Did You Miss Chance The Rapper's Magnificent Coloring World 2? It Might Go To Netflix
By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 9, 2017 1:07PM
Chance the Rapper performing at Magnificent Coloring Day / Photo: Tyler LaRiviere
From reclaiming scalped tickets to leading fans to the voting polls to, you know, giving a million dollars to Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper looks out for his people in Chicago. So fans lucky enough to land a ticket to the Chatham-native rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day 2 knew to expect something special, even as they had no idea what to exactly expect. Judging from the torrent of elated, best-musical-experience-ever reaction, they got it.
@chancetherapper we're waiting for #MCW2 & all night came on the radio. we lit bro pic.twitter.com/hVFYRCe8dC
— pink hat rei (@radicalreii) April 9, 2017
Whoa. #MCW2 was no joke. Everyone's in for a treat!
— Patrick Welby (@Pwelbs) April 8, 2017
#mcw2 was a perfect intimate experience that I'll remember forever
— champurrado mami (@ally_bae) April 8, 2017
Meanwhile, Chance is keeping a very tight lid on what exactly went down at MCW2. Attendees were bused throughout the day from a pickup point at a North Side elementary school to an undisclosed location, where, according to social media chatter, their phones were held before entering.
First rule of #MCW2: you don't talk about MCW2
— Kle Shay 🌐 (@theKleShay) April 8, 2017
Second rule of MCW2: YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT MCW2
It was even more shrouded in mystery than last year’s hush-hush debut—which turned out to be an elaborate funhouse/listening party, complete with candy, a bounce house, dancing and coloring.
But we get the feeling that those who missed MCW2 in the flesh will yet get the opportunity to experience it, at least secondhand. Rumors that the secret (maybe?) performance will be headed to Netflix—prompted by a Chance tweet earlier in the week—only intensified by the end of Saturday. (Netflix hasn't confirmed anything publicly and did not return a request for comment.)
I'm praying that I could get just one person from @netflix to come to Chicago for the next two days
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) April 6, 2017
After a few days of social-media hint-dropping, Chance announced the sequel on Thursday, tweeting that he was “only sending invites to the folks who know all the words.” (We’ll let you speculate how that might tie in.) The next morning, a small subset of fans, comprising Chance’s most rabid Soundcloud listeners, landed their invitation.
“The 0.001% represents Chance's top fans on SoundCloud who live in the Chicago area, based on a combination of engagement metrics such as listening, likes, reposts and shares on SoundCloud,” a rep told Pitchfork. A small portion of remaining reservations was snatched up virtually instantly.
Photo: Stephen Gossett