In the American college tradition, she called the performance “Homecoming,” packing it over the course of nearly 40 songs with the sounds of brass-heavy New Orleans second-line bands (“Single Ladies ”) reggaetón (“Mi Gente”) bounce music (“Formation”) Washington, DC’s go-go (“Love On Top”) her native Houston’s chopped and screwed music (“I Been On”) dancehall reggae (“Baby Boy”) and the Dirty South hip-hop she grew up on (“Crazy In Love,” “Diva”). Her set-presented in full on HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM-which included highlights from the whole of her catalog dating back to her Destiny’s Child days, spoke directly to her moment as historymaker, synthesizing generations (and regions) of Black musicality through the filter of an HBCU-style marching band (members of DrumLine Live, performing here as Queen Bey’s “The Bzzzz”).

So in 2018, some 10 months after delivering Sir and Rumi, Beyoncé got up on one of the biggest stages in the world, in front of millions collectively freaking out during the livestream, and delivered one of the most memorable live performances in the history of that festival or any other. The whole thing, in fact, was a year behind schedule: Beyoncé was originally slated to headline in 2017 in the wake of her ultra-personal Lemonade, but postponed after announcing she was pregnant. The show was the first of two headlining sets-the second taking place the following weekend-with Bey making it a point to call out the fact that she was the festival's first-ever Black female headliner. American Singer, Beyonce makes her return with a brand new album titled 'Homecoming: The Live' Album. On April 14, 2018, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter etched her name even deeper into the history books with a transcendent, career-spanning Coachella performance.

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