fbpx
Wikipedia

Beyoncé 2018 Coachella performance

August 21, 2023

American singer Beyoncé headlined the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, performing on April 14 and 21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. She was the first Black woman to headline the festival and her performance immediately received widespread critical acclaim. Many in the media described the show as "historic,"[1][2] while The New York Times proclaimed it as "meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical."[3] The performance was nicknamed "Beychella" by fans.

"Beychella"
Concert by Beyoncé
LocationIndio, California
VenueEmpire Polo Club (2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival)
Date(s)April 14 and April 21, 2018

Her performances paid tribute to the culture of historically black colleges and universities, featuring a full marching band and majorette dancers, while incorporating various aspects of black Greek life, such as a step show along with strolling by pledges. The performances were also influenced by black feminism, sampling black authors and featuring on-stage appearances by fellow Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, her husband Jay-Z, and her sister Solange Knowles.

The performances were recorded and released as a Netflix-original concert film, Homecoming, on April 17, 2019, accompanied by a live album.[4] Homecoming likewise received widespread critical acclaim and has been named as one of the greatest concert films of all time.

Background

On January 4, 2017, Beyoncé was announced as a headlining act for the April 2017 Coachella festival.[5] However, on February 23, 2017, she postponed her performance until the following year, due to doctor's concerns regarding her pregnancy with twins (born in June 2017).[6][7] The secondary (resale) market for tickets to the festival that year fell 12% after the announcement she was postponing.[8]

Playing her rescheduled dates in 2018, Beyoncé became the first black woman ever to headline the festival. In its nearly twenty years of existence, the festival has only had two other women solo headliners, Lady Gaga (who replaced Beyoncé in 2017) and Björk (2002 and 2007).[8]

Even prior to Beyoncé's performance, the nickname "Beychella" emerged for the 2018 festival.[8] Tina Lawson, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, later said that prior to the show, she had expressed reservations about the performance Beyoncé had planned, worried that the largely white audience at Coachella might not understand a show so steeped in black culture, particularly black college culture.[9] Lawson recounted that Beyoncé replied saying that given the platform she had achieved in her career, she felt "a responsibility to do what's best for the world and not what is most popular."[10]

Synopsis

For her April 14, 2018, performance, some 100 dancers as well as her sister Solange, her husband Jay-Z, and her former girl group Destiny's Child joined Beyoncé on stage. On Weekend 2, she was joined by J Balvin for "Mi Gente" in which his verse was sung first; on the Netflix documentary Homecoming, his part has been omitted. She played a 26-song set to 125,000 concert-goers in attendance including Bajan singer Rihanna as well as millions watching via the live-stream on YouTube and subsequent playback.[11] The set sampled Malcolm X and Nina Simone among others.[12] Beyoncé wore five different costumes through the two-hour performance, designed with Olivier Rousteing of French fashion house Balmain.[13]

Musical style

Writing in The New Yorker, Doreen St. Félix described the musical style of the performance as an "education in black expression [... and] musical history – a mélange of New Orleans and its horns, Houston and its chopped and screwed beats, Brooklyn and its rap velocity, Kingston and its dancehall, and Nigeria and the legacy of its dissenter, Fela Kuti [...] underscoring not only [Beyoncé's] Southernness but the global Black vernacular that continues to shape her."[14] Near the beginning of the set, Beyoncé sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the "Black national anthem".[15] The Wiz, one of Motown's most notable motion pictures, was also sampled in the horn arrangement that heralded Beyoncé's return to the stage after her first costume change.[16]

Themes

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU)

The performance has been credited as paying a strong tribute to the HBCU experience.[17] A full African-American marching band played during much of the set,[18] accompanied by majorette dancers.[14] Writing for Mic.com, Natelegé Whaley stated that the band consisted of members from various HBCUs and played samples of songs that are often played at an HBCU such as "Swag Surf", "Broccoli", and "Back That Thang Up", along with samples of gospel and go-go music.[19] Journalists also noted that the set incorporated various aspects of black Greek life, such as a step show along with strolling by neophytes (also known as pledges). School Daze, a notable Spike Lee film, is also referenced. Beyoncé's first outfit was a yellow sweatshirt with the Greek letters ΒΔΚ which reads Beta Delta Kappa.[20] Later, she came out in a shirt with a shield designed with Nefertiti, Black Panther, black power fist along with a bee, which outlets such as The Washington Post credited as a reference to the shields each black fraternity and sorority have signifying the important values of the particular fraternity and sorority.[21][22][23]

