The final day of weekend two of Coachella has arrived and is guaranteed to have some memorable moments to close out the festival. Last night, Travis Scott had nonstop energy, Charli XCX transformed the desert into a West Hollywood nightclub, and Green Day put on one of the greatest punk rock shows Coachella has ever seen. Sunday is slated to have amazing performances from electronic juggernaut Zedd, Tina Snow herself, Megan Thee Stallion, and hit maker Post Malone closing out the festival.

The Beaches

The Canadian all-woman band brought some fun power pop to the Gobi stage. They had plenty of spunky energy, similar to a band like MUNA or The Last Dinner Party with driving bass lines and colorful guitar melodies. This was a great daytime set to catch and their band name couldn’t be more well suited; their music really does sound like a warm summer day at the beach!

Shaboozey

Although country is not everyone’s cup of tea, Shaboozey put on a fantastic performance at the main stage for his “Coachella Country Hour.” The set felt like watching a television program with interstitial breaks to introduce certain songs and get the crowd hyped up. Sure, a country artist like Shaboozey may have been better suited and more welcomed at a festival like Stagecoach, which is happening next weekend, but it’s hard to deny how important it is to see Black artists like Shaboozey represented in the genre. With solid vocals, an incredible backing band and such charisma, Shaboozey is demonstrating that country music is a genre that has long lasting power in the music world especially with his massive hit, “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”

Muni Long

At the Mojave stage, Muni Long performed an incredibly sensual and steamy set. Along with sexy backup dancers and a strong backing band, Muni Long created an environment in which festival goers could slow dance with their partners or their new festival fling. As each performer on stage was being introduced, the band was jamming out to a rendition of Amerie’s “1 Thing.” Thinking it was just a breezy instrumental to showcase all the talent on stage, festival goers were hyped when Amerie herself appeared to perform “1 Thing.” It’s surprises like this that demonstrate that any set at Coachella could have a special guest. Another fantastic moment during this set was hearing the massive TikTok hit, “Made For Me.”

beabadoobee

Back at the main stage was the Filipino-British singer/songwriter, beabadoobee. With cherry blossom trees for the stage design, Beatrice and her band had a heavier set than one would expect. Although her vocals are very sweet and delicate, beabadoobee have an early 2000s rock sound with distorted guitars and chunky bass, quite possibly the tastiest bass tone of the entire day. Along with such a big wall of sound, beabadoobee’s lyrics also pack quite a punch from tracks like “Care,” “Real Man” and “Ever Seen.” This set brought the audience a healthy balance between head-banging constantly and swaying along as the golden hour sun shined down on the Empire Polo Club festival grounds.

Still Woozy

At the Outdoor Theatre, the funky and laid-back music project fronted by Sven Eric Gamsky, Still Woozy, had a colorfully fun set. Through silky guitars, groovy bass lines, and Sven’s bright and positive stage presence, Still Woozy provided a lovely set with plenty of bounce. Songs like “That’s Life” and “Get By” were clear standouts.

Circle Jerks

The Sonora tent was packed for the hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, Circle Jerks. Formed in 1979, the Circle Jerks grew to be a staple in the LA punk scene, amassing a cult following for their unabashedly loud and fast sound. Not only was the Sonora tent a perfect place to escape from the heat during Coachella weekend, it was the place to find some of the loudest and heaviest sets of the entire festival. Every person in the audience was moving, two-stepping, hopping into the pit, getting out all the aggression and negative energy they were holding onto to rock out to some messy punk tunes provided by the Circle Jerks.

Ginger Root

One of the best sets of the entire weekend easily belongs to the Cameron Lew fronted project, Ginger Root. The grooves during this set were heavy, the drums were locked in, and Cameron is an incredibly fun and charismatic frontman. Ginger Root is described as aggressive elevator music which makes a lot of sense watching this set. The guitars and bass are plucky, the drums are heavily inspired by jazz, and Cameron has such a whimsical and carefree stage presence that is both self-effacing but confident at the same time. They played a good chunk of songs from their latest album, SHINBANGUMI such as “All Night,” “No Problems,” and the finale, “Show 10.” There were a few comedic bits throughout the set which helped guide the story of Ginger Root’s lore as a musical project. During a track, Lew jokingly said that “Ginger Root is not a moshing band, but you can mosh at 50% of what the Circle Jerks were.” Easily the highlight of the set was hearing the DEVO cover of “Uncontrollable Urge.”

JENNIE

The Outdoor Theatre had a huge audience for BLACKPINK member, JENNIE. Similar to LISA’s set on Friday, JENNIE had pyrotechnics, backup dancers, and an explosive live band adding plenty of umph to her pop songs. She ran through mostly every song off of her new album, Ruby such as “Damn Right,” “ZEN” and “Mantra.” She had great stage presence and it was obvious to see how natural she is of a performer, even as she pursues this solo endeavor.

