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Read about the most star-studded moments from Camp Flog Gnaw 2024.
11/18/2024
Tyler, The Creator took a well-deserved victory lap and brought festival-goers along for a joyful ride down memory lane on Saturday (Nov. 16) when he headlined the first night of Camp Flog Gnaw at his Los Angeles hometownâs Dodger Stadium.
The ambient sounds of a shipping dock â deep-toned ship horns, squawking seagulls and crashing waves â play before Tyler marches onto the stage and incites âChromakooooooopiaâ chants from the crowd. A single green light highlights the masked and military uniform-donning headliner standing atop a âChromakopiaâ shipping container. Tyler introduced the albumâs aesthetic exactly one month ago on Oct. 16, when he released the âSt. Chromaâ video. And already, heâs created another definitive character in the Tyler Cinematic Universe, where commitment to world-building is paramount for every one of his projects.
He forges ahead to the next three songs off CHROMAKOPIAâs track list. âThe biggest out the city after Kenny, thatâs a fact now,â he reaffirms on the subsequent track âRah Tah Tah.â Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem, who were billed as The Hillbillies, headlined the first night of Camp Flog Gnaw just last year. Tyler isnât typically one to do the honors given the fact that itâs his festival (and he already rewards himself with the most performance time out of any other artist on the lineup). Giving other luminaries the primetime slot is a courtesy, but this yearâs different because Tyler gradually ascends into a higher echelon of stardom with each album.
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Heâs reached cult icon status without having a definitive âhit,â and now heâs earned his first three Billboard Hot 100 top 10s with an album that was released on an off-cycle Monday but has become Tylerâs biggest album to date. His star continues to burn even brighter, but the overexposure proves it can sometimes be destructive. âNoidâ feels particularly poignant given his recent heated encounter with paparazzi as he was leaving the GQ Men of the Year party on Thursday night.
âNo cameras out, please, I wanna eat in peace/ Donât wanna take pictures with you nâas or biâes,â he spits on the second verse with an extra splatter of vitriol.
But Tyler doesnât marinate in the sour feeling. Over the instrumental outro of âDarling I,â he pauses to prematurely celebrate his albumâs three-week No. 1 streak on the Billboard 200. âThank all you motherfâkers for supporting me, man, for real. To do that, at my 10th carnival in my fâing city, whatâre we talking about?! I donât even have no heartfelt message. Iâm really filled with so much love and joy,â Tyler beams. âWe did the new shâ, yâall clearly know it and like it. So if you donât mind, Iâmma go through my old shâ real fast.â
Tyler takes it back to last year with âWUSYANAME,â âLUMBERJACKâ and âDOGTOOTHâ from his Grammy-winning album Call Me If You Get Lost before rewinding all the way back to 2011 with âSheâ and âYonkersâ from his Goblin LP and splicing in cuts from 2013âs Wolf, 2017âs Flower Boy and 2019âs IGOR. He asks the audience to take over Playboi Cartiâs verse on âEARFQUAKEâ because âthis nâa in Vegasâ headlining ComplexCon, but heâs slated to close out the second and final night of Camp Flog Gnaw on Sunday (Nov. 17).
âI wanted to build a place where nâas could just come and just be, and itâs beautiful to see that yâall have been rocking with me for real. All this sât really be starting from my notebook. Itâs fâing crazy, bruh! Nâas is really three weeks No. 1, and Iâm like, âWhat the fâ going on? This is crazy!’â he says. âThis is a test run âcause all the songs are so new. The first four went great, could I continue to do some new sâ?â
He shushes the festival-goersâ affirmative response so they can pick up the introductory whistle of his Hot 100 top 10 hit âSticky,â where B-roll of step teams and marching bands complement the songâs cheerful energy. But Sexyy Redâs surprise appearance cranks it up a thousandfold. Tyler gasses her up while she twerks for the crowd, and he even throws it back and earns a satisfactory smack from her.
They match each otherâs freak as well as the same IDGAF energy of their viral booty-popping, middle-finger-flinging photo. âI love you, girl. Sheâs so sweet,â Tyler sings her praises as she heads off the stage and repeats the âItâs gettinâ sticky!â hook. But the raunchy rapper canât deliver more fitting final words than âHe was sucking up on my coochie, yâall.â
Tyler invites more CHROMAKOPIA guests like ScHoolboy Q for âThought I Was Deadâ and the âmotherfâking swamp princessâ Doechii and âmy motherfâing brotherâ Daniel Caesar for âBalloon.â âThis nâa helped me with this album, I get emotional when I see this nâa âcause he came through for me for CHROMAKOPIA,â Tyler says of Caesar, who performed on the main stage just right before him and is featured on âSt. Chromaâ and âTake Your Mask Off.â It took a village to make his latest masterpiece, but he built an even bigger one right before his eyes.
