Arca made a shock look at Beyoncé’s Barcelona live performance tonight (June 8), the place she opened the present with a DJ set. The efficiency occurred at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the place Arca danced and commanded the turntables, as you’ll be able to see in videos posted to social media by viewers members.
On Instagram, Arca wrote, “thanks @beyonce for the extremely uplifting present and for having me be part of the renaissance tour ❤️????♾️ thanks @amakadsi in your help and care, thanks @cadwallader & @muglerofficial for kindly being up for dressing me for my set yesterday!” She added, “it was sooo a lot enjoyable!”
The Barcelona present is Beyoncé’s sole cease in Spain throughout her Renaissance World Tour, which runs by means of late September. Final month, Beyoncé brought her daughter Blue Ivy onstage in Paris to carry out some synchronized strikes with backup dancers. Blue Ivy additionally appeared onstage at tonight’s show, working some choreography with Beyoncé’s crimson-clad dancers.
In mid-Could, followers pointed out that Arca appeared briefly within the visuals for one in every of Beyoncé’s tour stops, posing in a pink jacket on an enormous display projection. (A outstanding Arca collaborator, Frederik Heyman, has additionally worked on the Renaissance World Tour.) Elsewhere on the visually tantalizing Renaissance Tour, Beyoncé has mounted a mirrored tank, flown in on a glittering horse, and danced in a number of customized designer appears each night time.
Beyoncé returned with Renaissance final July—roughly six years after dropping her pivotal LP Lemonade. Renaissance shortly shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking her seventh report to achieve the highest spot—she additionally turned the primary feminine artist to have that many solo albums within the peak place.
She continued to interrupt information throughout Grammy season, snatching trophies for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best R&B Song, and Best Dance/Electronic Music Album. With these wins below her belt, Beyoncé is now essentially the most embellished artist in Grammys historical past.
