IRVINE — Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields headlining set didn’t begin with a song, but with a thank you.
Lights swept over Great Park as the multi-hyphenate pop star took the Dandelion Stage at 8:40 p.m.

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IRVINE — Daisy Chain Fields placed female-fronted rock at its center, tracing the connection between the genre’s rebellious roots and feminist expression.

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Santigold has spent nearly two decades refusing to be boxed into a specific sound.
The genre-defying singer, songwriter and producer is set to take the Dandelion Stage at Daisy Chain Fields on Saturday.

This post was updated August 9 at 10:17 a.m.
A UCLA alumnus will soon make their final stop on a two-decades-long tour of making the case for punk music and amplifying queer artists.

Although “The Embassy” was inspired by solitude, Parlour Magic’s third album shows how collaboration creates art.
Parlour Magic is an NYC-based synth-pop band led by producer and composer Luc Bokor-Smith.

This post was updated July 19 at 8:05 p.m.
Gracie Abrams grew up in Hollywood, and still can’t decide if that’s a confession or an excuse.

Emma Hintz was tired of endlessly searching for ethical fashion, so she built the shortcut she wished already existed.
Hintz, a fourth-year sociology student, launched Foster, a curated online marketplace featuring 13 small, sustainable, women-owned fashion businesses, May 4.

To Alicia Keys, “Hell’s Kitchen” is still a concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
Featuring music and lyrics by Keys, inspiration from a book by Kristoffer Diaz and direction by Michael Greif, “Hell’s Kitchen” is a coming-of-age musical about a biracial teenager growing up in the city of dreams.

This post was updated May 27 at 8:57 p.m.
Hanlin Su has been telling stories since before he knew what he was doing.
Su, a first-year psychology student, runs Retrever Entertainment, a boutique animation studio he launched after enrolling at UCLA last fall.

This post was updated May 18 at 9:16 p.m.
Spring air carried song into Royce Hall.
With 12 acts throughout the night, Spring Sing returned to Royce Hall on Saturday night after taking place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center last year.