After Beyoncé headlined the iconic music and arts festival on Saturday night, it became official — Coachella is no more. It will now be known as "Beychella." DJ Khaled certainly didn't coin the term, but he increased its popularity after a clip surfaced of him declaring, "Coachella will have to change the name to Beychella." The term remained on Twitter's top trending topics throughout Sunday morning, making it clear that Beyoncé didn't just show up and perform — she made the festival hers.
The performance was also quite literally historic. Beyoncé was the first-ever black woman to headline the festival. She acknowledged the milestone during her set, "Thank you Coachella for allowing me to be the first black woman to headline. Ain’t that ‘bout a bitch?"
In the process, Beyoncé highlighted themes of black pride (singing what's often referred to as the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," and quoting Malcom X), feminism (performing her empowered hits "Diva,""Formation," and "Flawless," asking the women in the audience and those watching at home, "Are we smart? Are we strong? Have we had enough?" and her prelude to the feminist "Run the World (Girls)" when she thanked the women who paved the way for her), along with higher education (using a full-on HBCU marching band and displaying a slew of historically black college/university traditions), to name a few.
Twitter went particularly crazy for the latter, and many said they were ready to enroll in Beyoncé's "HBeyCU." The star donned a variety of costumes throughout the show, some of which doubled as what appeared to be school merchandise for a Beyoncé-themed university. One particular outfit had a customized school crest, complete with an image of Nefertiti, a black panther, a black power fist, and a bee.
Sooo when’s the new Beyonce Academy Merch coming out?! pic.twitter.com/Dq7h41ybyi
— Rita Richardson (@Rita_Shelle) April 15, 2018
Details. #Beychella#Coachellapic.twitter.com/z3hdGikCM8
— BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey___Legion) April 15, 2018
Another outfit was reminiscent of college: a yellow sweatshirt with the Greek letters Beta Delta Kappa. Instead of interpreting their literal translation, many fans thought Beyoncé wanted people to see how they read in English — BAK. As in, Beyoncé is back.
And while there's no doubting that Beyoncé was the star of the show even among the incredible marching band and talented dancers, she also brought out a few guests; most notably, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. Yep, Destiny's Child reunited. The trio sang "Lose My Breath,""Say My Name," and "Soldier" in coordinated camouflage outfits.
ICYMI: Destiny’s Child Reunion at #Beychellapic.twitter.com/NkiVTs8Pc2
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 15, 2018
Beyoncé's sister Solange and Jay-Z also made appearances.
WAIT. WHAT. SOLANGE. #Beychellapic.twitter.com/MyhrQ424Fh
— Jennifer Padjemi (@jenniferpadjemi) April 15, 2018
Beyoncé and Solange dancing to Get Me Bodied. I never knew how much I needed this until now. I love these legendary sisters. #BeyChellapic.twitter.com/qptNpH7iNj
— . (@goddessyonce) April 15, 2018
Jay Z joins Beyonce at Coachella pic.twitter.com/c1xBITjc4w
— Brand New Hip Hop (@brandnewhiph0p) April 15, 2018
The show ended on a perfect note, too.
the ending. thank you queen! 👑🐝 @Beyonce#BeyChellapic.twitter.com/ITK1nIqXdz
— Cheyenna Wallen (@cheyennawallen) April 15, 2018
Check out more highlights — from both the performance and reactions — below.
I just saw the greatest show to ever happen. @beyonce
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) April 15, 2018
RIH IS OUT HERE FRONT ROW AT BEYONCE GETTING HER LIFE!!!! ❤️#Beychella#coachellapic.twitter.com/BkeYu3EaMX
— 🍒 (@Ioveonthebrain) April 15, 2018
Listening to Beyoncé singing Lift Every Voice And Sing just made my credit score go up. #Beychellapic.twitter.com/5zUJ6JngKO
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) April 15, 2018
.@adele reacting to Beyoncé's performance at #Beychella. #Coachella💗 pic.twitter.com/UZXONTAaqk
— BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey___Legion) April 15, 2018
Beyoncé performing Mi Gente is the best thing to ever happen #Beychellapic.twitter.com/C03umsq9t6
— Beyond Fiancé (@yoncemyname2) April 15, 2018
I know we've all seen this Beyoncè iconic dance break 100× times in our lives. (maybe more than that) but.. there was extra extra sauce on it this time. "sis the choreography" im still shook #Beychellapic.twitter.com/XTuqnETMFE
— BEYCHELLA 👑🐝 (@yasiru_vismini) April 15, 2018
“Coachella, thank you for allowing me to be the first Black Woman to headline Coachella” - @Beyonce
✨🐝🌎 WHO THE RUN WORLD? GIRLS. 🌎 🐝✨#Beychella#Coachellapic.twitter.com/5E316CVmuU
— LEMONCÉ 🍋 (@bey6nce) April 15, 2018
I can already tell I’m not getting tired of this 👑 #Beychella#Coachellapic.twitter.com/2pNB8JTEg8
— Beyoncé (@HiveUpdate) April 15, 2018
Beyoncé made history again #Beychellapic.twitter.com/ICTt8nyESk
— sophia (@weloveknowles) April 15, 2018
Beyoncé a WOC, mother of 3, feminist did a 2 hrs show on heels, perfect pitch, brought destiny, solange and her husband, dance the whole time and look amazing with 4 changes of outfit, SHES THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER OF OUR GENERATION, SHES THE DEFINITION OF THAT! #BEYCHELLApic.twitter.com/mVauWV2vID
— N A E L • (@Richard_Nael) April 15, 2018