Inked Magazine Takes Governors Ball

By Jamie Rothenberg and Sami Lambert

New York Metropolis is again, BABY! We headed to Citi Subject to absorb the Governors Ball music competition to movie our TikTok collection Inked on the Road. Whereas we had been there chatting with each musicians and followers about their tattoos, we additionally had the prospect to absorb a ton of fantastic performances and benefit from the feeling of normalcy we skilled being again at a competition for the primary time in… God is aware of how lengthy it’s been.

Billie Eilish, Photographs by Kevin Wilson

Seeing Billie Eilish, Post Malone, A$AP Rocky, Megan the Stallion and Kehlani carry out in entrance of big crowds crammed our souls and virtually made us overlook every little thing we’d been by way of on this insane 12 months.

Swank from 99 Neighbors took off his pants and instructed us concerning the tattoos he gave to himself, Bartees Unusual regaled us with the story of a fan who received his tune lyrics inked on her pussy and we shared drinks with the boys from EarthGang.

On stage, Orville Peck sang unhappy cowboy songs and even gave a rendition of Girl Gaga’s “Born This Method.” Rufus De Sol’s set on Friday night time was an epic dance get together crammed with lights and smoke to match. It was a tricky act to comply with, however Billie Eilish was as much as the problem as we screamed out “Trigger I would by no means deal with me this shitty / YOU MAKE ME HATE THIS CITY!” with angsty teenagers.

Orville Peck, Photographs by Kevin Wilson

Saturday’s assortment of artists actually took us by storm. Muna introduced out Phoebe Bridgers for his or her viral collab tune, “Pink Chiffon.” King Princess addressed the viewers along with her personal Gov Ball expertise, saying she attended the competition yearly in highschool “blackout drunk.” Her set included the dwell debut of her tune, “Holy.”

We shook our asses to Megan thee Stallion’s “WAP”, ate six plates of fries and noticed some contestants from “The Bachelor” in Jim Beam’s Freeloaders Lounge. Our cowl star himself, J Balvin, concluded his efficiency with a firework present like none we’ve ever seen earlier than. After being launched by the governor herself, Kathy Hochul, A$AP Rocky introduced the night time to a detailed with a implausible set.

Put up Malone, Photographs by Kevin Wilson

We’re not 18 any longer, so we didn’t know if we might thrive on Sunday, however the performers on Day Three gave us LIFE. The afternoon began with a Princess Nokia set the place she flashed each her titties and ass throughout her knockout efficiency. “Cheer each time you see my titties!” she yelled to the gang. Caroline Polachek carried out her new single “Bunny Is a Rider” in addition to two new unreleased songs which might be sure to develop into a few of our future favorites. Our shocking favourite set of the day? The DJ duo Duck Sauce bopped their heads on stage alongside a large inflatable duck as we received trapped in a mosh pit with 13-year-old boys.

Later within the day we requested BJ the Chicago Child what it was wish to see followers along with his lyrics tattooed on them: “I used to be blown away. I used to be like rattling that’s tight, trigger it’s on you for all times.” Sunday night time concluded with a brief set by 21 Savage and a good shorter set by Younger Thug, however the greatest star of the night time was our previous cowl star, Put up Malone, who giggled and danced round stage, rapidly warning the viewers that he couldn’t sing with out autotune, clearly having the time of his life nonetheless.

Along with this recap that includes images by Kevin Wilson, verify our TikTok channel all week for all of our interviews from Governors Ball.