LA, how do we feel about this? Reggie’s thoughts on Coachella are reverberating in a couple of text chats I’m in. 

I went to Coachella back in 2016 and I was pleasantly surprised at how well run of a festival it was. There was the toxic Instagram element, but it was only 30% of the festival. 

I wonder if it’s grown to take over the festival.

yes - it has definitely grown

every show i go to (festival or not) feels dominated by people on their phone instead of people enjoying the moment  

weekend 2 coachella has always had less of this than weekend 1, but still got worse over the years