‘I won’t let something like this happen again’

The electronic star performed during Day 2 of the major music festival in Indio, California on Saturday, April 13

Grimes’ set became one of the most talked about performances at Coachella – no thanks to the technical difficulties she experienced.

The electronic star, 36, took the stage at Coachella Weekend 1 on Saturday, April 13, and encountered a handful of issues during her set, as her songs were sped up too quickly. She opened up about the mistakes while on stage — screaming several times in frustration — and later apologized X (formerly Twitter).

According to footage from the Indio, California music festival that emerged on social media, Grimes (whose real name is Claire Boucher) appeared visibly stressed as she got halfway through her set and was having trouble with the tempo of the songs in her queue. mixing deck.

“All my songs are double tempo. I’m trying to figure it out, but they’re pretty much beyond repair,” she said at one point, trying to explain to the audience why she paused her performance and replayed several songs started. .

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“It will continue,” the indie star added in her set. ‘Don’t blame me, because it’s not my fault. Well, it’s partly my fault, but it’s not entirely my fault.’

While trying to come up with solutions on the spot for the rest of the show, the “Oblivion” singer also said, “Don’t judge me for being bad at calculating things. Being bad at math is not a sin.”

Grimes was also captured yelling and shouting expletives as she tried to diffuse the situation.

During her Sahara Stage set, the “Genesis” singer thanked the crowd for bearing with her and apologized, but she issued a formal statement about X shortly after coming off stage.

“I would like to apologize for the technical difficulties with the show tonight,” Grimes wrote.

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In the Canadian artist’s post, she gave more context to what happened and explained that she didn’t prepare her mix deck herself, as she usually does. The Art angels the artist clarified, “to save time, this was one of the first times I outsourced essentials like rekordbox bpms and had someone else organize the songs on the SD card etc. I had a bad feeling beforehand because I didn’t have to do everything myself through the CDJs and although I flagged it, I didn’t insist.”

Grimes continued by opening up about the “big lesson” she learned from the experience, noting the importance of doing things yourself if “you want it done right” and to “get a c— even when people feel bad’.

She promised that she would be more involved with the audience should any disruptions occur in the future, and assured fans that nothing would go wrong when she performs at Coachella Weekend 2 on Saturday, April 20.

“Next week I will personally organize all the files. I will not let something like this happen again,” said the musician. “I’ve spent months on this show, creating music and visuals, and admittedly I’m not in the best mood. But yes, next week will be flawless, everything will run through my hands.”

“Some good lessons learned. Greetings all. The CDJs were showing me bpms of 370 so I couldn’t even mix manually by ear and the front monitors were off so it was literally sonic chaos on my end while I was trying to guess how things sounded to you guys,” she concluded, signing the note by asking for forgiveness and wishing her fans “love always.”

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Grimes last released a full-length album in 2020 with her third LP, Ms. Anthropocene. Since then, she has released a handful of singles and collaborations, including ‘Player of Games’, ‘Shinigami Eyes’, ‘I Wanna Be Software’ with Canadian producer Illangelo and ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ with Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter Sevdaliza.

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The electronic hitmaker was one of many top acts at Coachella this year.

The event was headlined by Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator and Doja Cat, and also featured performances from A-listers such as Ice Spice, J Balvin, Peso Pluma, Sabrina Carpenter and No Doubt, who returned for the first time since 2015 came together for the party.

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