Girl Gaga Sings ‘D— in a Field’ for Lonely Island Medley Throughout SNL 50 Live performance

Girl Gaga lent her award-winning vocals to an iconic (and a little naughty) Saturday Night time Stay tune in the course of the sketch present’s particular fiftieth anniversary live performance.

The pop megastar took the stage at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis on Friday, Feb. 14 alongside Andy Samberg, the place the pair kicked off a star-studded tribute to Samberg’s beloved comedy troupe The Lonely Island.

After a pitchy rendition of Gaga’s A Star Is Born hit “Shallow,” the pop star pivoted Samberg to one thing extra in his wheelhouse: 2009 SNL parody tune, “D— in a Field,” which Samberg initially carried out with Justin Timberlake.

Gaga took on Timberlake’s vocals whereas enjoying the piano, giving the comedic hit a soulful twist. In addition they segued into “Motherlover,” one other Timberlake and Samberg pairing from SNL in 2009.

The pair’s duet led right into a years-spanning revisit of a number of the Lonely Island’s most iconic sketches and songs. First, former castmember Chris Parnell took the stage to carry out an up to date model of 2009’s “Lazy Sunday” with Samberg. There have been nods to different the Lonely Island sketches — “Laser Cats” and “Pricey Sister” — sprinkled in.

Unhealthy Bunny returned to the stage to sing an operatic model of 2011’s “I Simply Had Intercourse,” earlier than T-Ache arrived — with mermaids — to revisit his lyrics in 2009’s “I am on a Boat.” The complete Lonely Island reunion was concluded with a rousing rendition of 2011’s “Jack Sparrow.”

Towards the tip of the live performance particular, Gaga returned and did sing “Shallow” — with out Samberg’s assist.

The SNL 50: Homecoming Live performance telecast additionally featured performances from Miley Cyrus, Publish Malone, Jelly Roll, Backstreet Boys, Arcade Hearth, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Chris Martin, David Byrne, DEVO, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Mumford & Sons, Preservation Corridor Jazz Band, Robyn, The B-52s and The Roots.

Late final month, after dropping a sequence of teasers on her official web site, Gaga introduced her seventh studio album Mayhem might be launched on March 7.

The venture will characteristic 14 songs, together with the beforehand launched songs “Illness” and “Die With a Smile” with Bruno Mars.

In a press launch, the Grammy winner revealed Mayhem might be all about returning to her roots in a brand new approach. “The album began as me dealing with my concern of returning to the pop music my earliest followers cherished,” Gaga mentioned in an announcement.

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She additionally in contrast the venture to “reassembling a shattered mirror: even should you can’t put the items again collectively completely, you’ll be able to create one thing stunning and entire in its personal new approach.”

In keeping with the discharge, Mayhem is about “chaos and transformation, celebrating music’s energy to unite, provoke, and heal.” 

SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance kicked off at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 and is on the market to stream on Peacock.

On Sunday, Feb. 16, the Saturday Night time Stay fiftieth anniversary particular airs at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.