American singer

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

headlined the 2018

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, performing on April 14 and 21 at the

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. Beyoncé was the first Black woman to headline the festival and her performance immediately received widespread critical acclaim. Many in the media described the show as "historic," while ''The New York Times'' proclaimed it as "meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical." The performance was nicknamed "Beychella" by fans. Her performances paid tribute to the culture of

historically black colleges and universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. ...

, featuring a full marching band and

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dancers, while incorporating various aspects of black Greek life, such as a step show along with strolling by pledges. The performances were also influenced by black feminism, sampling black authors and featuring on-stage appearances by fellow

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members

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and Michelle Williams, her husband

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, and her sister Solange Knowles. The performances were recorded and released as a

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-original concert film, ''

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'', on April 17, 2019, accompanied by a

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. ''Homecoming'' likewise received widespread critical acclaim and has been named as one of the greatest concert films of all time.

Background

On January 4, 2017,

was announced as a headlining act for the April 2017

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. However, on February 23, 2017, she postponed her performance until the following year, due to doctor's concerns regarding her

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with twins (born in June 2017). The secondary (resale) market for tickets to the festival that year fell 12% after the announcement she was postponing. Playing her rescheduled dates in 2018, Beyoncé became the first black woman ever to headline the festival. In its nearly twenty years of existence, the festival has only had two other women solo headliners,

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(who replaced Beyoncé in 2017) and

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(2002 and 2007). Even prior to Beyoncé's performance, the nickname "Beychella" emerged for the 2018 festival. Tina Lawson, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, later said that prior to the show, she had expressed reservations about the performance Beyoncé had planned, worried that the largely white audience at Coachella might not understand a show so steeped in black culture, particularly black college culture. Lawson recounted that Beyoncé replied saying that given the platform she had achieved in her career, she felt "a responsibility to do what's best for the world and not what is most popular."

Synopsis

For her April 14, 2018, performance, some 100 dancers as well as her sister Solange, her husband

, and her former

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joined Beyoncé on stage. On Weekend 2, she was joined by

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for " Mi Gente" in which his verse was sung first; on the

documentary ''

'', his part has been omitted. She played a 26-song set to 125,000 concert-goers in attendance including Bajan singer

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as well as millions watching via the live-stream on

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and subsequent playback. The set sampled

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and

Nina Simone Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blu ...

among others. Beyoncé wore five different costumes through the two-hour performance, designed with Olivier Rousteing of French fashion house Balmain.

Musical style

Writing in ''

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'',

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described the musical style of the performance as an "education in black expression .. andmusical history – a

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New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

and its horns,

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and its chopped and screwed beats,

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and its rap velocity, Kingston and its

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, and

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and the legacy of its dissenter,

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..underscoring not only eyoncé's

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ness but the global Black vernacular that continues to shape her." Near the beginning of the set, Beyoncé sang " Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the "Black national anthem". ''

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'', one of

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's most notable motion pictures, was also sampled in the horn arrangement that heralded Beyoncé's return to the stage after her first costume change.

Themes

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU)

The performance has been credited as paying a strong tribute to the

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experience. A full African-American marching band played during much of the set,''Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé. ''Directed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, performed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. 2019. ''Netflix''. accompanied by majorette dancers. Writing for Mic.com, Natelegé Whaley stated that the band consisted of members from various HBCUs and played samples of songs that are often played at an HBCU such as " Swag Surf", "

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", and "

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", along with samples of

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and

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music. Journalists also noted that the set incorporated various aspects of black Greek life, such as a step show along with strolling by neophytes (also known as pledges). ''

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'', a notable

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film, is also referenced. Beyoncé's first outfit was a yellow sweatshirt with the Greek letters ΒΔΚ which reads Beta Delta Kappa. Later, she came out in a shirt with a shield designed with

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, black power fist along with a bee, which outlets such as ''The Washington Post'' credited as a reference to the shields each black fraternity and sorority have signifying the important values of the particular fraternity and sorority. Following the show, Beyoncé announced the expansion of her HBCU scholarship fund, BeyGOOD Initiative's Homecoming Scholars Award program (previously known as the Formation Scholars Award program, announced on the one-year anniversary of ''Lemonade''). In the program's second year, it will support one student at each of eight HBCUs:

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Fisk University Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1866 and its campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1930, Fisk was the first Africa ...

Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Herita ...

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Tuskegee University Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU), formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute, is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on Independence Day in 1881 by the state legislature. The campus was de ...

and Bethune-Cookman University.