Check out the full set list for Tyler, The Creatorâs Camp Flog Gnaw headlining set below:
1. âSt. Chromaâ
2. âRah Tah Tahâ
3. âNoidâ
4. âDarling, Iâ
5. âWUSYANAMEâ
6. âLUMBERJACKâ
7. âDOGTOOTHâ
8. âSheâ
9. âYonkersâ
10. âTamaleâ
11. Boredom
12. âWho Dat Boyâ
13. âI THINKâ
14. âEARFQUAKEâ
15. âStickyâ (with Sexyy Red)
16. âTake Your Mask Offâ
17. âThought I Was Deadâ (with ScHoolboy Q)
18. âLike Himâ
19. âBalloonâ (with Doechii and Daniel Caesar)
20. âNEW MAGIC WANDâ
21. âSee You Againâ
Bad Bunny delivers a spectacular show on any stage, but thereâs nothing like seeing the megastar at home in Puerto Rico, performing for his day-ones. After wrapping up his Most Wanted Tour in the U.S., Benito brought the show to el Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan. All three shows, including last Sundayâs (June 9) finale, sold out.
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Benito gifted locals an extra-special event, packed with guest appearances and hometown-specific elements not offered elsewhere.
Most tellingly, he opened with a video montage created specifically for this weekendâs shows. In it, he reflects on the excitement of the earlier tour dates, but makes clear that performing at home is like nothing else. Nobody will better appreciate his work than his fellow Puerto Ricans on the archipelago, he says in the clip, before concluding: If youâve seen Bad Bunny perform, but you havenât seen him in Puerto Rico, then you havenât really seen him at all.
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On Fridayâs, Saturdayâs and last nightâs shows, a youthful, classical orchestra directed by Colombian musician Carlitos LĂłpez was both the opening act and a live band. The orchestra was also a major feature of the U.S. dates; this weekend, however, the first number was different. The orchestra opened with âLa Borinqueña,â Puerto Ricoâs official anthem. The crowd came to attention quickly, shifting from anticipatory pre-show bustle into a beautiful choir.
Centered around his latest release, 2023âs Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana album, the U.S. dates featured two stages at opposite ends and a moving runway that descends from above. The Coliseo setup was the same â and considering the overwhelming number of cargo trailers outside the venue, itâs safe to assume Bad Bunny had the exact setup shipped in.
When the video went black, the orchestra began three Western-inspired overtures, setting a somber, solitary tone, before moving into âNadie Sabe.â The orchestral opening and subsequent accompaniment was pretty ingenious in the satisfying cohesion it brought; the soundtrack of a companionless cowboy pairs well with the loneliness of fame, which Bad Bunny explores in the trackâs lyrics.
When Bad Bunny rose, surrounded by fog, from a hidden opening in one of the stages, the crowd roared mightily. He maintained a stoic demeanor befitting the song, though â then hunched over his gleaming, silver mic at the end as fans chanted âBenito, Benito!â
The coliseum rattled as âMonacoâ rolled in, then out â and Bad Bunny took a long moment to look around the giant space. He didnât smile, yet he looked content. He nodded as if in acknowledgment of the love beaming at him from every direction.
Then came the guest appearances: Joining first for âFinaâ was Young Miko, who bounced around the stage between dancers with a big black bow adorning her long blonde hair. Then came Mora for âHibiki,â and later Yovngchimi for âMercedes Carotaâ and Bryant Myers for âSeda.â Benito slowed the show there, stopping for a lights-off pep talk for fans, essentially about being yourself fully, regardless of the hate or admiration you receive.
Moving to the opposite stage, Luar La L hopped on for âTelefono Nuevo.â Shortly after, two lucha libre wrestlers appeared on the opposite stage. It was an awesomely bizarre method of distraction â meanwhile, Eladio CarriĂłn was joining Bad Bunny on the runway to run through a slew of their collaborations.
