Kanye West marked Coachella history with mountain Sunday Service spectacle

• Kanye West performed a historic Sunday Service at Coachella seven years ago
• The set featured a full choir and debuts of unreleased musical tracks
• The artist recently visited a Jewish human rights centre following past controversies
  

As Coachella 2026 concludes with a new generation of headliners, music historians have revisited the moment exactly seven years ago when Kanye West transformed the desert festival into a "holy spectacle".

During the 2019 event, the artist now known as Ye orchestrated a monumental "Sunday Service" on the festival’s second weekend.

The performance took place high atop a custom-built mountain structure, blending spirituality with high-concept showbiz to create one of the most discussed sets in the history of the California music festival.

In a nearly forty-five-minute set, the Grammy winner performed several of his landmark tracks, including "Jesus Walks", backed by a full church choir.

West was joined on the hillside by a stellar lineup of collaborators, including Chance the Rapper, Kid Cudi, Ty Dolla $ign, and Mike Dean, who helped power the mesmerising choral performance.

Fans were further surprised by the unveiling of previously unreleased material, with West debuting the tracks "Water" and "Everything We Need" during the spiritual set. The performance remains etched in festival lore as a definitive moment where hip-hop met religious devotion.

In separate recent news, the rapper was spotted leaving the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a prominent Jewish human rights organisation.

The visit follows a period where several of his scheduled shows were cancelled following a series of anti-Semitic remarks.

Although the artist has delivered multiple public apologies for his rhetoric in the past, critics suggest his sincerity remains under scrutiny as he continues to navigate the repercussions of his previous statements within the global entertainment industry.