After a forced silence of three years due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lollapalooza Argentina finally returned this Friday with a first day, at the San Isidro Hippodrome, with a marked predominance of urban rhythms in its grid, but which nevertheless found in theto pop diva Miley Cyrus to his great queen.
There is no doubt that Wos shone again with his impressive set, that Duki concentrated a crowd in his presentation, that the New Yorker A$ap Rocky displayed an incendiary rap and that Bizarrap made the crowd dance at the closing of the night with his great hits viralized.
But it was the big star from her Disney girl days who exceeded wide expectations with a show that captivated the crowd that filled the venue and confirmed her as a modern diva of song.
Miley Cyrus honored the musical tradition of her country with her danceable pop crossed by rock, country and gospel, among other styles; but she also did it with an overwhelming handling of the stage, absolute naturalness and without demagoguery.
His show brought back visits to the Pixies with “Where is my mind?”, to Blondie with “Heart of glass”, to Cher with “Bang Bang (My baby shot me down) and to Dolly Parton with “Jolene”; and his own classics like “Plastic heart”, “Midnight sky” or “Wrecking ball”, among many others.
And there were also some altruistic messages such as his plea for “fighting for what is believed to be fair” although “always in peace and from love and understanding”; or proudly show off the colored flag that symbolizes sexual diversity that was thrown at him from the public.
In this way, Miley Cyrus stood out on a day that, although it had its exceptions with the rockers Airbag and the punk pop A Day To Remember, had a great predominance of urban rhythms.
The first great performance of this comeback was provided by Wos when mid-afternoon, with a powerful show of varied climates.
Accompanied by his superb and well-established band, capable of displaying great versatility from his rock character -perhaps “Crystal Wall” was the best proof of this-, the artist who never stops growing displayed a brilliant set in which many were not lacking. of his great successes such as “Púrpura”, “Caravana” and “Luz Crime”.
The rapper, visibly moved by the great response from the public, also had Acru as a guest at the time of the freestyle moment and with Ca7riel in “Skinny Fat Boy”.
In this context, Wos naturally strolled through rap, but also made stops at funk, rock, ballads and even some folk sounds.
Proof of the phenomenon that this artist represents is that, an hour ago, at Kidzapalooza, the stage set up for the youngest, in the middle of the performance of the popular band Los Raviolis, its charismatic leader Gabichu asked between songs: ” What time is Wos playing? Let’s hurry up so we get to see it.”
At the end of the set of Wos, in another of the stages Duki also contributed his own with an impressive presentation from the visual and celebrated from the musical, according to the great interest shown by the public.
For its part, in addition to the aforementioned A Day To Remember and Airbag, the british navy It was another of the pleasant exceptions to the urban trend with an irresistible danceable pop.
In the first hours of the day, through different scenarios they had passed Rosario Ortega, Louta, Natalie Pérez and La Joaquiwho threw red thongs to the public and celebrated the arrival of cumbia 420 at the festival.
Towards the night, before Miley Cyrus, passed by the festival New York rapper A$ap Rocky with a bombastic staging of large and colorful graphics, machines that release smoke and flames of fire; and a radicalized style through which racial conflicts, violence, love and even some cliché of the genre paraded.
In closing, Bizarrap needed nothing more than their mixes to make those present dance on a tour of those productions that made him the great star of the new generations.
But the return of the festival was not given only by the interesting grid, but also by the different experiences displayed by the huge venue, such as Las Casitas, small closed spaces with DJs where you can listen to electronic music and dance; the gastronomic patios; a great trip around the world like in amusement parks and a colorful inflatable work by Marta Minujín.
Although the rains registered until the early hours of the afternoon left large spaces with mud in the style of a modest Woodstock, this mattered little to the groups of adolescents who did not deprive themselves of the brightness and colors in their clothes, nor of the paintings in their faces.
Until mid-afternoon, when the place was not yet full, the public circulated as if on a walk and poses for photos abounded, but as the hours passed, the music gained a place as a great space for concentration.
The festival continues this Saturday with The Strokes as a great attraction and the peculiarity of seeing for the first time in that context the Argentine rock legend Litto Nebbiaamong other things.
