Coachella：沙漠里的大音乐会

Speaking of music and dancing, let me tell you about something big.

America has a music concert.

This concert is very big.

Very very big.

It happens every year.

In April.

In the desert.

What is a desert?

A desert is a very hot and dry place.

No water.

No trees.

All sand.

But every April.

Many people go to this desert.

Not to find water.

But to listen to music.

This concert is called Coachella.

Coachella is a name.

It's the name of a place in California.

East of Los Angeles.

Hundreds of thousands of people go every year.

From all over the world.

Everyone wears very nice clothes.

Wears very nice hats.

Takes many photos.

Then posts them online.

This year's Coachella was three days.

From Friday to Sunday.

Every day many people sang.

The biggest stars sang at night.

Who came this year?

The first night was Sabrina Carpenter.

Have you heard her songs?

She is very young.

She sings pop songs.

Many young people like her.

Her performance was very beautiful.

She changed many outfits.

One outfit per song.

She also invited a movie actor to come.

This person is called Will Ferrell.

He is very funny.

Everyone laughed.

The second night was Justin Bieber.

You must have heard of Justin Bieber.

He is very famous.

He started singing at twelve years old.

Now he is already in his thirties.

He sang many old songs.

For example Baby.

Baby is a song he sang when he was twelve.

The whole audience sang together.

Tens of thousands of people singing together.

The sound was very loud.

He also did something very interesting.

He put a computer on stage.

Opened YouTube.

Played videos of himself when he was young.

Then sang along with them.

Everyone thought it was both funny and touching.

Because he went from a little boy to a big star.

The third night was Karol G.

Who is Karol G?

She is a singer from Colombia.

Colombia is in South America.

She sings songs in Spanish.

She is the first Latina to headline at Coachella.

The first one.

This is very important.

Because it had never happened before.

She invited a group of women to play violin.

These women wore traditional Mexican clothes.

They are called Mariachi.

Mariachi are people who play music and sing in beautiful costumes.

This scene was very beautiful.

Everyone was very moved.

There was also something very special.

A girl group from the Philippines came.

They are called BINI.

BINI has eight members.

They are the first Filipinos to sing at Coachella.

The first ones.

Many Filipino people are very proud.

They sang very well.

They danced very well too.

There were so many people in the audience.

Coachella is not just about listening to music.

It is also a kind of culture.

People make friends there.

See nice clothes.

Eat delicious food.

Take photos.

Post on WeChat Moments.

Post on Instagram.

Young people think going to Coachella is very cool.

It's an experience.

A memory.

You may not have been there.

I haven't been there either.

But we can watch online.

Watch those videos.

Listen to those songs.

Feel the music in the desert.

Very hot.

Very loud.

Very crowded.

But very happy.

This is Coachella.

Every April.

In the California desert.

Hundreds of thousands of people together.

Listening to music.

Dancing.

Laughing.

This is the power of music.