{"id":903986,"date":"2026-05-06T08:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/olivia-rodrigo-to-host-and-perform-on-snl\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:18:54","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-to-host-and-perform-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/olivia-rodrigo-to-host-and-perform-on-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo to Host and Perform on SNL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div data-journey-hook=\"grid-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ArticlePageChunks\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/olivia-rodrigo\/\">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\/\"><em>You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/em><\/a> to life on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> 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\/\"><em>Guts<\/em><\/a> follow-up last week, will helm the first of three <em>SNL<\/em> 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\/\">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\/\"><em>SNL 50<\/em> closer<\/a>\u2014to perform in an episode hosted by Will Ferrell.<\/p>\n<p><em>You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/em> 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\/\">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\/\"><em>The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/em><\/a> is due on May 29.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"ContentCardEmbedWrapper\">\n<p><a data-testid=\"ContentCardEmbedImage\" href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/best-albums-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><picture><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"music\" alt=\"music article image\" loading=\"lazy\"   src=\"https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/6568abe25abf07fc8277b266\/master\/w_775%2Cc_limit\/Best%2520Albums-02.png\"><\/picture><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/olivia-rodrigo-set-to-host-and-perform-on-snl\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Olivia Rodrigo will bring You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love 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 Guts follow-up last week, will helm the first of three SNL bills unveiled today. On May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":{"0":"post-903986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-podcast-music"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}