Saturday Night Live is coming back next weekend, and the show has just announced its first presenters and musical guests from 2021. The first episode back, on 1/30, will feature John Krasinski as the host and Machine Gun Kelly as the musical guest, but the big news here is that Phoebe Bridgers is going to be SNL next month.
Bridgers, continuing its rapid rise to mainstream stardom, is set to play episode 2/6 of the series; Schitt’s Creek co-creator and star Dan Levy will be the presenter. Chris DeVille de Stereogum himself predicted this in September, so let’s consider this official confirmation that Lorne Michaels reads the site. Hi Lorne!
The following episode will be presented by Regina King with Nathaniel Rateliff as a musical guest. It is not worth it that all the musical hosts and guests on this lot – John Krasinski, Machine Gun Kelly, Dan Levy, Phoebe Bridgers, Regina King and Nathaniel Rateliff – are SNL newbies. Welcome to the show, guys!
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