Charli XCX pulled double duty as the host and musical guest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. She performed two tracks from her album Brat: ‘360’ and ‘Sympathy Is a Knife’. Watch it happen below.
Charli XCX last appeared on SNL in March of 2022, when she played two songs from her previous record Crash. This was her third appearance as musical guest and first time as host, and in her opening monologue, the British singer introduced herself by talking about playing her first rave when she was 15, her love of AutoTune, and what being brat is really about.
Charli then starred in a sketch called ‘Babymoon’, a sequel to the one where her ‘Sympathy Is a Knife’ remix collaborator Ariana Grande sang her version of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ as a bridesmaid alongside cast members Sarah Sherman, Heidi Gardner, and Ego Nwodim. This time, they continued the storyline with Chappell Roan’s ‘Hot to Go!’, changing the chorus to the name of the guy whose baby the bride may or not be carrying. She also teamed up with Lonely Island for a new song, ‘Here I Go’, about white people in suburban neighborhoods calling the cops.
Elsewhere in the episode, the singer delivered a Troye Sivan impression in ‘Wicked Auditions’ (with Bowen Yang reprising his impression of Charli), did some funny ad reads on ‘Banger Boyz’, starred as a commercial acting teacher’s favorite pupil, took part in a couple of Thanskgiving-themed sketches, and was accused by her friends of hooking up with Shrek after seeing Shrek on Broadway.
Charli XCX has a few more dates on the UK leg of her Brat tour before heading to New Zealand in February. In June, she’s set to co-headline Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival with Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan.