This One Time At Coachella | Encore Episode

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Lucy snuck into an exclusive Coachella after-party by putting her arm around a wasted porn star.

Lucy and Nikki introduce the episode as an encore about their Coachella adventures, noting they are not attending this year. They discuss how Coachella has evolved with TikTok and brand activations. The hosts reminisce about staying at the cheap Aloha Hotel in Palm Springs, run by Mona. They describe their first Coachella year before having Instagram, where they hitchhiked with a young driver named Angel to find a party. Lucy sneaked into the party by accompanying a drunk porn star, but her friends couldn't join. Later, they knocked on a bus joking about Justin Bieber and were invited on, eventually learning it was going to Bieber's house for an after-party. They spent the night there until 8 am, dancing with his dog Esther, though Bieber never appeared. The next year, they got into Neon Carnival with help from a woman named Jane and accidentally entered the VVVIP area, spotting Alessandra Ambrosio, Drake, Selena Gomez, and The Weeknd. After the party, they hitched a ride on a bus that turned out to be Vin Diesel's, leading to a night where he took a liking to them and offered his Beverly Hills house. The hosts share five Coachella tips: buying tickets through StubHub, accommodation options in Palm Springs or La Quinta, using Ubers or Turo for transport, noting expensive drinks, and sneaking in flasks. They answer a listener question about staying safe at festivals, emphasizing sticking together and using portable chargers. The episode includes segments like 'Queenie Question' and 'Fuck Marry Kill' with celebrities from their stories, and ends with Lucy's celebrity gossip about Miley Cyrus and The Veronicas.

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A Coachella party story turns glamour into access problems, celebrity sightings, and gently escalating embarrassment.

Lucy and Nikki's Coachella weekend is remembered less as effortless glamour than as a funny little trial of access: the list issue, Jane sorting it, a wristband, then the bus to the venue.

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You want Coachella glamour with the guest-list chaos, bus hoops, and bum-licking punchline left intact.

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