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New York's annual Governors Ball Music Festival wrapped up this weekend at Randall's Island, and idyllic sliver of land nudged between Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. The three-day blowout touted a lineup ranging from rap (Drake, Future, Rae Sremmurd) to rock (My Morning Jacket, the Black Keys, St. Vincent) to electronic music (Björk, Clean Bandit, Deadmau5) and more. How'd it go? Let's have a look. "Killing it" has become the primary objective for a musician in the live setting, and your career is in serious jeopardy if you can play a show and no one in attendance comes away feeling as though something was killed. The success of Governors Ball, therefore, can be measured by the extent to which the many artists featured there succeeded to kill it, the overall length of time in which it managed to be killed throughout the weekend. Since tweets are the primary unit of social commerce in 2015 America, we've decided to analyze who exactly killed it at Gov Ball and how badly it was killed using tweets documenting all of the many times this weekend in which it was killed. If you're one of those Law & Order: SVU types who can tell within ten minutes who the killer is, try and avoid spoiling it for everyone else.
Drake, St. Vincent, Björk, and Florence + the Machine are the festival's breakaway successes. Each played a set that audience consensus dictates to have killed it. The Black Keys appear to have discovered a way to kill it as well. Noteworthy artists who are not confirmed to have killed it are My Morning Jacket, Echosmith (who didn't kill it at Gov Ball but is widely believed to have killed it at Summer Jam this weekend), Vance Joy (who's killing it every night on the 1989 World Tour but somehow didn't here), Hot Chip, Sturgill Simpson (I demand a recount!), and Conor Oberst. Respect is due to everyone who showed up and gave it their all but failed to kill it this weekend. Tomorrow's another opportunity to wake up and kill it somewhere else. (If a band plays in the woods and no one's there to hear it, did they kill it? Makes you think.) Below you'll find a complete list of everyone who succeeded in killing it at Governors Ball 2015 along with proof of how and when it was killed.
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Day One
Rae Sremmurd
@RaeSremmurd killed it at #GovBall2015 favorite set so far @Jxmmi @iHipsterLee
— Nicole (@c0lenic) June 6, 2015
Rae smmurda (idk the spelling ) they killed it and now future #GovBallNYC
— Nikaury Roman (@NikkiApproves) June 5, 2015
MØ
MØ killing it
— Amaris (@amarisinparis) June 5, 2015
Future
@jadebiggavel yooo. U damn right haha. Future fucking killed it.
— Lastnerd (@lastnerdmusic) June 5, 2015
Rudimental
Future killed it and so did Rudimental
— Arthur Guinness (@arthurissupreme) June 5, 2015
Odesza
ODESZA KILLING it!! @Missguided #govball #missguided pic.twitter.com/oJHuGnRHrG
— Christina Caradona (@troprouge) June 6, 2015
Charli XCX
she killed it @charli_xcx pic.twitter.com/ghVuFQHRhb
— sofia (@sofiagmiron) June 6, 2015
Death from Above 1979
Death from above 1979 killed it so hard. Great mosh pit. And Karl was there too. #govballnyc #karl #carl #govballka… pic.twitter.com/MDp658W0DJ
— GΞO VΛNΛSCO (@DjGeoVanasco) June 6, 2015
Ratatat
A guy on the guitar just rocks my world! #ratatat killed it on stage @govballnyc #youredoinggreat… https://t.co/Ffbqtx3TKx
— Roxana Medina (@rox077) June 6, 2015
St. Vincent
p.s. St. Vincent killed it yesterday pic.twitter.com/UfaVXY5eQT
— rump shakur (@SeeairuhPuhleta) June 6, 2015
@st_vincent killed it at the #GovernorsBall
— Emily O'Grady (@emilylogrady) June 6, 2015
The Decemberists
@TheDecemberists are killing it at #GovBallNYC #GovBallSXM
— Lisa Picarella (@koolcars) June 6, 2015
Chromeo
Chromeo #GovBallNYC killed it. pic.twitter.com/75Ej4sOWBZ
— Brittany Craig (@MmmYeaaBritt) June 6, 2015
Florence + the Machine
Florence and the Machine killed it today #govball
— Marlee Goldman (@b0bmarlee) June 6, 2015
Florence & The Machine killed it!. Deff made me a fan!
— DatsJustin (@WantsDaWorld) June 6, 2015
Florence killed it!!! Poor Drake how is he gonna follow that up with no actual band playing instruments? At least hire a drummer dude lol
— Alfonso A. (@Fonz_The_Boss) June 6, 2015
Drake
Drake killed it last night
— Amanda Pell (@apell123) June 6, 2015
Drake killed it last night
— Manders (@amandamariie27) June 6, 2015
Coachella's crowd was proly just trash. Ive seen Drake a good 5x and I can't imagine him jagging a show. Killed it @govballnyc last night
— Story King (@FAFBrent) June 6, 2015
Day Two
HOLYCHILD
#GovBallNYC so close for @HOLYCHILD who seriously killed it!!!! pic.twitter.com/nDBymdtzTH
— Lana Del Slay (@kaylaaa5) June 6, 2015
Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest is killing it! #govballnyc
— Denis Hurley (@DenisHurley) June 6, 2015
White Lung
white lung killing it #GovBallNYC pic.twitter.com/UdfsJTUm22
— Joey Piet (@joeypiet) June 6, 2015
Rustie
@RUSTIE killed it at govball!!! #GovBallNYC
— powa (@screamingbeats) June 6, 2015
Moon Taxi
#MoonTaxi killed it yesterday at #GovBallNYC #jmphoto #jmvisuals #musicfestival #photographer #live… https://t.co/X89JooRvDu
— Joseph Mikos (@JoeyMikos) June 7, 2015
J. Roddy Walston & the Business
.@JRoddyBusiness killing it at @GovBallNYC pic.twitter.com/vnNLkce07N
— Dan Kaplan (@dkaps89) June 6, 2015
Kiesza
@Kiesza Killing it at @GovBallNYC #GovBallNYC pic.twitter.com/cSrPK3y5RM
— Disgraceful (@disgraceful) June 7, 2015
Clean Bandit
@cleanbandit were first on today's list and they absolutely killed it!!