Following the show, Beyoncé announced the expansion of her HBCU scholarship fund, BeyGOOD Initiative's Homecoming Scholars Award program (previously known as the Formation Scholars Award program, announced on the one-year anniversary of Lemonade). In the program's second year, it will support one student at each of eight HBCUs: Texas Southern University, Morehouse College, Fisk University, Grambling State University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Wilberforce University, Tuskegee University and Bethune-Cookman University.[24][25]

Black feminism

Reviewers noted the influence of black feminism on Beyoncé's performance, including her sampling of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk on feminism and the appearances on stage of former collaborators Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child well as her sister Solange; writing in Cosmopolitan, Brittney Cooper read Beyoncé's decision to involve these black women in the landmark performance as a gesture of sisterhood.[26]

Critical response

The performance received broad and overwhelming critical acclaim. In The New York Times, music critic Jon Caramanica wrote: "There's not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year, or any year soon, than Beyoncé's headlining set" at the festival. "It was rich with history, potently political and visually grand. By turns uproarious, rowdy, and lush. A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction."[27] In Variety, Chris Willman wrote, "The show served as testament...to Beyoncé as the premier musical performer of our time."[28] The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, Entertainment Weekly, and Billboard all described the performance as "historic".[1][2][29][30][22]

Impact

Following the performance, Destiny's Child sales boosted by 767% and Beyoncé's by 228%,[31] with Lemonade returning to number one on the worldwide iTunes chart, where it remained for two days.[32] "Everybody Mad" saw a boost in sales and streams[33] and went viral, inspiring others to do the dance.[34][35][36][37] Beyoncé's custom Balmain outfit during her performances, most notably the yellow and pink Homecoming hoodie, resulted in a 58% increase in searches for Balmain hoodies after her performance.[38] English singer Rita Ora said that she was inspired by Beyoncé's performance when trying to perfect her own performances, calling it the "real deal" and saying "When I watched that, I completely got it."[39] English rapper Stormzy said he "scrapped" his Wireless Festival performance after seeing Beyoncé's performance, saying "if that's what Beyoncé's doing, yo, we've got to buckle up our ideas over here."[40] Footage from the performance featured in Google's 2020 'Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers' ad as the most searched performance.[41]

Tyler Perry paid homage to the performance and the documentary in his 2022 Netflix film A Madea Homecoming.[42]

Viewership

Beyoncé's performance garnered 458,000 simultaneous viewers to become the festival's most viewed performance to date and the most viewed live streamed performance of all time, with the entire performance having 41 million total viewers from around the world, 75% more than the previous year.[43][44]

Coachella

Randy Phillips, the president and chief executive of concert promoter LiveStyle and the former CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group Live credited Beyoncé as the start of a change at Coachella towards pop music.[45]

Beyoncé was the first black woman to headline Coachella,[18] and was set to be the second woman to headline ever, the first in a decade, until she dropped out due to her pregnancy.[46] Vogue credited Beyoncé as "(setting) the stage for a new era of female domination" at the festival.[47]

At the 2019 Coachella festival, Beyoncé's pyramid stage was displayed.[48] A new runway segment was added to the main stage similar to the runway from Beyoncé's performance, which had originally been designed for The Formation World Tour.

Set list

The following songs were performed during both sets.[7][49][50][51]

  1. "Welcome" (musical introduction) (contains elements of "Ffun", "Humble", "Family Feud" and "Emerald City Sequence")
  2. "Crazy in Love" (contains elements of "I'm a Hustla", "Dance (Ass)" and "Back That Azz Up")
  3. "Freedom"
  4. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
  5. "Formation"
  6. "Sorry" (contains elements of "Me, Myself and I" and "Kitty Kat")
  7. "Bow Down" / "I Been On"
  8. "Drunk in Love" (contains elements of "Crank That", "Lilac Wine", and "Swag Surfin")
  9. "Diva" (contains elements of "Irreplaceable", "Dirt Off Your Shoulder", "Headlines" and "Everybody Mad")
  10. "Flawless" / "Feeling Myself"
  11. "Top Off"
  12. "7/11"
  13. "Don't Hurt Yourself"
  14. "I Care"
  15. "Partition"
  16. "Yoncé"
  17. "Mi Gente (Remix)" (contains elements of "Mine" and "Standing On The Sun")
  18. "Baby Boy" / "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" / "Hold Up" / "Countdown" (contains elements of "Fever", "Freaks", "Broccoli", and "Bam Bam")
  19. "Check on It"
  20. "Déjà Vu" (with Jay-Z) (contains elements of "Green Light", "Zombie", and "Soul Makossa")
  21. "Run the World (Girls)" (contains elements of "Can You Feel It", "We Should All Be Feminists" and "Girl")
  22. "Lose My Breath / "Say My Name" / "Soldier" (with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams) (contains elements of "Girl" and "Say My Name (Remix)")
  23. "Get Me Bodied" (with Solange Knowles dancing)[7]
  24. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
  25. "Love On Top"

