Overview
- Rodrigo led Saturday Night Live on Saturday, performing the No. 1 single “Drop Dead” and debuting the unreleased ballad “Begged.”
- Blondie’s Debbie Harry introduced her first song, and Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie set up the second performance.
- Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering joined on backing vocals for “Begged,” which Rodrigo sang seated on a swing that echoes the new album’s cover art.
- Aziz Ansari made a surprise cold-open cameo as FBI director Kash Patel, while Rodrigo’s monologue nodded to her Disney past and spoofed “Drivers License” as a Real ID saga.
- Her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, arrives June 12, with the Unraveled Tour launching in September after “Drop Dead” became her fourth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.