Role Model had a surprise in store for his Saturday Night Live musical guest debut.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old singer-songwriter, born Tucker Pillsbury, appeared on the Oct. 11 episode of the long-running NBC sketch comedy show to perform two tracks from the deluxe edition of his second album, Kansas Anymore.<\/p>\n
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After an introduction from host \u2014 and former SNL cast member \u2014 Amy Poehler<\/a>, Role Model opened with his breakout hit, \u201cSally, When the Wine Runs Out,\u201d which recently reached No. 1<\/a> on Billboard\u2019s Adult Alternative Airplay chart.<\/p>\n Set against a moody barnyard backdrop, complete with haystacks and a wooden ladder, he took the stage in a brown shirt and sparkly blue jeans to deliver the upbeat track. In previous live performances, he\u2019s brought celebrities and fans alike \u2014 including Natalie Portman, Olivia Rodrigo and Troye Sivan \u2014 to step in as \u201cSally.\u201d<\/p>\n His SNL debut followed suit. Mid-song, he called out, \u201cWhere\u2019s my Sally tonight?\u201d and to the crowd\u2019s surprise, Charli XCX<\/a> strutted onstage wearing a black skirt, dark sunglasses and a \u201cMax\u2019s Kansas City\u201d T-shirt. The two shared a playful moment, dancing together before Charli slipped her sunglasses onto Role Model\u2019s face, blew him a kiss, and made her exit.<\/p>\n Some fans on social media speculated<\/a> that the pop star\u2019s T-shirt might be a subtle jab at Swift, who frequently visits Kansas City with her fianc\u00e9, Travis Kelce. Amid ongoing rumors of tension between Charli and Swift, the speculation intensified with the release of Swift\u2019s new track \u201cActually Romantic\u201d from her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl. Some listeners have interpreted it as a response to Charli\u2019s song \u201cEverything Is Romantic\u201d from Brat.<\/p>\n For his second SNL performance, Role Model slowed things down with the mellow track \u201cSome Protector,\u201d delivering an emotional rendition while strumming an acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n Watch Role Model\u2019s SNL performances below. See all the options to watch the show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Role Model had a surprise in store for his Saturday Night Live musical guest debut. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[15708,31435,8232,146,85,46,50521,409,38948,15417,48300,50523,50524,2071,50522],"class_list":{"0":"post-70871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-amy-poehler","9":"tag-billboard","10":"tag-charli-xcx","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-kansas-anymore","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-natalie-portman","17":"tag-olivia-rodrigo","18":"tag-role-model","19":"tag-sketch-comedy-show","20":"tag-snl-cast-member","21":"tag-travis-kelce","22":"tag-tucker-pillsbury"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}