Maybe it doesn’t count as a truly magnanimous act when three of the four songs he guested on were his, and two of them have his name in the title (“Still D.R.E.,” “Forgot About Dre”), branding being important even in semi-retirement. Dre, which, these days, feels a little like Bill Gates kindly dropping in to do a few verses, except maybe rarer. (Rexha will surely get a bigger roar if she shows up at the same spot in two weeks for Stagecoach to sing her current country chart-topper with Florida Georgia Line.) Kehlani’s guest spot on “Nowhere Fast” at least felt contemporary, though it took 50 Cent’s cameo for the crowd to finally afford someone a bigger roar than any of Eminem’s oldies received on his own.Īnd then came a four-song shot from Dr. Bebe Rexha came by to sing the part she co-wrote on “The Monster” (originally sung, too, by Rihanna), but the bordering-on-six-figure crowd seemed not to recognize her. Would Rihanna, just seen cheering on Beyoncé personally, show up for “Love the Way You Lie”? No, that was left to Eminem’s standby, Skylar Grey, who also did the Dido fill-in honors for “Stan.” Would Ed Sheeran pop in for “River”? No, that was left to… Ed Sheeran, lamely, on tape. It was clear that Eminem needed some celebrity support, in any case, to cap off what in the early going seemed less like a tailored-for-Coachella occasion than a typical tour stop (even though his first real global jaunt in almost four years is just getting underway). On Saturday, the moments when Beyoncé brought out Jay-Z, Solange and Kelly & Michelle dominated the headlines, but - you probably had to have been there to believe this - they kind of counted as the most sluggish moments of a world-beating set. The Weeknd proved the exception to the rule Friday by winning the crowd with zero cameos. It’s a truism that isn’t always true that at Coachella, as a headliner, you’re only as good as your guest stars. In the end, Eminem did it by making Sunday a Dre day. Mission accomplished, then, as the presidents say, but not without a little suspense as to whether or how he’d get there. He had yet another hurdle Sunday at Coachella: making sure he wasn’t even overshadowed by Cardi B’s massively attended pre-sundown set a few hours prior to his. This was her first-ever performance at Coachella.Eminem’s mission - and, perhaps foolishly, he did choose to accept it - was to avoid being the butt of any “Anticlimaxchella” headlines, taking the main stage in the desert Beyoncé’s collective-consciousness-reshaping appearance the night before. Gomez has enjoyed a winning streak as a feature artist, first with 2018’s “Taki Taki,” and then opposite J Balvin in 2019’s “ I Can’t Get Enough.” But the 26-year-old pop star has not performed live in almost a year she was last seen onstage with close friend Taylor Swift on her Reputation tour in May 2018. This year the rapper became the first female solo artist to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album. “We’re making history right now!” declared DJ Snake.Ĭardi B had performed at last year’s Coachella, just three months prior to giving birth to her daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus. DJ Snake eventually called Selena Gomez to the stage, prompting the four to break out into dance - as Selenators and other late night festivalgoers duly recorded their moves. Ozuna opened the track by singing his previous collaborative smash hit, 2018’s “Te Boté (Remix).” But the Puerto Rican-Dominican superstar was swiftly joined by Cardi B, who supplied zippy rhymes in both English and Spanish. The DJ closed out his hour-long set by inviting Cardi B, Ozuna and Selena Gomez onstage to perform their 2018 reggaeton hit, “ Taki Taki.” French artist-producer DJ Snake lit up Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre on Friday night - and we’re not just talking the pyrotechnics.
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