We're going to tell our children's children about Beyoncé's historical Coachella set. In 2018, the megastar commanded the stage at the musical festival, delivering a two-hour production set with stunning visuals, choreography, costume changes, and instrumentals. Beychella deserves its own chapter in history books.
Beyoncé didn't give us time to fully recover from her Coachella set before making it the focal point of her 2019 documentary and concert film, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé. The two-hour masterpiece detailed the personal and cultural significance of Beyoncé's festive stageing with behind-the-scenes clips and stories about her journey. As if that wasn't enough, Bey dropped an accompanying LP, Homecoming: The Live Album, that features all the music from her Coachella production and even a few bonus tracks.
The year of Beychella also included the singer's 2018 release of the joint album Everything Is Love with JAY-Z — which features the highly acclaimed jam "APESH*T — and the start of their On the Run II tour.
Months after kicking off the OTR II tour, Beyoncé made history again, thanks to her September Vogue cover story. Condé Nast creator director and fashion luminary Anna Wintour gave the singer artistic control over the cover photo, prompting Bey to hire 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell as the photographer. This made him the first-ever black photographer to shoot a Vogue cover. Continuing with her mission of uplifting the Black community, Beyoncé also donated $100,000 to four historically Black colleges — Xavier, Wilberforce, Tuskegee, and Bethune-Cookman Universities — allowing each to award a student with a $25,0000 scholarship.