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How EDM Became the Heartbeat of Lollapalooza 2025

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How EDM Became the Heartbeat of Lollapalooza 2025

Every year, Lollapalooza takes over the grassy stretch of downtown Chicago’s Grant Park. And every year, you can hear it before you see it. Bass thumps across the park. Lasers cut through the skyline. Crowds start forming by early afternoon, all heading in the same direction. Electronic music has always had its space at Lolla, but this year it didn’t feel like a genre tucked away at Perry’s Stage. It felt like the pulse that kept the whole festival moving. And in a city built on rhythm, it felt like Chicago itself was chugging along to that same pulse.

Thursday set that tone. Dom Dolla turned Perry’s into his own festival for the day, with the official schedule reading “Dollapalooza” and a lineup stacked with Azzecca, The Blessed Madonna, Cloonee, Mau P, and Dom himself. Cloonee and Mau P kept the field moving all afternoon into the evening, but when Dom took the stage, the Perry’s logo morphed into “Dollapalooza” and his intro boomed over the speakers: “Pour out that matcha latte. Throw it in the trash. Turn to your friends, give them a hug, tell them you love them. It’s time to lock in.”

What followed was the largest crowd in Perry’s history. It was, appropriately, an all-out house music celebration in the city that birthed the genre.