Shayla Brooks

Janelle Monae says she didn’t like the crowd at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

The singer joined Outkast onstage for their much-hyped reunion at the festival last month.

Critics say the show fell flat, but Monae blamed the crowd, saying she preferred performing with the hip-hop duo at the CounterPoint Music Festival in Georgia.

“I didn’t like that Coachella audience,” she told Faster Louder.

“I’m happy I got to CounterPoint [Music Festival] in Georgia, because those were real festival-goers, in my opinion.”