changed my perspective on what music, art and creation could be.”