Grimes’ DJ set at Coachella mired by technical difficulties, social media reacts

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Grimes‘ DJ set on the second day of Coachella 2024‘s first weekend has come to an end, and social media has a lot to say – check out fan reactions below.Despite starting strong – Grimes arrived onstage on the back of a robotic spider-like vehicle – and performing back-to-back bangers of an unreleased track and a mash-up of BLACKPINK star Jennie‘s ‘Solo’ and Rihanna‘s ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’, her set was soon engulfed in a myriad of technical difficulties that she could not recover from.From missing queues on transitions to music not playing at all, Grimes apologised to the crowd, explaining that her tracks had somehow been boosted to double their normal tempo and she was having trouble “doing the math”.She tried to recover, telling the crowd: “All my tracks are double tempo and I can’t do the math.

They’re borderline un-mixable, so the rest of my sent won’t be mixes but it’ll still be fun.”She added, explaining that she had trouble beat-matching and syncing up BPMs of different tracks: “Don’t judge me for being bad a calculating things”.

She also told fans that she “accepts full responsibility” for the mixing issues. She also promised that she will be better prepared for Weekend 2 of Coachella, and apologised multiple times throughout her set.

The set also included Grimes screaming out in frustration multiple times.However, the internet doesn’t seem to be too forgiving, with some fans labelling the set “the worst in the history of Coachella”.This could be the worst performance in the history of Coachella. #grimes— Tim Martell (@TimMartellMusic) April 14, 2024This Grimes set has to be the worst in the history of @coachella— DTR (@DeanS_B) April 14, 2024Head over to Coachella live YouTube and watch Grimes train wreck.