Grimes Apologizes for Tech Issues and ‘Sonic Chaos’ During Coachella Set

Grimes on Sunday apologized for giving what some have dubbed “the worst Coachella performance of all time”—but stopped short of issuing a mea culpa, insisting that the “sonic chaos” that left her screaming with frustration onstage this weekend wasn’t her fault.

The 36-year-old musician, real name Claire Boucher, was forced to troubleshoot her equipment in real time during the second half of her 50-minute DJ set on Saturday night, struggling to do the mental calculations required to fix backing tracks that were playing at twice their usual speed.

“This is a difficult thing to explain but we’re having a major technical error,” a visibly frustrated Boucher told her audience at one point. “Don’t judge me for being bad at calculating things.”

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