Travis Scott headlined the second night of Coachella 2025 with a futuristic set that saw his dancers levitate above the stage – watch footage below.
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The Houston rapper was Saturday’s (April 12) second headliner, following on from Green Day. Marking his first appearance at the Californian festival since 2017, Coachella posters previously promised the performance would see him “design the desert”.
Fans have since praised the emphasis put on set design and visuals, with many impressed with a moment his backing dancers appeared to float mid-air. Performing from a circular platform in the middle of the crowd, with the main stage acting as a backdrop, Scott was also joined by a huge brass band that accompanied him on several tracks.
He opened his hour-long set with ‘Aye’ and Crush’, and debuted two unknown tracks, as well as firing through fan favourites like ‘FE!N’ – which was played twice with an orchestral reimagining – ‘Sicko Mode’ and ‘Antidote’.
Throughout the performance, Scott largely remained on the moving circular stage, only appearing on the main stage set for two tracks, ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Highest in the Room’.
The scenes out of Travis Scott at Coachella
Beautiful pic.twitter.com/Z0llW5A4Tq
— VSCOgoBRRR (@UtopianMfTypShi) April 13, 2025
TRAVIS SCOTT HAD PEOPLE FLYING WHILE PERFORMING STARGAZING 😭
LIVE AT COACHELLA 2025 pic.twitter.com/fAnwpusqtD
— sea✰ (@destroynectar) April 13, 2025
Travis Scott had people floating on stage at Coachella 🔥 pic.twitter.com/YU8zW9Kk8r
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) April 13, 2025
Travis Scott at Coachella 2025 played:
‘CRUSH’ (Playboi Carti cover)
‘Aye’ (Lil Uzi Vert cover)
Unknown new song
Unknown new song
‘BACKR00MS’ (Playboi Carti cover)
‘Type Shit’ (Future & Metro Boomin cover)
‘Nightcrawler’
‘Mamacita’
‘HYAENA’
‘THANK GOD’
‘MODERN JAM’ (Mixed with “Drake’s ‘Nokia’)
‘Praise God’ (Kanye cover)
‘BUTTERFLY EFFECT’
‘SIRENS’
‘Skyfall’
‘HIGHEST IN THE ROOM’
‘Upper Echelon’
‘STARGAZING’
‘MY EYES’
‘SKELETONS’
‘90210’
‘I KNOW ?’
‘NO BYSTANDERS’
‘FE!N’ (played twice)
‘SICKO MODE’
‘Antidote’
‘goosebumps’
‘TELEKINESIS’
The reception to the set was seemingly mixed, with some expressing frustration the rapper was late for his set, while others joked it was also impossible to see the grand visuals through the smoke. One X/Twitter user complained he opened his set with feature tracks and “not one co-artist out to surprise or turn up this drug dead crowd,” not the first time fans of the festival have complained about a lacklustre crowd over the weekend.
Check out more social media reactions to the performance below.
Travis Scott showed us exactly why Coachella made him a headline act. 👏 https://t.co/gmhtL2gCv1 pic.twitter.com/90IaI4MjjC
— Key To The City 🔑 (@K3yToTheCity) April 13, 2025
Coachella stop playing Minecraft music and bring out Travis Scott
— Metro Boomin Fanpage (@Metroboomin_fan) April 13, 2025
travis scott opening his set with feature tracks and not one co-artist out to surprise or turn up this drug dead crowd at coachella pic.twitter.com/T98Vw2Y7oC
— nate (@natesnchz) April 13, 2025
how this travis scott coachella set has me feelin pic.twitter.com/1l38oxqbGT
— icey ✧` (@ilyicey) April 13, 2025
Imagine rushing to the front of coachella main stage and staying there all day so you can experience the goat Travis Scott front row
And he opens with that crazy stage in the middle lmao damn that sucks 😆 I’d be pissed af! #COACHELLA2025 NOKIA MIX LIT THO! pic.twitter.com/U7vhZUVVh8
— Ray (@cc_me_pls) April 13, 2025
Travis Scott did not waste one penny on this #coachella stage pic.twitter.com/8zttBzz9yJ
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 13, 2025
That Travis Scott set at Coachella was so bad… and so dark, the orchestra couldn’t even see the conductor and they sounded a mess because of it. pic.twitter.com/AwZz4fQp2u
— Ángel Yampier (@angelyampierr) April 13, 2025
Travis Scott #Coachella setup is crazy pic.twitter.com/1rCU0JEPaq
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 13, 2025
That Travis Scott Coachella set was lowkey a mess…. I love him so much but it was not the best. Looking forward to weekend 2 tho!!! pic.twitter.com/YNiAIfwxw2
— hudsonᵗᵛ :p🐝🐊🧣 (@sweetenerended) April 13, 2025
The scenes out of Travis Scott at Coachella
Beautiful pic.twitter.com/Z0llW5A4Tq
— VSCOgoBRRR (@UtopianMfTypShi) April 13, 2025
Elsewhere this weekend, Lady Gaga performed a theatrical five-act set, A. G. Cook brought out Danny Brown, performing a host of tracks before remixing Charli XCX’s ‘Party 4 U’.
Charli XCX brought out Lorde, Billie Eilish and Troye Sivan for her highly-awaited performance, and there was controversy during Kneecap‘s set after they led an anti-Margaret Thatcher chant, with fans reporting the online stream had cut out shortly after.
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