Taylor Swift’s name isn’t on the lineup poster of the Coachella Valley New music and Arts Competition, but that does not necessarily mean pop’s most important superstar will not make an visual appearance in Indio this month.
Not to go all Taylor Swift conspiracy theorist on you, but there are some indicators — and celeb gossip reports — that point to Swift paying some time in the desert.
Initially, she’s on a split from her Eras tour, which not long ago wrapped its run in Asia and Australia. There is no purpose to determine out if she can be there in time, like individuals did when Swift flew from Japan to see boyfriend Travis Kelce enjoy in the Tremendous Bowl — her overall thirty day period is cost-free in advance of she heads to Europe in May perhaps.
Next, her new album, “The Tortured Poets Division,” drops on April 19, which is the to start with day of Coachella’s second weekend. It is not unparalleled to see an artist roll up to the fest with brand name-new material. Kendrick Lamar dropped “Damn.” two days before his initial Coachella headlining stint in 2017.
Now, she could just be taking the month of April off to do promotion for the new album, but the most compelling explanation of all that we may see Swift in Indio? Her pals are going to be there.
Our group of Coachella authorities has compiled some most likely spots for a Swift surprise at the competition.
Lana Del Rey
Accurate power is getting a fanbase that can convince Taylor Swift to consider a backseat on her personal track. “Snow on the Beach” was a dreamy highlight of Swift’s “Midnights,” which showcased her pal Lana del Rey’s spare but velvety harmonies. Yet Lana’s lovers would not take this sort of a slight purpose for her, and properly petitioned for a new edit where Del Rey receives a considerably extra sizeable function — and they were right, it’s the exceptional model. Lana’s set will be a pinnacle of a occupation steeped in L.A. mythology, so can Del Rey encourage Swift, the most well-known artist in the earth, to fall by for quick harmony cameo on the Coachella principal stage? Weird, but f— gorgeous. — AB
Bleachers
Jack Antonoff’s rock band Bleachers plays the Mojave Tent on Saturday night, but as the producer to the stars, such as Swift and Del Rey, there is possible for a Swift sighting, if not a visitor place. Antonoff has worked on a string of Swift’s albums and he’s the producer of the forthcoming “The Tortured Poets Office.” And following Swift’s “Midnights” dropped, the strike “Anti-Hero” acquired a Bleachers remix, which, if re-made, would make for a quite epic Coachella minute. — VF
Sabrina Carpenter
Carpenter toiled for decades in the Disney-pop salt mines right before breaking out in 2022 with the comparatively frisky “Emails I Just cannot Send out.” That album’s greatest observe, “Nonsense,” went viral on TikTok thanks to Carpenter’s onstage behavior of changing the lyrics of the song’s outro to fit regardless of what city she’s in: “Old individuals think I’m Hannah Montana / He’s so significant I need to have an additional hand-a / Make some sound for sweet household Alabama,” she sang, pricelessly, at that state’s Hangout Fest last year. The singer kept at it as a single of Swift’s opening acts on the Eras tour, and just previous thirty day period she joined a fellow Eras alum, Norway’s Lady in Pink, for a bumptious duet with the incredibly Taylor-rific title of “You Have to have Me Now?” Probably Swift will reward Carpenter’s loyalty with a surprise Coachella cameo. — MW