Beyoncé's 2018 Coachella Set

Beyoncé · 2018

“Eight months of HBCU marching-band rehearsals to remake what a festival headline can be.”

The first Black woman to headline Coachella turned the slot into a Black-college homecoming, complete with band, drumlines, step team, and Destiny's Child reunion. The Netflix documentary turned the rehearsal injuries — broken toe, separated rib — into a thesis statement. Pop spectacle has not been the same.