\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d star Connor Storrie introduced Olivia Rodrigo for her second performance on \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d where she debuted a new, unreleased song from her upcoming album.<\/p>\n
Rodrigo performed the track titled \u201cBegged\u201d while seated on a swing, a visual that mirrors the cover art for her third album, \u201cYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,\u201d which features her upside-down on a swing. The album is set for release June 12.<\/p>\n
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The song is a subdued, melancholic ballad centered on longing and uncertainty. \u201cAll that I want is to know undoubtedly that you just have eyes for me,\u201d Rodrigo sang. \u201cAll that I want is to sit here silently and watch movies on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lyrics continue in a similarly intimate tone, with Rodrigo singing, \u201cWhat a shame you\u2019re not here \/ Here to witness my devotion and my endless well of needs,\u201d and later, \u201cI feel trapped inside my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodrigo recorded the album with longtime collaborator Dan Nigro, who also worked with her on \u201cSour\u201d and \u201cGuts.\u201d She previously described the new project as a collection of \u201csad love songs,\u201d written from a more reflective emotional place.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the night, Rodrigo pulled double duty as host, opening the show with a monologue that revisited her Disney Channel beginnings on \u201cBizaardvark\u201d and included a musical parody of her breakout hit \u201cDrivers License,\u201d reworked into a DMV story about getting a Real ID.<\/p>\n
The performance follows a busy stretch for Rodrigo, who recently joined Addison Rae onstage at Coachella and also played a one-night-only show at the Echo in Los Angeles last week. Rodrigo first broke out in 2021 with \u201cSour,\u201d followed by 2023\u2019s \u201cGuts,\u201d quickly becoming one of pop\u2019s most commercially dominant young artists, earning three Grammy Awards and an album of the year nomination for both albums.<\/p>\n
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