The Levity guys aren’t so far away from their day jobs. In a new mini-documentary about the dubstep trio — John Hauldren, PJ Carberry and Josh Tarum — talk about recently working at Carvana, Verizon and a burger joint, where Carberry was a server and Hauldren washed dishes.
It wasn’t long after that Levity made its Coachella debut, with a new mini-documentary following the guys in the run-up to their performance at the 2026 fest. “I remember getting a call and saw that it was our agent,” Hauldren says in the doc. “I picked up the phone and he was like, ‘We just got a call from Coachella, you guys got an offer.’ I just started crying. That’s what we’ve dreamed of our entire lives.”
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Naturally, the nerves are high ahead of the performance, a choice Friday at 9 p.m. slot on the Sahara Stage. “It’s gotta be the best show we’ve ever had,” says Tarum, who’s shown in the doc studying for his medical school exams while also preparing to play Coachella.
Cameras followed the guys in this high-stakes moment they say could make or break their career. How did it go? Watch the complete documentary below to find out.
This new doc is part of Coachella’s Arrival series, which follows artists during their Coachella debuts, and this season also features Holly Humberstone, KATSEYE and Gigi Perez. The series was produced in partnership with Marriott Bonvoy and content studio MGX Creative.
“Coachella brought so many new people to our project, more than a single festival or show has in our life,” the trio tells Billboard in a joint statement. “There are plenty of people who had never heard dubstep before, which has been beautiful to see because we remember hearing this kind of music for the first time 16 years ago, and we’re honored we can be there with these new people at the start of their journey diving into this sound.
“Coachella gave us a lot of credibility in the larger music scene,” they continue. “This music may be on the ‘mainstream’ side within the dubstep niche, but it’s still looked at as ‘weird’ and ‘uncool’ within the music world as a whole, but the credibility it gave us has led us to open conversations and collaborations with artists, publications and festivals that may not have before. We’re extremely grateful for the opportunity we had at Coachella to prove dubstep is good music that deserves the same respect other genres get in the world.”
Levity’s upcoming summer shows include sets at Electric Forest, Breakaway Minnesota, North Coast and a co-headlining amphitheater run with Tape B.
