{"id":2400794,"date":"2026-05-04T02:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2400794"},"modified":"2026-05-04T02:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:08:38","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-new-song-begged-debuts-on-snl-more-best-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/olivia-rodrigo-new-song-begged-debuts-on-snl-more-best-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo new song &#8216;Begged&#8217; debuts on &#8216;SNL,&#8217; more best moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"entertainment\" link=\"\/entertainment\"\/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">Good for her: Olivia Rodrigo made her &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; hosting debut, and she brought a never-before-heard song with her.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"75685146007\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo falls through trapdoor in stage\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/10\/15\/USAT\/75685201007-2152907039.jpg?crop=4499,2531,x0,y300\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo falls through trapdoor in stage<\/p>\n<p>The singer was running back and forth in front of her crowd in Melbourne, Australia, when she fell into the stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Good for her: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> has fulfilled a teenage dream by making her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/03\/snl-cold-open-this-week-aziz-ansari-kash-patel\/89858182007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;SNL&#8221;<\/a> hosting debut.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2021\/01\/22\/sabrina-carpenters-skin-why-fans-think-its-olivia-rodrigo-a-look-at-lyrics\/6676229002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drivers License<\/a>&#8221; singer, 23, returned to her television comedy roots by hosting &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; for the first time on the May 2 episode, during which she roasted former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/boxing\/2025\/12\/19\/jake-paul-anthony-joshua-live-results-updates\/87836331007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">costar Jake Paul<\/a>, parodied her own music and debuted a stunning new song.<\/p>\n<p>In her opening monologue, Rodrigo sat at a piano to perform her 2021 debut single &#8220;Drivers License,&#8221; but with updated lyrics about a more &#8220;recent big event in my adult life&#8221;: getting her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/2025\/12\/01\/what-is-real-id-how-to-get\/87549286007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REAL<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/2025\/12\/01\/what-is-real-id-how-to-get\/87549286007\/\"> ID.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I approach the lady. She says I don&#8217;t have what I need,&#8221; she sang. &#8220;She said my ID isn&#8217;t real. Well, then why did you give it to me? The lady said, &#8216;You need a pay stub.&#8217; I said, &#8216;What the hell is that? I&#8217;m 23.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;SNL&#8217; cold open: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/03\/snl-cold-open-this-week-aziz-ansari-kash-patel\/89858182007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aziz Ansari debuts impression of &#8216;incompetent&#8217; Kash Patel<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/03\/USAT\/89919421007-nup-210578-00019.JPG bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/03\/USAT\/89919421007-nup-210578-00019.JPG?crop=889,666,x100,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/03\/USAT\/89919421007-nup-210578-00019.JPG?crop=500,666,x300,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/03\/USAT\/89919421007-nup-210578-00019.JPG?crop=999,562,x0,y33 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Lloyd Bishop, NBC\" caption=\"Olivia Rodrigo performs on &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; on May 2, 2026.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo also joked about starring with Paul on the Disney Channel show &#8220;Bizaardvark,&#8221; the first major acting role of her career.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d always talk about our futures, me and Jake,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;d say, &#8216;I really want to create music that explores the complexities of girls my age,&#8217; and he&#8217;d say, &#8216;Well, one day I really want to beat up old guys on Netflix.&#8217; And we both did it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo was also the episode&#8217;s musical guest. For her first song of the evening, she performed &#8220;Drop Dead,&#8221; the new single off her upcoming third album &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/04\/02\/olivia-rodrigo-album-name-release-date\/89424251007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/a>.&#8221; The set was made to look like Rodrigo was inside her own grave, complete with a tombstone that read, &#8220;Here Is Where Olivia Dropped Dead.&#8221; Blondie&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2019\/08\/07\/blondie-singer-debbie-harry-rape-memoir-face-it\/1946228001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debbie Harry<\/a> made a surprise appearance to introduce the song, about a perfect first date.