Another stretch of Most Wanted feels like a piano bar, with only a pianist accompanying Benito as he runs through hits from his growing discography. He got extra playful with the element last night, though, playing a sort of guess-the-song game with fans. The pianist would play a few notes, heâd sing, then stop â did fans know the song? Of course, they always did. He apparently improvised plenty, as eventually the pianist stopped playing and it was only Bad Bunny singing a few bars â before, again, checking to see if fans knew the song. The game seemed to delight him. Here, he smiled plenty.
Again, special to these Puerto Rico dates, the mystery pianistâs identity was finally revealed. Sheâd been masked at every show since the start of Most Wanted, but removed the covering at the end of the set here, as Benito introduced her to the crowd as Tiffany RomĂĄn.
Later, De La Ghetto rolled in for âAcho PR.â Then ArcĂĄngel hopped in for several cuts â the crowd went wild. Bomba players also joined onstage, with cabezudos wearing the mask also worn by Bad Bunny in the album visuals, as well as by the orchestra player and pianist.
Thereâs some practical rationale to the overabundance of guest stars in Puerto Rico, of course. Itâs logistically easier for these artists to appear in concert alongside Bad Bunny when heâs playing where everyoneâs based. Still, itâs a treat concertgoers simply canât get anywhere but else but here.
In total, the Puerto Rico shows were each about an hour longer than the U.S. shows. Call it preferential treatment, and youâd be right â but that doesnât mean itâs wrong. His hometown fans are the reason Bad Bunny is who is today, and theyâre forever his foundation. They deserve the best, and itâs beautiful that Bad Bunny never forgets it.
Fourteen years after their last performance at Madison Square Garden, Romeo Santos and Aventura returned on Thursday (May 23) to the New York City arena as part of their reunion tour Cerrando Ciclos, and picked up where they left off â with fans enraptured by their music, screaming every word of every one of their bachata songs at the top of their lungs.
From the first chords of âPor un Segundo,â through âDile al Amor,â âEl Perdedor,â and âBrindo con Agua,â Romeo â along with his bandmates Henry, Lenny, and Max Santos and about a dozen musicians on stage â thrilled a crowd that never stopped shouting out each verse and every comment from the singer, who continuously interacted with them.
He even indulged them with a segment in which he performed snippets of songs they requested from the stands, and brought a couple of female fans on stage to sing with him in a moment that felt intimate despite the nearly 20,000-people that filled the venue.
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It was as if time had not passed and, to top it off, Aventura had its first surprise guest of the tour at the Garden. Right at the end, for the encore, Judy Santos appeared unexpectedly to perform with Romeo the collaboration they originally recorded in 2002: Aventuraâs anthem âObsesiĂłn.â
Produced by CMN Events, the Cerrando Ciclos Tour started on May 1 in Sacramento, California, and has visited cities such as Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago. The U.S. trek will conclude on Aug. 3 in Hidalgo, TX, before the group heads to Spain for seven shows. Subsequently, theyâll head to San Juan for six shows at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico and continue their journey in Latin America.
The last time Romeo Santos (who launched his solo career in 2012) and Aventura went on tour was right before the COVID pandemic for their 2020 Inmortal Tour, which grossed $25.8 million and sold 189,000 tickets among 15 shows between Feb. 5 and March 10, 2020, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.
For a full setlist of Aventuraâs Cerrando Ciclos Tour, click here.
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Uncle Murda has carved out a particular niche for himself via his âRap Upâ series that he began some years ago. The East New York, Brooklyn rapper is back with âRap Up 2023â and as one can imagine, several big names catch shots and strays along the way.
Uncle Murda, rocking over a beat from Great John, opens up the song seemingly suggesting that the medical episode Jamie Foxx suffered earlier this year was allegedly connected to drug use. Blueface and Soulja Boy, both engaged in a public feud, were mentioned by Murda and Young Thug caught a shot along with Gunna, with Murda admitting that the latterâs latest album was âhot.â
Rising star Sexxy Red caught some criticism over her lyrics and even mentioned that he heard alleged rumors of the rapper having STDs. He then flipped that thought into Sexxy Redâs hook from Drakeâs âRich Baby Daddyâ track from the Canadian rapperâs For All The Dogs album, adding that young girls shouldnât be listening to her music.
Continuing his unrelenting assault on the culture, Uncle Murda then aimed at André 3000 and his New Blue Sun album, echoing the same complaints other fans of the Outkast rapper voiced over Stacks choosing to play flute instead of rapping.
