Highlights include Brisa Flow, the first indigenous artist in the event’s lineup, Korean band The Rose and Curitiba-based feminist group ‘Mulamba’
Although some great artists have retired along the way (there were five in all: Omar Apollo, Blink-182, Dominic Fike, 100gecs and Willow), the tenth edition of Lollapalooza Brazil comes with big names in its line-up.
In 2023, the 20-something generation, or so-called Generation Z, shines on stage. Billie Eilish, at just 21, is one of the headliners and proves that age has nothing to do with talent. This is the singer’s first time in Brazil. Today she is considered one of the most important and awarded names in pop music. Together with Billie, the American singer gray cone23 years old, who had his first album at number five on the Billboard 200 in 2020. And also Mochakk, stage name of Brazilian DJ Pedro Maia, who performs on Saturdays at 7pm.
Women dominate the electronic scene with a total of 14 DJs, Brazilian and foreign, performing on stage at Johnie Walker Blonde’s Perry’s. Among them, the Brazilian Curol, from Belo Horizonte, who brings Afro references to her music, creating a very original and quality sound. Also noteworthy is Nora En Pure, a Swiss-South African deep house DJ and producer.
And speaking of diversity, many bands and groups bring activism to the stage. ‘Black Pantera’ miners tackle topics such as racism and discrimination in their Heavy Metal songs. The members, Charles Gama, Chaene da Gama and Rodrigo “Pancho” Augusto, are black and created the band in honor of the Black Panthers, a movement that defended the civil rights of the black community in 1966.
The number of Brazilians also shows the importance that the festival places on promoting national music. Overall there are 38 performances by artists from the most varied regions of Brazil. One of those that promises to make history is the plant and rootwho will celebrate 25 years of career by bringing the group from Bahia Olodum. This will be the first national reggae band to play the festival.
There are several performances by musicians already established in the Brazilian and international music scene during this weekend. But below we split a few bets you can (and should) know about at this year’s festival.
Kali Uchi
In 2020, the 28-year-old Colombian-American went viral on tiktok with the song ‘Telepathy‘. In the same year she was confirmed for the formation of Lollapalooza, but was canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She now comes with a wider repertoire and promises a show with many songs from the new album, Red Moon in Venus.
- Show: Friday at 7.05pm on the Budweiser Stage.
Rise against
American punk rock band from Chicago returns to Brazil after almost six years from the Maximus Festival, in 2017. The group is known for politicized lyrics that question the current dilemmas of young people and society. Last Tuesday, 21st, the band performed at Cine Joia, during Lolla Sideshows, and the tickets were sold out.
- Presentation: Friday, at 21:15 on the Adidas stage.
devochka
A 32-year-old artist from Minas Gerais, he plays intense electronic music with catchy beats. In his most played song on Spotify, Bach mixes the German classical musician’s chords with rhythm.
- Show: Friday 3.30pm on stage at Perry’s By Johnnie Walker Blonde.
Child
Formed by the singer Luê from Pará and the Brazilian-born Mexican Mateo Piracés-Ugarte, the duo brings a ‘tacky and sensual’ style to the stage. The Lollapalooza debut comes a year after the release of the album “Amorzinho”, which carries declarations of love from the couple in a mixture of Latin and pará.
- Show: Friday at 1:20pm on the Budweiser Stage.
allies
Fans of Charlie Brown Jr., CPM 22, Detonators and many other Brazilian rock bands of the 2000s will appreciate the style of Aliados. Formed in the city of Santos by musicians Fildzz, Dudu Golzi, Rafa Borba and Marquinhos Perez.
- Show: Friday at 12:00 on the Budweiser stage.
breeze flow
Brisa de la Cordillera is the full name of the MC who is a researcher, representative of hip hop culture and defender of indigenous music. Brisa, who hails from Minas Gerais, has always been influenced by the culture of the Andean peoples and will be the first indigenous artist to perform at Lollapalooza Brazil. She promises to combine ancestral rhythms with rap and some electronica.
- Presentation: Friday, 12:30 on the Chevrolet stage.
Jane’s addiction
The American alternative rock group was basically what allowed the festival to exist. After all, its singer Perry Farrell created Lollapalooza in 1991 as a farewell tour for his band. Influenced by hardcore punk and heavy metal, the group takes the stage with original members: Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins.
- Presentation: Saturday, 5:50 pm on the Chevrolet stage.
wallow
Formed in 2017 by childhood best friends Dylan Minnette (actor of 13 reasons why), Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston, this is the first time for the indie group in Brazil. The boys have gone from the underground music scene of Los Angeles to various stages around the world.
- Show: Saturday at 4:45pm on the Budweiser Stage.
Melanie Martinez
The singer has become known for her songs and her controversial style. If before her her two-tone hair already generated emotion, today her presentations with an ‘alien cat’ mask are shocking. This will be the artist, who is only 27 years old, in Brazil for the third time. But the style of this year’s show promises to follow the premise of the new album, K-12, which carries a mystical universe.
- Show: Saturday at 21:35 on the Adidas stage.
Sofia Tukker
New York musician duo Tucker Halpern and Sophie Hawley-Weld. The duo rose to worldwide fame in 2016 with the song “Drinkee”, where they sing in Portuguese in an adaptation of a poem by Chacal. But that’s not the duo’s only connection to Brazil. They also made a single with Paul VitarEnergy Part 2, which they sang together during Coachella 2019.
- Show: Saturday at 6.55pm on the Adidas stage.
Mulamba
Band from Curitiba formed in 2015 that carries the fight against sexism through rock rhythms and MPB. The group consists of six women of different colors and shapes – Amanda Pacífico, Cacau de Sá, Caro Pisco, Érica Silva, Fer Koppe and Naíra Debértolis – their lyrics focus on female empowerment and gender equality.
- Performance: Saturday at 12:00 on the Budweiser stage.
Watch it
The Swedish singer became famous worldwide for the single ‘Habits’. But beyond what is always expected during the artist’s performances, it is also her political and feminist act of lifting her shirt. Since he sang in 2017 in Brazil, Tove Lo has released three Grammys, wrote “Homemade Dynamite” for Lorde and recorded a funk with the Brazilian MC Zaac.
- Show: Sunday at 6:35pm on the Budweiser Stage.
The Rose
For the first time a Korean band will perform at Lollapalooza Brazil and it will be a ‘boyband’. The group’s debut was in 2017 with the single ‘Sorry’. In December Woosung (vocals and guitar), Dojoon (keyboards), Hajoon (drums) and Jaehyeong (bass) were in Brazil for a solo show at Espaço Unimed.
- Show: Sunday at 4.25pm on the Adidas stage.
Thuio
The Brazilian group of Afrofuturismo brings songs that talk about life and human subjectivity: from the fear of loneliness to the pleasure of gossip. The rhythm has some ambient and folk music, which makes it more melancholy and intimate.
- Presentation: Sunday, 1:25 pm on the Chevrolet stage.
Teddy number
At 25, Giovene Aranha turns her pop songs into a diary, recounting quarrels with friends, love problems and frustrated dreams. All of this through humor, of course.
- Presentation: Sunday, 12:00 on the Chevrolet stage.
Source: Terra
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