Girl Gaga delivered a efficiency that was becoming for Saturday Evening Dwell‘s “Homecoming Live performance,” a particular musical occasion in celebration of the present’s fiftieth anniversary.
Whereas some viewers members at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York might need anticipated the star to sing certainly one of her lately launched singles, she kicked issues off with none apart from Andy Samberg himself in a wig and cowboy hat. The previous forged member tried to sub-in for Bradley Cooper for a canopy of “Shallow,” the hit observe from Gaga and Cooper’s 2018 movie A Star Is Born. Nevertheless, issues had been lower brief when Gaga knowledgeable Samberg, “I gotta cease you, as a result of it’s unhealthy,” and advisable they do one thing “extra in your vocal vary.”
“There’s one track, however Justin [Timberlake’s] not right here to do his elements,” Samberg provided. Undeterred, Gaga replied, “Andy, don’t be a bitch. I’ll do it with you,” earlier than the duo effortlessly pivoted to the Lonely Island traditional, “Dick in a Field.” (The track made its debut throughout SNL‘s 2006 Christmas episode with Timberlake.)
Quickly, Gaga and Samberg shared the stage with Unhealthy Bunny, T-Ache, Chris Parnell, Eddie Vedder, and former Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone for a whacky mashup of “Motherlove,” “Lazy Sunday,” “I’m On a Boat,” “Jack Sparrow,” and “Jizz in My Pants.”
The musical occasion kicks off a weekend that can conclude with SNL‘s fiftieth anniversary particular airing on NBC on Sunday. The episode is about to characteristic a star-studded lineup of returning forged members and particular company, together with Tom Hanks, Unhealthy Bunny, Kim Kardashian, Martin Quick, Robert De Niro, Sabrina Carpenter, Adam Driver, and extra.