Notes

Documentary and live album

On April 7, 2019, Netflix's Instagram account posted a teaser image, displaying an image of the Homecoming logo on a yellow background.[52] A concert film, titled Homecoming was released on April 17, 2019 as a Netflix-original film.[53] The film contains footage from the two Coachella performances and behind-the-scenes footage documenting the development of the performances, including how Beyoncé had to get in shape after giving birth to twins in 2017.[54]

An accompanying live album, Homecoming: The Live Album was released on the same day on all digital platforms.[55] It contains the full audio live recording and two bonus tracks – a cover of Maze's song "Before I Let Go" and "I Been On". The live album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200.[56]

References

  1. ^ a b Suskind, Alex (April 15, 2018). "Beyoncé's historic Coachella performance may be the best of all-time". Entertainment Weekly. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Chavez, Nicole (April 15, 2018). "Beyoncé makes history with Coachella performance". CNN. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Caramanica, Jon (April 15, 2018). "Review: Beyoncé Is Bigger Than Coachella". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "Beyoncé just dropped Homecoming: The Live Album". CNET. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Vaglanos, Alanna (January 4, 2017). "For The First Time Ever, A Black Woman Will Be Headlining Coachella". HuffPost. AOL. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Strauss, Matthew (February 23, 2017). "Beyoncé Will Not Perform at Coachella 2017". Pitchfork. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Wood, Mikael (April 15, 2018). "Beyoncé's Coachella performance was incredible — and she knew it". Los Angeles Times. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  8. ^ a b c Kennedy, Gerrick D. (April 14, 2018). "After a year's wait, Beyoncé fans brace for the singer's Coachella set". Los Angeles Times. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  9. ^ Rosa, Christopher (April 17, 2018). "Tina Knowles-Lawson Was Worried the Coachella Audience Wouldn't 'Get' Beyoncé's Performance". Glamour. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  10. ^ Puckett, Lily (April 16, 2018). "Tina Knowles-Lawson thought white people would be "confused" by Beyoncé's Coachella performance". The Fader. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  11. ^ Exposito, Suzy (April 15, 2018). "#Beychella: Beyonce Schools Festivalgoers in Her Triumphant Return". Rolling Stone. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  12. ^ McKenzie, Joi-Marie (April 15, 2018). "Beyonce at Coachella: All of the hidden meanings explained". ABC News. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  13. ^ Holt, Bethan (April 15, 2018). "The meaning behind Beyoncé's five-outfit Coachella stage wardrobe". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  14. ^ a b St. Félix, Doreen (April 16, 2018). "Beyoncé's Triumphant Homecoming at Coachella". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  15. ^ Schmidt, Samantha (April 16, 2018). "'Lift Every Voice and Sing': The story behind the 'black national anthem' that Beyoncé sang". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  16. ^ "Beychella: Unpacking all of the odes to black culture during Beyoncé's flawless Coachella set". mic.com. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  17. ^ Hudson, Tanay (April 15, 2018). "Beyoncé's Coachella Performance Had HBCU Vibes And We Are Loving It". MadameNoire. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  18. ^ a b Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé. Directed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, performed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. 2019. Netflix.
  19. ^ Whaley, Natelegé. "Beychella: Unpacking all of the odes to black culture during Beyoncé's flawless Coachella set". Mic.com. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  20. ^ "What Does 'BAK' Mean? Fans Think Beyoncé's Coachella Top Might Have A Hidden Meaning". Capital XTRA. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  21. ^ Lee, Shannon (April 15, 2018). "Beyoncé's Historic Coachella Set Was A Celebration Of Black Culture". Refinery 29. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  22. ^ a b Izadi, Elahe (April 15, 2018). "Perspective | Beyoncé's Coachella performance wasn't just pure entertainment. It was a historic cultural moment". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  23. ^ Beck, Kellen. "Beyoncé's Coachella set has people ready to enroll in her university". Mashable. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  24. ^ Reed, Ryan (April 16, 2018). "Beyonce Expands HBCU Scholarship Program in Second Year". Rolling Stone. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  25. ^ "Beyonce Announces More Post-Coachella College Scholarships, This Time in Partnership With Google". Variety. April 23, 2018. