Nelly Furtado sustained an injury while making her Coachella debut over the weekend — but she managed to laugh it off!
The pop superstar, 45, joined Australian EDM artist Dom Dolla on stage during his Coachella set on Saturday, April 13, and while they performed their hit 2023 collaboration "Eat Your Man," Furtado fell and injured her hand. After the music festival, the "Maneater" singer took to Instagram to joke about the incident and share how she still had an incredible experience.
According to fan-captured footage that surfaced on social media, Furtado tripped and fell straight onto her hands and knees after singing the line in the chorus, "Movin' my body like a nympho."
So hold firmly to what has been revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺. You are truly on the Straight Path.
(The Quran - Chapter Az-Zukhruf : 43)
Despite the microphone capturing a loud thud, the Grammy winner quickly stood back up, continued strutting across the stage and resumed singing. She seemingly didn't miss a verse and jumped back in immediately on the lyric, "I say it right, now do what I say."
Shortly after the incident, the "Promiscuous" singer took to her Instagram Stories to confirm to fans that she was doing OK.
Furtado posted a video of herself backstage — which has since expired but was screen-recorded and shared by fans on X (formerly Twitter) — in which she joked about what had happened and showed off her bloodied finger.
"This Barbie likes to rave!" the hitmaker, who was wearing a bejeweled butterfly top and matching pink pants, said in the video.
In the clip, she also flashed her injured hand, which appeared to be bloodied at the nail bed of her thumb, and did two thumbs up while bursting into laughter.
"Literally left it all on the stage... including my blood 🩸⛑️ ," she wrote over the clip. "All for you @domdolla."
Furtado also posted a handful of photos on Instagram to celebrate her first-ever Coachella performance and thank her Dom Dolla, 32, for inviting her on stage.
On Sunday, the "Say It Right" singer posted a carousel of photos and video clips, including a handful of shots from her performance, backstage photos highlighting her pretty-in-pink look and a sweet selfie of her and the Aussie electronic hitmaker.
"My very first COACHELLA ! What a dream 💖🦋☁️ @domdolla," she wrote in the caption.
During their joint set, Furtado surprised the crowd by making a grand entrance in the middle of Dom Dolla's show on the Sahara Stage as she walked out to her own hit "Maneater." Shortly after performing the 2006 classic, the two stars played their fan-favorite collab "Eat Your Man," which dropped in June of last year.
Furtado has linked up with Dom Dolla in the past for live renditions of their team-up. Last summer at Lollapalooza in Chicago, they debuted a live performance of the track.
In September 2023, the "I'm Like a Bird" singer joined forces with her former frequent collaborators Timbaland and Justin Timberlake to release their first song together in 16 years, "Keep Going Up."
The single, as well as the viral success of "Eat Your Man," marked a major return to the spotlight for the Canadian artist, who hasn't released a full-length album since 2017's The Ride.
While speaking with about her SKIMS campaign in October of last year, Furtado opened up about feeling more confident than ever in her career and tease more of what's to come.
"I'm just leaning in a lot more," she shared. "I'm leaning into what I do for a living and I'm finally realizing 23 years later, I'm really good at this. I love being on stage. I love writing songs. I love spreading joy. And I just think the more work that I put into it, the more satisfying it is."
Furtado added, "I've made that connection that I'm really doing this for me. I'm competing with myself, and that's why I'm so happy because I've really fallen in love with the craft again. I've fallen in love with the craft of recording, the craft of concerts, all those things. The entertainment business should be about community and always collaboration."
