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Watch Missy Elliott transform from a car into herself for a hit packed set at Coachella 2025

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Missy Elliott performed a hit packed set at Coachella 2025 last night (April 11).

The rapper kicked off her show at the Californian festival – which will see sets from the likes of Post MaloneTravis ScottMissy ElliottCharli XCXMegan Thee Stallion and more this weekend – arriving on the main stage disguised as a car during the intro to ‘Throw It Back’.

She then turned into a robot before she performed ‘Cool Off’ – which was interpolated with samples of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’. You can view the moment below.

From there the rapper performed the likes of ‘We Run This’, ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’, ‘She’s A Bitch’, ‘Pass That Dutch’ alongside the likes of ‘Work It’ and ‘Get Ur Freak On’. You can watch her full performance here.

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Missy Elliott at Coachella 2025 played:

‘Throw It Back’
‘Cool Off’
‘We Run This’
‘4 My People’
‘Sock It 2 Me’
‘I’m Really Hot’
‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’
‘I’m Better’
‘She’s a Bitch’
‘Gossip Folks
‘All n My Grill’
‘One Minute Man’
‘Hot Boyz’
‘Get Ur Freak On’
‘Lick Shots’
‘Ching-A-Ling’
‘WTF (Where They From)’
‘Work It’
‘Pass That Dutch’
‘Lose Control’

Elsewhere on the night Lady Gaga performed a theatrical five-act set, A. G. Cook brought out Danny Brown, performing a host of tracks before remixing Charli XCX’s ‘Party 4 U’.

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong also joined The Go-Go‘s on stage for a performance of their 1984 hit single ‘Head Over Heels’ and there was controversy during Kneecap‘s set after they led an anti-Margaret Thatcher chant, with fans reporting the online stream had cut out shortly after.

Later today (April 12) there will be performances from Travis Scott, Green Day, Charli XCX, Jimmy Eat World, Clairo, Japanese Breakfast, Sam Fender, Weezer and many more.

YouTube will be livestreaming the festival via the Coachella YouTube channel. Coachella 2024 was headlined by Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat and Tyler, The Creator and also saw the return of No Doubt and more.

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Written by: Brady Donovan

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