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  26. ^ Cooper, Brittney (April 16, 2018). "Beyoncé Brought Wakanda to Coachella". Cosmopolitan. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  27. ^ Caramanica, Jon (April 15, 2018). "Review: Beyoncé Is Bigger Than Coachella". The New York Times. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  28. ^ Willman, Chris (April 15, 2018). "Beyonce Marches to a Different Drumline in Stunning Coachella Performance". Variety. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  29. ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (April 15, 2018). "Beyonce Brings Out JAY-Z and Destiny's Child for Historic Coachella Headlining Set". Billboard. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  30. ^ Dzhanova, Yelena (April 15, 2018). "Coachella dubbed 'Beychella' after historic Beyoncé set". NBC News. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  31. ^ Gibbs, Adrienne (April 17, 2018). "Beyoncé And Destiny's Child Sales Soar After Epic Coachella Performance". Forbes. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  32. ^ Navjosh (April 17, 2018). "Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Hits Number 1 on Worldwide iTunes Following Coachella Performance". from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  33. ^ "O.T. Genasis Was Shocked by Beyonce's Coachella Dance to 'Everybody Mad'". TMZ. April 17, 2018. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  34. ^ "This 9-Year-Old Recreated Beyonce's Coachella Performance Down to the Outfit". Teen Vogue. April 27, 2018. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  35. ^ "This Student Learned Bey's Coachella Choreography In Just 40 Minutes And Slayed: 'That's What Beyoncé Would Do'". blavity.com. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  36. ^ "Swimmer Warms Up For Race With Beyoncé Coachella Routine". Time. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  37. ^ Kai, Maiysha (June 4, 2018). "Everybody Tap: The Syncopated Ladies Channel Beychella". The Glow Up. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  38. ^ "Year in Fashion 2018 - Lyst". www.lyst.com. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  39. ^ "Rita Ora's upcoming tour inspired by Beyonce's Homecoming Coachella performance". Metro. May 21, 2019. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  40. ^ "Stormzy on Beyonce's live show, Glastonbury headline doubters, and new album with 1Xtra's Dotty - YouTube". YouTube. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  41. ^ Li, Abner (June 26, 2020). "Google's 2020 Grammys 'Most Searched' ad marks Black History Month [Video]". 9to5google.com. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  42. ^ variety.com/2022/film/news/tyler-perry-a-madea-homecoming-beyonce-rosa-parks-1235190150/
  43. ^ Korosec, Kirsten (April 17, 2018). "How Beyonce's Coachella Performance Broke Records". Fortune. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  44. ^ Honeycutt, Shanté (April 17, 2018). "Beyonce's Coachella Set Is the Most-Viewed Performance on YouTube Live Stream". Billboard. Billboard-Hollywood Media Group (Eldridge Industries). from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  45. ^ "Coachella after Beyoncé: Hunting for more pop stars, and profit". Los Angeles Times. April 12, 2019. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  46. ^ MacDonald, Sarah (January 6, 2017). "Remembering the Only Other Time a Woman Headlined Coachella". from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  47. ^ "One Year After Beychella, a New Era of Female Domination in the Desert". Vogue. April 15, 2019. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  48. ^ "Beyoncé's Coachella Pyramid Stage Is on Display at This Year's Festival". Teen Vogue. April 12, 2019. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  49. ^ "Watch Destiny's Child Reunite For Beyoncé's Coachella 2018 Performance". Harper's BAZAAR. April 15, 2018. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  50. ^ a b Kennedy, Gerrick D. (April 22, 2018). "Beyoncé turns Coachella into Beychella once more". Los Angeles Times. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  51. ^ "HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM (2019)". WhoSampled. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  52. ^ @netflix (April 7, 2019). "Homecoming". Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via Instagram.
  53. ^ Izadi, Elahe (April 8, 2019). "What we know about Beyoncé's Netflix documentary, 'Homecoming'". The Washington Post. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  54. ^ "As extreme diets have become mainstream, Beyoncé swears she'll never do hers again". Vox. April 17, 2019. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  55. ^ "Beyonce releases surprise Homecoming live album as documentary arrives on Netflix". NME. April 17, 2019. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  56. ^ Caulfield, Keith (April 28, 2019). "Billie Eilish's 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

