In the final weeks of rehearsals, he made a call to Post Malone, who was down to help out, even though the two had never met in person. Martínez wanted to surprise the audience with a special guest - someone he’d never collaborated with, someone no one would ever guess. It’s one of the only private moments he lets himself have during the performance - if he gets sidetracked by any thought, he tends to forget his lyrics, and this event is too big for distractions.Īnd then comes an unexpected hurdle. As the audience roars a few decibels louder in anticipation, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio is standing onstage in the dark, a mantra running through his head: Thank you, God, thank you, life, for letting me do this. Bad Bunny is about to become the first Latino solo act and first Spanish-language artist to headline Coachella in the festival’s 30-year history. The crowd radiates a chaotic, uncontainable energy, understanding that there will be a precise before and after this moment. Eventually, the Jenners Blackpink’s Jennie, Rosé, and Jisoo Mexican singer Peso Pluma and Hailey and Justin Bieber all stand there to watch Bad Bunny make history in real time. Nearby, a troop of fans break into sprints, trying to get into a private area just in front of the stage that’s rapidly filling up with celebrities from all over the world. “He’s the designer!” one woman shrieks, her voice crackling with the anxiety of countless things that could go wrong.Ī gate flings open, and Kylie and Kendall Jenner pass through the backstage area, leaving me so surprised that I wheel around and almost hit Kylie with my backpack. A group of dancers are climbing a set of stairs toward their marks when a security guard stops a wardrobe designer in their midst and refuses to let him pass. Backstage, minutes before Bad Bunny’s headlining set at Coachella, everyone seems to be running on pure adrenaline.
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