Charli XCX did her part to uplift Tinashe at Austin City Limits Music Festival on Friday (October 9), bringing the Popstar multi-hyphenate out as a special guest during her headlining set. Tinashe’s two-song performance included live debuts of “Nobody Wanna Dance Anymore” and “Melatonin” with Charli’s dancers. Check it out below.
It’s been a long road to the main stage for both Charli and Tinashe, who memorably collaborated on the 2015 Ty Dolla $ign song “Drop That Kitty” and a “B2B” edit that appeared on last year’s Brat remix album. (Although they didn’t perform the former, they did make a TikTok using the audio backstage.) Charli is currently on tour supporting her album Music, Fashion, Film. She’ll wrap up a North American run with Underscores at the end of this month before heading to Europe and the UK with opener Audrey Hobert. Tinashe, on the other hand, kicks off her own Popstar tour with a show tonight (October 11) at the Arizona festival FORM Arcosanti.
Austin City Limits closes out its second weekend today with performances from Geese, the xx, Blood Orange, the War on Drugs, and many more. The festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
Get all the details on the Music, Fashion, Film tour in Shaad D’Souza’s The Life of the Party: A Week on Tour With Charli XCX.