Black feminism

Reviewers noted the influence of

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on Beyoncé's performance, including her sampling of Nigerian author

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's TED Talk on feminism and the appearances on stage of former collaborators

and Michelle Williams of

well as her sister Solange; writing in ''

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'', Brittney Cooper read Beyoncé's decision to involve these black women in the landmark performance as a gesture of sisterhood.

Critical response

The performance received broad and overwhelming critical acclaim. In ''

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'', music critic Jon Caramanica wrote: "There's not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year, or any year soon, than Beyoncé's headlining set" at the festival. "It was rich with history, potently political and visually grand. By turns uproarious, rowdy, and lush. A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction." In ''

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'', Chris Willman wrote, "The show served as testament...to Beyoncé as the premier musical performer of our time." ''

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'', CNN,

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, ''

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'', and ''

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'' all described the performance as "historic".

Impact

Following the performance, Destiny's Child sales boosted by 767% and Beyoncé's by 228%, with ''

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'' returning to number one on the worldwide

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chart, where it remained for two days. "Everybody Mad" saw a boost in sales and streams and went viral, inspiring others to do the dance. Beyoncé's custom Balmain outfit during her performances, most notably the yellow and pink Homecoming hoodie, resulted in a 58% increase in searches for Balmain hoodies after her performance. English singer

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said that she was inspired by Beyoncé's performance when trying to perfect her own performances, calling it the "real deal" and saying "When I watched that, I completely got it." English rapper

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said he "scrapped" his

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performance after seeing Beyoncé's performance, saying "if that's what Beyoncé's doing, yo, we've got to buckle up our ideas over here." Footage from the performance featured in

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's 2020 'Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers' ad as the most searched performance.

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paid homage to the performance and the documentary in his 2022 Netflix film ''

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''.

Viewership

Beyoncé's performance garnered 458,000 simultaneous viewers to become the festival's most viewed performance to date and the most viewed live streamed performance of all time, with the entire performance having 41 million total viewers from around the world, 75% more than the previous year.

Coachella

Randy Phillips, the president and chief executive of concert promoter

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and the former CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group Live credited Beyoncé as the start of a change at Coachella towards

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. Beyoncé was the first black woman to headline Coachella, and was set to be the second woman to headline ever, the first in a decade, until she dropped out due to her pregnancy.

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credited Beyoncé as "(setting) the stage for a new era of female domination" at the festival. At the 2019 Coachella festival, Beyoncé's pyramid stage was displayed. A new runway segment was added to the main stage similar to the runway from Beyoncé's performance, which had originally been designed for The Formation World Tour.

Set list

The following songs were performed during both sets. # "Welcome" # "

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" # "

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving one ...

" # " Lift Every Voice and Sing" # "

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" # " Sorry" # " Bow Down" / "I Been On" # " Drunk in Love" # "

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" # " Flawless" / " Feeling Myself" # " Top Off" # " 7/11" # " Don't Hurt Yourself" # " I Care" # " Partition" # "Yoncé" # " Mi Gente (Remix)" # " Baby Boy" / "

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" / " Hold Up" / "

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" # "

Check on It "Check on It" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé. It was written by her, Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyincé and Slim Thug, and produced by Swizz Beatz. Initially recorded solely by Beyoncé, the song was supposed to be feat ...

" # "

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" # "

Run the World (Girls) "Run the World (Girls)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her fourth studio album '' 4'' (2011), released as the lead single from the album on April 21, 2011. It was written and produced by R&B singer The-Dream and Beyoncé, wh ...

" # " Lose My Breath / " Say My Name" / "

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" # " Get Me Bodied" # "

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her third studio album, ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). Columbia Records released "Single Ladies" as a Single (music), single on October 13, 2008, as a A-side ...

" # " Love On Top" Notes *During the performance of April 21,

joined Knowles on stage to perform " Mi Gente".

Documentary and live album

On April 7, 2019,

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account posted a teaser image, displaying an image of the ''Homecoming'' logo on a yellow background. A concert film, titled ''

'' was released on April 17, 2019 as a Netflix-original film. The film contains footage from the two Coachella performances and behind-the-scenes footage documenting the development of the performances, including how Beyoncé had to get in shape after giving birth to twins in 2017. An accompanying

, '' Homecoming: The Live Album'' was released on the same day on all digital platforms. It contains the full audio live recording and two bonus tracks – a cover of

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's song "

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" and " I Been On". The live album peaked at #4 on the

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References

External links

Beyoncé's official website
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