Review: Ariana Grande at Coachella was not the pop star we needed

Ariana Grande headlined the Coachella festival on Sunday. She didn't allow The Times to photograph the show. When Coachella announced in January that it had booked Ariana Grande as one of its headliners, many old-time festival-goers expressed sorrow that their precious alternative-rock show — the desert blowout that once hosted the likes of Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine — had gone fully and irredeemably pop.

The performance started strong, with the singer belting “God Is a Woman” amid a Last Supper-style tableau; next was “Bad Idea,” which had her dancers writhing as profanely as any NIN fan could want.Then she sang a tart rendition of “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” a song that samples an old track by ’N Sync.

But with routines from her current arena tour jammed together with special-for-Coachella numbers, this thing told no coherent story — a must for any pop extravaganza that plays in the wake of Beyoncé’s game-changing performance last year.Nicki Minaj turned up to do her verses in “Side to Side” and “Bang Bang,” but rapped so carelessly that it came as no surprise when she didn’t come out later during “The Light Is Coming,” on which she also features.

mikaelwood No one needs Coachella either

mikaelwood Pop music blows chunks because it changes a venue from grassroots to media extravaganza

mikaelwood Saw janes addiction last time I was there. Sounds like things have changed a bit.

mikaelwood Let’s face it, “EDM” festie culture has jumped the shark and is the domain of vapid tweens now. It’s dead, let it die.

mikaelwood It’s was a complete mismatch. She was so rehearsed. It had not one real moment. Not one ounce of real soul. Beyoncé came with an agenda, to slay, and completed her mission.

mikaelwood That time I saw Peter Murphy descend like a bat with Bauhaus is a comfort zone to be rejected? Not the generic, polished to within an inch of life pop and zeitgeist chasing it’s devolved into?

mikaelwood Maybe the girl needs some time off to get her mental health back. Contractually improbable.

mikaelwood Check still cleared

mikaelwood Praise Jesus.

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