Clear sky, Lake Breeze. Compared to the haze of Lollapalooza Day 1, the washroom remedy of the NASCAR weekend and the action-alert heat that has been suffocating since June showed Chicago finally showing the best on Saturday afternoon in Grant Park.
Headliners for Lollapalooza Day 3 were more of a trio, with the Australian electronic group Rüfüs du Sol the day on the T-Mobile stage, the K-pop girl group twice on the Bud Light and singer Mk.Gee, who commanded its own strong followers for its Saturday capping set on the smaller Grove stage.
Other artists on Saturday were the indie-pop singer Clairo, the young Miko, two friends, Marina, Doechii and Jpegmafia. The Chicago Youth Symphony closed the handmade vodka stage of the tito on Saturday evening. There is also a surprise that the chance of The Rapper with a 15-minute set on the Perry's stage at 5:50 p.m. chance has a new album “Star Line”, which is due on August 15th.
Twice, the first K-Pop girls' group, which anchored the festival, drew K-POP fans with brand accessories that are inspired by their favorite idols, bright colors, fur low, low-base, hair conductor and baseball card size in their twice favorites.
“You can definitely say when someone is here for a specific singer,” said Bridget Sikorski, 20.
Sikorski and friends Opal Cosby and Leah Tabor said they were excited twice on Saturday.
Shortly before 1 p.m. they went to a meeting with fans of the K-POP-inspired girl group Katseye, who appeared on Sunday. More than 150 people gathered on the front of the fountain to reproduce the choreography to the recent hit of the group “engraved”. Many wore knitting-all-red outfits, inspired by two outfits in their recent performance in the South Korean music show “Music Bank”.
“We don't have a speaker, but we have our voices!” a festival organizer screamed when the crowd gathered in a narrow circle in front of the fountain. The fans sang Katseye songs out of memory when a couple hurried into the middle of the circle to carry out the choreography.
Topper Youth's headliner performance, since K-Pop gains popularity in the United States last month. Blackpink was the first group of girls to sell a concert on Soldier Field. The fans of Lollapalooza on Saturday also said that they are also visiting other K-pop groups all weekend, including the Sunday artist Boynextdoor.
“To be honest, I mainly came out for (K-pop performances),” said Tabor. “I have the feeling that many people are in this boat and they are really passionate about being near their idols, so people are emitted very early compared to other artists.”
The festival goers in the Grant Park were able to see Chicago's skyline more clearly on Saturday, as the air quality improved to “moderate”. On Thursday it was classified as “unhealthy” where Chicago had the worst air quality in the world due to smoke from forest fires in Canada and elsewhere.
The National Weather Service has so far issued air quality warnings for every day of the festival. While Chicago further improves air, it is difficult to determine the effects of everyday life of the smoke, said the NWS Chicago meteorologist Ricky Castro.
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“When it comes to these areas with forest fire smoke, which is about the different windflow patterns, it is due to how much of it mixes closer to the (earth) surface, which is very difficult to say exactly how that plays out,” said Castro.
How strongly the air quality it affects it varies from person to person.
“Your risk level also plays a role,” said Castro. “It is a notification that if you have a breath description or a condition, just think that the air quality could be so that you can breathe a little more difficult and especially if you may exercise yourself.”
The band not from the 'burbs
The indie band Winnetka Bowling League helped on the third day of the festival in the southern end of the Grant Park and moved people to the Lakeshore stage with their songs, which sound like a mixture of Elvis Costello and Owl City.
The band comes from Winnetka, California, not from the suburb of Chicago, something about which they made fun of the set. Chicago is one of her favorite places to play and play, said singer Matthew Koma of the Tribune. Koma leads the band alongside brother and drummer Kris Mazzarisi and keyboardist Sam Beresford.
“(Chicago's) one of the first places where our fan base has grown. So we have a love for it and definitely have a bit of weakness for it,” said Koma. “It feels very at home here, it feels like our second hometown.”
Despite the early start time for the Winnetka Bowling League, the fans showed up and danced and sing to songs such as “Handsome” and “Sha la la”. The crowd grew throughout the show, newcomers who gathered in time and quickly learned the words to the often catchy song choirs.
Koma told the crowd that hopefully they will play on the T-Mobile stage instead of in Lakeshore in a few years. For the tribune he said that the festival was “bike”.
“When we started primarily in Chicago, we had no people in our shows. Even to play an early slot in Lollapalooza and let a few thousand people sing along there, as if they were the people who happen for us,” said Koma. “So it feels very much as if we were on this trip with the people who listen to our music, and if they say more people and more people, our songs somehow hear, and this is a realistic dream, a goal of running on it. Or it is not, but they still have to run for it.”
Naomi Scott brings out her Disney anthems
On the smaller hornbühne, Z fans packed on the field and the surrounding tree line for Naomi Scotts afternoon set. Only last month, the English singer-songwriter published a new single, “Rhythm”, with singer Johnny Yukon, who joined her to perform the song.
Scott is better known for her acting roles. She recently played in “Smile 2” and Disney's live action “Aladdin” remakes. But most fans on their Saturday afternoon remember “Lemonade Mund”, an original film by Disney Channel 2011, in which they portray the bass player for a rebellious high school rock band.
In the middle of her set, Scott launched a reproduction of “She's So Gone”, the original song that her figure of “Lemonade Mund” sings, which was supported by a gentle, synthetic backing track. The crowd that was largely silent about her set sang almost every word of the nostalgic Disney Canal anthem.
“Not I will become emotional,” said Scott after the end of the song. “I hadn't expected that to sing this song.”
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