External links

    August 21, 2023
    beyoncé, 2018, coachella, performance, american, singer, beyoncé, headlined, 2018, coachella, valley, music, arts, festival, performing, april, empire, polo, club, indio, california, first, black, woman, headline, festival, performance, immediately, received, . American singer Beyonce headlined the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival performing on April 14 and 21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio California She was the first Black woman to headline the festival and her performance immediately received widespread critical acclaim Many in the media described the show as historic 1 2 while The New York Times proclaimed it as meaningful absorbing forceful and radical 3 The performance was nicknamed Beychella by fans Beychella Concert by BeyonceLocationIndio CaliforniaVenueEmpire Polo Club 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Date s April 14 and April 21 2018Her performances paid tribute to the culture of historically black colleges and universities featuring a full marching band and majorette dancers while incorporating various aspects of black Greek life such as a step show along with strolling by pledges The performances were also influenced by black feminism sampling black authors and featuring on stage appearances by fellow Destiny s Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams her husband Jay Z and her sister Solange Knowles The performances were recorded and released as a Netflix original concert film Homecoming on April 17 2019 accompanied by a live album 4 Homecoming likewise received widespread critical acclaim and has been named as one of the greatest concert films of all time Contents 1 Background 2 Synopsis 3 Musical style 4 Themes 4 1 Historically black colleges and universities HBCU 4 2 Black feminism 5 Critical response 6 Impact 6 1 Viewership 6 2 Coachella 7 Set list 8 Documentary and live album 9 References 10 External linksBackground EditOn January 4 2017 Beyonce was announced as a headlining act for the April 2017 Coachella festival 5 However on February 23 2017 she postponed her performance until the following year due to doctor s concerns regarding her pregnancy with twins born in June 2017 6 7 The secondary resale market for tickets to the festival that year fell 12 after the announcement she was postponing 8 Playing her rescheduled dates in 2018 Beyonce became the first black woman ever to headline the festival In its nearly twenty years of existence the festival has only had two other women solo headliners Lady Gaga who replaced Beyonce in 2017 and Bjork 2002 and 2007 8 Even prior to Beyonce s performance the nickname Beychella emerged for the 2018 festival 8 Tina Lawson mother of Beyonce and Solange Knowles later said that prior to the show she had expressed reservations about the performance Beyonce had planned worried that the largely white audience at Coachella might not understand a show so steeped in black culture particularly black college culture 9 Lawson recounted that Beyonce replied saying that given the platform she had achieved in her career she felt a responsibility to do what s best for the world and not what is most popular 10 Synopsis EditFor her April 14 2018 performance some 100 dancers as well as her sister Solange her husband Jay Z and her former girl group Destiny s Child joined Beyonce on stage On Weekend 2 she was joined by J Balvin for Mi Gente in which his verse was sung first on the Netflix documentary Homecoming his part has been omitted She played a 26 song set to 125 000 concert goers in attendance including Bajan singer Rihanna as well as millions watching via the live stream on YouTube and subsequent playback 11 The set sampled Malcolm X and Nina Simone among others 12 Beyonce wore five different costumes through the two hour performance designed with Olivier Rousteing of French fashion house Balmain 13 Musical style EditWriting in The New Yorker Doreen St Felix described the musical style of the performance as an education in black expression and musical history a melange of New Orleans and its horns Houston and its chopped and screwed beats Brooklyn and its rap velocity Kingston and its dancehall and Nigeria and the legacy of its dissenter Fela Kuti underscoring not only Beyonce s Southernness but the global Black vernacular that continues to shape her 14 Near the beginning of the set Beyonce sang Lift Every Voice and Sing colloquially known as the Black national anthem 15 The Wiz one of Motown s most notable motion pictures was also sampled in the horn arrangement that heralded Beyonce s return to the stage after her first costume change 16 Themes EditHistorically black colleges and universities HBCU Edit The performance has been credited as paying a strong tribute to the HBCU experience 17 A full African American marching band played during much of the set 18 accompanied by majorette dancers 14 Writing for Mic com Natelege Whaley stated that the band consisted of members from various HBCUs and played samples of songs that are often played at an HBCU such as Swag Surf Broccoli and Back That Thang Up along with samples of gospel and go go music 19 Journalists also noted that