We Are Over Influencers At Coachella
ICYMI
Slate Podcasts
3.9 • 800 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Yahoo senior entertainment reporter Kelsey Weekman to discuss influencers at Coachella. Kelsey herself attended Coachella Weekend One, and spoke to creators and regular attendees about what the music festival has become. While the experience itself has been enshittified by brands, even those watching from home are losing interest—especially when the influencers in attendance are betraying their followers and values to do so.
This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I, or in case you missed it, |
| 0:18.8 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:21.6 | And today on the show, we are welcoming back Kelsey Weekman. |
| 0:25.3 | Hello, Kelsey. |
| 0:26.5 | Hello. |
| 0:27.4 | Kelsey is a senior entertainment reporter at Yahoo News and was also just at Weekend 1 of Coachella, |
| 0:34.0 | which is what we are here to talk about today, specifically the insidification of Coachella and the influencers getting backlash for participating in it. |
| 0:43.0 | But first, we of course have to talk about the drama of the moment, the clash of the skinny blonde white women Titans, Alex Cooper versus Alex Earl. |
| 0:58.0 | Alex. in Alex Cooper versus Alex Earl. Alex with an E versus Alex with an I. |
| 1:01.6 | How tuned in are you to this, Kelsey? |
| 1:04.6 | I hate to say it. I'm pretty tuned in. Alex on Alex Crime is one of my favorite types of crime, I would say. Yeah. I have been waiting for something to happen between the two of them. And I don't even care if this is fake drama that's going to lead to the reveal of a water that makes you hot or something like that. Like I am, I'm very excited to see them hash this out. Yes. |
| 1:28.1 | So for the uninitiated. |
| 1:30.1 | It's so funny to even be explaining this because I feel like two kind of influencers publicly beefing feels very like 2021. |
| 1:37.8 | Like that used to be what internet culture was was like, oh, like this person from the hype house called out this person from what the fuck ever. |
| 1:43.6 | But it's interesting that this is what's happening in 2026, especially with these women, |
| 1:50.0 | one of whom is Alex Cooper, the host of the podcast, Caller Daddy. |
| 1:54.5 | Alex and her former co-host already had like a very public breakup, I think back in like 2019, |
| 2:02.6 | definitely pre-COVID. |
| 2:08.1 | And ever since then, she's kind of rebranded herself as like serious businesswoman. |
| 2:13.9 | And she's also rebranded the podcast as like interview show where like she gets the viral clips from celebrities, including also Kamala Harris. |
| 2:17.3 | It was one of the few. |
| 2:17.9 | And Jake Goodall, sure. |
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