Her first look at Worthy Farm, Somerset is unquestionably one for the historical past books.
Doechii performs on West Holts stage throughout day 4 of Glastonbury competition 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.
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Saturday night time at Glastonbury (June 28) supplied up a reasonably stunning conflict throughout a few of its essential phases. Whereas Neil Young noodled away on the Pyramid, the remainder of the gang had a difficult option to make between Charli xcx on the Different Stage, Scissor Sisters on Woodsies, and Doechii on West Holts.
Fancy a sweaty rave with the most well liked identify on the planet? That’s Charli for you. Maybe an enormous glitzy sing-along? Scissor Sisters, in fact. Doechii, nonetheless, was a greater than worthy choice for a lot of punters on the sprawling web site. Throughout her set, the “Anxiousness” star served up one thing really distinctive in her theatrical 45-minute set, which featured singing, dancing, rapping and her inimitable performing abilities.
The triumph was made all of the extra spectacular realizing that Doechii had by no means carried out on the competition earlier than, and landed a well-deserved Saturday night time headline slot on one of many largest phases. Given her excellent yr – together with being topped Billboard’s Woman of the Year – the place else may the Grammy winner land apart from with prime billing? What often takes years (and even a long time) to attain was carried out on the primary try, leapfrogging the competitors to stake her declare to being a contemporary nice.
These have been the perfect moments from Doechii’s West Holts headline set.
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A Fashionable Education
Doechii’s efficiency was billed as her “College of Hip-Hop” with a classroom setting and a six-point lesson plan educating followers on “Bars,” “Method,” “Circulation” and extra, with the goal of showcasing her array of capabilities as an all-round performer. The narrative was interspersed all through the present, offering a structured really feel to the efficiency as she schooled the gang on attain these heights.
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Clubtastic Vibes
With only one full studio LP – 2024’s Alligator Bites By no means Heal – to her identify, there’d be justified considerations how she would fill a headlining present of this magnitude. Doechii and her hypewoman, DJ Miss Milan, interspersed hip-hop and dance classics by way of the present, giving it extra of a clubbier, looser really feel than a inflexible stop-start music construction. Wu-Tang Clan’s “C.R.E.A.M.,” OutKast’s “Elevators (Me and You),” and Jay-Z’s “Can I Reside” all featured, as did rave classics like Daft Punk’s “One Extra Time” and Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Lady.”
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Underneath Her Umbrella
Doechii’s emergence into the highlight has introduced new followers but additionally detractors. Throughout an outfit change mid-song for “Alter Ego,” she made reference to the wave of haters that got here for her following her Met Gala incident, which noticed her crew name for extra umbrellas to defend her from the paparazzi’s sneering glare. Final night time, she playfully referenced the second along with her troupe of dancers changing into a part of the present and making gentle of the backlash.
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Uncooked Moments of Authenticity
Her Hot 100 prime 10 single “Anxiousness” bought a rugged makeover within the set, with the backing monitor given a storage rock really feel. In the direction of the tip of the set, Miss Milan known as on the gang throughout “Catfish” to make some noise for the “biggest rapper on the planet,” and Doechii let loose an excited scream in the direction of the tip of the music, as if she was in awe of herself and this second. After practically 40 minutes of unparalleled movement, breath management, dance strikes and infectious vibes, nobody was in a lot of a temper to problem such a declare.
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The Artwork of Storytelling
One of the potent classes throughout Doechii’s hip-hop seminar was dubbed “The Artwork of Storytelling,” which kicked off the present’s encore. The 2 screens both aspect of the stage showcased clips from her viral “Denial Is a River” music video, which lampoons classic tv sitcoms. It made for an ideal finale, and a reminder of why the world has gone loopy for the Florida-born rapper: technical efficiency ability, and charming, engrossing storytelling.