‘I’ve been rehearsing my whole … life for this moment!’ yelled Grande, a longtime fan of the boy band
TMZ spoiled the surprise a few days ago, but the rumor proved true: Pop superstar Ariana Grande and ’90s boy band sensation ‘N Sync collaborated to close down the first weekend of Coachella on Sunday night (minus Justin Timberlake, of course).
As the final performer, Grande — who, at 25, is the youngest artist to ever headline the music festival — was under pressure: Not only did she have to live up to the hype, but the final season premiere of “Game of Thrones” threatened to steal the Internet’s attention.
Luckily, Grande is the biggest pop star in the world at the moment, so her powerful fan base ensured that #ARICHELLA was trending worldwide on Twitter in the lead-up to her set, which kicked off close to 2 a.m. Eastern time and was live-streamed on YouTube. Plus, she had quite the list of cameos: Nicki Minaj, Diddy and Mase also joined forces onstage with Grande.
Grande ran through a set list very similar to her current Sweetener World Tour, though the twists started about 15 minutes into the show.
