{"id":2442968,"date":"2019-04-15T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=822243"},"modified":"2019-04-15T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:25:18","slug":"ariana-grande-rules-coachella-with-nsync-in-throwback-fueled-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/ariana-grande-rules-coachella-with-nsync-in-throwback-fueled-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Rules Coachella With \u2018NSYNC in Throwback-Fueled Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ariana-grande-arichella-post.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\">Ariana Grande<\/a> gave a star-studded headlining performance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/coachella\/\" id=\"auto-tag_coachella\" data-tag=\"coachella\">Coachella<\/a> on Sunday \u2013 the first of two headlining sets for the festival. The 25-year-old pop princess&nbsp;appeared in a Queen Victoria meets <em>Sailor Moon<\/em> getup, launching straight into \u201cGod Is a Woman.\u201d Then we were off to the races. Within three songs, Grande proclaimed: \u201cI\u2019ve been practicing my whole life for this moment! I could die now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, she was talking about using her big moment bringing onstage her childhood idols, \u2018NSYNC, who were definitely surprised to be part of a headlining Coachella set in 2019. So they pulled out all the choreographed stops and angled fist-pumps for \u201cTearin\u2019 Up My Heart\u201d after the scintillating mashup of her song \u201cBreak Up With Your Girlfriend, I\u2019m Bored,\u201d which interpolates their <em>No Strings Attached<\/em> cut, \u201cIt Makes Me Ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uSFsVGCq-fw?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grande continued with a few more songs off of <em>Sweetener<\/em> and an interlude featuring audio from Goldie Hawn in&nbsp;<em>The First Wives Club<\/em> (\u201cYou think just because I\u2019m a movie star, I don\u2019t have feelings. Well you\u2019re wrong\u2026I have feelings!\u201d), when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nicki-minaj\/\">Nicki Minaj<\/a> appeared onstage to perform \u201cSide to Side\u201d and \u201cBang Bang\u201d with Grande. Despite technical difficulties with Minaj\u2019s mic, the two worked up the crowd with the help of a small brigade of backup dancers that paraded around the stage\u2019s runway.<\/p>\n<p>Grande next performed \u201c7 Rings,\u201d featuring a car with an \u201cArichella\u201d tag, as well as a heartfelt rendition of \u201cBreathin&#8217;\u201d accompanied by a live orchestra. After changing into a pale blue chiffon outfit, she performed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/childish-gambino\/\">Childish Gambino<\/a> collaboration \u201cBreak Your Heart Right Back,\u201d including all of Childish Gambino\u2019s vocal parts (despite headlining the festival on Friday, the rapper did not make an appearance during Ari\u2019s set).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2863247863248\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARICHELLA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#ARICHELLA<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArianaGrande?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ArianaGrande<\/a> brings out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diddy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Diddy<\/a> and Mase at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coachella?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#Coachella<\/a> to perform \u2018Mo Money Mo Problems\u2019 as a tribute to Biggie, 2 Pac, and Mac Miller \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EIqnT878hx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EIqnT878hx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/etnow\/status\/1117690993875177474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">April 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She was then joined by Mase and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/diddy\/\">P. Diddy<\/a> for a rousing rendition of \u201cMo Money Mo Problems,\u201d paying homage to deceased rappers Notorious B.I.G.,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/2pac\/\">Tupac<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/nipsey-hussle\/\">Nipsey Hussle<\/a>, with an aside to Grande\u2019s former partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mac-miller\/\">Mac Miller<\/a>. \u201cMy sister has been through a lot, but she\u2019s still standing!\u201d exclaimed Diddy.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping up the show were a few more surprises in store: during the Imogen Heap cover \u201cGoodnight N Go,\u201d WALL-E and EVE from the Pixar film <em>WALL-E<\/em> appeared, romantically floating in space behind Grande. And Grande\u2019s performance of \u201cThe Light Is Coming\u201d exchanged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pharrell\/\">Pharrell\u2019s<\/a> pulsating, minimalist beats for a guitar-heavy, punk rock sound. She closed the show with three of her biggest hits: \u201cBreak Free,\u201d \u201cNo Tears Left to Cry,\u201d and \u201cThank U, Next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ariana-grande-coachella-headlining-set-822243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande gave a star-studded headlining performance at Coachella on Sunday \u2013 the first of two headlining sets for the festival. The 25-year-old pop princess&nbsp;appeared in a Queen Victoria meets Sailor Moon getup, launching straight into \u201cGod Is a Woman.\u201d Then we were off to the races. Within three songs, Grande proclaimed: \u201cI\u2019ve been practicing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 07:14:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}