On April 23 and 26, Mexico City witnessed a moment that went to the history of pop music: two of the most famous American singers and acclaimed by the international public arrived in the tricolor country to make it the pop capital, at least during that week. This is a count of how the iconic visit was lived.
Here I go again, I’m falling in love
The first sun ray during the morning of April 23 already had a polished touch in its aura, and woke up in 22,000 fans the portal to a dream that would come true in a few hours.
In its first minutes, on Saturday, April 26, it already had a theatrical and baroque vibes, which He threw a spell And it forced you to think, what will happen today in front of more than 60 thousand souls?
To one of those souls, the protagonist and interpreter of “Last friday night” he was not seen in Mexico since 2018, with his tour “The Witness Tour” where he showed the world his most vulnerable side, in front of an intense wave of hate and cancellations he suffered for … in reality … no reason. A moment that “Katycats” They remember with darkness.
To the second protagonist and interpreter of “Alejandro”, his followers had not registered it in Azteca land for 13 years, when he brought his “Born This Way Ball Tour”Tour that was canceled that same year due to injuries in the singer’s hip. Another shadow but, this time, for the “Little Monsters”
However, 2025 painted more light for both fandoms: In September of last year, the exjudue of American idol announced his sixth studio album, “143”, which in numerology means “I love you”. With a great futuristic weight, the American singer returned to music next to a renewed countenance and ready to succeed.
On the other hand, in January of this year, the half -time manager at the Super Bowl LI “Mayhem”after having starred, together with Joaquín Phoenix, The Joker 2a film that had a criticism very contrary to his latest record material.
I’m going to dance until I feel good
The news that the Californian girl would arrive in Mexico with her new tour, happened at one of the moments that Internet users remember with humor and some shame. On November 13, 2024, the morning program comes the joy received the 40 -year -old singer, with a tribute to her career that seemed rather to cause discomfort and confusion, or at least that showed on her face.
Between a strange and meaningless dynamic humor by TV Azteca, the international artist managed to reach the end of the program only to give her most important announcement: the start of “The Lifeses Tour” He would begin in Mexico, with his first concert on April 23, 2025, at the Mexico City Arena. By then, the Internet was already flooded with memes and criticism of Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s television.
For her part, the New York singer announced since the beginning of this year that she would lead the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, better known as “Coachella”. He had not been present since 2017, when his album “Joanne” I had little to have been released. Then, at the beginning of March, the Tricolor country was paralyzed with a rumored news but that few trusted it to be true: “Long live the Mayhem!”, A special concert would arrive in Mexico on April 26 and 27, at the GNP Seguros stadium, and ruled the doubt: “Will it be the same show you will present in Coachella?”
The sale of tickets for “The Lifeses Tour” It was gradual, organized and cotton with sugar: few people failed to reach a ticket, as the interpreter of “ET” offered seven dates for its Mexican fans. An infinite grace wrapped the creditors of their digital tickets, and although they initially questioned that it was super tickets, the host host, the success of the purchase relieved any risk of extinguishing the Artificial fire
In the other stage, Ticketmaster did it again. Although the “mother monster” offered two dates for her concerts, thousands of fans were left without tickets. Three pre-sales for millionaire members of Banamex and two general sales turned the purchase into a bad Romance For more than one. Tears, anger and scams of resellers everywhere on the Internet. Long live those who reached a ticket! And this time the platform could not notice that They will grab loudly.
Do you see me now? I’ve been waiting for you, crying
The north of Mexico City began to receive, from early, foreign tires that transported an excited and passionate generation as their favorite pop diva. They and they grew up singing “I kissed to girl”, “Hot N Cold” and “California Gurls”Meanwhile, surely, they barely ended the degree of primary, or lived their teenage dream In high school.
Back in the south of the CDMX, the subway detached Fame rayswhile the concrete became the support of vehicles, large and small, which transported creativity, passion and group songs. They were the newest and most older songs, the most remembered and the most unknown. It didn’t matter if it was “Poker Face” either “Dance in the Dark”, “Telephone” either “Venus”they were all moved by their Diamond heart.
Silver pants, galactic boots, blue sharks and red fungi covered the facade of the CDMX sand. Between excited laughs and poses for the photographs, the doors of the enclosure already felt the anxious looks that implored the opening inside. It was not for less, because from inside an echo exploded where it could be confirmed that the sound tests were occurring.
