Half of the artists invited to Indio, in the California desert, come from countries other than the United States. Puerto Rican Bad Bunny occupies the top of the poster of Coachella.

Iceland's Bjork and Nigeria's Burna Boy have the honour of being on the main stage this year. The Internet has completely reshuffled the cards of the music industry, says CedarBough Saeji, a professor specializing in East Asia and K-pop at the University of Washington. The public is now much more aware of artists from countries unaccustomed to exercising cultural hegemony.