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Yelle off-stage at the Neon Carnival

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The French Superstar talks to us right after her on-stage performance at the Neon Carnival in Coachella.

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Young Hollywood

Et tu me vois voler. Je te vois. And so the Coachella experience continues yet again. Now we are at a carnival that hasn't started yet but the VIPs get to come in early. We're with one of the VIPs right now. Yellie how are you?

Yelle

Hey I am fine thank you.

Young Hollywood

So you just performed at Coachella that's pretty cool. Like you literally just came off the stage and now here you are.

Yelle

Yeah, I love this festival and I love to play here and people are crazy. They just want to dance and have fun and it's perfect with our music, you know.

Young Hollywood

You gotta perform at night which is nice right cause it's still hot?

Yelle

It was It was you know the end of the day. So it was perfect. No sunset and stuff.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. I don't see any sweat so that's good. Looks like. Looks like you were able to handle it okay. We got to talk about the outfit what made you choose it's very interesting your your getup here.

Yelle

Yeah. Bryan Lichtenberg. He he did the outfits I was wearing on stage.

Young Hollywood

Oh let's let's talk about the other things that go on at Coachella. I mean right here we're at the neon carnival nine-four at Armani Exchange you're doing. You don't see this every day. This was kinda cool right in the middle of the desert they actually turned into a carnival.

Yelle

I was walking walking here and I was like okay it's gonna be like a party just a party. And I was like whoa what happened?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. There's there's a Ferris wheel over there. You gonna go on top of the Ferris wheel?

Yelle

Yeah maybe maybe.

Young Hollywood

Do they do things like this in Paris or no?

Yelle

Not really. Not really. You are crazy here. Only in America.

Young Hollywood

We're the crazy in America. So what else do you do at Coachella when you're not performing besides the performance and the parties what else do you like to do out here?

Yelle

Um I like to see shows, you know. It's it's the most important in the festival so yesterday, uh I've seen Warpaint, it was really good. And Killa it was really good too. Even if I'm not playing next year I It's it's I probably be here because I like to be here.

Young Hollywood

How many times have you been here at Coachella how many years?

Yelle

Um We the first time we went was in 2008.

Young Hollywood

Oh wow. You've been doing it a while.

Yelle

And I was I was yeah uh last year but like tourists.

Young Hollywood

So you're a veteran now of the Coachella festival. What are the three things you would say you have to have?

Yelle

Sun protection, you know. Definitely that. Water. Because it's you can't imagine something hot like that, you know. Yeah. And a cap.

Young Hollywood

And a cap. That's every day, right?

Yelle

Exactly.

Young Hollywood

Let let's talk about the tour a little bit. So you got this big tour you're about to start on. You excited about that?

Yelle

Yeah, I'm really excited, you know. We are it's it's really magic for us because we are a French band singing in French and we can tour in US with our uh French music, you know.

Young Hollywood

Then what's the first thing you're gonna do? Between everything. You got the game over there. You got the Ferris wheel the stuff there.

Yelle

I'm sure I'd be really bad at this one.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, you gotta see the game where you have to hit the hammer. You gotta hit me on the muscles. I think this one's get a hit at the top.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Yelle

    French superstar interviewed after her Coachella performance

  • Bryan Lichtenberg

    Designer of Yelle's stage outfits

  • Warpaint

    Band Yelle saw perform at Coachella

  • Killa

    Artist Yelle saw perform at Coachella

FAQ

Where was Yelle interviewed?+
Yelle was interviewed at the Neon Carnival, which was held in Coachella, right after her on-stage performance.
What did Yelle like about performing at Coachella?+
Yelle loved the festival, the energy of the crowd, and how people wanted to dance and have fun to her music.
Who designed Yelle's outfit for her performance?+
Bryan Lichtenberg designed the outfits Yelle wore on stage at Coachella.
What are Yelle's essential items for Coachella?+
Yelle's three must-haves for Coachella are sun protection, water, and a cap due to the heat.
When was Yelle's first time at Coachella?+
Yelle's band first attended Coachella in 2008, making her a veteran of the festival.
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