{"id":2087069,"date":"2026-08-06T18:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087069"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:07:23","slug":"little-simz-makes-everything-look-easy-including-two-lollapalooza-sets-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087069","title":{"rendered":"Little Simz Makes Everything Look Easy \u2013 Including Two Lollapalooza Sets in One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F08%2F06%2Fsimz-0.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\">\n                                                                                                                    <time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li>\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             315<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n                                                                                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>            <span class=\"bookmark-icon\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmark-svg\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p>        <span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"brand-sidebar-widget d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>In This Article<\/h6>\n<div class=\"brand-list-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\">\n                                                    <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             315<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"bookmark-icon\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmark-svg\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>For Little Simz, a festival performance is light work. Especially after the summer she\u2019s been having. In the past four months alone, the UK rapper has taken the stage at a total of nine (!!) music festivals across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>First came two weekends in Indio, California for Coachella \u2013 where she famously debuted a whole lot of <em>Sugar Girl<\/em>\u2018s then-unreleased tracks at a surprise DJ set alongside JT \u2013 followed by a hometown headlining set at Cross The Tracks in London, and then We Love Green in Paris.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;features&quot;,&quot;patron&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza&quot;,&quot;little-simz&quot;,&quot;miu-miu&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza-2026&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:&quot;6764365&quot;,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s Primavera Sound marked a particular high point, Simz packing out a coveted 9:00 pm set time for one of the hottest European festivals of the summer. Denmark\u2019s Roskilde closed out her June run of shows, before heading out to The Netherlands for Down the Rabbit Hole in July, and then graced us stateside in Chi-town for Lollapalooza.\n<\/p>\n<p>But Simz isn\u2019t here for long, as just 48 hours after her Thursday afternoon Lolla set, she jetted off again for a Friday set at the esteemed Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and then a Saturday set at Montreal\u2019s Osheaga.\n<\/p>\n<p>In her less than 24 hours in Chicago \u2013 and even lesser time spent in Grant Park \u2013 the rapper surely kept busy. Going into Lolla, Simz was scheduled for a standard set on one of the main stages, and to no one\u2019s surprise, she killed it, delivering one of the most captivating performances of the festival\u2019s first day.\n<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0<em>everyone\u2019s <\/em>surprise, however, Simz landed a second set that same day. As the gates opened on Thursday morning for the first of the four-day fest, Simz revealed she\u2019d be hosting another performance later in the evening \u2013 and not just\u00a0<em>any\u00a0<\/em>additional set, an intimate DJ set at Patr\u00f3n\u2018s immersive Hacienda PATR\u00d3N activation. Before both sets, Simz sat down with Hypebeast to share more about her festival rituals, styling tips, and most-anticipated sets of the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbtIPuVOm4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Hypetrak (@hypetrak)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What do you do before every performance, no matter what?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Simz:<\/strong> My pre-performance ritual\u2026 I always need to go to the toilet. <em>[laughs]<\/em> And sometimes I don\u2019t even really need to go; it\u2019s just nerves, but it\u2019s always\u2014as soon as I\u2019m about to go on stage, I\u2019m like, \u201cI need to go to the toilet.\u201d <em>[laughs] <\/em>But other than that, I take it easy, just listen to some songs, kind of zen out my space a bit, and just go and do the thing.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you wearing today, and how do you sort of approach dressing for a festival?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Today, I\u2019m wearing this, um \u2026 I don\u2019t even know \u2026 what would you call this? Anyway, I got it from Muji. Which, I never really go in there to look for clothing, I guess. But I went in there, and I was like, \u201cActually, this is all right.