Doja Cat delivers arty headlining set

Two years after her earlier efficiency on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition, Doja Cat returned on Sunday as a headliner and upstaged her 2022 efficiency.

The rapper and singer began off her arty set by singing “Acknowledge Me” on a podium behind the soundboard on the predominant Coachella Stage whereas donning a white hazmat go well with.

The transition to “Shutcho,” led by the 5 male singers of South African acapella group The Pleasure (additionally wearing white), revealed a nuclear energy plant setting on the Coachella Stage.

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At all times the visible artist, Doja Cat’s lengthy blonde hair blended into her wardrobe throughout “Demons,” which included her backup dancers showing as yeti-like figures shifting frantically as flames shot up throughout the stage.

Doja’s prowess throughout “F**ok the Women (FTG)” turned to sexually alluring throughout “Gun” and “OKLOSER” simulating the acts whereas in white lingerie and thigh-high boots together with her male dancers.

The primary particular visitor of the set was 21 Savage, who carried out “n.h.i.e.” Her shift to a humorous prime and bikini backside didn’t accommodate for the coolness within the desert wind blowing by means of throughout “Consideration.”

“97” and “Balut” shifted to a Nineteen Twenties vibe as the 2 metal rafters of the set shifted ahead hanging above her with 10 dancers in black as she rapped in a protracted white fur coat with a cigarette holder.

Teezo Landing emerged throughout “MASC” in spiked soccer shoulder pads earlier than she lastly acknowledged the group almost an hour into the set whereas carrying what seemed to be a bottle of whiskey to one of many floating rafters sitting on the stage, which she smashed as fireworks shot up within the air and she or he ascended to the highest of the stage for “Streets.”

The skeleton of a giant T-Rex appeared throughout “WYM Freestyle” and adopted her as she walked down the catwalk earlier than A$AP Rocky got here out for “URRRGE!!!!!!!!!”

As she headed in direction of the end line with hit “Paint The City Crimson” and moved again to the spherical podium, it was reworked into an actual mud wrestling ring together with her feminine dancers for “Moist Vagina,” and far of the group began to go out of the competition.

Whereas the dancers twerked within the mud and she or he headed again to the stage, fireworks stuffed the sky, which marked the finale and closed Weekend 1 of the competition.

Although the set wasn’t heavy on company, Doja Cat’s artistry as each a singer and rapper shined from begin to end.

Brian Blueskye covers arts and leisure. He might be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @bblueskye.