The timing was auspicious, Madonna noted from the stage. “I have a few things I wanna get off my chest,” she began. “Twenty years ago today, I performed at Coachella. I was in the dance tent, and it was the first time I performed Confessions on the Dance Floor Part One in America.”
“And that was such a thrill for me, so you can imagine what a thrill it is for me to be back 20 years later in the same boots, the same corset, the jacket I had on earlier, the same Gucci jacket. So, it’s like a full circle moment, very meaningful for me.”
Madonna’s 2006 show might have been her first time at Coachella, but it wasn’t her only Indio show. In 2015, she joined Drake as he closed out the festival’s first weekend, singing Bedtime Stories 1994 slow jam “Human Nature” before locking lips with the Degrassi star turned musician turned beef participant.
Their clinch launched a million social media reactions, with Madonna responding “If you don’t like me and still watch everything I do. Bitch, you’re a fan.” For his part, Drake—nearly the same age then as Carpenter is now—responded “I got to make out with the queen Madonna and I feel 100 about that forever.”
Carpenter was similarly worshipful of the star, especially when the subject of height came up. Carpenter is reportedly slightly less than 5 feet tall, while Madonna has reportedly expressed dissatisfaction at standing 5′ 4.5″
“The other thrilling thing I need to point out to everybody right now is this probably the first time I’ve ever performed with someone who’s shorter than me,” Madonna quipped Friday. “So, thank you for giving me that experience.” In response, Carpenter shouted “amen!”
Carpenter remained reverent when Madonna thanked her for sharing the stage. “No thanks needed, Madonna,” she replied. “You can have whatever you want.”
And what Madonna wants is for us all to be nicer, she said Friday. The new moon is in Taurus, the pop star said (Vanity Fair has not independently verified her astrological assessment), which means society needs “to work on our communication skills,” and “avoid confrontations,” the Material Girl said.
“In all circumstances for the rest of the month, let’s try to get along,” she continued. “And to that point, the great thing about music is that it brings people together, am I right? It’s the one place that people have to put their differences aside, put their shit down, and just everybody have a good time together.”