\u201d And so, I just copped it.\u00a0But yeah, I just try to go for things that I feel comfortable wearing that make me feel like, \u201cYeah, I feel good in this, I feel good in my skin, I feel like myself,\u201d and that\u2019s about it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been on a big festival run recently, what\u2019s your favorite festival memory of yours performing?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Man, yeah, it\u2019s been a whirlwind of performances, but Primavera Sound was definitely a highlight for sure. Even just the site it was on, like, the water right next to it, it was so beautiful. I\u2019m really looking forward to Lollapalooza. This is our first American festival of this run, so it\u2019s nice to break it up \u2013 do Europe, UK, and then come over here and get different energy, you know? I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who on the Lollapalooza lineup are you excited to see?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>If I wasn\u2019t like wedged in between these acts, I would have been gassed to see\u00a0Blood Orange and Empire of the Sun. But I\u2019m like slap bang in the middle, so I don\u2019t know (laughs) if like I\u2019m gonna make it. But yeah, it\u2019s a sick lineup, though. It\u2019s really cool, and even just as we were going around in like the buggy, the golf cart, just seeing the festivities, people are\u2014genuinely feels like people are here to have a good time, you know? So, I very much look forward to being a part of it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re performing two sets within just two hours. What are you most excited about?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s a packed one, full of activities. First up, I\u2019ve got my set, and then I get to spin some tunes at Hacienda PATR\u00d3N. The set-up is beautiful; the architecture, how they\u2019ve designed the space, really feels thought-out. It feels like they\u2019ve considered the people spinning, the people coming to dance, the people pouring the drinks, the people just around the festival. I love it when architecture and design spaces do that and cater to everyone to make everyone feel like they\u2019re important and part of the experience. I think it\u2019s gonna be a vibe, man. 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            <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Aug 6, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             315<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon 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Especially after the summer she\u2019s been having. In the past four months alone, the UK rapper has taken the stage at a total of nine (!!) music festivals across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>First came two weekends in Indio, California for Coachella \u2013 where she famously debuted a whole lot of <em>Sugar Girl<\/em>\u2018s then-unreleased tracks at a surprise DJ set alongside JT \u2013 followed by a hometown headlining set at Cross The Tracks in London, and then We Love Green in Paris.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;features&quot;,&quot;patron&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza&quot;,&quot;little-simz&quot;,&quot;miu-miu&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza-2026&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:&quot;6764365&quot;,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s Primavera Sound marked a particular high point, Simz packing out a coveted 9:00 pm set time for one of the hottest European festivals of the summer. Denmark\u2019s Roskilde closed out her June run of shows, before heading out to The Netherlands for Down the Rabbit Hole in July, and then graced us stateside in Chi-town for Lollapalooza.\n<\/p>\n<p>But Simz isn\u2019t here for long, as just 48 hours after her Thursday afternoon Lolla set, she jetted off again for a Friday set at the esteemed Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and then a Saturday set at Montreal\u2019s Osheaga.\n<\/p>\n<p>In her less than 24 hours in Chicago \u2013 and even lesser time spent in Grant Park \u2013 the rapper surely kept busy. Going into Lolla, Simz was scheduled for a standard set on one of the main stages, and to no one\u2019s surprise, she killed it, delivering one of the most captivating performances of the festival\u2019s first day.\n<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0<em>everyone\u2019s <\/em>surprise, however, Simz landed a second set that same day. As the gates opened on Thursday morning for the first of the four-day fest, Simz revealed she\u2019d be hosting another performance later in the evening \u2013 and not just\u00a0<em>any\u00a0<\/em>additional set, an intimate DJ set at Patr\u00f3n\u2018s immersive Hacienda PATR\u00d3N activation. Before both sets, Simz sat down with Hypebeast to share more about her festival rituals, styling tips, and most-anticipated sets of the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbtIPuVOm4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Hypetrak (@hypetrak)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What do you do before every performance, no matter what?