5 Best Moments From Doja Cat’s Proudly Strange Coachella 2024 Headlining Set

That aforementioned Tyrannosaurus skeleton came out toward the end of the show as Doja performed “WYM,” with a crew of puppeteers making it chase her around the walkways that went out into the crowd, having no clear connection to the song but adding another dash of kooky fun to the show with its presence. The final flourish was when, during the show-closing “Wet Vagina,” the satellite stage was transformed into a mud pit, into which Doja and her dancers crawled and got themselves dirty. Leave it to her to do innuendo in a way that was striking, cool and happily messy.

Doja released her newest track, “MASC,” just 10 days ago, with the ballad about maturity (“Boy, we way too grown for this sh–“) getting its live debut about midway through her performance. The song’s collaborator, Teezo Touchdown, came onstage to perform his part, rapping into a microphone embedded into a bouquet of flowers and wearing white football pads outfitted with his signature spikes. While his appearance was brief, the pair had chemistry and both of their voices sounded true to the song.

In addition to Teezo Touchdown (and the aforementioned T-rex), Doja brought out 21 Savage to do a verse on their January collaboration “n.h.i.e.” and A$AP Rocky to do his part on their recently released track “URRRGE!!!!!!!!!!” While these moments were exciting, none of the guests lingered onstage for all that long.

But the guest appearance that went on for awhile and also made Doja look the happiest was the aptly named The Joy, a five man a cappella group from South Africa. The Joy surrounded Doja during the show’s first few songs, with its members — who, like her, were dressed all in white — singing in Zulu and in gorgeous five-part harmony. At one point, she just stood in the middle of them and seemed to soak in their sound, closing her eyes and flashing one of her biggest smiles of the show.

Doja started the performance on the satellite stage jutting out from the main area, appearing in a full hazmat suit. It was a striking look that didn’t last long, as she removed the hood to reveal a long (like down to her knees) nearly white blonde wig. This hair and this color of it would become motifs of the show, with Doja performing with a cadre of dancers wearing head-to-toe long white blonde fur suits, looking like glamorous yetis and causing a lot of white hair to swing around during their group performance of “Demons.” By this time, Doja was wearing just a bikini also outfitted with white blonde hair, and then removed her wig to reveal her bleach-blonde, tightly cropped hair. During the rest of the show she’d appear in a white fur bikini (despite the frigid temperature), a floor-length white fur jacket and other complimentary outfits made of plastic and other shiny and furry materials.

In addition to the aforementioned hazmat suit and fur bikini, Doja also wore another bikini outfitted with the same long white blonde hair that her initial wig was made from. Another outfit was a two-piece shorts and top set that looked to be made out of clear plastic, and given the chill factor, one couldn’t help but feel a bit relieved when she and her tightly choreographed crew of dancers all put on floor-length (seemingly faux) fur jackets, with Doja’s in white and the dancers’ in black. A long segment of the show performed from the top of the scaffolding found her in reflective tights, a shimmery belted bodysuit and boots — and of course, the show ended with her simply covered in mud.