The Joy Opens Up About Performing at Coachella with Doja Cat: “We Truly Loved Every Minute of It”

The Joy Opens Up About Performing at Coachella with Doja Cat: “We Truly Loved Every Minute of It”

  • Proudly South African group The Joy spoke about their exhilarating performance at Coachella recently
  • The group, which consists of five members, performed alongside American musician Doja Cat
  • Doja Cat was the headlining act at the event, and they opened up for her; although the performance was short, they enjoyed every minute of it

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The Joy music group is on their way to superstardom. The young vocalists opened for Doja Cat at her Coachella performance.

The Joy spoke about their performance alongside Doja Cat at Coachella.
The Joy said they loved every single minute of their Coachella performance with Doja Cat. Image: @thejoyofficialmusic, @dojacat
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The Joy performs with Doja Cat

The South African group The Joy made Mzansi proud when they graced the Coachella stage with Grammy-award-winning star Doja Cat.

The acapella group performed a mashup of their song and Doja's hit song Shutco from her 2023 album Scarlett.

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Videos from their performance, in which they were all dressed in white, received acclaim for Mzansi, who is keeping an eye on the boys' growth in the industry.

The Joy speaks about the experience prepping for Coachella

According to SowetanLive, Doja Cat followed the group a few years back and immediately expressed a desire to work with the boys. They were overjoyed when they received the call that they would be performing at Coachella with her.

One-fifth of the group, Duzie, whose real name is Melokuhle Mkhungo, said Doja chose them specifically. They spent weeks rehearsing for the performance.

Although it was short, they enjoyed every minute of it.

“The stage moment itself went very quickly but imagine being in front of 100,000 people – we truly loved every minute of it.”

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The young muso lauded her team for welcoming them with open arms and making them feel very much at home.

The Joy penned a sweet message to Doja on Instagram.

Tyla shares snippet of new song, Mzansi unimpressed

In a previous report from Briefly News, South African pop Amapiano Grammy-winning star Tyla took to social media to share a snippet from her new single.

The 22-year-old posted a snippet of what the music sounded like, and her fans were not impressed. Many South African netizens said that they were not her target market.

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Jessica Gcaba (Entertainment editor) Jessica Gcaba is an Entertainment Editor for Briefly News (joined in 2023). She is a Journalism graduate from the Durban University Of Technology (2019). She has 4 years of experience as an Entertainment and Lifestyle Journalist at Africa New Media Group writing for ZAlebs website. She passed a set of trainings from Google News Initiative. To reach her, contact: jessica.gcaba@briefly.co.za