Coachella 2023 made history with headliners Bad Bunny and Blackpink, and the Coachella powers that be are surely already brainstorming how to one-up itself in 2024. We won’t know who next year’s headliners for a while still, but today (June 12), we at least learned the dates to circle on the calendar.
“Wherever you are, the desert isn’t far,” Coachella tweeted. “Coachella returns April 12-14 and April 19-21. Register now to access the 2024 Advance Sale beginning Friday, June 16 at 11 am PT at coachella.com.”
The official website provides loads of ticketing information, including the chosen platform (AXS). “Festival passes are valid for the full weekend (and only the weekend) you purchased,” it reads, additionally noting a payment plan option of $99 down at the initial checkout this week while the remaining balance can be paid off over six equally divided payments through this December.
There are also hotel packages and Safari Campground available to reserve now here. The accompanying shuttle passes will go on sale beginning this Friday, June 16 at 10 a.m. PT, but registration for access is available now.
A collaboration between Frank Ocean and Rosalía leaked online, Monday night. The track, which is reportedly titled, “Changes,” hit the internet with a music video as well. The Frank Ocean Updates fan page on Twitter claims the director of the music video, Hidji Films, is responsible for the leak. He allegedly tried to sell a copy of the project despite already being paid.
It’s unclear whether the song is intended to be part of a larger roll-out for a new album from either artist; however, some fans have noticed that Ocean wears the same slippers in the music video that he wore for Coachella. During his set at the iconic music festival, Ocean teased that a new album is on the way.
Frank Ocean At Panorama Music Festival
Frank Ocean performs at the 2017 Panorama Music Festival on Randall’s Island in New York on July 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s been so long. Everybody talks about how long it’s been. ‘It’s been so long, it’s been so long.’ But I have missed you,” Frank told the audience between songs. “I want to talk about why I’m here, because it’s not because of a new album. It’s because — not that there’s not a new album… but there’s not right now. Chill, chill, chill. No, it’s not right now.”
Unfortunately for fans of Frank Ocean, the set didn’t exactly go off without a hitch. He was forced to end the show early due to local curfew restrictions after showing up an hour after his scheduled start time. The event also wasn’t live-streamed and when a fan attempted to edit together videos from the audience to make a concert film, Coachella hit him with a cease-and-desist. After backlash to the performance, Ocean dropped out of the festival’s second weekend citing a leg injury sustained during rehearsals. “It was chaotic,” he said in a statement. “There is some beauty in chaos. It isn’t what I intended to show but I did enjoy being out there and I’ll see you soon.”
Coachella has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a fan of Frank Ocean who edited together over 150 videos of the elusive singer’s latest set at the festival to make an unofficial concert film. The fan, Brian Kinnes, recently sat down for an interview with Variety, during which he revealed he combed through clips from different fans for over 80 hours of editing to finish the project.
Before receiving the cease-and-desist letter, he told Variety he didn’t think he’d face any legal action. “I’m not concerned with any legal repercussions because I do not plan on making a single penny from it,” Kinnes told the outlet. “I will continue to upload it in places that [Ocean’s] legal team will not be able to find. I don’t know if I should tell that to a reporter… but it deserves to exist online.”
Frank Ocean At Coachella In 2012
INDIO, CA – APRIL 20: Frank Ocean performs at day 1 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at The Empire Polo Club on April 20, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Coachella’s parent company, AEG, now wants Kinnes to remove all references to Coachella from his website and all social media accounts. Kinnes says that despite demands to “take all actions necessary to preclude it from appearing under a different URL,” he is confident that “the video is going to be online forever,” as “hundreds of people were able to download it before everything got shut down, and those people are re-uploading it.”
“I’m just combining what’s already publicly available,” Kinnes said of the film. “Essentially, [AEG’s] claims are pretty frivolous and almost completely baseless.” He also says that he has no ill will toward Frank Ocean regarding the whole incident. “I do think that if Frank saw the video, he would have a certain level of appreciation for the way I captured the performance,” Kinnes said. “I don’t think he would have any issues with it.” Kinnes has since reached out to a legal consultant and believes AEG doesn’t have a legitimate case. “It feels like a massive overreach of power by a corporation that is struggling with their image,” he said.
