Teenage rap sensation Danupha "Milli" Khanatheerakul on Sunday grabbed the world's attention at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival after eating mango sticky rice on stage.
The snack made the hashtag #khanonieomamuang ("mango sticky rice") a trending topic among Thai Twitter users. As of press time yesterday, #MILLILiveatCoachella remained one of the top trending topics on Twitter, with 1.39 million tweets and counting.
Milli was among the eight artists from Asia who had been invited to perform at California's Coachella, following in the footsteps of Blackpink's Lalisa "Lisa" Manoban -- who performed there back in 2019 -- to become the second Thai artist to perform at the festival.
Dressed in red, she took to the stage at 8.45am Bangkok time yesterday, performing songs which include "Mirror Mirror" and "Sud Pang".
At the end of her performance, Milli held a bowl of mango sticky rice and ate before the audience to promote the dessert. Her snack became the talk of the town in Thailand, with many praising her for using "soft power" to promote Thai culture.
Milli first made headlines in July last year when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pressed defamation charges against her over her social media remarks which slammed him for his management of the Covid-19 crisis. The rapper admitted to the charge and paid a 2,000-baht fine.
