Caroline Smith

Monáe recently came out as pansexual, which she addressed: “You guys got to find out a little bit more about how I like to love. Happy Pride forever!”

Caesar ended on a high note — metaphorically, because he hardly needed to sing for his final number: his best-known track, “Get You.”

Even though The Weeknd’s music was well-received by the Friday night crowd, his concert wasn’t particularly inventive or original.

While Carly Rae Jepsen may have been without her sword for her Friday afternoon Outside Lands performance, nothing stopped her from slaying.

The group transported the dedicated crowd to a 1950s diner with its soft rock sounds, then took the audience to a surf party with its more groovy and keyboard-heavy tracks.

“What’s one piece of advice you have for an incoming freshman?” she asked. “Don’t be afraid of rejection,” I surprised myself by saying. “You wouldn’t think it, but it’s hard to get into clubs here.”

“The Spy Who Dumped Me” has some fantastic laughs, each so well-written and delivered (by McKinnon) that it’s a shame the humor is often sidelined for a nonsensical action narrative.

Much like how the teacher character Dewey Finn becomes the hero of his fourth-grade class, the kids undeniably look up to the adults in the production’s cast.