Coachella 2023 was one for the history books. The beloved music festival in the desert had several high points, including Blackpink and Bad Bunny’s record-setting performances. However, the fallout from Frank Ocean’s seemingly disappointing return to the event is far from over.
Although the “Novacane” singer took the stage for the first weekend, he dropped out of his headlining performance set for the second weekend, which reportedly cost the organizers millions in profits. While Ocean admitted that his solo set was “chaotic” because it had been years since he graced the stage and the live stream was pulled at the last minute, those attending the festival took out their phones to record the performance on social media.
Despite not attending Coachella, according to Variety, Los Angeles-based filmmaker Brian Kinnes was hit with a cease-and-desist by AEG, a festival partner, over unauthorized footage from Ocean’s set. “I’m just combining what’s already publicly available,” Kinnes told the outlet.
Supposedly, Kinnes sourced around 450 Ocean videos posted online over 80 hours. Then Kinnes allegedly sent the best audio clips to a sound engineer to create the final audio file.
“Essentially, [AEG’s] claims are pretty frivolous and almost completely baseless,” said Kinnes as he states, “[I] did not plan on making a single penny” from the video.
AEG disagrees. Although the performance was supposed to be streamed live on YouTube for free, it was not. If it was, the exclusive rights to the footage from Coachella belong to AEG. AEG’s notice demanded that Kinnes “remove and destroy all audio and video content of musical performances from the Festival…failure to do would lead to further legal action.” Kinnes’ footage has since been removed.
However, this isn’t the first time Kinnes has pulled videos across social media of festival footage. In 2017, he created a video of Ocean’s 2014 FYF Fest performance, which was also removed from the internet. Kinnes defends his creations, citing legendary hip-hop group Beastie Boys’ fan-shot 2006 concert film Awesome; I F*ckin’ Shot That!
A quick scroll through Saweetie’s Instagram page reveals just how much she truly cares about beauty and fashion. The gorgeous rapper always posts top-of-the-line content for her fans in videos, pictures, stories, and reels. Currently, she has over 12.8 million followers checking in on her daily life. She also shares her fashionable fits, her ever-changing hairstyles, acrylic nail sets, and red-carpet dresses. In addition, mirror selfies and group shots with her besties are there to see, too. Here’s an inside look at some of her most alluring Instagram posts to date.
Sweetie’s Instagram Reveals Her Fly Side For Coachella
Coachella is one of the biggest music festivals to take place each year continually. Major artists hit the stage in front of a quarter of a million fans to perform their biggest songs. Saweetie made that happen and shared some of the best highlights from the event on the ‘Gram. In a drop-dead gorgeous photo thread, she’s seen wearing a two-piece outfit. Her bra top, covered in colorful bubbles and hair clips, steals the show.
On her bottom half, she’s wearing a pair of mini shorts that reveal tons of skin. Saweete’s over-the-knee high denim boots added some edge. She heavily accessorized with a large flower clasp bracelet, crystal watch, and sparkling rings. She also added a belt made of hairclips, dangling earrings, and a Von Dutch baseball cap. Her super long acrylic nails were red hot with sharp tips, and her long lashes were on point.
Saweetie showed off her long, colorful hair on April 16, 2023. The starlet posted an additional photo thread from a separate day at Coachella. In the leading picture from the thread, she’s seen sitting at the wheel of a luxury vehicle. She elegantly sweeps her baby pink bangs out of her face. Although she isn’t actually tatted up on her upper arm, she’s covered in several press-on tattoos depicting colorful cat images. They somehow perfectly match her hair. Furthermore, in the sixth picture, it’s easy to see her hair in full as it gently blows in the wind. The colorful heart shapes imprinted on the strands of her hair looked impressive. She added a caption that said, “i be chillin,” with a simple pink heart emoji giving casual vibes.
