Here are some selected tracks from the first weekend of the festival.

Mirror ball dungarees

Festival-goers were amazed at Harry Styles' first performance on the Coachella stage.

A Ferris wheel at the 2022 Coachella festival VALERIE MACON AFP

The former boy band One Direction, shirtless except for glittering disco ball overalls, performed some of his hits, revealed a new song and guest-starred on stage, superstar Shania Twain. 1990s country pop.

He sang for the first time "As It Was", the first single from his forthcoming album "Harry's House", then pretending to be surprised: "It's big here, isn't it?"

In front of a sea of ​​raging fans, he then invited Shania Twain to come and sing with him some of the hits of the 56-year-old Canadian singer, whose music he said he listened to as a child, in the car with his mother.

"This lady taught me to sing," he said.

"She also taught me that men are bastards."

punch lines

Megan Thee Stallion at Coachella, April 16, 2022 VALERIE MACON AFP

The Californian desert was even hotter than usual, thanks in particular to an anthology performance by Megan Thee Stallion who, hair fluttering in the wind and twerks slapping even louder than her punchlines, notably made the crowd scream with dance movements mimicking cunnilingus.

"Ladies, if you love your body, make some noise!" she said.

The UFO of American rap Doja Cat, meanwhile, performed a highly pyrotechnic performance, sharing the stage with fake flames and a fake devil embodied by his colleague Rico Nasty.

Brazilian drag queen singer Pabllo Vittar, April 16, 2022 at Coachella VALERIE MACON AFP

The first weekend also featured Brazilian artists with Anitta, the first Brazilian singer to top the Spotify charts, and Pabllo Vittar, who became the first drag queen to perform at Coachella, and whose the frenzied dance numbers sent the packed crowd into a frenzy.

"The simpsons"

It was Danny Elfman who created the surprise at Coachella.

Best known for his film soundtracks, the 68-year-old American composer and singer promised -- understatement -- a "little bit strange show" during which he mixed his young new wave years and his long film career.

After half a dozen songs from his band Oingo Boingo, founded in 1979, he ripped off his shirt, revealing a heavily tattooed torso, and masterfully led his orchestra through a look back at his forty years. of composition for the small and large screen.

"The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Edward Scissorhands", the "Spider-Man" of 2002, and the two Batman films by Tim Burton, he left nothing out, and especially not the music of the Simpsons.

“Never underestimate Danny Elfman,” a Twitter user wisely noted.

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