We may be getting older but we still wanna rage! Sometimes … with breaks and naps
@sorryimtooepic cudi breaking his ankle at coachella 2024 😭 #cudi #coachella ♬ original sound – sorryimtooepic
Coachella Through the Eyes of a Latina in Her 40s
We’re in the height of Music Festival season. Coachella … check. Stagecoach … check, with so many more to come.
I listed a few more popular festivals below for your convenience. If you’re interested in going, you can get tickets if you click on the festival.
Electric Daisy 5/17 – 5/19
California Roots 5/24
Bonnaroo 6/13 – 6/16
Burning Man 8/25
Beyond Wonderland 8/1-8/2
Reggae Rise Up 10/4 – 10/6
And so many more.
Now, these concerts I listed above aren’t just for the young ins. Yes, my generation is in the prime of their family lives, but there’s a whole other cohort of Millennials who chose different paths. Lives driven by careers, the decision to not settle in toxic relationships, infertility, the choice not to have children, and other reasons.
What do our lives look like without children? This, right here, if we choose to do so. The time to enjoy life doing the things that make you happy … and music makes me happy.
And by golly as luck would have it, for 3 nights and 2 weekends, anyone with a smartphone and access to YouTube got access to free live concerts with really great views. It may be a whole other experience, but it is still an experience.
Picture it, Coachella 2024, you’re in the comfort of your own home … front row to live concerts of your choosing, watching all the highs and all the mishaps that come with “live” performances.
Kid Cudi is a perfect example here. Mr. Mescudi was just one of the many tenured artists to hit the stage, as a backup to boot, and I was 👏🏼li👏🏼ving for the vibes.
I love Kid Cudi aka Scott Mescudi because I relate to his mental health struggles through his music and now, because the reel above is also me, forgetting I’m in my 40s and just going for it, with bumps here and there knocking me back into reality. He’s okay by the way. He broke a bone in his foot, had to have surgery, and had to reschedule his summer tour. But isn’t that just life? Here’s a picture of him in good spirits.
And this, my friends, is how I be tryna live life. 💩 happens. Live presently through it. Easier said than done … but possible.
For the 6 days of Coachella, I bobbed my head and sang my heart out like I was front stage. I hadn’t realized how much I missed music. It does something to your soul. Maybe that’s why I stopped listening so much. As a self-proclaimed empath, I feel a lot. With my stable but numbing medication and listening to more audiobooks than music, I had withdrawn from my lifelong friend, music, and the enjoyment that comes with it.
Then there were the legends mixed with newer artists and beats … oooh weee😮💨, I couldn’t escape it. This was like our year. No Doubt, Lauren Hill, Busta Rhymes, Childish Gambino, Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco, Deftones, Lana Del Ray, Nelly Furtado, Shakira, Will Smith …
I saw the lineup for this year and made sure that whatever I was doing at the time, I’d at least try to watch some of the live shows. And it all started with a TikTok of Mr. Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino in the crowd watching No Doubt week 1.
A fan commented on Mr. Glover’s reel, “Imagine Childish Gambino performed on stage”. A few hours later the same fan commented under his previous comment, “Omg!”. Tyler the Creator brought out Mr. Gambino to perform Running Out of Time.
That was thee moment that captured me and began my daydream. Imagine!? And imagine I did. From there, I started daydreaming about my perfect Coachella and I couldn’t let go of the idea.
So, I created a Coachella poster and a lineup of my dreams.
Brought to you by Doña Monica’s Daydreams
About my lineup
In my daydream lineup, I only put so many artists per day because the travesty of paying $1k + for a whole-ass experience and having your favorite performers on at the same time at different stages … the fomo is real. So I had to get my daydream right, especially with time left to enjoy everything else Coachella has to offer.
I left spots open for your 🫵🏼 daydream performers. Anyone you’d love to see, for the first time, again, doesn’t matter. With one catch, they have to be alive.
Finally, in my daydream, I’m taking full advantage of Lupe Fiasco and Kid Cudi recently squashing their beef and put them on stage together. I’d personally love to see that. Can ya’ll hit the studio for real while you’re recovering, Mr. Rager?! 🙏🏼
Forever young …
@justvirgothings giving 2016 coachella #coachella #kidcudi ♬ 10 Minutes of Silence – Kent Nazareth Yoga Man
Forever inspired …
Questions for the Readers
Did you enjoy Coachella as much as I did this year?
Who would be on stage in your daydream?
Did you go, and is it all it’s made out to be?
Let us music lovers know!
Dream 💭Coachella🌴Spotify Playlists
I created music playlists on Spotify, “Dream 💭Coachella🌴”, with my daydream performers for each day, including my favorite songs for the music lovers out there to enjoy. And, okay, me. I will be enjoying these playlists. It is, after all, my daydream. While you’re there, check out my other music playlists. You can learn a lot about a person through their music playlists. Just another way to get to know me 😉.
🎼Dream 💭Coachella Day 1🌴
🎛️Dream 💭 Coachella Day 2 🌴
🌴Dream 💭Coachella Day 3🎸
Emotionally seeing (my) people and culture take up space at Coachella @an.gelicuh on IG