Outkast’s Coachella Flop: Blame EDM
One of the stories to come out of Coachella this year was the very lukewarm reception accorded the reunion of Outkast.What happened? EDM.com opines:
If you’re plugged in to what’s going down at Coachella, you’ve no doubt heard by now that one of the most illustrious hip hop acts of all time suffered a disastrous reunion set in California on Friday night, to the point where Andre 3000 asked the lackluster crowd mid-performance, “are y’all still here?” As the set progressed, people streamed out of the crowd and the supposed climax of “Hey Ya!” went over with the intensity of a poorly faked orgasm. Well, this got off to an awkward start…I guess appropriately so. There’s no other way to describe a legendary reunion show being met with such malaise.
Or blame Coachella. Coachella is filled with shit people and the OutKast flop proves it lol. Nice overgeneralization though. Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face (and I’m not even vouching for electronic music necessarily [EDM is another sweeping term, just like “grunge” in the 90s]) 30 years in the biz, you say? I’ll leave thumbing my nose lol.
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