One of the biggest music festivals every April that hosts tens of thousands of people in the southern Californian desert is facing lots of controversy these days. Coachella started in 1999 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Famous for its diverse lineups, from famous superstars to new-rising indie artists, the festival has definitely gained more traction through the internet as a central hub for social media influencers and brand advertising and promoting. Coachella is often considered to be one of the “best” festivals due to the scale of the production and its influence on both fashion and culture. Sophomore, Christian Reynoso-Spurrier remarked “I hear a lot about it, and I know a lot of people care about it, so it must be good.” While influencers and rich celebrities portray Coachella as glamorous and trendy, the conditions in reality are extremely poor. People have waited in lines for nearly 2 hours just to use communal showers and also waited in lines over 8 hours long just to get into the actual venue. There are limited facilities, dangerous conditions, and crazy heatwaves that can make temperatures in tents reach over 200 degrees. Kara Aliezer, a junior at LJHS stated that “Coachella has turned bad from what it used to be because it got branded by influencer culture. Coachella was originally made as a protest for high concert prices, and that’s kind of interesting because now Coachella seems to range from $1000 to even $100000 dollars in prices because people are paying for their overpriced hotels, Airbnbs and stuff…” criticising how on top of ticket prices, fees for facilities, hotels, parking and more can jack up the price of what used to be a protest against inaccessible concerts prices to something far more than the thing it is supposed to criticize.