There are a number of true markers of summer: weekend road trips with your closest friends, tailor-made playlists blasting into sweltering nights and, if you’re lucky, maybe a concert or two featuring your favorite artists. Fortunately for us, 88rising’s Head in the Clouds Arts and Music Festival squeezed itself in right as August reared its autumn-colored head — and their partner, Honda, had us covered at every song and stage. Equipped with a Honda Civic of our own, the Character Media team took on HITC 2023 in style.
Celebrating its fifth year in Los Angeles, the annual music festival took place this past weekend at the Brookside at the Rose Bowl Stadium and hosted a genre-spanning lineup of artists from J-pop to EDM to heavy metal and more. If you couldn’t make it to the festival grounds (or you missed the Amazon Music live stream), here’s all you need to know.
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(Photo by Lindsey Blane.)
Saturday kicked off with “Boy of the Year” Warren Hue christening the 88rising mainstage, followed by Higher Brothers member MaSiWei. Thai rapper MILLI brought her playful energy debuting an unreleased song with labelmate Hue, and Rina Sawayama wowed crowds with not one, not two, but seven outfit changes during her 45-minute set. DPR members DPR Live and DPR Ian split their set time between themselves, with Live taking on the first half with songs like “Kiss Me” and “Martini Blue” and Ian closing the hour with “No Blueberries” and “Ballroom Extravaganza.” EDM juggernaut Zedd then earned his honorary Asian card as he played the crowd into the sunset with top-40 favorites “Clarity” and “The Middle.”
HITC and 88rising staple Rich Brian later welcomed the night, playing “History,” “Gospel” and (of course) “edamame” to a receptive audience. Then, to cap off night one, all-rounder Jackson Wang performed a…
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