Other names mentioned included Joe Budden, Taxstone, Cardi B, Offset, Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Elliott Wilson, and more.
Check out Uncle Murdaâs âRap Up 2023â below.
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In May, Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar reintroduced themselves as âThe Hillbillies,â a quirky pair of big flexers (âOne-hundred and fifty grams of protein,â Dot raps in the duoâs eponymous single) and even bigger spenders who show off their lavish lifestyles and Lamarâs embossed python square toe 3-inch heel cowboy boots in âThe Hillbilliesâ music video. But the opening shot at L.A.âs Dodger Stadium and goofy cameo from Tyler, the Creator â who confirmed Camp Flog Gnaw would officially return this year for the first time since the pandemic at the end of the clip â foreshadowed Saturday night (Nov. 11), where Lamar and Keem took over Flog Gnaw night oneâs headliner slot hillbilly style, of course.
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But Keem started off the evening with a surprise: He debuted the trailer for The Melodic Blue short film, starring him, Amandla Stenberg, Shakira JaâNai Paye and more, that will premiere Dec. 5 on Amazon Prime Video. But the lead actor let âSavior â Interludeâ play out like a movieâs beginning credits while sitting on the hood of an old-school black car, Lamar lounging in the front seat before shooting the sâ with his baby cousin in the black-and-white video that was projected on the stageâs middle screen.
After Lamar officially introduced himself as âthe OG Hillbillyâ in a Beverly Hillbillies-inspired accent, the bombastic beginning horns of âFamily Tiesâ activated the audience, with fans shaking off any exhaustion theyâd sustained throughout the day. Despite the contradictory opulence of his hillbilly aesthetic, Lamar opted for a vintage brown sports jacket, white jersey, ripped jeans and Timberland boots with small square-frame glasses. Heâs already claimed the rap throne a long time ago â and heâs certainly looked the part before, from sitting on an actual throne in his 2015 âKing Kuntaâ music video to wearing a crown of [Tiffany & Co. diamond-encrusted] thorns at 2022 Glastonbury Festival. But his current attire represented humble beginnings that can get flipped on their head.
But no amount of money in the world could buy the happiness experienced during the family reunion, which even projected the âFamily Tiesâ cover art â an old photo of Lamar, Keem and their unidentifiable relatives â onto the Camp Stage. Yet during Saturday nightâs performance, the passionate festival-goers found themselves in the picture instead. Lamar spoke to his younger fans, some of whom he estimated were 9 or 10-years-old when they first discovered him, and guided them through his biggest hits from his 2012 album good kid, m.A.A.d city, his 2017 album DAMN. and all the essentials in between. If his music raised these kids, then Lamarâs family was far more extensive than any photo could ever show.
But his relationship with Keem is different because itâs inside their DNA. With everyone flinging their arms in the air with reckless abandon, Lamarâs rousing performance of âAlrightâ was more than just a tough act to follow â the set couldâve very finished right then and there. But in between songs, he pleaded with his cousin (whom he endearingly referred to as ânephewâ earlier) to save him from the âsââ music thatâs being put out lately. Keem stepped up to the plate and offered a smorgasbord of his own hits, including his 2019 sleeper hit âOrange Soda,â his TikTok-fueled cut âLost Soulsâ from his 2021 debut album, The Melodic Blue, and his stirring feature on Kanye Westâs âPraise Godâ from Donda.
And what better way to finish off their performance than with the live debut of âThe Hillbilliesâ â which earned a 2024 Grammy nomination for best rap performance just the day before the festival â and having Tyler run back his music video cameo. Shuffling across the stage, the festivalâs chief curator felt like The Hillbilliesâ long-lost cousin, his eccentric mannerisms being on par with those of Lamar and Keemâs as the trio entertained the audience with their shenanigans. Watching two rap titans and one incredibly promising rising star run around the stage felt like watching three kids run around the neighborhood playground. Flog Gnaw is Tylerâs personal playground after all, where imagination is limitless. Fans mightâve usually referred to Keem as âTwo-Phone Baby Keemâ and Lamar as âDot,â âOklamaâ or any one of his other notorious nicknames, but for that night, they were The Hillbillies.
