Olivia Rodrigo Hosts And Debuts Song With Weyes Blood On SNL

Olivia Rodrigo made her third appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight, pulling double duty in her hosting debut. (Recent musical guest Jack White wished the pop star luck via a note hidden in her dressing room.) Rodrigo's big night featured some surprise guests, including Aziz Ansari and Weyes Blood.

Blondie legend Debbie Harry introduced Rodrigo's first performance which was "drop dead," America's current #1 song. It was staged like she was singing beneath a cemetery. Recent SNL host Connor Storie (Heated Rivalry) introduced the second song "begged" which Rodrigo sang while sitting on a swing. It's the ballad she previously sang in LA last weekend with Weyes Blood's Natalie Mering, but no videos from the show were allowed so this was its proper debut. (The track was initially rumored to be titled "better luck next time.") Mering was one of three singers backing Rodrigo for SNL — the Dirty Hit artist's debut on the show.

In her monologue, Rodrigo joked about working with Jake Paul on Bizaardvark and sang a "drivers license" sequel about REAL ID.

The first sketch was an imagined 1983 TV drama called Edge Of Destiny that had cast members falling down stairs.

A pre-taped short by writer Dan Bulla saw her singing about having a perfect bedroom (in a zoo on the bug people planet).

In the recurring ShopTV sketch, she played Daisy Rae Rutledge, a young woman showing off a risqué lava cake.

In another sketch she dined at a restaurant for a friend's birthday that her ex (Ben Marshall) was also attending.

There was a not-timely parody of R. Kelly's "Trapped In The Closet" video.

She and Veronika Slowikowska were passengers in an Uber where the driver (Andrew Dismukes) surprised himself by spontaneously rapping a dancehall song.

The final sketch was a pre-taped commercial for SafeGuard, a home security system that makes footage go viral by sending an influencer (Rodrigo) to make a TikTok with the intruder.

Aside from Weekend Update, the one segment without Rodrigo was the cold open, which featured Ansari as FBI Director Kash Patel. "I'm a trailblazer," he said. "I'm the first Indian person to suck at their job."

During the Goodnights, Harry wore a Rodrigo shirt. (When Rodrigo was last on SNL in 2023, she wore a Blondie shirt while filming the promo clips.) The last time Harry appeared in an episode was 1987.

Next week's show, as previously announced, has returning host Matt Damon and returning musical guest Noah Kahan.