From Chappell Roan to Kendrick Lamar, online life is spilling onto the lighted stage, and vice versa. Maybe we all just want something real.
On Wednesday, Juneteenth, Kendrick Lamar threw himself a party. Dubbed “the Pop Out: Ken and Friends,” the concert—held at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles—served as a celebration of West Coast hip-hop, and a “victory lap” for Lamar after he ostensibly won his beef with Drake following the release of “Not Like Us.” Or, as one X user called the show, “Kendrick Lamar Presents: I Hate Drake the Music al.
” This isn’t the first time concerts have caused a stir online, of course. When Beyoncé headlined Coachella in 2018, it nearly melted down YouTube, which streamed the performance. It ignited the service formerly known as Twitter, too. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is like a living meme, getting new iterations every time it goes to a new town or continent, getting its lifeblood, vampire-style, from the hyper-connected Swiftie fandom as it goes.
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