At Lollapalooza, the rock energy of Olivia Rodrigo and Benson Boone

Created in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, by former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrel, the Lollapalooza festival initially served as a platform for the anguished distortions of rock at the time. Having become a traveling event, then an international one, with a Parisian edition since 2017, now managed by the production giant Live Nation, Lolla then responded to the demands of an audience raised on the sound of urban pop infused with rap, electro and R'n'B. Deprived of a 2024 edition due to the Olympic Games , Lollapalooza Paris returns to the Hippodrome de Longchamp, from July 18 to 20, testifying from its opening night to the resurgence of electric guitars in today's hits. Those, in particular, of Lola Young, 24, Olivia Rodrigo , 22, and the phenomenon Benson Boone, 23.

Still synonymous with attitude and lifestyle in the early 1990s, the rock aesthetic is above all a dominant color in the pop palette of these precocious talents, allowing them to adorn choruses and live performances with an extra dose of intensity. Originally from Croydon, a small suburban town south of London, Lola Young can flirt with punk ( Wish You Were Dead ) or post-punk ( Good Books ), without forgetting that she also grew up to the rhythm of synthetic grooves ( Conceited ), rap and dub ( Big Brown Eyes ).

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