Boygenius spoke out for trans rights final evening (April 15) as they made their second look at Coachella 2023.
The trio that includes – Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker – previously teamed up with MUNA the day gone by (April 14) on the competition to carry out the monitor ‘Silk Chiffon’.
Arriving onstage to Thin Lizzy‘s ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, the band performed a number of tracks from their debut album ‘The Record’ together with ‘$20’, ‘Salt In The Wound’, ‘Me & My Dog’ and ‘Anti-Curse’.
During the set, at one level Baker spoke up for trans rights. “I don’t know if you’ve been checking the news and seeing what’s been going on in Florida and Missouri and some of the other places, but trans lives matter, trans kids matter. We’re going to fight it and we’re going to win,” she stated.
Bridgers then added: “And abortion rocks, and fuck Ron DeSantis.” You can view footage beneath.
It comes after a number of artists together with Paramore‘s Hayley Williams and The B-52s beforehand spoke out about trans rights following the passing of two anti-LGBTQIA+ payments earlier this yr.
Elsewhere, at Coachella, The Linda Lindas‘ Eloise Wong additionally spoke about how “crazy” the world is changing into because of gun violence and anti-transgender laws.
“There’s so much crap going on and this stuff is not fun. It needs to be talked about and we need to do something,” Wong stated.
“All this anti-trans legislation is just not it,” added guitarist Lucia de la Garza.
Meanwhile, Boygenius performed a heat up set forward of their Coachella efficiency earlier this week the place they performed their total assortment of songs on the Fox Theatre in Pomona, California.
BLACKPINK closed out the second evening of Coachella 2023’s first weekend final evening, making historical past because the first Korean group to headline the competition.
Bad Bunny headlined the earlier evening of Coachella (Friday, April 14), whereas Frank Ocean will shut out the competition’s first weekend tomorrow evening (Sunday, April 16). The competition will return for its second weekend throughout April 21-23. See the total line-up for Coachella 2023 right here, with information on how stream each set dwell right here.
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