«Coachella more and more without a soul» | Rolling Stone Italia

“I have been to the coachella a few times now and even if the size of the event is impressive, it is increasingly without a soul.”

Thus began the post in which Reggie Watts, musician and comedian, tells his experience to one of the most famous festivals in the world that consumed the first weekend last week, with Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Green Day, Benson Boone, Charlie Xcx and others, and who will propose the second from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 April.

“It is a confused and impersonal experience,” writes Watts, “there is one control after the other, the logical enigma of bracelets, safety everywhere. Most people move as street credit cards, going from one branded experience to another ».

«It does not have the feeling that those who organize the festival care about people. There is no cure. No reverence. Only vibrations tuned with the culture of influencers. Something true is glimpsed – an artist who puts his heart on stage, a sudden connection – but they are fleeting moments. The initiatives of the brands are easily lost in chaos, buried under logistics, the excessive price of everything ».

In addition to the accumulation of garbage, this becomes particularly sad when you go out. “Storms of dust, people who care about buying your bracelet, the feeling that it is an economic transaction, not a shared experience”.

For Watts there are better alternatives. «There are independent festivals managed by people who care about music, artists, fans, the territory. They treat artists carefully, build situations in which the community can take root. It is there that magic is found. Here's what is worth supporting ».

From Rolling Stone Us.