Rema Called Out for Lip Syncing During 'Disastrous' Set at Coachella 2025

Rema is being called out for his performance at the 2025 Coachella Music Festival, which has been hailed “disastrous” by Variety.

The 24-year-old Nigerian singer performed on the Mojave stage at the festival on Sunday (April 13) in Indio, Calif.

Variety reports that Rema‘s set actually began a couple minutes before the scheduled start time, with a DJ beginning the show for him. But Rema himself didn’t show up on stage until nearly 30 minutes later.

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When Rema finally showed up on stage, he was lip syncing, according to the report. Rema was “not trying hard to pretend otherwise, pulling the mic away from his mouth while the recording of his voice continued.”

Eventually, Rema stopped lip syncing and performed a few of his hits, including “Calm Down.” Near the end of his set, organizers apparently wouldn’t let him perform past his scheduled end time “and the set ended amid a confused reaction from the crowd.”

Despite the problems with the show, there were still positive reactions online.

“I enjoyed Rema’s show even though it was shorter than I expected, maybe next weekend we’ll get a little bit more… Still great energy and set list ????????????????✨,” one fan wrote.

Read some reactions from fans below.