Coachella Bans Post Malone for 'Excessive Vibe'; Artist Accuses Promoters of 'Vibe Discrimination' After Being Asked to 'Pivot to More Neutral Aesthetic'
Coachella organizers announced today that rapper Post Malone has been “vibe-restricted” from performing at this year’s California music festival, following complaints from the Desert Cultural Preservation Council (DCPC) regarding his “overwhelmingly specific energy signature.”
“His guitar tone is simply too emotionally resonant for a family-friendly desert festival environment,” said festival curator Sarah Jenkins, a woman who reportedly cried for 47 minutes straight during rehearsal last Tuesday. “When a performer brings that much personal history to the stage, it disrupts the delicate ecosystem of passive audience absorption we’ve cultivated over the past decade.”