When tickets finally opened …
The small monsters also imposed a catwalk. Altísimos heels, jelly welds, latex and attitude: the seven albums of their favorite artist paraded in the largest stadium in Mexico, the old Sol forum. Among Friendship braceletsofficial or unofficial merchandise, and bicitaxis with the highest speed than the music of their speakers, fans were already willing to marrytogether with the accesses … it was the dreams who entered.
Show me you will take me to Nirvana
When you enter and manage to see the show that will happen, it is when you know that every weight and effort invested has been worth it. From those who paid at the top of 800 pesos, to those who bought VIP packages above 20 thousand pesos. In stands or in general, next to the stage or next to your favorite person, the show promised an unforgettable experience.
On the one hand, a scenario in the form of an infinity, which crossed the entire general court, and its screens as a mosaic, reminded fans the moments in the singer’s past: a collage of his musical videos and the occasional live video of the public, which already crowded the barricades. On the other hand, baroque ivory pillars, almost ruined, reminded fans of the “Born This Way Ball Tour” And they ended the questioned: yes, it would be the same show than in Coachella.
The emotion, nerves and passion were suddenly combined in a spark inside. The temperature rose, the ground disappeared and the lights ceased to exist: now only the eternal cry of the massive historical encounter in Mexico City was suspended. The light returned to life and illuminated the two most anticipated pop singers of this year.
It was a video game under science fiction, where the mother of the “Katycats” I had to save the post -capitalptic world from an evil artificial intelligence, and release the most precious energy source on Earth: butterflies. She appeared on the stage inside a capsule suspended in the air, and floated inside as if it were possessed by technology. “Who’s Gonna Save Us, from the Our Minds? “the opening song was “artificial”, next to “Chained to the Rhythm” and “Teary Eyes”.
It was a dark theater with duality as the protagonist, a staging that reflected the pain, struggle and internal overcoming of the acclaimed American artist. He appeared on stage on a huge red velvet dress, which housed his dancers after the bars of a prison. “I’ll Dance, Dance, Dance, With My Hands, Hands, Hands, Above My Head ”was “Bloody Mary” The opening song, next to “Abracadabra” and “Judas”.
He danced with smiling skeletons, beat his self; He rose on his loved ones, he went down to smile with his touch. One fought snakes, the other with his internal demons. Both to the maximum decibel, under lasers and reflectors that polished the eyes of the spectators. Each with its style, each on its stage, but with the same force with which roars A lion.
The stars went down for a time of space, where he was for minutes on April 14, to remind her that there is something for her out of irrational hatred on the Internet: love eternal and infinite of his fans. The stars went down three days later, to turn on the path of the fame That, sometimes, has caused a lot of pain. From one side to another, from left to right, from one heart to another, the stars, which were rather cell phones, danced to the rhythm of “Wide Awake”, in the CDMX sand, and to the rhythm of “How Bad Do You Want Me”in the GNP stadium.
When the first seconds of the last song began to sound, the energy began to say goodbye. The bright lights, on the one hand, and the red lights, on the other, closed the curtain of the historic moment in the CDMX. “Firework” He conquered the soul of those who waited seven years the return of his favorite pop diva. “Bad Romance” He fell in love, once, who waited 13 years to see in his home the mother of all monsters. The stage descended, the silhouette was absorbed, and suddenly, only the monumental shout remained.
If the world ends, I would like to be by your side
With each step towards their homes, time looked like another dimension. The unveiled laughs, the spent voices, the dry tears, the happy hearts, mixed between the dark and frantic city. They resonated in every corner the words of one of them:
“I am very happy to have started my tour in Mexico, because you deserve everything. You are strong, you are intelligent, you are powerful. Never forget that (…) ‘Long live Mexico!’” He exclaimed one of them, on April 23, with the acoustic guitar that crossed his chest.
“To all my beautiful little monsters, it is an honor for me to be here, in your beautiful country (…) I am proud to share this moment with you again, only this time is not the end, but the beginning (…) ‘Long live Mexico!’
“Long live Mexico!” Both shouted. The night faded, like the ghost of the dance floor. The cars were lost in the dark, as well as in The blurred lights of the city. And the two pop divas, with the same hotel taste, went to rest: to the prestigious Four Seasons, they went to shelter.
And if until now the doubt of who are the two pop divas that made Mexico City in the same week of April has prevailed, then it is revealed: it is the only female singer to tie Michael Jackson, with five singles in number 1 of the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the multi -member of the Grammy and Oscar winner for best original song in 2019: Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, respectively the only ones.
