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Lady Gaga wearing a long black leather dress with short bangs and fierce long black hair on the red carpet at the Grammys 2025 Getty images credit: Matt Winkelmeyer

Lady Gaga looks like she’s guest starring on What We Do in the Shadows 🔥

Brandi (left) wearing a beige suit, holds a small sleeping baby wearing giant headphones on stage with Jess (middle) and Holly (right) from Lucius, on stage, who are wearing long loose light green dresses with white black and yellow spots on them.

(9) Brandi holding Jess from Lucius‘ NINE. WEEK. OLD. baby after Jess shared that she had a miscarriage at this event a year ago 😭

(8) 1 of 3 very intimate duets between Brandi & Shania Twain (not pictured: Shania getting an earring stuck in her hair + Brandi getting it out) & later comedian Kristen Key joked that she was backstage trying to figure out how to get an earring stuck in her (very short) hair 😂

Several people with their backs to the camera, many raising their hands to clap at the performer on the stage in the background at the poolside stage, which has a big banner on top reading “Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend 6.” Brandi Carlile is in the right corner, wearing a beige vest and matching pants, clapping with her hands up.

(7) Sitting right next to the VIP section at the pool stage thanks to the power of an insomniac Smithie who saved lawn chairs early in the AM & getting to watch Brandi watch the artists & see her & Catherine & the kids 😭#BabyFever

A screenshot from the official @justwannaweekend Instagram, with a photo of Josie and Linds smiling at each other and sitting on a pink throw with colorful butterflies in it, on a grass field with colorful lights and palm trees in the background, in daytime lighting.

(6) Making the official Instagram!

From left to right: “Nancy Kerrigan” wearing her classic white figure skating dress, a medal, knee bandage and sunglasses, holding a crutch in one hand. Linds, wearing a colorful swim suit, blue shirt and sunglasses, smiling. “Tonya Harding” wearing Tonya’s classic blue figure skating dress, a big curly wig, clubbing Linds directly in the knee.

(5) The mostly 90s-themed costume contest included Xena, Björk, Cindy Crawford & KD Lang 🥵, 2 different groups of Spice Girls, and a Pink Pony Club crew, but the winners of my heart were of course Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, who didn’t even compete!

(4) Getting pulled up on stage with renowned dancer, teacher + choreographer Kristen Sudeikis to help lead the most joy filled dance class ever. I was telling myself “do it like you’re teaching the class” + then she pointed to me + brought me up on stage!

Screenshot of Variety article with Brandi Carlile quote about having hard feelings about the world right now and not needing to check those feelings at the door

Brandi Carlile’s ‘Girls Just Wanna Weekend’ Has Sisters Doing It for Themselves — and Doing a Mindful, Immersive Festival Better Than Anybody Brandi Carlile and friends talk about a mindful music festival spotlighting exclusively female artists, including Shania Twain, Muna and Maren Morris.

(3) Brandi’s opening words, that we don’t need to check our hard feelings at the door variety.com/2025/music/n...

Linds and Josie hold each other close and their heads make the shape of a heart. A crowd is behind them, looking the opposite way at the stage behind them, which is bathing the dark crowd in yellow light. To the sides are part of two large screens.

(2) A sweet person thought we might appreciate this candid they took of us being sappy in the shape of a heart

Josie, a white brunette, kisses Linds, a white person with wavy blonde hair and glasses, on the cheek while Linds smiles. A crowd is behind them and all are bathed in pinkish-purple light

(1) Cheesing with a cheek kiss

Never before at a festival did I experience such kindness and friendliness (like the person who snapped this candid of us being sappy). Needless to say, @josiepinto + I have become major evangelists for all our friends to come next year. We will recruit you! Some highlights, more to come:

I am now in a Beyond The Binary WhatsApp chat w/ someone who has cats named Glennon + Abby. Alex Hedison premiered their documentary ALOK, I went to a journaling workshop with Jensen McRae, + watched some lucky ducks play soccer with Abby Wambach!

There’s so much to say about our honeymoon in Mexico but I’ll start with the best we saved till last: Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend music festival. This festival was for the girls, gays, theys, + trans people. There were non-binary + BIPOC affinity spaces.

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