They say that with him Primavera Sound The season starts from Festivals In our country. It is the Output gun of a whole marathon of musical citations that impregnate summer flavor until the last corner of Spain. Because yes, every year, those posters multiply. The festivals business does not stop growing. So much so that 2024 the billing of concerts and festivals beat its historical record in our country. More than 700 million euros that give us a track, the public fascinates the experience of live music. But, among all the proposals that flood the summer era, spring is that cornerstone, that unmissable encounter that produces to those who are not there.
Far left that night of 2001 where everything started. The intimate character of that first time has given way to a global revolution. Now, for three days of June, the eyes of the world are directed towards Barcelona. A Barcelona that becomes the Mecca of live musiccompeting on equal terms with giants such as Coachella or Glastonbury.
Behind the success and expansion of the festival are the more than 20 years of effort that have managed to catapult it to that top That does not seem to have limit. Entries and subscripted fertilizers and a record assistance, 293,000 people from 136 countries. This edition has managed to lower the stars to the Parc del Fòrum. A kind of pop champions that has gathered 3 of the artists with the greatest projection of the musical panorama. Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chapell Roan have headed a poster with more than 150 artists where there have been shows for all tastes, distributed over 14 scenarios.
The first of the triad, also known as the ‘Supernenas’ For his resemblance to the animated characters, in the stage was Charli XCX. He repeated in Barcelona for the second consecutive year, but this time already converted into an entire star. His album ‘Brat’ dominated last summer. And this Thursday brought him back. A shameless rave to which Troye Sivan joined, who celebrated his birthday on the tables. His joint tour, ‘Sweat’, was the icing on a night in which Fka Twig also shone. After a season of cancellations on her agenda, the British claimed her alternative diva status with a first part marked by impressive choreography and a second section where she left her unmistakable voice flow.
And then, Friday arrived and when they gave twelve, She appeared, the Cinderella del Primavera… With its infinite blond waves and a blue bodi, Sabrina Carpenter He conquered the second day of his already long list of hits. ‘Please, please, please’ or ‘espresso’ did not miss in a repertoire where there was a place to present their new song ‘Manchild’ and to version ‘It’s Raining Men’. A concert with changes in its scenography, much simpler than in previous events, in which theatricality that used to print in its shows was missed.
A sabrina that also lHe bequeathed Barcelona with the duties donewith a previous viewing of the ‘Cheetah Girls 2’ to documented on the city and class of Catalan live to pronounce a “t’estimo” that, yes, sounded little. Maybe that was the most commented detail of the night, the lack of volume in some parts of the presentation. But his pop flash was quite glowing enough to turn off any shadow that could overshadow his visit.
And meanwhile, just a few meters away, The Madrid band Carolina during the first time to the spring stage. Coincide with Carpenter and Diego Ibáñez’s recent knee operation were not worked for the group that gave a show full of energy. And among those who did not want to miss their performance, there was Rosalia. One of the many celebrities that this weekend have walked through the premises.
Chapell Roan and his open letter to diversity
On Saturday there was double appointment with royalty, homeland and American. The one here, Amaia, demonstrated that she is an artist who is governed by her own standards. Incomparable, completely free, with harpa, guitar or piano. Amaia sounds like love for music. She enjoyed the stage, made it notice and also noticed among the audience that attended a perfect recital truffled with those moments of spontaneity so typical of the Pamplonica. The other, THE PRINCESS OF THE MIDDLE AMERICANO, CHAVEL ROAN.
Saturday was his only concert in view in our country. His hiring was the most arduous to achieve, according to Festival sources. In just a few years, the artist’s life has taken a total turnaround. It has gone from working in a donut store to sing for a whole crowd from the castle tower that crowns its stage. With his unmistakable red hair to the wind and his incombustible voice, he invited the public to live his story, that of that girl with great dreams that went to the big city to try his luck and now sees how thousands of people shout the verses of their history as a lung while they become a lifetime members of their ‘Pink Pony Club’.
Queer, flag bearer of LGTBIQ+rights, His art is also answered and an open letter to diversity. In his imaginary, in addition, there is no lack of winks to Drag Queens. And from there, his most famous slogan, licensed by Saha Colby, which this Saturday resonated again. Chapell is ‘The favorite artist of your favorite artist’.
But not only those great artists have shone, Also emerging groups, DJ and more unknown names For the general public they have found their hole in a place where it is celebrated from respect.
And so three days have passed where music has once again demonstrated that this communion born from shared experience is what makes it a single element. Almost as much as this edition of the spring Sound, which marks a before and after in the future of a festival that has already entered into The Olympus of the Great Musical Events of the World.