the set incorporated various aspects of black Greek life such as a step show along with strolling by neophytes also known as pledges School Daze a notable Spike Lee film is also referenced Beyonce s first outfit was a yellow sweatshirt with the Greek letters BDK which reads Beta Delta Kappa 20 Later she came out in a shirt with a shield designed with Nefertiti Black Panther black power fist along with a bee which outlets such as The Washington Post credited as a reference to the shields each black fraternity and sorority have signifying the important values of the particular fraternity and sorority 21 22 23 Following the show Beyonce announced the expansion of her HBCU scholarship fund BeyGOOD Initiative s Homecoming Scholars Award program previously known as the Formation Scholars Award program announced on the one year anniversary of Lemonade In the program s second year it will support one student at each of eight HBCUs Texas Southern University Morehouse College Fisk University Grambling State University Xavier University of Louisiana Wilberforce University Tuskegee University and Bethune Cookman University 24 25 Black feminism Edit Reviewers noted the influence of black feminism on Beyonce s performance including her sampling of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie s TED Talk on feminism and the appearances on stage of former collaborators Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams of Destiny s Child well as her sister Solange writing in Cosmopolitan Brittney Cooper read Beyonce s decision to involve these black women in the landmark performance as a gesture of sisterhood 26 Critical response EditThe performance received broad and overwhelming critical acclaim In The New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica wrote There s not likely to be a more meaningful absorbing forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year or any year soon than Beyonce s headlining set at the festival It was rich with history potently political and visually grand By turns uproarious rowdy and lush A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction 27 In Variety Chris Willman wrote The show served as testament to Beyonce as the premier musical performer of our time 28 The Washington Post CNN NBC Entertainment Weekly and Billboard all described the performance as historic 1 2 29 30 22 Impact EditFollowing the performance Destiny s Child sales boosted by 767 and Beyonce s by 228 31 with Lemonade returning to number one on the worldwide iTunes chart where it remained for two days 32 Everybody Mad saw a boost in sales and streams 33 and went viral inspiring others to do the dance 34 35 36 37 Beyonce s custom Balmain outfit during her performances most notably the yellow and pink Homecoming hoodie resulted in a 58 increase in searches for Balmain hoodies after her performance 38 English singer Rita Ora said that she was inspired by Beyonce s performance when trying to perfect her own performances calling it the real deal and saying When I watched that I completely got it 39 English rapper Stormzy said he scrapped his Wireless Festival performance after seeing Beyonce s performance saying if that s what Beyonce s doing yo we ve got to buckle up our ideas over here 40 Footage from the performance featured in Google s 2020 Most Searched A Celebration of Black History Makers ad as the most searched performance 41 Tyler Perry paid homage to the performance and the documentary in his 2022 Netflix film A Madea Homecoming 42 Viewership Edit Beyonce s performance garnered 458 000 simultaneous viewers to become the festival s most viewed performance to date and the most viewed live streamed performance of all time with the entire performance having 41 million total viewers from around the world 75 more than the previous year 43 44 Coachella Edit Randy Phillips the president and chief executive of concert promoter LiveStyle and the former CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group Live credited Beyonce as the start of a change at Coachella towards pop music 45 Beyonce was the first black woman to headline Coachella 18 and was set to be the second woman to headline ever the first in a decade until she dropped out due to her pregnancy 46 Vogue credited Beyonce as setting the stage for a new era of female domination at the festival 47 At the 2019 Coachella festival Beyonce s pyramid stage was displayed 48 A new runway segment was added to the main stage similar to the runway from Beyonce s performance which had originally been designed for The Formation World Tour Set list EditThe following songs were performed during both sets 7 49 50 51 Welcome musical introduction contains elements of Ffun Humble Family Feud and Emerald City Sequence Crazy in Love contains elements of I m a Hustla Dance Ass and Back That Azz Up Freedom Lift Every Voice and Sing Formation Sorry contains elements of Me Myself and I and Kitty Kat Bow Down I Been On Drunk in Love contains elements of Crank That Lilac Wine and Swag Surfin Diva contains elements of Irreplaceable Dirt Off Your Shoulder Headlines and Everybody Mad Flawless Feeling Myself Top Off 7 11 Don t Hurt Yourself I Care Partition Yonce Mi Gente Remix