Role Model debuts on the late night show performing his viral hit with help from the British pop star, plus another song from his latest album<\/p>\n
\n\tSinger-songwriter Role Model<\/a> debuted as Saturday Night Live<\/a> musical guest with two songs from the deluxe edition of Kansas Anymore, his second studio album, which he released in February.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter an introduction from SNL<\/a> host Amy Poehler<\/a>, the 28-year-old Maine native opened with \u201cSally, When the Wine Runs Out<\/a>.\u201d In live performances of the indie pop hit, Role Model has often invited<\/a> a fan, another musician<\/a>, or some other special guest to play the part of Sally. Here, it was Charli XCX<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe British pop singer\u2014SNL\u2018s musical guest last November<\/a>\u2014received wild screams of approval from the audience. After dancing and swirling her hair to the song\u2019s bridge, she slid her sunglasses onto Role Model\u2019s face, blew him a kiss, then strutted away.<\/p>\n \n\tRole Model\u2019s second performance was of the more mellow \u201cSome Protector.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe artist, whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury, has said his latest album, which follows 2022\u2019s Rx, is a big step forward.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI think the one thing I wanted to prove when I first put it out was my growth \u2014 my songwriting and my taste in music had matured, and I had also matured as a person,\u201d he told Rolling Stone in a revealing April interview<\/a>. \u201cIt felt like a big shift in the way I would talk about things and write about them, and a big part of that was just me getting to a place on guitar where I could play well enough that I could write songs by myself on it.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tRole Model, who opened for Gracie Abrams last year and then headlined his No Place Like Tour this spring, will be one of the four artists at Rolling Stone\u2018s Musicians on Musicians<\/a> live event Oct. 23<\/a> at New York\u2019s Beacon Theatre. He will be paired with Mar\u00eda Zardoya of the Marias, while Jack Antonoff<\/a>\u00a0will join\u00a0Hayley Williams<\/a>\u00a0with Bleachers, for conversations and collaborative performances on stage. SNL\u2018s James Austin Johnson will host.<\/p>\n