Top female performer of Primavera Sound 2022 goes to MIA for her outrageous visuals, attitude, and energy. Not only was I blown away by the massive energy her entire set brought, but also by her songwriting. I know a few songs from her catalog, and had planned to leave halfway through her set to catch The Smile, but that was impossible because I was so gravitated by her entire set. The visuals, her energy, and her attitude made each song an art piece. MIA takes the crown for top female performer, but of course there were also some really top of the line female performances across the board. Music idols like Courtney Barnett, Brittany Howard, Kim Gordon, Amyl and the Sniffers, Megan the Stallion, Dua Lipa, Warpaint, Lorde, and Lara Lee from Khruangbin, were all so ass kicking. It was phenomenal to have this feeling of being represented more in the music industry as women. In the past, Primavera Sound has always and still does, make a conscious effort in empowering more women artists.
Along with my ears having the best experience of their life while attending Primavera, I was also able to actually engage with the artists and even had the pleasure of interviewing Khruangbin and Phoenix. Of course, in preparation for the interviews, I had to be an absolute fangirl and go on a vinyl goose hunt in Barcelona. I literally called every single record store in Barcelona, all fifteen of them and all three pages of Google searches, to find anyone who had a Phoenix and a Khruangbin record.