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Simz:<\/strong> My pre-performance ritual\u2026 I always need to go to the toilet. <em>[laughs]<\/em> And sometimes I don\u2019t even really need to go; it\u2019s just nerves, but it\u2019s always\u2014as soon as I\u2019m about to go on stage, I\u2019m like, \u201cI need to go to the toilet.\u201d <em>[laughs] <\/em>But other than that, I take it easy, just listen to some songs, kind of zen out my space a bit, and just go and do the thing.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you wearing today, and how do you sort of approach dressing for a festival?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Today, I\u2019m wearing this, um \u2026 I don\u2019t even know \u2026 what would you call this? Anyway, I got it from Muji. Which, I never really go in there to look for clothing, I guess. But I went in there, and I was like, \u201cActually, this is all right.\u201d And so, I just copped it.\u00a0But yeah, I just try to go for things that I feel comfortable wearing that make me feel like, \u201cYeah, I feel good in this, I feel good in my skin, I feel like myself,\u201d and that\u2019s about it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been on a big festival run recently, what\u2019s your favorite festival memory of yours performing?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Man, yeah, it\u2019s been a whirlwind of performances, but Primavera Sound was definitely a highlight for sure. Even just the site it was on, like, the water right next to it, it was so beautiful. I\u2019m really looking forward to Lollapalooza. This is our first American festival of this run, so it\u2019s nice to break it up \u2013 do Europe, UK, and then come over here and get different energy, you know? I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who on the Lollapalooza lineup are you excited to see?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>If I wasn\u2019t like wedged in between these acts, I would have been gassed to see\u00a0Blood Orange and Empire of the Sun. But I\u2019m like slap bang in the middle, so I don\u2019t know (laughs) if like I\u2019m gonna make it. But yeah, it\u2019s a sick lineup, though. It\u2019s really cool, and even just as we were going around in like the buggy, the golf cart, just seeing the festivities, people are\u2014genuinely feels like people are here to have a good time, you know? So, I very much look forward to being a part of it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re performing two sets within just two hours. What are you most excited about?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s a packed one, full of activities. First up, I\u2019ve got my set, and then I get to spin some tunes at Hacienda PATR\u00d3N. The set-up is beautiful; the architecture, how they\u2019ve designed the space, really feels thought-out. It feels like they\u2019ve considered the people spinning, the people coming to dance, the people pouring the drinks, the people just around the festival. I love it when architecture and design spaces do that and cater to everyone to make everyone feel like they\u2019re important and part of the experience. I think it\u2019s gonna be a vibe, man. 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class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>For Little Simz, a festival performance is light work. Especially after the summer she\u2019s been having. In the past four months alone, the UK rapper has taken the stage at a total of nine (!!) music festivals across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>First came two weekends in Indio, California for Coachella \u2013 where she famously debuted a whole lot of <em>Sugar Girl<\/em>\u2018s then-unreleased tracks at a surprise DJ set alongside JT \u2013 followed by a hometown headlining set at Cross The Tracks in London, and then We Love Green in Paris.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;features&quot;,&quot;patron&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza&quot;,&quot;little-simz&quot;,&quot;miu-miu&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza-2026&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:&quot;6764365&quot;,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s Primavera Sound marked a particular high point, Simz packing out a coveted 9:00 pm set time for one of the hottest European festivals of the summer. Denmark\u2019s Roskilde closed out her June run of shows, before heading out to The Netherlands for Down the Rabbit Hole in July, and then graced us stateside in Chi-town for Lollapalooza.\n<\/p>\n<p>But Simz isn\u2019t here for long, as just 48 hours after her Thursday afternoon Lolla set, she jetted off again for a Friday set at the esteemed Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and then a Saturday set at Montreal\u2019s Osheaga.\n<\/p>\n<p>In her less than 24 hours in Chicago \u2013 and even lesser time spent in Grant Park \u2013 the rapper surely kept busy. Going into Lolla, Simz was scheduled for a standard set on one of the main stages, and to no one\u2019s surprise, she killed it, delivering one of the most captivating performances of the festival\u2019s first day.