Actor/musicians Finn Wolfhard and A$AP Rocky have been the celebrities of the primary Saturday Evening Reside of 2026. It was host Wolfhard’s SNL debut, although the Stranger Issues star and indie rocker did as soon as play an NBC web page within the 2024 film Saturday Evening. He was additionally referenced in a Stranger Issues tune by solid member Jane Wickline throughout Weekend Replace final month (she sang, “Finn Wolfhard is the satan to me” in that). A$AP Rocky had by no means carried out on SNL earlier than tonight, however he did cameo within the Migos parody “Friendos” with host Donald Glover in 2018.
Rocky’s appearances noticed him performing some Do not Be Dumb songs stay for the primary time. First up was lead single “Punk Rocky,” for which he joined by among the individuals in that tune’s music video like Thundercat, Danny Elfman, and Mark Harley (however not Wolfhard’s Stranger Issues costar Winona Ryder). His second efficiency had “Do not Be Dumb”/”Journey Child” (the one with the Clairo pattern) and “Helicopter.”
Stranger Issues‘ Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) and Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) confirmed up on the finish of Wolfhard’s monologue and in a digital quick imagining numerous spinoffs of the collection. They have been simply two of the present’s shock friends. Current host Sabrina Carpenter reprised her position as a 12-year-old boy on the Snackhomiez podcast, a parody of MD Foodie Boyz, and Rocky appared in that. Jason Momoa performed Hagrid in a trailer for Heated Wizardry, a Harry Potter x Heated Rivalry mashup. In line with a certainly dependable tweet I noticed, Rocky’s associate Rihanna and Stranger Issues’ Joe Keery (aka Djo) have been within the viewers tonight too, so it needs to be an fascinating afterparty.
Earlier than goodnights, there was a bumper honoring Grateful Lifeless singer/guitarist Bob Weir, who died per week in the past. The Lifeless carried out on SNL in 1978 and 1980.
Different music-related moments included a joke about Harry Kinds’ new album title in Weekend Replace and a sketch that includes Wolfhard as a youngster whose indie rock ambitions disappoint his father (James Austin Johnson), a boy band member. That one had a Pixies joke.
Talking of indie musicians, subsequent week’s present could have Greatest Album Of 2025 winners Geese making their musical visitor debut with Golden Globe winner Teyana Taylor making her internet hosting debut.
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