The number is always impressive, in this case 330 thousand people in the three days of the mega festival Lollapalooza Argentina 2023in its eighth edition in ten years.
The artistic level was high, varied and amazingwith many figures coming to the country for the first time (such as Billie Eilish) and others returning (such as Twenty One Pilots).
As for the weather, which once -in 2018- forced a date to be suspended, it was unbeatable, with a really scorching sun in the three dayseven yesterday Sunday, when the forecast indicated rain and thunderstorms, but in the end it was nothing but a scare, black clouds and a few greasy drops.
Sunday’s figures were without a doubt Billie Eilish and Maria Becerrabut there have also been great recitals by Die Young, Conan Gray, Kali Uchis and Fine Street.
On the closing of this edition the set of the famous DJ and producer Skrillex was still missingwhich was rumored to have the even more famous as a special guest bizarre.
To boot
The day started at 12with Argentina (but based in the US) My Zeta on stage Flow and the porteña Mora Navarro in the Alternative.
Then began the classic zigzagging from one end of the property to the other, looking for a fan of shows of all kinds, each putting together their own grid to their liking and pleasure.
At 12:30 Camilu opened the stage for Samsung with his captivating voice. He started with Flight mode and continued with For love. First he greeted everyone and said he was happy to sing for the first time at the festival. Because the blow has finally come A little bit at a time.
strange mother, The alias of Helena Massuco, sang her friendly pop on stage at the Flow and admitted: “How nice to be with you, I’m having fun!” at the end, a duet with Saramalacara it relieved early risers and Billie Eilish fans who were already trying to secure a front row seat.
a revelation
Breakthrough Award for Die young at Perry’s Stage. He came out with a flow where he threw lines like “I have more children than Maru Botana”, to immediately rhyme with “Hannah Montana”. Brilliant. A member of Dillom’s crew, the Rip Gang, yelled “I’m not Bizarrap but we did a Session” with blazing beats reminiscent of ’90s California, but with a super current edge.
His entire audience harbored a secret hope that Dillom would come out, and apparently that was the idea, but before he did A$AP He said his friend didn’t make it to the show on time. However, the theme was sung by all 1000-2000 fans in attendance. She gave thanks with a “Thank you so much for enduring all this under the sun” and followed up with a dedication performance that included Saramalacara and Kaktov in All Stars. The finale was with a furious and energetic pogo.
A few minutes before, The road of life It was the song that opened Mendoza’s presentation Gauchito Club in the Flow. His mix of Andean folklore with Latin and urban rhythms has gained notoriety with the drink, a theme that appeared in the playlist of the world champion soccer team in Qatar, which they played at the end of the concert. Captivating and effective.
Just before 4pm, the Chilean artist cami offered a folkloristic show. With a mezzo-soprano register, which she tends to abuse a bit, she sang a classic by her compatriot Violeta Parra, Let’s go back to 17emblematic theme, of which the Mercedes Sosa version is still remembered.
storm danger
The dreaded storm appeared to arrive at 4.45pm when the sky turned black. To the point that the organizers have asked, for safety reasons, to take “five steps back” in each of the scenarios. Hot Milk’s performance was cut short on Alternatives and delayed the start of Conan Gray on Samsung.
The rain lasted just 15 minutes and the first to resume was Rei, on Perry’s stage. With everything, the false alarm and the scorching sun returned.
Conan Grey He gave a great recital, even though several times he was frightened by the fervor of the people and asked if everything was all right and if there weren’t any problems due to the heat or the jostling. He left applauded.
Diego Torres, on the main stage, shortly after 18:00, conquered more than 50,000 people with his sympathy, skill, a more rock-oriented repertoire, an impeccable band and a stage presence to be the envy of many. A triumph, with hits like Along the path of the sun, try to be better, let me be and closing with Color of hope.
Colombian women Kali Uchidressed to kill and with a full gasp perreo, then lowered the decibels to the sweet tempo of Telepathy and made all the people of Samsung dance. pick you up, his magnificent collaboration with Daniel Caesar, played in third position. Without a band on stage, he had a chorus of nearly 50,000 fans, doing FM soul, Latin rhythms, choreography and hints of hip hop, all genres crossed by the same element: sensuality.
Maria Becerra, dazzling
By 8pm, virtually all 110,000 people appeared to be on stage at the Flow to see Maria Becerra. The car nicknamed “La Nena de Argentina” presented a spectacular staging, with the best professionalism and pyrotechnic effects from the start.
The singer has taken over the stage and even though she has dancers and a full band to back her up, her flow and charisma have stolen all eyes. There were also guests, and so it was There were Ráfaga and Lola Indigoa bonus much appreciated by his fans.
María Becerra spoke highly of the international success of her colleagues Lali, Cazzu and Tini, thanked the audience and left triumphantly, closing with great songs like Automatic, Berlin AND nightclub.
Billy for the first time
At the close of this edition he had already taken the stage billie eilish, on his first visit to Argentina. Seconded only by a sector of synthesizers -led by her brother Phinneas- and by a drummer, little Eilish became a giant in the midst of Bury a friend and he needed his big stage show to the extent that the sound -always with insufficient volume- didn’t help him too much.
Everything began to get better and inside The crown The great communion between Eilish and her followers was celebrated, for whom the wait for the local debut of the singer was very worth it.
Source: Clarin