\n<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0<em>everyone\u2019s <\/em>surprise, however, Simz landed a second set that same day. As the gates opened on Thursday morning for the first of the four-day fest, Simz revealed she\u2019d be hosting another performance later in the evening \u2013 and not just\u00a0<em>any\u00a0<\/em>additional set, an intimate DJ set at Patr\u00f3n\u2018s immersive Hacienda PATR\u00d3N activation. Before both sets, Simz sat down with Hypebeast to share more about her festival rituals, styling tips, and most-anticipated sets of the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbtIPuVOm4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Hypetrak (@hypetrak)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What do you do before every performance, no matter what?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Simz:<\/strong> My pre-performance ritual\u2026 I always need to go to the toilet. <em>[laughs]<\/em> And sometimes I don\u2019t even really need to go; it\u2019s just nerves, but it\u2019s always\u2014as soon as I\u2019m about to go on stage, I\u2019m like, \u201cI need to go to the toilet.\u201d <em>[laughs] <\/em>But other than that, I take it easy, just listen to some songs, kind of zen out my space a bit, and just go and do the thing.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you wearing today, and how do you sort of approach dressing for a festival?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Today, I\u2019m wearing this, um \u2026 I don\u2019t even know \u2026 what would you call this? Anyway, I got it from Muji. Which, I never really go in there to look for clothing, I guess. But I went in there, and I was like, \u201cActually, this is all right.\u201d And so, I just copped it.\u00a0But yeah, I just try to go for things that I feel comfortable wearing that make me feel like, \u201cYeah, I feel good in this, I feel good in my skin, I feel like myself,\u201d and that\u2019s about it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been on a big festival run recently, what\u2019s your favorite festival memory of yours performing?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Man, yeah, it\u2019s been a whirlwind of performances, but Primavera Sound was definitely a highlight for sure. Even just the site it was on, like, the water right next to it, it was so beautiful. I\u2019m really looking forward to Lollapalooza. This is our first American festival of this run, so it\u2019s nice to break it up \u2013 do Europe, UK, and then come over here and get different energy, you know? I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who on the Lollapalooza lineup are you excited to see?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>If I wasn\u2019t like wedged in between these acts, I would have been gassed to see\u00a0Blood Orange and Empire of the Sun. But I\u2019m like slap bang in the middle, so I don\u2019t know (laughs) if like I\u2019m gonna make it. But yeah, it\u2019s a sick lineup, though. It\u2019s really cool, and even just as we were going around in like the buggy, the golf cart, just seeing the festivities, people are\u2014genuinely feels like people are here to have a good time, you know? So, I very much look forward to being a part of it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re performing two sets within just two hours. What are you most excited about?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s a packed one, full of activities. First up, I\u2019ve got my set, and then I get to spin some tunes at Hacienda PATR\u00d3N. The set-up is beautiful; the architecture, how they\u2019ve designed the space, really feels thought-out. It feels like they\u2019ve considered the people spinning, the people coming to dance, the people pouring the drinks, the people just around the festival. I love it when architecture and design spaces do that and cater to everyone to make everyone feel like they\u2019re important and part of the experience. I think it\u2019s gonna be a vibe, man. 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She handles both editorial and social coverage for Hypetrak, and served as the Deputy Editor for Summer 2025&#8217;s Hypetrak Magazine \u2014 the first in 10 years. With a particular affinity for underground hip hop, she has racked up a wide range of interviews and cover stories, spanning A$AP Rocky, Larry June, Shaboozey, Leon Thomas, Rihanna, Brent Faiyaz, Jean Dawson, and Miguel, and has covered major music tentpole events including the Grammys and Coachella. 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Especially after the summer she\u2019s been having. In the past four months alone, the UK rapper has taken the stage at a total of nine (!!) music festivals across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>First came two weekends in Indio, California for Coachella \u2013 where she famously debuted a whole lot of <em>Sugar Girl<\/em>\u2018s then-unreleased tracks at a surprise DJ set alongside JT \u2013 followed by a hometown headlining set at Cross The Tracks in London, and then We Love Green in Paris.