I want to wish Justin Trudeau happiness, but his midlife crisis with Katy Perry is whiplash inducing

April 14, 2026 — 9:00am

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Toolie: (noun) Adult who gatecrashes post-high school exam celebrations. He is generally older than the students, typically in his 20s, and considered to be acting in a predatory or annoying manner.

Trudoolie: (noun) Festival-dwelling former world leader wearing backwards baseball cap and taking sartorial style notes from tennis brats everywhere, canoodling with pop-star-turned-astronaut girlfriend whilst eating two-minute noodles with chopsticks in a gutter. Generally older than everyone at said festival. Also acting in an annoying manner.

You heard it here first, people: Coachella has jumped the shark-ella. Or perhaps that’s too harsh. Maybe it’s just that, much like its most recent attendees, Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry, it’s in the middle of an identity crisis-ella. The Californian desert festival, which began in 1999 following an industry backlash against service charges on concert tickets, quickly became known as a trendsetting annual event on the fashion and music scenes, and has latterly (inevitably) become a haven for cashed-up influencers and beautiful people everywhere.

But then in blundered 54-year-old Trudeau, aka........

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