Day 2 recap: Security! Calm these people down at the BigXThePlug stage at ACL Fest, please

So far, we've seen Kendrick Lamar play an abbreviated set after "plane issues," spotted Venus Williams dancing to Breland and listened as Maggie Rogers gave a rock star performance — and that was all on Day 1 of Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Follow along as we head to Zilker Park for Day 2 of ACL Fest:

Security! BigXThePlug fans are out of control!

Dallas rapper Big X brought a big presence to the stage with his deep booming voice and rapid beats. The crowd opened up multiple mosh pits throughout the show to jump along to his upbeat flow. His contagious energetic personality riled up the crowd so much that security needed to urge people to calm down.

Big X ended the show with his hit song “Texas” which made young festival goers run to the stage from across the park to dance to the familiar song. His impact on the Texas rap scene was more than obvious today despite just releasing his first song four years ago.

– Jesus Vidales

Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars bungee jumps from ACL Fest stage. Yes, you read that right.

Thirty Seconds to Mars performed Saturday at ACL Fest and surprised the audience by jumping from the top of the Honda Stage. Here's a photo to prove it:

Gus Dapperton feels the rhythm, jumps on chair

Indie pop singer Gus Dapperton had fans dancing and singing to his addictive synth-fused songs. His vocals changed from smooth high tones to a passionate raspy voice throughout the set.

On stage Gus and his band enthusiastically moved to beat, with Gus performing his unique signature moves, at one point even on top of a chair. In the audience, those who did not know the lyrics were certainly bopping along to the newly found music.

– Jesus Vidales

Rina Sawayama takes ACL Fest to Hell (in a good way)

Rina Sawayama fans have known since Day 1 that she's the way and the truth, but now, the indie-pop star has inducted ACL Fest into her sexy, raucous church of self-acceptance and sick guitars. The Japan-born, U.K.-raised artist played the 4 p.m. slot on the Honda stage and conjured future-headliner energy that kept the crowd agog (the multiple costume changes helped).

In the early parts of the set, Sawayama took fest-goers on a time-tossed journey, swirling in a white peasant dress through "Hold the Girl," an anthem to loving your inner child. You could practically see the not-dead ghosts of Annie Lennox and Kate Bush holding her up as she threw her full body, as if in the throes of exorcism, into lines like, "Reach inside and hold you close/ I won't leave you on your own."

Later, she donned a Britney headset mic for earworms "Comme Des Garçons (Like The Boys)" and "XS," firing off anti-capitalist witticisms as she and her two excellent dancers worked through full choreo.

One of Sawayama's strengths — she's nothing but strengths — is her ability to bend genre and references to her will. You could see it in the Shania Twain-worthy ecstay of "Catch Me In the Air" and in the nu-metal-injected "STFU."

And Sawayama's lyrics pulse with her DNA: Her experiences as a queer person and as an immigrant inform every hook and bridge. On "Dynasty," she projected images on Japanese families on the big screen behind her as she sang, "The pain in my vein is hereditary."

And before set closer "This Hell," a sardonic, gleeful rodeo of a kiss-off to religious extremism and anti-LGBTQ hate, Sawayama told the crowd: "I guess this one is exclusively for the queers." Wearing a scarlet Western ensemble (hat included), she led the audience in chants of "Got my invitation to eternal damnation/ Get in line, pass the wine, bitch, we're going straight to Hell." In Texas!

Did we mention she sounded studio ready the entire set? Sawayama is strength personified. Give her as big of a stage as she wants.

— Eric Webb

Jessie Ware made us fall in love with dance

That. Felt. Good. Jessie Ware shook up ACL Fest early Saturday afternoon with an ebullient dance bash. In a tight hour-long set, the British disco diva swooped and shimmied across the stage backed by a well-ascoted drummer, guitar and keys and a back-up vocal duo with smooth moves and extravagant pearls. A pair of dancers accompanied her, striking poses to frame her face, hoisting her on their shoulders like a graceful, silver lamé goddess and, at one point, performing a homoerotic tango with each other.

Ware prowled the stage cat-like on “Selfish Love,” took us deep in our feelings with a cover of Cher’s “Believe” and got “freaky deaky,” wielding a snake tail whip and coached the “Beautiful People” through simple choreography.

“There’s nothing quite like a group dance, is there?” she said, before taking the set out with a life affirming version of “Free Yourself.”

— Deborah Sengupta Stith

El Zuko lit up an early, dazed crowd  

Eddie Zuko floated onto the stage approximately one minute earlier than his set time, certainly much appreciated by the early bird crowd, who turned up early at 1:30 p.m. to see the Chicano Californian drop his beats, blending reggae, rap, and Latino pop.

If the bright blue skies and glaring sun didn’t do it, Zuko’s energetic stage presence definitely warmed up the crowd, who started swaying and rump shaking to the bilingual lyrics of "Made," a recollection of Zuko’s teenage years, I don't get too dressed up these days, But always rocked my freshest clothes at every Quince.

Zuko peppered in interactions with fans, at this point fully awake, "We're here all the way from California, but Texas is a vibe. The BBQ is lit, Austin is lit."

He broke out his newest single "Menciones," a concoction of reggaeton trilling, rap, and mariachi elements, which kept the momentum going until his finale Yallegó rounded out a mellow yet vibrant 45-minute set.

— Bianca Moreno-Paz

ACL Fest fans brought out the fashion and they did not disappoint

Cowboy hats, fringe, and so much color. Here are the fashion looks we've seen so far:

Texas fans gather at the ACL Beer Hall to watch the nail-biting end to the OU game

The Longhorns tied the game thanks to Jonathon Brooks' 29-yard touchdown. Bert Auburn then drove a 47-yard field goal right through the middle of the uprights to give Texas a 30-27 lead — sparking an explosion of excitement and nerves among fans at ACL.

Watch their reaction:

Oklahoma eventually shook Texas with a late touchdown winning the game, 34-30.

Yaya Bey left the stage two songs in

Brooklyn R&B performer Yaya Bey left had to be helped off the stage by a medic after two songs. She had been complaining about the heat.

It's my first time at ACL Fest, help!

You're in good company. Team Austin360/Statesman has been going since Year One and we have all the pro-tips for newbies.

Who's playing at the festival? How to enter? What can you bring?

Don't worry, we have all the answers in our ultimate guide.

Who should I see at ACL Fest?

Our Statesman music writer Deborah Sengupta Stith is a longtime ACL Fest-goer and lifelong music fanatic, and she's here to help you plan your ACL experience with this choose-your-own-adventure guide.

Can't make it to ACL? Turn on Hulu

In an exclusive streaming partnership between Hulu and C3 Presents, Hulu subscribers will be able to watch livestreams of selected ACL Fest sets during week one — no wristband necessary.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Day 2 recap: Crowd goes wild at BigXThePlug stage at ACL Fest