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;features&quot;,&quot;patron&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza&quot;,&quot;little-simz&quot;,&quot;miu-miu&quot;,&quot;lollapalooza-2026&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:&quot;6764365&quot;,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s Primavera Sound marked a particular high point, Simz packing out a coveted 9:00 pm set time for one of the hottest European festivals of the summer. Denmark\u2019s Roskilde closed out her June run of shows, before heading out to The Netherlands for Down the Rabbit Hole in July, and then graced us stateside in Chi-town for Lollapalooza.\n<\/p>\n<p>But Simz isn\u2019t here for long, as just 48 hours after her Thursday afternoon Lolla set, she jetted off again for a Friday set at the esteemed Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, and then a Saturday set at Montreal\u2019s Osheaga.\n<\/p>\n<p>In her less than 24 hours in Chicago \u2013 and even lesser time spent in Grant Park \u2013 the rapper surely kept busy. Going into Lolla, Simz was scheduled for a standard set on one of the main stages, and to no one\u2019s surprise, she killed it, delivering one of the most captivating performances of the festival\u2019s first day.\n<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0<em>everyone\u2019s <\/em>surprise, however, Simz landed a second set that same day. As the gates opened on Thursday morning for the first of the four-day fest, Simz revealed she\u2019d be hosting another performance later in the evening \u2013 and not just\u00a0<em>any\u00a0<\/em>additional set, an intimate DJ set at Patr\u00f3n\u2018s immersive Hacienda PATR\u00d3N activation. Before both sets, Simz sat down with Hypebeast to share more about her festival rituals, styling tips, and most-anticipated sets of the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbtIPuVOm4I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Hypetrak (@hypetrak)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What do you do before every performance, no matter what?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Simz:<\/strong> My pre-performance ritual\u2026 I always need to go to the toilet. <em>[laughs]<\/em> And sometimes I don\u2019t even really need to go; it\u2019s just nerves, but it\u2019s always\u2014as soon as I\u2019m about to go on stage, I\u2019m like, \u201cI need to go to the toilet.\u201d <em>[laughs] <\/em>But other than that, I take it easy, just listen to some songs, kind of zen out my space a bit, and just go and do the thing.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you wearing today, and how do you sort of approach dressing for a festival?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. Today, I\u2019m wearing this, um \u2026 I don\u2019t even know \u2026 what would you call this? Anyway, I got it from Muji. Which, I never really go in there to look for clothing, I guess. But I went in there, and I was like, \u201cActually, this is all right.\u201d And so, I just copped it.\u00a0But yeah, I just try to go for things that I feel comfortable wearing that make me feel like, \u201cYeah, I feel good in this, I feel good in my skin, I feel like myself,\u201d and that\u2019s about it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been on a big festival run recently, what\u2019s your favorite festival memory of yours performing?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Man, yeah, it\u2019s been a whirlwind of performances, but Primavera Sound was definitely a highlight for sure. Even just the site it was on, like, the water right next to it, it was so beautiful. I\u2019m really looking forward to Lollapalooza. This is our first American festival of this run, so it\u2019s nice to break it up \u2013 do Europe, UK, and then come over here and get different energy, you know? I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who on the Lollapalooza lineup are you excited to see?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>If I wasn\u2019t like wedged in between these acts, I would have been gassed to see\u00a0Blood Orange and Empire of the Sun. But I\u2019m like slap bang in the middle, so I don\u2019t know (laughs) if like I\u2019m gonna make it. But yeah, it\u2019s a sick lineup, though. It\u2019s really cool, and even just as we were going around in like the buggy, the golf cart, just seeing the festivities, people are\u2014genuinely feels like people are here to have a good time, you know? So, I very much look forward to being a part of it.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re performing two sets within just two hours. What are you most excited about?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s a packed one, full of activities. First up, I\u2019ve got my set, and then I get to spin some tunes at Hacienda PATR\u00d3N. The set-up is beautiful; the architecture, how they\u2019ve designed the space, really feels thought-out. It feels like they\u2019ve considered the people spinning, the people coming to dance, the people pouring the drinks, the people just around the festival. I love it when architecture and design spaces do that and cater to everyone to make everyone feel like they\u2019re important and part of the experience. I think it\u2019s gonna be a vibe, man. 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