Thousands of fans screeching “Jiju” at you can certainly be daunting, but Nick Jonas took it in stride. The Jonas Brothers had just descended upon the Lollapalooza stage as one of the headliners in this year’s music festival, when the audience went into a frenzy. A power-packed performance, which included the band’s top songs like Sucker, Celebrate, What a Man Gotta Do and Close amped up the energy on day one of the global music festival. Adding to the hype was a surprise performance by King, who joined Nick Jonas on stage for their first-ever live production of Maan Meri Jaan (Afterlife).
Two hours prior, American singer-songwriter Lauv was busy thrilling the crowds with his popular tracks like I Like Me Better, when he invited Armaan Malik on stage and the musical duo harmonised to the former’s I’m So Tired. This wasn’t Malik’s only performance on the Lollapalooza stage; on day two he joined K-pop icon Eric Nam to sing their song Echo (made with Indian-American EDM heavyweight KSHMR).
Elsewhere, classical music powerhouse Anoushka Shankar teamed up with English rock band Keane to carry out a haunting rendition of their Everybody’s Changing, while Sting brought the house down with his classics.
Here’s a roundup of all the biggest moments from Lollapalooza 2024.
Lollapalooza 2024: Nick Jonas-King, Lauv-Armaan Malik surprise collabs, Eric Nam’s ‘naam toh suna hi hoga’ & other biggest moments from this year’s festival
1. Nick Jonas x King performing Meri Jaan (Afterlife) live for the first time
When King was on tour in 2022, he got a call from Warner Music Group’s Jay Mehta. Nick Jonas wanted to make a global version of his Maan Meri Jaan, a track that witnessed a meteoric rise up the music charts. In an earlier interview with GQ, the rapper had said: “I didn’t even have to think twice. When I heard the first draft, I knew… Maan Meri Jaan (Afterlife) was going to fly”. And fly it did. The crowds at Lollapalooza were the first to witness Nick Jonas and King perform Maan Meri Jaan (Afterlife) live for the very first time.
2. Eric Nam’s “naam toh suna hi hoga”
