Ariana Grande Closes First Weekend of Coachella With *NSYNC and Nicki Minaj!
Ariana Grande's latest performance was even better than we could imagine!
The 25-year-old singer headlined night three of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on Sunday, to a packed crowd that was singing her catchy lyrics from beginning to end.
Grande rocked the stage during week one of the music festival and performed a number of songs from her latest album, Thank U, Next, beginning her set with "God Is a Woman." Dillon Francis joined her onstage for a few songs, followed by a *NSYNC reunion, sans Justin Timberlake. JC Chasez got the performance going, with Grande dancing up on Chris Kirkpatrick.
"I've been practicing my whole life for this moment," Grande exclaimed with Chasez, Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass by her side.
Chasez was also thrilled to be there, proclaiming, "Coachella, this has been a dream of ours. Thank you, thank you Ariana."
The #Coachella crowd goes WILD as @ArianaGrande brings out @NSYNC 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/nMzU0Rqkz5
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 15, 2019
Grande's pal Nicki Minaj was also a surprise guest during the big show, and the two performed their 2014 song "Bang Bang." The rapper appeared to have some technical difficulties, and at one point she took out her ear piece altogether.
Ariana Grande brings out @NICKIMINAJ during her #Coachella set! 🌸🌸🌸🌸 pic.twitter.com/dpjeitAqD1
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 15, 2019
The brunette beauty didn't stop there! She later brought out Diddy and Mase to perform the late Notorious B.I.G.'s 1996 song "Mo Money Mo Problems," which they were both featured on. The trio then paid tribute to those that the hip-hop world has lost, including B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Nipsey Hussle and Grande's ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller.
#ARICHELLA: @ArianaGrande brings out @Diddy and Mase at #Coachella to perform ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’ as a tribute to Biggie, 2 Pac, and Mac Miller ❤️ pic.twitter.com/EIqnT878hx
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 15, 2019
The pop star rounded out her epic performance with fireworks and pink confetti, with the Internet deeming the big show #ARICHELLA.
🎡 @ArianaGrande ends #Coachella with fireworks and pink confetti 🎡 #ARICHELLApic.twitter.com/lL8DuWQ3Dt
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 15, 2019
A post shared by Frankie James Grande (@frankiejgrande) on Apr 15, 2019 at 4:56am PDT
The singer wore four different costumes throughout her set. She first rocked a deep purple bralette top with oversized, puffed shoulders and matching skirt, custom designed by Michael Ngo, paired with her signature footwear -- over-the-knee stiletto boots. She then changed into a dreamy lilac ensemble of a buckled bralette, frilly, wing-like sleeves, coordinating tiered skirt and another pair of OTK boots.
For her last two looks, she opted for sparkle in two sequin bralette-and-skirt sets paired with, you guessed it, matching over-the-knee boots. The first ensemble was ruby-colored, while the second was bubblegum pink.
Grande made her Coachella debut in April 2018 -- a surprise appearance during Kygo's weekend two set to sing "No Tears Left to Cry." She attended the festival that year with Miller, who was one of the performers. Grande and Miller called it quits just a few weeks later after nearly two years of dating, before his tragic death in September 2018.
Fans began to speculate this past week what Grande was planning for her big Coachella concert after she began posting a series of *NSYNC-related videos to Instagram and Twitter.
the best medicine 🖤 90s baby 🎧📹
A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Apr 11, 2019 at 1:39pm PDT
Ariana!!! How cute are we??? You were singing every word at 3 -1/2 yrs old... https://t.co/mtpgNj0OlF
— Joan Grande (@joangrande) April 11, 2019
Her manager, Scooter Braun, fueled the fire even more when he tweeted, "Coachella, you have no idea what’s coming!!!!"
Coachella you have no idea what’s coming!!!!
— Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) April 11, 2019
Then, hours before the set on Sunday, some of the guys from *NSYNC started tweeting about their mic checks, to which Grande responded:
🎶🎵 Here we go ooo ooo ooo 🎶 https://t.co/0imUk0pHzx
— Lance Bass (@LanceBass) April 14, 2019
...... sure is 🖤 https://t.co/fhN2ixRwFX
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) April 14, 2019
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