The headline of Ariana Grande in Coachella is a moment of breathtaking light in a dark world

AriChella, as his fans call him, has witnessed many surprises and guests

Almost exactly a year ago, Ariana Grande made an unexpected appearance at Coachella to give the first rendition of her brand new single "No Tears Left To Cry" during the filming of Kygo. At the time, Grande was going through a difficult year, her concert at the Manchester Arena having become the scene of a terrorist attack committed nearly 12 months earlier. The year that followed this surprise performance, the pop star still has a lot of problems to manage and finds himself again in the desert tonight (April 14) with much more to deal with.

No one would complain if Grande did not shoot with her last two albums, August's "Sweetener" and February's "Thank U, Next". This would be understandable – on the one hand, for what happened during his previous world tour and, secondly, for his latest series of songs too emotional, too painful. Instead, she spent the last month, if not totally transforming the tragedy into triumph, while at least proving that she would not define it and would not prevent her from realizing everything that she did. she could.

An abbreviated version and completed by guests of his tour "Sweetener" / "Thank U, Next", his headline Coachella tonight is virtually flawless. There are surprises and flashbacks, fireworks and costume changes, as well as very slippery and very aesthetic productions. Behind Grande, on stage, is a giant circle that becomes variously the moon, the sun, a shimmering holographic illusion and a magnifying mirror showing the close-up of the star's face, as if trying to make up.

She launches everything with a scene from her MTV VMA performance – a last supper setting that sees her crawling on a giant table while hitting extremely high notes on 'God Is A Woman'. A few songs later, she leaves the table and struts along the track for "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm bored". It turns out to be a neat distraction technique, removing the public eye from the main stage just long enough for NSYNC (without Justin Timberlake) to sneak into the shadows, ready to take up the bridge of Make It ill & # 39; that Great paraphrased in his hit.

"Coachella, I repeat all my bading sea life for that moment," she yells embarrbaded afterwards, before the band breaks in their own "Tearin" Up My Heart. a light and amusing interlude that Grande clearly likes, especially when Joey Fatone takes her in his arms and brings her back on stage.It seems perfectly normal that, once NSYNC has left the stage, the next song should be "REM" with his "It's a dream for me"Lyrical.

Before the singer's set begins, there is another rumor that a special guest would be flying around. This is also true when Nicki Minaj appears for "Side To Side" and "Bang Bang". On the first, she boasts of being the "queen of rap", but this sham suggests the opposite – Minaj is disconcerting and out of sync with the piece of music, while she looks very emotional to be the. On this last point, she seems to have trouble remembering the words of her verse. When, towards the end of the set, Grande fate another collaboration Minaj in 'The Light Is Coming', it is a relief that the rapper does not reappear.

The Internet may have guessed that the first two guests should appear, but Grande has another surprise in his pocket, deeper than his time runs out. After pushing back their goals in 2013 and 2014 with "Right There" and "Break Your Heart Right Back" respectively, rappers from the 90s, Diddy and Mase, emerge to cover the "Mo problems" of "The Money". We do not really know why this happens, but this is another opportunity to see Grande with a broad, radiant smile on her face.

With Coachella arrived two months after the release of "Thank U, Next", we can expect that the performance of the star weighs heavily on the tracks of this album. But instead she sticks to singles only, plus "Bad Idea," "Needy," the culmination of the "NASA" galaxy, and "In My Head," which embodies the singer who leave the stage to take a break. Previously, Grande had already stated that some of the songs from her latest album were too raw to be performed in concert. Rumors have also been reported that she cried during the songs of the other stops of her tour. Instead of overwhelming her emotions at such a gigantic evening, she chooses to sink deeper into her back catalog, shooting like the overly colorful garage of "Be Alright" or the EDM lasers of "Break Free."

As he shudders, Grande drops to the floor, lying dramatically but elegant on the floor. Suddenly, she hurry and quickly announces: "We must hurry, I just want to say that I love you." The time is almost up and he still has two songs to finish before beckoning. first of all, it's the song that made its debut on this festival site last year, 'No Tears Left To Cry' beats its pace in the desert while Grande leaves her voice diva tingling "It was incredible," she said breathlessly, before leaving the stage for a brief moment.

During the short time she lost sight of, the crowd made it clear that she would not leave without getting what she wanted – "Thank U, Next". The title of the song surfaces on the ground before this song turns into a simple "Ari! Ari! Ari! Their enthusiasm is rewarded a few seconds later, when Grande returns for a final act of celebration: to give people what they want. "Coachella, I love you so much, thank you," she cries softly as lilac confetti falls from the sky. The feeling was already mutual well before Grande came on stage but, after such a big performance and pacy, her foundations are stronger than ever.

"Raindrops (an angel cried)"
"God is a woman"
& # 39; Bad idea & # 39;
"Break with your girlfriend, I'm bored"
& # 39; Tear my heart & # 39;
"R.e.m."
"Being good"
& # 39; sweetener & # 39;
& # 39; Side by side & # 39;
& # 39; Bang Bang & # 39;
"7 rings"
"Love Me Harder"
"Breathin"
& # 39; Needy & # 39;
& # 39; Right there & # 39;
"Break your heart back"
"More money, more problems"
"NASA"
"Good night N Go"
& # 39; In my head & # 39;
"The light comes"
& # 39; In you & # 39;
"Dangerous woman"
& # 39; S & # 39; escape & # 39;
"No tears to cry"
"Thanks, next"