{"id":590841,"date":"2026-04-08T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590841\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:12:09","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-to-host-and-perform-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590841\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo to Host and Perform on SNL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> will bring <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/olivia-rodrigo-announces-new-album-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/a> to life on Saturday Night Live next month, pulling double-duty as host and musical guest on May 2. The first-time host, who announced her <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/olivia-rodrigo-guts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guts<\/a> follow-up last week, will helm the first of three SNL bills unveiled today. On May 9, Noah Kahan performs and Matt Damon hosts, and the following week, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/5301-paul-mccartney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul McCartney<\/a> will return to 30 Rock\u2014after his <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/watch-david-byrne-lady-gaga-devo-and-more-perform-at-snl-50-the-homecoming-concert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL 50 closer<\/a>\u2014to perform in an episode hosted by Will Ferrell.<\/p>\n<p>You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is due out June 12, with the first single, \u201cDrop Dead,\u201d dropping April 17. While you wait, revisit Rodrigo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/olivia-rodrigo-covers-noah-kahan-performs-3-songs-on-bbc-radio-1s-live-lounge-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cover<\/a> of fellow host Kahan\u2019s \u201cStick Season\u201d\u00a0for BBC Radio 1. Macca, meanwhile, is readying an album of his own: <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/paul-mccartney-announces-new-album-and-shares-song\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/a> is due on May 29.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"BaseLink-haTOKm ContentCardEmbedImageLink-cDHuXe iAESOd kROgqt content-card-embed__image\" data-testid=\"ContentCardEmbedImage\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/best-albums-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"article image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Best%20Albums-02.png\"\/><\/a><a class=\"BaseLink-haTOKm ContentCardEmbedHedLink-iBZsco cCzjTH bSMenP content-card-embed__hed-link link\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/best-albums-2023\/\" data-testid=\"ContentCardEmbedHedLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 50 Best Albums of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo will bring You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love to life on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-590841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}