Check out the full set list for The Hillbilliesâ Camp Flog Gnaw headlining set below:
1. âSavior â Interludeâ
2. âFamily Tiesâ
3. âN95â
4. âA.D.H.Dâ
5. âElementâ
6. âHooliganâ
7. âHonestâ
8. âDNA.â
9. âSwimming Pools (Drank)â
10. âTrademark USAâ
11. âLost Soulsâ
12. âm.A.A.d cityâ
13. âPraise Godâ
14. âHumbleâ
15. âOrange Sodaâ
16. â16â
17. âRange Brothersâ
18. âBackseat Freestyleâ
19. âBitch, Donât Kill My Vibeâ
20. âMoney Treesâ
21. âAlrightâ
22. âVentâ
23. âSaviorâ
24. âThe Hillbilliesâ
âMy dream is to play small theaters in EnglandâŠThis has gone way beyond,â says Ed Sheeran to a sold-out SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. on Saturday night (Sept. 23). Indeed, playing to a record-breaking 81,000 fans â the most tickets the venue has sold for a one-day event â is staggering. But the show itself […]
âYou want to go home or you want to keep going?â Metro Boomin asked the packed audience late into his set on Tuesday night (Aug. 8) at Billboardâs R&B Hip-Hop Live event at The Novo in Los Angeles. The answer from the crowd registered as an unintelligible roar â but it was clear they werenât ready to leave.
The hitmaking DJ and producer, who most recently executive produced the Marvel soundtrack Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse â which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 in June â played for over an hour following Billboardâs 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players event in honor of hip-hopâs 50th anniversary. Joining him on the bill were âPlayersâ rapper-vocalist Coi Leray and rapper Armani White (âBILLIE EILISH,â âBaazigarâ).
Though he was the headlining act of the night, Metro made a casual entrance to the stage, sauntering out in white jeans, T-shirt and purple ball cap to take his place behind the boards. Over the course of the crowd-pleasing set, the hitmaker performed tracks including â10 Freaky Girls,â âNiagara Falls (Foot or 2),â âCreepinâ,â âUmbrella,â âMinute,â âNo Complaintsâ as well as Spider-Verse cuts including âCallingâ and âSelf Love.â
Metro also made several nods to his production work, performing âFather Stretch My Hands Pt. 1â (a cut off Kanye Westâs Life of Pablo), Post Maloneâs âCongratulationsâ with Quavo and âHeartlessâ by The Weeknd.
Metroâs âSelf Loveâ collaborator Leray (sporting close-cropped blue hair) preceded him on stage with an ecstatic set that included such hits as âBitch Girl,â âBaby Donât Hurt Me,â âBops,â âGet Loud,â âMake My Dayâ and âPlayers,â which became her first top 10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 when it peaked at No. 9 on the tally in April. The charismatic rapper was backed by a crew of fatigue-clad dancers, with one male member of the team executing some onstage acrobatics at several points during the performance. This being a Billboard event, Leray made sure to shout out her first Hot 100 entry âNo More Parties,â which peaked at No. 26 on the tally in March 2021.
âThis sât real,â Leray said at the top of her set. âI remember when they say I was TikTok, hopped on Tiktok â now they say Iâm [Billboard].â
Earlier in the evening, White pulled off spirited performances of such tracks as âSILVER TOOTH,â âOnederfulâ and âThanksgiving.â At one point, the rising rapper referenced his big moment at Osheaga Festival on Saturday (Aug. 5), when Billie Eilish brought him out on stage to perform his hit single â you guessed it â âBILLIE EILISH.â
âI donât know if any of yâall follow me, but I was on stage with Billie Eilish,â said White, clearly still drinking in the viral moment. âSome wild sât, right?â
It took about one minute for R&B singer-songwriter Victoria MonĂ©t to sell out her first-ever headlining concert. In 2016, she served as one of the opening acts for tours by Fifth Harmony and Ariana Grande â the latter of whom she has written a number of hits for, including Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s âThank U, Nextâ and â7 Ringsâ â and performed her first solo festival gig at Day N Vegas just two years ago. But for about one hour at Los Angelesâ El Rey Theatre on Friday night (March 31) , MonĂ©t took her âmotherfâinâ momentâ and never let go.
