{"id":769832,"date":"2026-05-03T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/769832\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:06:15","slug":"blondies-debbie-harry-intros-olivia-rodrigos-performance-on-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/769832\/","title":{"rendered":"Blondie&#8217;s Debbie Harry Intros Olivia Rodrigo&#8217;s Performance On &#8216;SNL&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIf there was any doubt as to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_olivia-rodrigo\" data-tag=\"olivia-rodrigo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2018s pop-rock bonafides, she got the co-sign tonight from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/blondie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_blondie\" data-tag=\"blondie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blondie<\/a>\u2018s lead vocalist Debbie Harry, who popped up in a surprise cameo on Saturday Night Live to introduce the singer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRodrigo, in her first time pulling double duty, performed on the Studio 8H stage for the third time, debuting her new song \u201cdrop dead.\u201d The three-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter released the track and accompanying music video \u2014 dreamily directed by Petra Collins at the Louvre \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=78wrful9cVU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe actress-cum-musician transitioned seamlessly from host to musical guest, donning an airy green and pink dress and rocking out to the boisterous and energetic track. Her upcoming album, you\u00a0seem\u00a0pretty\u00a0sad for a\u00a0girl\u00a0so in\u00a0love,\u00a0will drop\u00a0June 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe \u201cHeart of Glass\u201d singer is the latest prominent musical figure to pop by for a quick introduction. Paul Simon <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/paul-simon-harry-styles-snl-1236754193\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">briefly joined Harry Styles on stage<\/a> while the artist was pulling double duty back in March. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt\u2019s also not the only surprise cameo tonight. Aziz Ansari popped by 30 Rock to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/snl-aziz-ansari-kash-patel-cold-open-1236879222\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">skewer FBI director Kash Patel during tonight\u2019s Cold Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBlondie, a pioneer of the new wave scene when it burst out in 1974, was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and has sold over 40 million records to date. The group announced last year that a new album, High Noon, would be released in the spring of 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRodrigo previously featured as a musical guest on the late-nighter in 2021 (opposite host Keegan-Michael Key) and 2023 (alongside host Adam Driver).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there was any doubt as to Olivia Rodrigo\u2018s pop-rock bonafides, she got the co-sign tonight from Blondie\u2018s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":769833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[26633,185,171,22854,1933,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-769832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-blondie","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-olivia-rodrigo","12":"tag-snl","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116509146338057794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}