contains elements of Mine and Standing On The Sun Baby Boy You Don t Love Me No No No Hold Up Countdown contains elements of Fever Freaks Broccoli and Bam Bam Check on It Deja Vu with Jay Z contains elements of Green Light Zombie and Soul Makossa Run the World Girls contains elements of Can You Feel It We Should All Be Feminists and Girl Lose My Breath Say My Name Soldier with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams contains elements of Girl and Say My Name Remix Get Me Bodied with Solange Knowles dancing 7 Single Ladies Put a Ring on It Love On Top Notes During the performance of April 21 J Balvin joined Beyonce on stage to perform Mi Gente 50 Documentary and live album EditOn April 7 2019 Netflix s Instagram account posted a teaser image displaying an image of the Homecoming logo on a yellow background 52 A concert film titled Homecoming was released on April 17 2019 as a Netflix original film 53 The film contains footage from the two Coachella performances and behind the scenes footage documenting the development of the performances including how Beyonce had to get in shape after giving birth to twins in 2017 54 An accompanying live album Homecoming The Live Album was released on the same day on all digital platforms 55 It contains the full audio live recording and two bonus tracks a cover of Maze s song Before I Let Go and I Been On The live album peaked at 4 on the Billboard 200 56 References Edit a b Suskind Alex April 15 2018 Beyonce s historic Coachella performance may be the best of all time Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 a b Chavez Nicole April 15 2018 Beyonce makes history with Coachella performance CNN Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 Caramanica Jon April 15 2018 Review Beyonce Is Bigger Than Coachella The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved February 13 2020 Beyonce just dropped Homecoming The Live Album CNET Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved November 15 2020 Vaglanos Alanna January 4 2017 For The First Time Ever A Black Woman Will Be Headlining Coachella HuffPost AOL Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 21 2018 Strauss Matthew February 23 2017 Beyonce Will Not Perform at Coachella 2017 Pitchfork Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 21 2018 a b c Wood Mikael April 15 2018 Beyonce s Coachella performance was incredible and she knew it Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 a b c Kennedy Gerrick D April 14 2018 After a year s wait Beyonce fans brace for the singer s Coachella set Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 20 2018 Rosa Christopher April 17 2018 Tina Knowles Lawson Was Worried the Coachella Audience Wouldn t Get Beyonce s Performance Glamour Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 20 2018 Puckett Lily April 16 2018 Tina Knowles Lawson thought white people would be confused by Beyonce s Coachella performance The Fader Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 20 2018 Exposito Suzy April 15 2018 Beychella Beyonce Schools Festivalgoers in Her Triumphant Return Rolling Stone Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 McKenzie Joi Marie April 15 2018 Beyonce at Coachella All of the hidden meanings explained ABC News Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 Holt Bethan April 15 2018 The meaning behind Beyonce s five outfit Coachella stage wardrobe The Daily Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 a b St Felix Doreen April 16 2018 Beyonce s Triumphant Homecoming at Coachella The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 Schmidt Samantha April 16 2018 Lift Every Voice and Sing The story behind the black national anthem that Beyonce sang The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 17 2018 Beychella Unpacking all of the odes to black culture during Beyonce s flawless Coachella set mic com Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 Hudson Tanay April 15 2018 Beyonce s Coachella Performance Had HBCU Vibes And We Are Loving It MadameNoire Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 a b Homecoming A Film By Beyonce Directed by Beyonce Knowles Carter performed by Beyonce Knowles Carter 2019 Netflix Whaley Natelege Beychella Unpacking all of the odes to black culture during Beyonce s flawless Coachella set Mic com Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 17 2018 What Does BAK Mean Fans Think Beyonce s Coachella Top Might Have A Hidden Meaning Capital XTRA Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 Lee Shannon April 15 2018 Beyonce s Historic Coachella Set Was A Celebration Of Black Culture Refinery 29 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 a b Izadi Elahe April 15 2018 Perspective Beyonce s Coachella performance wasn t just pure entertainment It was a historic cultural moment The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 Beck Kellen Beyonce s Coachella set has people ready to enroll in her university Mashable Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 Reed Ryan April 16 2018 Beyonce Expands HBCU Scholarship Program in Second Year Rolling Stone Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 16 2018 Beyonce Announces