Madrid (EFE) days, 6,000 more people this Saturday than at its opening.
Together with their countrywoman Bad Gyal, wisely scheduled to follow, the two Catalan artists have formed a tandem with enormous convening power despite the fact that their performances have been reserved for the now presumed stellar turn of the festival, the one after 2 in the tomorrow, which on the other hand has helped the influx to the venue to be more staggered and fluid today than yesterday.
“I am very grateful to this city that has always welcomed me with open arms and that is very motomami!” Rosalía exclaimed after the well-known start of her show between roars of acceleration and “Saoko”, “Bizcochito” and “La Fame”.
In this way, he has returned to Madrid in praise of crowds when one year is about to pass since the beginning of his “Motomami World Tour” and when this tour precisely faces its last dates with the same revolutionary spirit based on the choreographed aesthetics of Tik Tok, with eight dancers and as much interaction with the cameras as with the public at their feet, still without live instruments but with many new songs that have been incorporated in this time.
Among them have been, of course, “Despechá”, baptized on this same tour but with a hyper-accelerated twist and “techno” airs, as well as “Lie Like You Love Me”, “Beso” and “Vampiros”, but not “ Yours”, premiered this past Friday, within a shorter repertoire adapted to the festival format and with the accent on his latest album, while “El mal querer” (2018) has been reduced to “Malamente” almost as a brooch final.
A VERY FEMALE DAY.
With the permission of DJ Calvin Harris, the predominance among the artists with the most punch on this day of remarkable LGTBq+ and feminine energy (39% of the entire line-up are women, as the organization has “proudly” highlighted) has been reflected naturally in the diversity of the public and even in their wardrobe, with a point more fantasy than in the previous most testosteronic day.
Figures like Arlo Parks have been largely to blame for this, even in the heat of the afternoon sun and the soft lullaby that he has managed to create under cover of the difference with his two albums on the market, including the recent “My Soft Machine” or “ Collapsed in Sunbeams” (2021), awarded with a Mercury for best British album.
The alternative r&b of the American Kelela and the Dutch of Iranian origin Sevdaliza have also slipped into this league, one of the performances that has surprised the most due to its sensual and even lubricious proposal, with eclectic and very danceable bases, between trip hop and the r&b
Neither can we forget in the Latin urban area two cyclones: the Dominican Tokischa and the Puerto Rican Villano Antillano, who have celebrated lesbians and the presence of many “trans flags” in their concert.
Rosalía during her performance at the Primavera Sound Festival, this Saturday in Madrid. EFE / Kiko Huesca
“Racist people are worth shit!”, he proclaimed right after, after singing his great success with the Argentine producer Bizarrap and condemning as an addendum to his performance the treatment received by the Real Madrid player Vinicius for being black.
It is also worth noting the restlessness and ambition of two artists who move on the alternative side of pop such as St. Vincent and above all the thriving Caroline Polachek with one of the most colorful “shows” of the festival, the first that she does in Madrid and that she saved in extremis after suffering from a voice problem for almost the entire week, according to what she herself recounted.
One of the most celebrated and, at the same time, most criticized points of this edition has been the incorporation of Calvin Harris with a “show” that is not very direct but that comes well loaded with lights, watts and all kinds of effects, as well as a battery. almost endless global “hits” such as “One Kiss”, “We Found Love” or “This Is What You Came For” to take the attendees at the stroke of midnight to the ideal combustion point to take over from Rosalía.
BALANCE OF THE EDITION.
With all this, this first landing in Madrid of the popular Primavera Sound live music brand has come to a close, with which a few lessons have been learned, for example that the rain appears when you least expect it (even forcing the cancellation of all day on Thursday) or that mobility is probably the great ghost of this franchise.
Even so, as indicated today at a press conference, 42,000 people showed up at Primavera Sound on Friday and another 48,000 this Saturday, close to the limit of 50,000 daily attendees that the organization set precisely because of the capacity of the accesses to the venue.
Satisfied with these figures, they have nevertheless recognized that, although the interior space is perfectly adapted to the idiosyncrasies of this festival with 12 stages, there are other circumstances to take into account and “the suitability of the City of the City will be assessed” for future editions. Rock as the final venue.