— Corisa ♡ (@CoriKast) June 6, 2015
Marina & the Diamonds
.@MarinasDiamonds Killing it at @GovBallNYC #marina #diamonds #GovBallnyc #froot pic.twitter.com/Vriqxuu1OC
— Charlie (@CharkAttacks) June 7, 2015
Atmosphere
@atmosphere killing it @GovBallNYC #GovBallNYC pic.twitter.com/86aMTr2eyL
— Sully Malik (@sulaimaanmalik) June 7, 2015
Little Dragon
Little Dragon!? KILLED IT. pic.twitter.com/IvRJ7gsvWy
— Ivan Locke (@whatgreengoblin) June 6, 2015
SBTRKT
sbtrkt // killed it http://t.co/KbyQQhmCd9 pic.twitter.com/SUXmc1aGUZ
— makena cunningham (@makenalizabeth) June 7, 2015
Future Islands
Future Islands yesterday, killing it as always #govballnyc #futureislands @ Randall's Island Park https://t.co/IpVEh5SS3q
— FKA Siggs (@mamukooms) June 7, 2015
Flume
day 2 was amazing… flume KILLED it
— ❂ (@farrrian) June 7, 2015
FLUME KILLED IT AT GOV BALL TOO MUSH LIT
— Neal Ü (@neal_smolinski) June 7, 2015
Ryan Adams
@TheRyanAdams killed it at governers ball last night ! Seriously an amazing performance , so , so glad to be a part of it!
— erika-louise moat (@xplumbcrazyx) June 7, 2015
Björk
@bjork is KILLING IT at #GovBall2015 right now
— Katie MacIntyre (@keenlykate) June 6, 2015
Wtf Björk is fucking killing it
— yushes (@limyushan) June 7, 2015
Deadmau5
@deadmau5 so glad i finally got to see u perform!U killed it despite the technical difficulties#GovBallNYC #deadmau5 pic.twitter.com/9Pji3SBLoa
— Amanda Frost (@AmandaMFrost) June 7, 2015
Day Three
Hermitude
Hermitude. KILLED THE BALL. IT SUCCEEDED.
— Andrew Holowczak (@S1R_Acha) June 7, 2015
Chronixx and the Zincfence Redemption
#govballnyc #legs #peace I'm here for #tammibutler & #chronixx and they killed it… https://t.co/msJff5qQLb
— Slim Goodz (@ZBoogie) June 7, 2015
Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne, killing it in the Gotham Tent #govballnyc https://t.co/94szZ9Kkt3
— Time Out NY Music (@TimeOutNYMusic) June 7, 2015
Logic
Logic killed it #BacardiTour #GovBallNYC pic.twitter.com/jTOF6hEFSn
— Christine Fitz (@ftzxx) June 7, 2015
Royal Blood
@royalblooduk killing it at #GovBallNYC good ole fashion rock n roll #GovBall2015 #GovBallSXM
— Mike Bernadyn (@bernadyn) June 7, 2015
A-Trak
atrak killed it! #GovBallNYC @ The Governors Ball Music Festival https://t.co/1aF4GIIZqB
— Tenzin Shamphel (@Shamphel) June 8, 2015
Flying Lotus
Fly Lo/Captain Murphy killing it #govballnyc @ Randall's Island Park https://t.co/N9ZlDpFFP2
— Bryant Rockoff (@rocaroundaworld) June 8, 2015
OMFG @flyinglotus is killing it at the Gotham Stage!
— CHICA MALA; TAN GIRL (@HENNYHUNNIES) June 8, 2015
Big Gigantic
Big gigantic just killed it.
— Stori Mcreynolds (@storinight) June 8, 2015
"Weird Al" Yankovic
#weirdal absolutely killed it #govball #nyc #amazing @ Randall's Island Park https://t.co/PgF0u6Aw7k
— Asha (@AshaSounds) June 7, 2015
The War on Drugs
@thewarondrugs killed it. Most talented musicians at #govball let's be friends
— Taylor (@TaylorAMcCarthy) June 7, 2015
Tame Impala
.@tameimpala is killing it at #govball2015 pic.twitter.com/nLjxCoDHzz
— Samantha Escobar (@myhairisblue) June 7, 2015
The Black Keys
Unreal. theblackkeys are killing it. #govballnyc https://t.co/hfzI5U6khC
— Ryan Miller (@LT_RyanMiller) June 8, 2015
The Black Keys are KILLING IT !!
— Kwes. (@imkwesi) June 8, 2015
The Black Keys killed it closing out #GovBallNYC, they always kill it, they are one of the best live bands.
— Daniel Roberts (@readDanwrite) June 8, 2015
Lana del Rey
Lana Del Rey killing it on Honda stage right now #govball2015 #govballnyc @ The Governors Ball Music… https://t.co/2XcyH4rqZf
— Alec DuBois (@adoobers93) June 8, 2015
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