Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella performance
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Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella performance was a landmark, HBCU-themed headlining set celebrated for its ambitious live production, cultural impact, and historic significance as the first by a Black woman at the festival.
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| Beyoncé concerts | 1 |
| Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival headlining set | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
concert
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live album source performance ⓘ music festival performance ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beychella
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Beyoncé’s Coachella 2018 set NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceSizeEstimate | tens of thousands in-person ⓘ |
| audioRelease | Homecoming: The Live Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioReleaseDate | 2019-04-17 ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | YouTube (Coachella livestream) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographer | JaQuel Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner |
Balmain
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Olivier Rousteing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeTheme | custom collegiate-inspired uniforms ⓘ |
| creativeDirector |
Beyoncé
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Parkwood Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | unanimous acclaim ⓘ |
| date |
2018-04-14
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2018-04-21 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
historic
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landmark in Black popular culture ⓘ one of the greatest festival performances of all time ⓘ |
| documentaryDistributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentaryReleaseDate | 2019-04-17 ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredEnsemble |
full marching band
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large choir ⓘ majorettes ⓘ step team–style dancers ⓘ |
| featuredSongWithJayZ | “Deja Vu” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSongWithSolange | “Get Me Bodied” (dance break) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSymbol |
Greek-letter–style crest for Beyoncé’s fictional sorority
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yellow and black HBCU-style hoodies and jerseys ⓘ |
| festivalEdition | Coachella 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guestAppearance |
Jay-Z
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Kelly Rowland NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Solange Knowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headliner | true ⓘ |
| impact |
influenced subsequent large-scale pop tours and festival sets
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raised expectations for festival headlining productions ⓘ spotlighted HBCU culture on a global stage ⓘ |
| includedSong |
“7/11” (elements)
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“Baby Boy” (elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Bow Down” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Check On It” (elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Check On It” (snippet) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Crazy in Love” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Deja Vu” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Diva” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Don’t Hurt Yourself” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Drunk in Love” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Flawless” / “Feeling Myself” section ⓘ “Formation” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Formation” (extended live arrangement) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Freedom” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Get Me Bodied” NERFINISHED ⓘ “I Been On” (elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ “I Care” (instrumental elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (interlude) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Lose My Breath” (Destiny’s Child) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Love On Top” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Mi Gente (Remix)” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Naughty Girl” (elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Partition” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Run the World (Girls)” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Say My Name” (Destiny’s Child) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Soldier” (Destiny’s Child) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Sorry” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Sorry” / “Kitty Kat” section NERFINISHED ⓘ “Sorry” / “Me, Myself and I” mashup NERFINISHED ⓘ “Top Off” (snippet) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Yoncé” (elements) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedSpokenWord | samples of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s feminism speech (via “***Flawless”) GENERATED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | historically Black colleges and universities ⓘ |
| lightingDesign | stadium-style, color-coordinated with costumes ⓘ |
| location | Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Coachella headlining set by a Black woman ⓘ |
| numberOfPerformersOnStage | over 100 GENERATED ⓘ |
| openingSong | “Crazy in Love” (HBCU band arrangement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Beyoncé ⓘ |
| politicalAndCulturalReferences |
African-American history
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Black Lives Matter NERFINISHED ⓘ Black feminism ⓘ |
| precededBy | Beyoncé’s cancellation of 2017 Coachella appearance due to pregnancy ⓘ |
| productionDesigner | Es Devlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rehearsalPeriod | approximately eight months ⓘ |
| reunitedGroup | Destiny’s Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setLength | approximately two hours ⓘ |
| sound | live marching band reinterpretations of Beyoncé’s catalog ⓘ |
| stageDesignFeature |
large onstage bleachers filled with band and dancers
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multi-level bleacher-style pyramid set ⓘ |
| theme | HBCU homecoming ⓘ |
| videoDirection | multi-camera live broadcast ⓘ |
| viewership | millions via livestream and later recordings ⓘ |
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