Major Lazer's ACL Fest 2016 Set Was a Giant Frat Party
Oh, frat boys. We loathe them as much as we lust/love them, and one typically can't help but feel a weird compelling feeling to figure out what makes them such damn confident partiers. Major Lazer closed Day 1 of Austin City Limits Festival 2016 and Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire were the cool guys on the ACL campus as they commanded the crowd with their mix of party music and fraternity-esque energy.
The first (and most important) part was the music. Like any good party, there was a mix of straight-up Top 40 tunes (Rihanna, Drake, The Chainsmokers), the host's favorite songs (they of course played their Major Lazer hits "Lean On" and "Cold Water" to a huge response), more obscure bangers (ML dancehall singles "Watch Out for This (Bumaye)" and "Light It Up"), plus classic jock jams ("Kernkraft 400" and "Boom Boom Boom Let Me Hear You Say Wayo!"). The crowd jumped around and sang along to nearly everything as the guys took turns at the DJ booth and hyping up the crowd.
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