Megan Thee Stallion

Filled to the brim with booty-shaking anthems, the Texas rapper, Megan Thee Stallion, brought tons of aggressive energy for her main stage performance. Honestly, this might have been the strongest hip-hop set of the entire festival weekend, rapping laps around some of the biggest names in hip-hop today. Sure, her bars might be raunchy and sometimes arrogant, but that’s what makes Megan Thee Stallion such a standout artist. This set demonstrated that not only is Megan an incredibly sexy and entertaining performer to watch, she also never fumbles a single bar. The crowd was absolutely inspired by Megan’s dancing as fans could be seen throwing it back all across the festival grounds. Some standout songs from the set included “HISS,” “Captain Hook” and the massive hit, “Savage.” Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox unfortunately did not appear this time around, but it would have been nice to hear the live take on “Cobra (Rock Remix).”

Zedd

Probably the biggest pull at the Outdoor Theatre was for electronic producer Zedd. During weekend one, there was a revolving door of guests such as John Mayer and Maren Morris, but weekend two might have been even bigger. The start of the set seemed like a standard DJ set as Zedd opened with the incredible “Stay the Night” featuring Hayley Williams. Although Williams wasn’t present to perform her part of the song, Bea Miller graced the stage to sing “Tangerine Rays” and “Out of Time.” Zedd continued the DJ portion of the set with more hits, an insane light show, and fireworks for mostly every song. This truly felt like a headlining performance when accounting for the fact that the crowd was going nuts the entire time. The next portion of the set, Zedd got behind a drum set and ripped through a few tasty jams with a flute player. If one was unaware, Zedd is a wickedly talented drummer in addition to being a massive, hit-making producer. While Zedd was still behind the drums, 90s rock band Incubus appeared on stage to perform a string of songs including “Drive” and “Pardon Me.” This was such a random surprise but it definitely made for a memorable moment for the entire festival. Alessia Cara also came out to sing “Stay,” although her microphone kept cutting in and out without a full resolution during the duration of her performance. As Zedd sat down at a piano, the final surprise for the night was the Los Angeles Philharmonic returning to the Outdoor Theatre to perform the theme song from the Apple TV show, Severance, and the euphoric finale, “Clarity.”

Post Malone

Closing out the entire festival was rapper/singer, Post Malone. His current musical venture has been country music, and although some original fans have been turned off by this new direction, sometimes artists need to pivot in order to grow and develop their voice further as a storyteller. And it is hard to deny how perfect a bit of country twang pairs with Post Malone’s auto-tuned tinged vocals. Even hearing some of his most popular songs in his discography with a country flair, they sound refreshing and almost like entirely new songs to appreciate and love.

As a headlining performer, Post Malone had amazing energy, he sang his heart out, his band were pristine wrapping each instrumental with subtle fiddle or banjo, and of course, the surprise guests. At about halfway through the set, tourmate and massive country star, Jelly Roll, appeared to perform their track “Losers” together. After the song finished, Post Malone and Jelly Roll had a “kind off” of sorts, complimenting each other relentlessly. If there was one thing about this Post Malone set, it is that he seemed so down to earth, like such a humble human being who is grateful to have gotten to this place in his music career. Post reiterated throughout the setlist that this is about his tenth year making music and it’s already brought him a ton of success including headlining Coachella.

Probably the biggest surprise of the weekend was towards the end of the set when Post Malone brought out Ed Sheeran to help sing “Sunflower” from the Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse soundtrack. Since Ed already performed at the festival on Saturday, it made sense to have him make additional appearances around the festival, but Post Malone was one of the few to actualize this collaboration.

A few other highlights included the heavy rendition of “Rockstar,” his classic hit “White Iverson” and the triumphant closing track of “Congratulations.” Post Malone took the time to sincerely thank everyone who came to enjoy his set. Even with all the fame and success that Post Malone has received over the years, he still continues to be humble and grateful for having the opportunity to be a part of everyone’s festival-going experience. His final parting message was to “take care of yourself” and “be safe.” And although those are relatively simple words, they are excruciatingly important words to live by.

Post Malone Setlist

Texas Tea
Wow.
Better Now
Lemon Tree
Wrong Ones
Go Flex
I Fall Apart
Losers (with Jelly Roll)
Goodbyes
M-E-X-I-C-O
What Don’t Belong to Me
Circles
White Iverson
Psycho
Dead at the Honky Tonk
Rockstar
Sunflower (with Ed Sheeran)
I Had Some Help
Congratulations

Featured Image Photo Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz