American DJ Steve Aoki summed up the weird and wild vibe of the Supersonic festival during his Sunday night headlining performance.
“This is the most energetic, quietest show I’ve ever played,” Aoki said with a little laugh late into his set. “Very interesting.” He then reminded the thousands of attendees inside Chiba’s Zozo Marine Stadium to not scream, before deploying a blown-out bass drop that had hands in the air (and mouths shut).
Supersonic, held on Sept. 18 and 19, aimed to pull off a music festival amid a pandemic. Organizers Creativeman imagined the event — originally announced in 2020 as the Olympic-year replacement for its annual Summer Sonic blockbuster, but postponed — as a chance to jolt life back into the live-music scene following a disastrous 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company knew holding a music festival in 2021 would look drastically different from previous iterations.
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