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From the âMomentâ the curtains pulled back on the 33-year-old performer, who appeared in a shimmering bronze and green bikini and mesh pants, she instantly blew her fans away. MonĂ©tâs windswept, wavy blond hair framed the face of a tried-and-true performer who was somehow just getting her start. The singerâs monumental show kicked off Spotifyâs âR&B First Nightsâ campaign, which aims to amplify the genreâs rising stars by supporting their first live show across select U.S. markets. The campaign, which is financially backed by Spotifyâs Creator Equity Fund, will also support U.K. R&B trio FLOâs Atlanta show next month as part of their first North American tour. Funny enough, when Billboard asked FLO in a recent interview who they were dying to collaborate with, the girl group named MonĂ©t.
And it comes as no surprise, considering MonĂ©t bodies being a triple threat. She continuously accentuated her assets during her âAss Like Thatâ performance, singing about her personal fitness journey and a guy whoâs absolutely enamored by her results. The subject matter hits close to home, as her partner and the father of her 2-year-old daughter Hazel, John Gaines, is a personal trainer, who fans were introduced to in the whimsical, breath-taking âMomentâ music video from early 2020. Both proudly watched MonĂ©t in awe among the eveningâs star-studded audience, which included Lauren Jauregui, AmbrĂ©, Muni Long, Joyce Wrice, Kelela, Ty Dolla $ign, Ravyn Lenae and more.
She not only earned respect from her industry peers and family, but also her fans, who got audibly excited at the sight of her viral dance routine to Trillville featuring Cutty Cartelâs 2004 hit âSome Cut.â The famed squeaky bed frame sounds provided a seamless transition into her 2020 Jaguar cut âDive,â but MonĂ©t wanted to slow things down even more for âTouch Me.â
Scattering spotlights showered the now-perched singer, who basked in it â a rather rare moment for someone who has spent years behind a pen, tucked away in a studio and nowhere near a stage that would give her her own shine apart from any superstar sheâs ever worked with in her storied career.
MonĂ©t made sure the crowd never forgot who she is, seducing one of her female backup dancers to flaunt her bisexual identity during âF.ââ as glowing pink lights filled the 771-capacity venue with lust. She treated her day one fans with touches of nostalgia, playing songs off her 2018 albums, Life After Love, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2. And for one very special fan named Aubrey, MonĂ©t brought her up on stage to personally thank her for supporting her all of these years and gifted her a signed vinyl. She later brought up her longtime photographer Alfredo Flores to capture the moment, with the entire audience unpromptedly throwing up a peace sign for the camera, potentially in reference to her upcoming Jaguar II era.
âTake your phones out and light this biâ up, cause you canât smoke in here!â MonĂ©t yelled before diving into her latest, Lucky Daye-assisted single âSmoke.â Once it cleared, she payed homage to her first Jaguar project by giving the audience a truly groovy âExperienceâ with technicolor lighting that mimicked a disco ball in efforts to transport them straight to the â70s. But she (literally) snapped everyone back into reality with the same celestial keys that played at the start of the show, but this time, for âJaguar.â If another Austin Powers movie were to be made today, MonĂ©t made her case for why she would be his foxy sidekick (the way BeyoncĂ© once played) with her razor sharp, yet incredibly fluid movements and overall awe-inspiring, superstar presence.
Triumphant trumpets blared for her grand finale and later replayed once MonĂ©t returned to the stage, with an adorably stunned baby Hazel in her arms, to bask in this moment just once more. âI just wanted to say thank you to my team. Thank you guys all for coming. This is a team effort. I have the name Victoria MonĂ©t, but that name is plural. Itâs my team that got me here,â she said above bouts of roaring applause, with her team standing all around her, including her manager Rachelle Jean-Louis and producer DâMile. âAnd thank you Spotify for believing in me to have this moment and to kick off your â[R&B] First Nights.â
âI wanted to make this night extra special for you guys, too. I know you guys have been waiting for Jaguar II for a really long time,â she teased. âAnd because you guys sold this show out in one minute, I just wanted to give you a little sneak peek.â While taking a hefty sip from a Veuve Clicquot champagne bottle (if you know, you know), MonĂ©t played a snippet of a new slinky, hip-hop-leaning track that featured her signature funky trumpets signaling her victory lap.
Victoria MonĂ©tâs El Rey setlist:
âMomentâ
âBig Boss (Interlude)â
âAss Like Thatâ
âDiveâ
âTouch Meâ
âF.U.C.K.â
âWe Might Even Be Falling in Love (Interlude)â
âDo You Like Itâ
âNew Loveâ
âFreakâ
âMonopolyâ
âSmokeâ
âCoastin’â
âExperienceâ
âJaguarâ
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