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">See <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" data-autotag=\"7c6f3be2-77ec-4fe6-885f-accfdcc862af\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> perform new song &#8216;Begged&#8217; on &#8216;SNL&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Later, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/03\/01\/connor-storrie-snl-heated-rivalry-hudson-williams\/88928012007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heated Rivalry&#8221; star Connor Storrie<\/a>, a recent &#8220;SNL&#8221; host, introduced Rodrigo&#8217;s second performance: a brand new, emotional track called &#8220;Begged,&#8221; about begging for scraps of affection in a relationship. &#8220;I&#8217;m cool and forgiving. I&#8217;ll take what you&#8217;re giving,&#8221; she sang. &#8220;Nothing&#8217;s quite enough when I know that to get it, I begged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The song was heard for the first time publicly on &#8220;SNL,&#8221; and it hasn&#8217;t been released on streaming platforms. Rodrigo performed it while sitting on a swing, evoking the cover art of her upcoming album.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Outside of the official performances, Rodrigo was singing throughout the night, as she also starred in a few musical sketches.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C56q32NwESY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One surreal one<\/a> that evoked &#8220;The Twilight Zone&#8221; opened with her singing about her seemingly normal teenage girl&#8217;s bedroom before revealing the room is located in &#8220;a zoo on the bug people planet.&#8221; She also performed a duet with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/01\/05\/snl-marcello-hernandez-future-saturday-night-live-leaving\/88030209007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F2M4_lTbvtE\">in a sketch where<\/a> a man tries to bust his fianc\u00e9e for cheating on him, only to accidentally reveal he is cheating himself.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"89436776007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the episode, Rodrigo starred in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7fTz650tdi4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slapstick-heavy sketch about a 1980s soap opera<\/a> where people keep tripping and violently falling down stairs in increasingly absurd ways.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Other highlights from the show included a sketch where Rodrigo and Ben Marshall played <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u-CoAXse1YM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a pair of exes pretending to be in new relationships<\/a>, as well as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3GKhTu5N7p0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest edition of a recurring sketch<\/a> about Shop TV hosts selling a product that looks very inappropriate. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V6ntSeVxB5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sabrina Carpenter starred<\/a> in a version of the same sketch when she hosted in October.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Olivia Rodrigo announces Unraveled tour: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/shopping\/entertainment\/concert-tickets\/2026\/04\/30\/how-to-buy-olivia-rodrigo-tickets-2026-unraveled-tour-concert-schedule\/89871673007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s how to buy tickets<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As she closed the evening, Rodrigo was joined on stage by Harry, Storrie and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/03\/snl-cold-open-this-week-aziz-ansari-kash-patel\/89858182007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aziz Ansari,<\/a> who debuted an impression of FBI Director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/kash-patel\/\" data-autotag=\"3fb230cf-33b0-4666-92f9-55eecb6e0f51\">Kash Patel<\/a> in the cold open. &#8220;This is a true honor and a real dream come true,&#8221; Rodrigo said.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Prior to making her hosting debut, Rodrigo had been the musical guest on &#8220;SNL&#8221; twice before, most recently in December 2023. Her album &#8220;You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love&#8221; will drop on June 12, and her Unraveled tour kicks off in September.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SNL&#8221; will return on May 9 with host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/01\/08\/matt-damon-movie-diet-new-heights\/88081196007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Damon<\/a>\u00a0and musical guest\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/04\/24\/noah-kahan-the-great-divide-album-gen-z\/89779032007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noah Kahan<\/a>, followed by the season finale on May 16, hosted by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/09\/27\/will-ferrell-harper-steele-netflix-movie-interview\/75338855007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Will Ferrell<\/a>\u00a0with musical guest\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/02\/26\/paul-mccartney-man-on-the-run-documentary\/88881844007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul McCartney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-05-03 15:23:57.379801032 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-05-03 15:25:54.410094329 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good for her: Olivia Rodrigo made her &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; hosting debut, and she brought a never-before-heard song with her. 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