On Friday evening, Missy Elliott delivered a mesmerizing set at Coachella 2025, actually gracing the stage as a automotive, reworking into herself, after which performing a rapid-fire set of hits like “Work It,” “Get Ur Freak On,” “Lose Management,” and extra.
Beginning the evening by proving that she’s nonetheless an innovator by way of and thru, Elliott entered the primary stage throughout the intro of “Throw It Again” disguised as a automotive, ultimately rising to disclose a futuristic, robotic outfit. From there, she introduced power to her efficiency, amping the gang with commanding raps and slick choreography.
The set proceeded with “Cool Off” — which was interpolated with samples of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” — adopted by renditions of “We Run This,” “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” “She’s a Bitch,” “Go That Dutch,” and extra.
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See the complete setlist and watch movies of the efficiency beneath.
It’s been virtually 20 years since Elliott launched her most up-to-date studio album, The Cookbook, and 6 years since her 2019 comeback EP, Iconology. Up subsequent, she’s booked to carry out on the 2025 iteration of Riverbeat Competition in Could (get tickets).
In the meantime, Friday evening noticed plenty of Coachella highlights, together with Girl Gaga’s historic efficiency, a bafflingly lifeless crowd for Three 6 Mafia, appearances by Inexperienced Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Queen’s Brian Could, and extra.
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Nonetheless not over Missy Elliott’s efficiency final evening. The set design/visuals/costumes, her presence, the best way she gave her dancers their shine, AND the truth that her hits are almost 3 a long time outdated but nonetheless sound recent AF?! ICONIC SHIT 👑🔥🔥#Coachella pic.twitter.com/ohgHeH8dj3
— Evezzy-E (@EvezzyE) April 12, 2025
Missy Elliott performs her hit “She’s a B*tch” at #Coachella pic.twitter.com/jHl7o5waWy
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) April 12, 2025
Missy Elliott doing her factor at Coachella 2025! pic.twitter.com/jxho4C4VEf
— Tribe ERA Worldwide™ (@TribeERAWW) April 12, 2025
Setlist:
Throw It Again
Cool Off
We Run This
4 My Individuals
Sock It 2 Me
I’m Actually Scorching
The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
I’m Higher
She’s a Bitch
Gossip People
All n My Grill
One Minute Man
Scorching Boyz
Get Ur Freak On
Lick Pictures
Ching-A-Ling
WTF (The place They From)
Work It
Go That Dutch
Lose Management
