Olivia Rodrigo is back in Saturday night live and gave fun twists to two of her hit songs.
The 20-year-old singer appeared on stage for the second time as a musical guest SNL with host Adam Driver. For this appearance, she gave her fans a different take on her songs “Vampire” and “All-American Bitch.”
Rodrigo started the night off with a slow piano rendition of “Vampire.” She wore a shimmering silver halter dress and wore her hair up in a sleek bun as she sang the tune of the song with an emotional tone. In fact, she wore several rings on her right hand that read “Guts” — the name of her second studio album.
The stage was set up to mimic a dream, with blue mist covering the stage floor below the piano, and dozens of silver cut-out stars hanging from the stage ceiling.
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For her second performance — “All-American Bitch” — she brought the drama. The scene began simply and innocently with Rodrigo sitting in a pink dress with a high collar and sipping tea at a table covered with cakes and a few other treats.
But when she got to the song’s chorus, she showed her dark side, jumping on the table and laying on it, slicing the cake with a knife and dancing on the sweets as the light changed to reflect her mood. The lighting changed from bright white to rapid red flashes to show the chaos.
To emphasize the lyrics, she even smeared blood-red cake on her face, dress and white socks — which could allude to the “guts” of her album. When she finished her performances, she playfully stuck her tongue out at the cameras.
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Rodrigo made it SNL made her debut in 2021, singing favorites “Driver’s License” and “Good 4 U” — which was also her first time performing it live. After the show, she took to social media to share her feelings about being on the hit NBC sketch comedy show.
“Well, it was the most nervous/emotional/happy experience of my life. Thank you 4ever,” she wrote in an Instagram Story alongside a photo of one SNL a card with her name on it.
In that time, High School Musical: The Musical star has already broken into the series by inspiring a Bridgerton sketch in February of that year — and happened to air on her birthday.
“SNL DRIVER’S LICENSE SKETCH IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT I EVER GAVE,” she said wrote on X (formerly Twitter), telling fans he was “crazy” about it.
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Rodrigo has a lot to celebrate, having recently been nominated for six Grammy Awards. She spoke exclusively with PEOPLE on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes premiere in Los Angeles in November, saying it’s “such an honor” to receive six nominations at the upcoming Grammy Awards.
“Yes. So crazy. It’s such an honor and a pleasure to be recognized by the music community in such an amazing way,” Rodrigo told PEOPLE. “I’m so grateful.”
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