ISLAMABAD: Pakistan singer Ali Sethi, who rose to fame across the globe last year with his hit song ‘Pasoori’, will be performing at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April, the singer announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday morning.
Coachella, which is arguably one of the most popular music festivals in the world, is known for its performances as well as unique art installations in the Colorado Desert.
The festival will take place over two weekends, starting from April 14 to 16, and April 21 to 23, 2023. According to Coachella’s Instagram post, Sethi will be performing on the second weekend.
Taking to his official Instagram account, the singer reshared this year’s lineup and invited his fans to join him in California.
“AAJAAO SAARAY (come, everyone) to Coachella,” he wrote on the photo-and-video sharing website.
This year’s lineup also includes Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Gorillaz, Björk, Eric Prydz, Chemical Brothers, and Blondie, among others.
Founded in 1999, the annual event is known for featuring some of the biggest names in the world of music, including Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Beyonce, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog, Guns N’ Roses, The Prodigy, Rage Against The Machine, and Tiësto, among many others.
Sethi is the second Pakistani singer to make it to the international festival. In 2022, Grammy-winning Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab also performed at the event.
Last year, Sethi’s ‘Pasroori’ received global recognition after topping Google’s hum-to-search category in 2022, leaving behind BTS’s ‘Butter,’ Aditya A’s ‘Chand Baliyan,’ ‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals, and ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons.
The song also became the first Pakistani song to rank third on Spotify’s Global Viral 50 list.
