Tyler, The Creator wore a Palestine pin badge during his Coachella headline set

15 April, 2024

Tyler, the Creator performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2024 in Indio, California.

Tyler, The Creator wore a pin badge showing the Palestinian flag during his headline set at Coachella.

The rapper made an explosive entrance during his headline set at the Californian Music and Arts Festival, bringing out some huge names as surprise guests and breaking out a number of fan-favourite tracks.

Taking place as the closing performance of Coachella day two, eagle-eyed fans also noticed that there was a subtle pin badge that the musician was wearing throughout the set, showing his support for Palestine.

As highlighted by Clash, the distinctive pin simply showed the Palestinian flag, and was worn alongside a pin for Congo too – shedding light on the humanitarian disasters in both countries.

Following the set, various fans took to social media to share their thoughts on the pin. “Tyler the creator really decided to give us performance of the YEAR. the setlist, visuals, jokes, singing with kali, rocky, gambino, charlie wilson, AND he wore a palestine pin?? we fucking love you,” one wrote on X, while another agreed saying: “Tyler The Creator wearing a Palestine and a Congo pin… was not expecting that. W, showing solidarity”.

A third fan also took to social media to highlight how they noticed other subtle nods to Palestine in the set – including on behalf of two of his guest performers. “Tyler the Creator had on Palestine and Congo flag pins. ASAP Rocky’s boxers were arranged in the colors of the Palestine flag. Childish Gambino’s bucket hat was also Palestine colors,” they wrote.

Find more fan responses below.

During his set, Tyler took to the stage after an RV parked on the stage burst into flames and launched him into the air. During the set, Childish Gambino joined him to perform ‘Running Out Of Time’ from Tyler’s 2019 album ‘Igor’, while A$AP Rocky later came out for the live debut of ‘Potato Salad’ followed by ‘Who Dat Boy’.

Later on in his headline slot, Tyler brought out Charlie Wilson to play piano on ‘EARFQUAKE’ and ‘911’. He also brought out Kali Uchis to perform ‘See You Again’.

The slot was given a four-star review from NME, with Rhian Daly writing: “It’s a reflection of the rapper’s cult icon status and a rebuttal to those in his life who didn’t believe in him […] After tonight, it feels unlikely that anyone will doubt him again.”

Elsewhere in Saturday’s instalment of Coachella 2024, the night saw sets from Sublime, Blur and No Doubt.

You can find highlights from their full set here, and for more live updates as it happens, check out NME’s liveblog for Coachella 2024 here.

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