Hello, hello, everybody. I'm Lexi Lombard, your host to the Alexi

podcast and thank you for tuning in.

Coachella.

That's where I just arrived from.

I spent my weekend in Coachella Valley,

dancing to some of my favorite artists.

It was my first time ever. dancing to some of my favorite artists.

It was my first time ever.

I'm sure most of you are familiar with this music festival.

But if not, it's a music festival in California,

probably the biggest, most popular music festival in our country.

And probably one of the bigger music festivals and more popular festivals in the world.

I mean, I think it's up there with Tomorrow land prima vera rock in Rio and to be perfectly

honest I was so scared of Coachella it really intimidated me. It seemed incredibly involved because it's not in a city.

It's about two and a half hours outside of Los Angeles.

It's incredibly expensive. Of course there's the ticket price but then also lodging and transportation and

then of course the outfits and the food.

It's not a budget-friendly excursion.

There are also two weekends, so you have weekend one which has become

Influencer Fest where brands are doing all of their different activations,

sending influencers and content creators into the festival to create content,

wear their clothes, wear their makeup, talk about their brand, in exchange for tickets, payment, lodging, etc.

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