Pack your water bottles, as a result of a second Fyre Festival appears to be within the works. Billy McFarland, who was behind the unique failed occasion, shared a sequence of cryptic tweets on April 9 teasing a follow-up. “Fyre Festival II is lastly occurring,” the disgraced entrepreneur mentioned. “Tell me why you ought to be invited.”
Taking place within the Bahamas in 2017, Fyre Festival promised a luxurious expertise of a lifetime. The occasion, cofounded by rapper Ja Rule, was additionally meant to advertise McFarland’s music-booking app of the identical title. Models and influencers, together with Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski, famously appeared in its social media advertising marketing campaign. It’s since been properly documented that Fyre Festival fell aside, leaving many attendees stranded with little meals and shelter. The pageant impressed two documentaries: “Fyre” on Netflix, and “Fyre Fraud” on Hulu.
McFarland later obtained a six-year jail sentence after pleading responsible to wire fraud, and was launched in March 2022. Despite his jail time, it appears he is nonetheless decided to get Fyre proper. “Going to crush the island model first, however @elonmusk Fyre 3 positively must be in area,” he additionally tweeted on April 9.
Ja Rule beforehand teased the potential of internet hosting one other Fyre Festival, though it is unclear if he’ll be working with McFarland once more this time round. “I’m not ashamed of Fyre in any respect. Because man, the concept, it was sensible,” he informed TMZ in 2019. “It is probably the most iconic pageant that by no means was. I’ve plans to create the enduring pageant, however you did not hear that from me.”