Grimes Apologizes for Technical Issues During Coachella Performance: “Good Lessons Learned”

Grimes took to social media on Sunday to apologize for the technical issues during her Coachella performance this weekend.

The singer-songwriter struggled with equipment malfunctions throughout her show on Saturday, with problems plaguing the programming of her tracks at the mixing desk that left her screaming into the microphone throughout the second half of her set.

“The cdjs were showing me bpms like 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 trying to guess how stuff was sounding for u guys,” she explained on X, formerly Twitter.

Her statement also explained she outsourced certain aspects of the performance “to save time.”

“I wanted to come back rly strong and usually I always handle every aspect of my show myself – to save time this was one of the first times I’ve outsourced essential things like rekordbox bpm’s and letting someone else organize the tracks on the sd card etc,” she wrote. “i had a bad feeling beforehand not having run everything thru the cdjs myself and tho I flagged it I wasn’t insistent.”

I want to apologize for the technical issues with the show tonight. I wanted to come back rly strong and usually I always handle every aspect of my show myself – to save time this was one of the first times I’ve outsourced essential things like rekordbox bpm’s and letting…

— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) April 14, 2024

She continued her message by saying she would “personally organize all the files next week” and “not let such a thing happen again.”

“I’ve spent months on this show, making music and visuals,” she continued, and said she is “not in the best mood” following the malfunctions. “Next week will be flawless, everything will run thru my hands Some good lessons learned. Bless y’all.”

Coachella began its first of two weekends on Saturday on the grounds at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Apart from the headliners, which include Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat and No Doubt, artists like Peso Pluma, Blur, Ice Spice, J Balvin, Jhené Aiko, Lil Uzi Vert, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyla, Skepta, Suki Waterhouse, Sublime, Jon Batiste, Carin León, John Summit, Bebe Rexha, Reneé Rapp, Victoria Monét and more will hit the stage.

Earlier this month, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that YouTube, which is streaming the music festival for the 12th year, this time introduced “Multiview” streams that allow users to watch up to four different stages at the same time.

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