Dua Lipa pulled double responsibility as host and musical visitor throughout Saturday Evening Reside on Could 4.
In between her hilarious sketches (together with a dissection of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing beef), the 28-year-old pop star carried out two songs from her just-released third studio album, Radical Optimism.
With an introduction from fellow pop star and former tourmate Troye Sivan, Lipa opened with the summery “Phantasm,” which served because the third single from her new LP. For her second efficiency, the artist obtained an intro from comic Jerry Seinfeld earlier than launching right into a passionate supply of “Joyful For You,” which closes out Radical Optimism.
Lipa’s 11-track Radical Optimism — her first correct album since 2020’s Future Nostalgia — arrived Friday (Could 3) and in addition options beforehand launched singles “Houdini” and “Coaching Season.” The previous debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart, whereas the latter entered the chart at No. 27.
“[Releasing the album] feels good. It feels for lack of a greater phrase — radically optimistic,” she beforehand advised Billboard, earlier than explaining the concept behind the album cowl, which options the singer floating in a large open ocean going through a shark fin. “All through the entire report, there’s this concept of chaos occurring round and me attempting to push by it in a approach that feels genuine and trustworthy to me.”
Saturday’s SNL marks Lipa’s third time showing as musical visitor on the long-running sketch comedy present and her first time internet hosting. The “Levitating” singer was beforehand a musical visitor in 2018 and 2020.
Following Saturday’s episode, season 49 will wrap up with two new episodes: Could 11, with former SNL star Maya Rudolph internet hosting for a 3rd time and Vampire Weekend as musical visitor for a fourth time, and Could 18 with Jake Gyllenhaal internet hosting a 3rd time and Sabrina Carpenter making her musical-guest debut.
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