Calvin Harris Fires Back at Critics of His Ultra Music Festival 2024 Performance: ‘This is Why I Avoid EDM Festivals’

After headlining the Main Stage at Ultra Music Festival in Miami on the last evening of the event this past Sunday (March 24), Calvin Harris safeguarded the efficiency to a gaggle of web haters.

In the remarks area of a post concerning the established on the Instagram make up dancing songs magazine Dancing Astronaut, 2 commenters called the efficiency “underwhelming.”

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In action, Harris signed up with the discussion the other day (March 27) to safeguard the enormous success of his brochure, composing “You expect me to play none of my songs? … how deep is your love – billion streams, this is what u came for – billion streams, my way – billion streams, slide – billion streams, feels – billion streams, one kiss – billion streams, and the other 5 half a bil, and before 2014 another 20, and not cheesy s—, proper f—ing songs with real artists, and you’d rather I play “Fein” catch modifies today,” describing the 2023 Travis Scott and Playboi Carti tune.

Harris’ established included a lot of his previously mentioned standards, consisting of the 2016 Rihanna collab “This Is What You Came For,” his 2012 Ellie Goulding collab “I Need Your Love” and his era-defining 2011 anthem “Feel So Close.” Harris proceeded by keeping in mind that he “spent months making new versions of everything for this,” indicating the brand-new and unreleased edits of his songs included in the Ultra established.

“And you wonder why I never play edm festivals,” he created. “At least people I saw irl had a great time and I can be happy with that, but f— at this point whatever I do is gonna piss you off.”

Harris’ remark amassed a furry of assistance, with one commenter reacting that “no need to cater to these trolls sir, you will always be one of the greatest producers of all time for many of us.”

This Ultra efficiency significant Harris’ opening night at the Miami event in 11 years. The Scottish manufacturer’s brochure has actually created 19.25 billion on-demand main worldwide streams, according to Luminate. His summer season excursion timetable consists of a handful of European events, days at LIV Nightclub in Las Vegas and his residency at Ushuaïa in Ibiza.

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