Olivia Rodrigo returned to Saturday Night Live on Dec. 9 to deliver a pair of unforgettable performances from her chart-topping album Guts.
During the Adam Driver-driver hosted episode, the 20-year-old singer opened her musical guest appearance with a stripped-down piano version of her hit song “Vampire,” which spent two weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July.
Rodrigo stirred things up with her second performance of “All-American B—-,” during which dramatically stabbed a blood-red cake and smeared it over her face while chaotically rocking out on a fancy dinner table.
Both songs appear on Rodrigo’s sophomore album, Guts, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in September.
Rodrigo also made a surprise cameo during the “Tiny Ass Bag” sketch, where she played a retail employee promoting a teeny tiny blue carry-on bag. Watch it here.
The latest SNL episode marked Driver’s fourth time hosting and Rodrigo’s second musical guest appearance. It followed her May 2021 debut on the long-running sketch comedy show, during which she performed “drivers license” and “good 4 u,” her pair of No. 1 Hot 100 hits from sour.
That same season, SNL aired a buzzy sketch starring host Rege-Jean Page (Bridgerton) in which a group of men listen to “drivers license” on a bar jukebox and end up passionately singing along to the heartbreak hit by the end.
Watch Rodrigo’s SNL performances below. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on Peacock, which you can sign up for at the link here. Having a Peacock account also gives fans access to previous SNL episodes.
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