JSYK, Zendaya Casually Performed Live for the First Time Since 2015 at Coachella This Weekend

indio, california april 22 zendaya r performs with labrinth at the mojave tent during the 2023 coachella valley music and arts festival on april 22, 2023 in indio, california photo by michael loccisanogetty images for coachella
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Before she was stealing Tom Holland's heart on- and off-screen and making Emmy history on Euphoria, Zendaya was a Disney Channel staple. And, like, well, pretty much all Disney stars of our time, she dabbled in a music career for a minute. The result of that dabbling was her self-titled 2013 album and the successful single "Replay," but after touring for the album in 2015, Zendaya put her music career on an indefinite hold.

UNTIL NOW, that is.

Zendaya shocked fans at Weekend 2 of Coachella (/literally everyone with access to the internet) when she took the stage with Labrinth as a surprise guest—aka for her first live performance in more than seven years.

She and Labrinth performed "I'm Tired" and "All of Us" from Euphoria and it was most definitely a whole Twitter-shattering vibe.

After the performance, Zendaya jumped on her Instagram Stories to thank fans for their support, first with a text post that read:

"I cannot express my gratitude enough for this magical night. Thank you for my brother Labrinth for inviting me and giving me the most beautiful safe space to be on stage again. And to the crowd tonight… wow. My heart is so full. I can’t thank you enough for the love I received tonight, made all my nerves melt away. I’m so grateful."

And then with a heartfelt video message (captured by fan accounts), in which she seems as shook by the reaction to her surprise appearance as the rest of the world was by said appearance.

"I just want to say thank you again for such a magical, beautiful night. Thank you to Lab for inviting me and making all this happen so last minute, but thank you to that gorgeous crowd. I have never heard screaming like that in my entire life. As soon as I turned the corner, I couldn't hear anything. I couldn't hear anything but you guys," she said in the video, explaining that she the sound of the crowd was so deafening, she literally didn't even know what she sounded like. "It was so special and everybody was singing along and it was just it was so cool—so, so cool. So, thank you all for welcoming me back on that stage with open arms. It's been a very long time. So I appreciate it."

In celebration of this magnificent return, we leave you with some vintage footage of Zendaya dancing during a mall performance because, honestly, nothing else sums up this joy:

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