The annual music festival made history with its diverse headliners, but there's still more work to be done
and The Weeknd both headlined alongside Eminem. But what makes the 2023 festival unique is the fact that two of the headliners don’t primarily sing in English.
Nguyen, an avid festival goer and music lover, says the majority of festivals she’s been to have typically featured non-diverse headliners. These are artists she may have loved, but hasn’t always been able to relate to on a personal level. Having her first Coachella feature artists like Jackson Wang, Burna Boy, and Diljit Dosanjh — the first Punjabi singer to perform at Coachella — and having fans come out in droves for a K-pop group like Blackpink is a big deal.
“It's incredible,” agrees music industry executive Matthew Cancel. “We're finally having a moment within music that celebrates walks from all over the world.” The founder and CEO of, Cancel has co-produced events from The Met Gala to NYFW, working with clients in the entertainment industry. Festival lineups, he says, have become more diverse over the past several years; a shift seen in other places in the industry too.
That includes changing the experience for artists themselves. “I'm excited because that means I'm kind of a part of history a little bit,” says rapperFor the members of boundary-breaking Mexican American band
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