Saweetie’s Instagram is filled to the brim with lovely pictures from the Coachella music festival weekend. She recently uploaded a photo thread wearing a Western-themed two-piece outfit. It shows off her curves in a significant manner. The outfit laces up together in the front with a cut-out section missing over her chest and upper stomach. It also laces up together between her hips with tons of fringe dangling off the sides of her body. The fringe starts at her thighs and goes down her ankles. The pants are designed with a bell-bottom cut that hides the black boots she wore underneath.
Saweetie had the chance to show off her super fit physique and flat stomach in a matchy-matchy denim fit. Her outfit came together with pale blue denim bell-bottom jeans and a matching jacket on top. The jeans were spectacular in their own way, thanks to the fringe and high slits up the front of her calves. The slits stopped right below her knees.
She made sure there wasn’t too much denim on denim by adding a sparkly bra covered in hello kitty charms. She also opted for pink heels with floral print soles, a bright red Coco Chanel handbag, and tons of gold jewelry. Saweetie never skimps out on acrylic nails that make bold statements, and she maintained that energy for this particular look. Additionally, her acrylics were on point, with a clear base covered in shiny silver diamonds.
The truth of the matter is that not every single person can pull off wearing neon colors. Neon is pretty tricky since it requires high confidence and self-assurance. The blinding colors can’t hide since they’re so incredibly loud and bright. Saweetie is the type to rock neon regularly since she exudes confidence, sex appeal, and effortless beauty. She wore a neon green cut-out dress and looked absolutely divine.
In one of the photos, she walks up a staircase showing off the dress’s beautiful fabric, cut, and design. One of the best details about the gown is that it’s sleeveless on one side. On the other side, a billowy sleeve covers her arm from shoulder to wrist. Ultimately, the lack of symmetry makes this particular look stand out compared to other dresses she’s posed in. She accessorized with a pair of dangling earrings and gold heels.
“I think they honestly might be having a hard time booking headliners. There’s not much left. We kind of left the era of great superhero acts, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Daft Punk. Their [2006 Coachella set] was the most epic show. Now they book acts like Bad Bunny and Blackpink, who are cool, but they’re just the most Top 40 there is. It’s almost like they’re stadium acts.
[Coachella producers Goldenvoice] have a hard time, because I think there’s not a lot of really culturally relevant new acts. I saw Labrinth. That was amazing. I think that represents real Coachella. He’s part of the zeitgeist. But the rest of it just felt like they had to scramble to find things that were cultural touchstones, but also could bring a big crowd in.”
He then noted that he’s not big on Frank Ocean (but did say he “has one of the best voices I’ve ever heard”) and speculated that “he just doesn’t really care about shows”:
“I don’t think Frank Ocean’s concert needs to be the best or worst anything. It was a show where the ice rink didn’t work and that’s all it needs to be. I didn’t see his show, because I’m not a huge fan. It’s probably a generational thing. I think I was a little older when Frank Ocean came out. I was in my 30s. He has one of the best voices I’ve ever heard. I really think he just doesn’t really care about shows. I think that’s Coachella’s fault. He doesn’t really care about his fans, to give them a concert. I don’t think it matters. He’s just a musician. Some people just don’t care.”
Diplo, meanwhile, is heading into a weekend at Stagecoach, another Goldenvoice festival.
This past Friday (April 21), Bad Bunny headlined the first night of Coachella’s second weekend for 2023. As People reports, the billionaire Amazon founder, who was once the wealthiest person in the world (he’s currently third), was seen attending Bad Bunny’s performance alongside partner and reporter Lauren Sánchez, Kris Jenner, and Corey Gamble. Fan-shot videos also show Bezos and Sánchez enjoying the show.
Jeff Bezos, Kendall, Kylie and Kris Jenner were amongst the many attendees last night at Bad Bunny’s last performance in Coachella 2023 pic.twitter.com/bJKKyvcjlA
Bezos’ look drew some attention. As People notes, “Bezos, 59, also kept it casual in a long-sleeve light blue button-up shirt with butterflies on the front, a pair of jeans, and white sneakers with dark trim around the ankle.” Some onlookers took notice of the shirt, which can apparently be bought on Amazon for about $12 (or at least one that looks just like it can). One Reddit user summarized the ensemble, “Jeff looking like the dude that comes into a store and asks to buy the outfit off the mannequin.”
