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Tyler, the Creator at Coachella: Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky & More Best Moments

Coachella 2024; Tyler, the Creator's performance recap covers surprise guests like Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover), A$AP Rocky & Kali Uchis.

For the performance, which rivaled Lana Del Rey ‘s Friday set in terms of theatricality, the main stage was transformed into a desert vista, centered by a broken-down trailer flanked by two rocky hillsides — one topped by a green tent and adjacent sign that ironically read, “NO CAMPING.” The projection behind the physical set was a thing of ever-changing beauty, hosting such arresting images as a desert rainstorm, a giant silvery moon against a purple sky, a fiery hellscape and a sci-fi tableau complete with flying saucer. For his cameo, Wilson joined Tyler at the piano (perched atop one of the on-set “mountains”) for a charmingly low-key version of “Earfquake.” Even in his brief appearance, the music veteran’s onstage chemistry with his much younger duet partner was palpable. After warning that he had only four minutes of performance time left before Coachella’s 1 a.m. curfew on Saturday — a bit of news that caused the crowd to erupt into a round of booing (“B—- don’t boo me…boo [Coachella founder] Paul [Tollett], he put this s— together,” he said) — Tyler donned a harness once more for the grand finale, a gravity-defying performance of “NEW MAGIC WAND” that saw him caught in a “windstorm” (a coming tempest hinted at earlier in the set) while clutching desperately at some boulders.

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