Mic Fail Can’t Stop Lady Gaga’s Epic Coachella Comeback + The Labels that Became Zero to Hero
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NEWS // Lady Gaga Rocks Coachella 2025 Despite Mic Glitch: “At Least You Know I Sing Live”
Lady Gaga made a triumphant return to Coachella this weekend, delivering a powerhouse set during Weekend 2 of the festival — even when technical difficulties tried to steal the spotlight.
The 14-time Grammy winner hit the stage with a dramatic performance of “Abracadabra,” her second song of the night, when her microphone suddenly began to malfunction. Undeterred, Gaga powered through with flawless choreography, reappearing moments later with a working mic in hand.
“I’m sorry my mic was broken for a second,” she told the roaring crowd. “At least you know I sing live. I guess all we can do is our best, and I’m certainly giving you my best tonight.”
This marks Gaga’s first Coachella appearance since 2017, when she famously stepped in for Beyoncé. For her 2025 set, the pop icon brought hits from her new album Mayhem, plus classics like the Oscar-winning “Shallow.”
“Since the last time I played Coachella, I’ve had some songs come out,” she said before diving into “Shallow.” “But one of them, I think back to being here and remember how special it was that I got to perform here. And we filmed a movie, a movie that changed my life, helped me say something I hadn’t said before.”
She urged the audience to sing along: “There ain’t nothing like you. Come on — let’s get far from the shallow.”
Other Coachella 2025 headliners included Green Day, Post Malone, and a surprise set by Travis Scott.
LISTS // Musician-Owned Record Labels: 10 You Should Know + Who’s Richest?
The music industry has the potential to reach $131 billion by 2030. It is a machine that is well oiled and serviced, with millions of musicians contributing to these numbers. Although “music” as a business goes into 4 stages or so, musicians are pictured only making and recording music. The real money lies outside what happens after musicians publish, and the tale is truly eye-opening.
Record labels were started with the purpose of taking care of recording, mastering, publishing, and distribution of music. Initially slated as “letting the artist focus on the music”, many noticed that the trend was self-devouring. Many artists stopped owning their own music, contracts were unforgiving, and a constant cycle of touring taxed these performers.
With this in mind, musicians did begin to start their own record labels. We look at a few who really made it big, and the others who bit the dust. Try to notice the similarity between those who failed. I’ll catch you at the bottom of the article again.
1. Shady Records (Eminem)- 250 million
Thanks to his lyrical fortitude and firm place in pop culture, Eminem was quick. I meant that in two ways. He understood that losing ownership of his music and dancing to someone’s tune isn’t really worth it. Shady Records is his own label–and almost the entire net worth is from Eminem’s catalogue as well. That’s the real slim shady.
2. Roc Nation (Jay Z)- 140 million
We’re going through a bit of travel for this one. Jay-Z was initially tied to Roc-A-Fella records, with whom he had a public falling out. Though a group of rappers began the label, internal friction caused Jay-Z to leave. He soon joined Def Jam, releasing a few records under their label. Taking big pay cheques from each of these groups, he waited for the right opportunity for some serious coin.
When the entertainment group Live Nation offered to make Roc Nation more than a label–he was intrigued. This meant NFL shows, entertainment options while having ownership of his music. No wonder the mogul is a billionaire now.
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PLAYLIST // Indie Dancehall
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