After sturdy winds compelled the cancellation of his Coachella 2026 weekend one efficiency final Friday (April 17) Anyma returned for weekend two on a a lot stiller evening that allowed for the world debut of his new present, ÆDEN.
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Beginning a bit late at roughly 12:15 a.m. on Friday evening/Saturday morning, the producer walked onstage wearing all white, with the large display working all the size of the competition’s mainstage switching on behind him. Whereas this display would host a diversified solid of characters in the course of the efficiency, it was first populated by dozens of digitally rendered columns that crumbled to the bottom earlier than rising once more.
Additionally rising was Anyma himself, with the platform on which he stood elevating and decreasing at numerous factors of the present, a cool impact that in moments made the producer look like floating, to positioned within the middle of a swirl of fireside and on the nexus of many different onscreen particular results.
The present quickly launched a personality resembling Michelangelo’s David, who busted down the columns whereas robot-like parts confirmed from underneath his stone artifice. The efficiency would go on to include different such characters from the worlds of historical artwork and mythology, together with a Medusa-like creature, the snakes emanating from her head hissing in time with the beat, a pair of spinning characters whose muscular our bodies seemed to be rendered from tree roots, a feminine demon and finally, an angel — however extra on that later.
The interaction of the traditional and trendy artwork is a core idea of the Anyma universe, and one which those that noticed his Finish of Genesys residency at Sphere Las Vegas in late 2024 and early 2025 will properly acknowledge. Together with all the brand new imagery, ÆDEN reintroduced visuals acquainted to those that noticed the Sphere present, with the bugging eyeballs from the “Voices In My Head” section from Sphere (and the track’s corresponding video) displaying up throughout this identical track at Coachella, however with the eyes now rendered in black and finally showing to drip black blood.
Because it was at Sphere, Ellie Goulding additionally made an look, with the vocalist’s picture solid on the display throughout her 2025 Anyma collab “Hypnotized.” However whereas at Sphere her face primarily shape-shifted, at Coachella she was made to seem like a marble statue, in step with the present’s historical artwork themes.
Usually at Coachella, the particular company present up for weekend one after which pack up and go dwelling, however — maybe as a result of they didn’t get the prospect to carry out final weekend as a result of cancellation — Anyma introduced out a hos of company together with Muse‘s Matt Bellamy and Swae Lee. The largest visitor was additionally the one most individuals would have guessed was coming, LISA. Anyma and the Ok-Pop celebrity launched their collaborative single “Dangerous Angel” on April 8, and this present at Coachella noticed them performing it publicly collectively for the primary time.
LISA got here onstage in a shimmery, diaphanous gown whereas imagery of her because the titular angel appeared on the display behind her. As she walked down the stage’s runway, she declared that she’s “fairly fairly unhealthy” for an angel, with these watching the efficiency through the livestream on YouTube at this level seeing a towering LISA hologram within the sky above her. For these of us within the crowd no such hologram materialized, however to be in such shut proximity to the singer seemed to be thrilling sufficient for the folks within the crowd whose palms have been genuinely shaking as she walked by.
The ultimate moments of the present featured an look by Joji, who got here out to sing “Lovely,” his Anyma collaboration launched earlier this month. As Joji sang to the gang out on the catwalk, a model of him rendered in stone appeared on the display, as soon as once more juxtaposing new and previous, human and digital, with “Lovely” serving because the present’s nearer.
All in, ÆDEN functioned as an growth of the numerous world-building Anyma has already completed, bringing in ideas of historical artwork and tradition and colliding them with the cutting-edge expertise required to create a present of this dimension and scope. Presenting this present on the Coachella mainstage is actually a win for Anyma, with having Anyma on the mainstage of one of many world’s greatest music festivals additionally marking a win for dance music itself.
