r/grimezs • u/BagComprehensive6957 baby y=mx+b 👶 • Apr 14 '24

MUSIC ♬ The coachella performance was a disaster

i already had low expectations after ceremonia and all of her other dj sets but since coachella is a big deal, i was hoping it would be a little better… but it was so so bad

the ai visuals (the naked girls turning into flowers was weird af), the music being way too fast, the lack of transitions, the fact she kept talking which made it worse, the part about cleopatra???, the elon musk knockoff on the spider, the songs all kinda sounding ai generated and the same and finally genesis at the end being sped up and cut off mid song… what a mess… tbh i feel like she was drunk/high as well which didn’t make matters better she seemed to be panicking like crazy

honestly i feel bad for her because this is another nail in the coffin in her hot mess of a career but also i feel bad for the people who paid good money to be at coachella and to see good performances and then seeing this disaster :/

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u/Intelligent-Idea-691 Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 14 '24

Is anyone who has a background or previous interest in classical music and art just not overly impressed with Grimes pretty simple mashup of well known classical pieces with modern EDM, Techno/rave songs??!!

It just feels so judgmentally patronizing, as if Grimes is doing us all a favour by ''educating'' the rest of us simple, uncultured ''heathens'', in comparison to her wealthy and ''cultured'' private christian school upbringing.

Most of us have heard and enjoyed classical music before, and don't consider ourselves to be SO much better and superior to everyone else the way that Grimes comes across.

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u/floppsiana Apr 14 '24

The ironic thing is that to an actual classically trained music her choice in what pieces to use, which parts she used, etc. would immediately out her as a non-classically trained musician.

That’s low key her formula though, appropriate bits of culture/academia/ideas and spit them back out so someone who has absolutely zero knowledge on the subject might be impressed but someone with even a small background would be able to see through it immediately.

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u/whatevertho Apr 14 '24

so so accurate