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Sona Mohapatra slams user defending lack of Indian artists at Lollapalooza India 2026: ‘2 paisa opinion…’

Singer-composer Sona Mohapatra slammed an X user who criticised her comments on the Lollapalooza India 2026 artist line-up.

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Sona Mohapatra slams people defending Lollapalooza artist lineupSona Mohapatra slams people defending Lollapalooza artist lineup (Photo: Instagram/Sona Mohapatra)

Singer-music composer Sona Mohapatra slammed social media users on the platform X (formerly Twitter) after they called her out for her criticising comments about Lollapalooza India 2026 artist line-up. A person said that her remark was a “meaningless accusation”, after she voiced her concern over the lack of Indian artists in its list.

Sona called out an X user who said that every music festival should prioritise crowd pullers. “The bands that are crowd pullers will always be featured on top. This is Business! That’s why they are called the headliners. Meaningless accusation,” the person wrote.

The singer-composer responded, “& it is your worthless, 2 paisa opinion that no Indian acts are ‘crowd pullers’ within India? That’s your low self-esteem speaking sadly. All the music festivals abroad honour their own homegrown acts & thereby build their brands upwards. We never will, thanks to attitudes like u.”

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She also replied to a person for slamming her for pulling down other artists. “Instead of tearing down global lineup, let’s push for more desi representation on the same stage. Because the world deserves to hear our music, too. Artists should stand up for artists, not put them down,” a part of the user’s tweet read.


Sona replied on X, “Low self-esteem? Blinders? This fellow doesn’t see me speaking up for my own desi artist brethren as a worthy stand. More worried about goddess knows..acts who have enough & more headlining stages in their own western lands, no one there is shedding tears or missing Indian artists.”

Lollapalooza India revealed their 2026 artist list on Friday. The line-up featured Linkin Park, Playboi Carti, YUNGBLUD, Kehlani, Fujii Kaze, Knock2, Sammy Virji, and LANY as the top artists. Indian artists Bloodywood, Prithvi Presents and Baalti were also a part of the list.

Reacting to the same, Sona Mohapatra wrote on X, “Can you imagine a Music Festival happening in the USA or any other country with desi bands / artist lineup & any goras or any others apart from diaspora showing up if at all they do? I call this the new Cultural Colonialism & like the past , our own are the first to bow down (I love you emoji).”

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Lollapalooza India 2026 is also expected to promote the country’s indie music artists, with Sen, Zoya, Gini, Pacifist, Zokova, Gauley Bhai, Nate08, Pho, EXCISE DEPT, Still in Therapy, Rudy Mukta, Rounak Maiti, Sijya, Sunflower Tape Machine and Trance Effect.

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