More Post Coachella College Scholarships This Time in Partnership With Google Variety April 23 2018 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 Cooper Brittney April 16 2018 Beyonce Brought Wakanda to Coachella Cosmopolitan Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 19 2018 Caramanica Jon April 15 2018 Review Beyonce Is Bigger Than Coachella The New York Times Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 Willman Chris April 15 2018 Beyonce Marches to a Different Drumline in Stunning Coachella Performance Variety Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 Horowitz Steven J April 15 2018 Beyonce Brings Out JAY Z and Destiny s Child for Historic Coachella Headlining Set Billboard Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 Dzhanova Yelena April 15 2018 Coachella dubbed Beychella after historic Beyonce set NBC News Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 Gibbs Adrienne April 17 2018 Beyonce And Destiny s Child Sales Soar After Epic Coachella Performance Forbes Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 12 2019 Navjosh April 17 2018 Beyonce s Lemonade Hits Number 1 on Worldwide iTunes Following Coachella Performance Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 O T Genasis Was Shocked by Beyonce s Coachella Dance to Everybody Mad TMZ April 17 2018 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 12 2019 This 9 Year Old Recreated Beyonce s Coachella Performance Down to the Outfit Teen Vogue April 27 2018 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 This Student Learned Bey s Coachella Choreography In Just 40 Minutes And Slayed That s What Beyonce Would Do blavity com Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 Swimmer Warms Up For Race With Beyonce Coachella Routine Time Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 Kai Maiysha June 4 2018 Everybody Tap The Syncopated Ladies Channel Beychella The Glow Up Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 Year in Fashion 2018 Lyst www lyst com Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 Rita Ora s upcoming tour inspired by Beyonce s Homecoming Coachella performance Metro May 21 2019 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved June 19 2019 Stormzy on Beyonce s live show Glastonbury headline doubters and new album with 1Xtra s Dotty YouTube YouTube Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved December 1 2020 Li Abner June 26 2020 Google s 2020 Grammys Most Searched ad marks Black History Month Video 9to5google com Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved January 26 2020 variety com 2022 film news tyler perry a madea homecoming beyonce rosa parks 1235190150 Korosec Kirsten April 17 2018 How Beyonce s Coachella Performance Broke Records Fortune Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 20 2018 Honeycutt Shante April 17 2018 Beyonce s Coachella Set Is the Most Viewed Performance on YouTube Live Stream Billboard Billboard Hollywood Media Group Eldridge Industries Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 20 2018 Coachella after Beyonce Hunting for more pop stars and profit Los Angeles Times April 12 2019 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2019 MacDonald Sarah January 6 2017 Remembering the Only Other Time a Woman Headlined Coachella Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 18 2019 One Year After Beychella a New Era of Female Domination in the Desert Vogue April 15 2019 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2019 Beyonce s Coachella Pyramid Stage Is on Display at This Year s Festival Teen Vogue April 12 2019 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 12 2019 Watch Destiny s Child Reunite For Beyonce s Coachella 2018 Performance Harper s BAZAAR April 15 2018 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 15 2018 a b Kennedy Gerrick D April 22 2018 Beyonce turns Coachella into Beychella once more Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 22 2018 HOMECOMING THE LIVE ALBUM 2019 WhoSampled Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved September 13 2019 netflix April 7 2019 Homecoming Retrieved November 15 2020 via Instagram Izadi Elahe April 8 2019 What we know about Beyonce s Netflix documentary Homecoming The Washington Post Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved April 8 2019 As extreme diets have become mainstream Beyonce swears she ll never do hers again Vox April 17 2019 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved November 15 2020 Beyonce releases surprise Homecoming live album as documentary arrives on Netflix NME April 17 2019 Archived from the original on February 15 2021 Retrieved November 15 2020 Caulfield Keith April 28 2019 Billie Eilish s When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go Returns to No 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard Archived from the original on March 7 2020 Retrieved November 15 2020 External links EditBeyonce s official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beyonce 2018 Coachella performance amp oldid 1171455637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

    article

    , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.