When it was announced that Role Model — stage name for one Tucker Harrison Pillsbury — would be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, one question stuck in fans’ minds: who would be the SNL Sally? Additional questions popped up in non-fan minds. Questions like What’s a Sally? Is Role Model just one guy, like Tame Impala? Why are his tattoos placed so evenly apart like a wall of flash? And so on. We got our answers to most of those questions October 11, when none other than Charli XCX appeared as Saturday Night’s Sally. It was the squashing of faux beef, as Role Model and Charli XCX have been in a bitter custody dispute over Conan Gray and Troye Sivan, who have been both Sally and the Apple Girl.
But was Charli addressing multiple quasi-feuds with the same appearance? Many pointed out she came on stage wearing a Max’s Kansas City shirt. Was this a post-“Actually Romantic” Taylor Swift dig? Like “You’re Kansas City, I’m Max’s Kansas City,” aligning herself with the famous hangout of Andy Warhol and birthplace of punk, where reportedly the only thing remotely edible was the fried chickpea appetizer? Charli has been known to use t-shirts as messaging. Probably not. As part of her performance as Sally, Charli XCX was wearing the same shirt Role Model had worn during promos earlier that week. She’s building a narrative, because she’s an actress.
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