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Who says musical guests can't bring the laughs? From Beyoncé's perfectly played exasperation to Bad Bunny’s hilariously chaotic air traffic controller, these SNL stars surprised us with their comedy chops. Join us as we highlight some of the funniest moments where top musicians nailed both their music and the humor, proving they can deliver punchlines just as flawlessly as they hit the high notes!
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00:00You don't pay no bills to be smoking in my house.
00:03How do people eat my food?
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:06And today, we're counting down our picks for the time Saturday Night Live's musical guests
00:10proved they could stay right on beat with comedy just as well as their music.
00:14You hang with these people?
00:16No, they hang with me.
00:17You should join us, man.
00:19Number 20, Michael Buble.
00:21Ham and Buble.
00:22Welcome to your new favorite pairing, Ham and Buble.
00:26Sorry, that's bubbly.
00:28Now sing.
00:30So grab your fork and pop the cork.
00:34It's time for your mouth to celebrate.
00:37On paper, this might seem like a great business venture,
00:41but it soon becomes clear that this partnership isn't likely to be union approved.
00:46Ham is the domineering prison warden-like host,
00:49while Buble bounces off him perfectly as his less than willing second banana.
00:53He pushed me in the corner, asked me, do you like money?
00:56Because I have an idea that'll make a fortune.
00:58I thought he was joking, so I started to laugh.
01:01His eyes went black and he slapped my face.
01:03He plays the terrified and weary character so well,
01:07while still holding every note smoothly,
01:09making the contrast with Ham's menace even funnier.
01:13Ham and Bubbles might not be the first pairing you think of,
01:16but Ham and Buble are delicious,
01:19delivering a crisp, effervescent punch that leaves you intoxicated long after the final,
01:24perfectly executed drop.
01:27So glad to be here.
01:28This night is like a dream come true for me.
01:37You are on the thinnest of ice.
01:39Number 19, Megan Thee Stallion, Deer.
01:43What do you get when a stallion and a deer cross paths?
01:46Don't ask Kenan Thompson's character,
01:48because he certainly wouldn't know.
01:50Which brings us to the deer sketch.
01:52And follow the arc of the point.
01:55You know what?
01:56Never mind.
01:57I don't need to see it.
01:59Dad, just follow the arc of my point with your eyes to the deer.
02:04Thompson plays a father whose frustration boils over
02:07when he's the only one missing out on seeing the wildlife outside the window.
02:11Throughout the sketch,
02:12the musical guest proves she can keep up with even the most unhinged premises,
02:17perfectly complimenting her scene-mate's energy.
02:20Oh my god, daddy, you saved us!
02:22That's right.
02:23That's right.
02:24Pack your bags, girl.
02:25You moving back to the city.
02:27Out here fooling with these deers.
02:29It's clear she's having a blast too.
02:31Perhaps no more so than when she's supposed to deliver a heartwarming monologue
02:36and completely breaks.
02:37Not that we can blame her.
02:39No, daddy.
02:40We love it out here.
02:44I know you worry about me, but I promise we're gonna be okay.
02:47Number 18, Olivia Rodrigo, Tiny Ass Bag.
02:51This brilliant sketch gently lampoons the fashion industry's obsession
02:55with tiny, useless accessories.
02:58By treating a purse the size of a postage stamp
03:00like a revolutionary luxury breakthrough,
03:03it mocks the absorbent prices we pay for elite nonsense.
03:07My name is Georgina and I don't have a last name.
03:10It's Georgina and that's it.
03:12The hilarity peaks when Rodrigo deadpans
03:15that her microscopic luggage holds crucial essentials
03:18like your secrets.
03:19Delivering this utter drivel with the solemn nitty of a space launch.
03:24We also have a carry-on option.
03:26This one is so small,
03:29it can only fit your secrets like this.
03:35And that's it!
03:37Punctuated by the aggressive, dismissive rhythm of the tagline,
03:40the bit transforms overpriced absurdity into a hilarious bit of relatable comedy.
03:45It's a glorious middle finger to the cult of impractical high fashion.
03:50And that's it.
03:51Come on down to tinyass.com, the store.
03:56And that's all.
03:57Kevin!
03:58I mean, that's it!
04:00Number 17, Bad Bunny, First Class.
04:04This sketch plays on-air travel anxieties,
04:07targeting real-world operational nightmares
04:09and safety concerns at Newark Airport.
04:12Hello?
04:13Hi!
04:14Are you having fun up there?
04:16No, I'm not having fun.
04:18Sir, do you have our coordinates?
04:20Uh, I don't know.
04:22It's my first day.
04:23It's the kind of mayhem
04:25that successfully unifies first class and economy in sheer terror.
04:29As the pilot desperately tries to get a hold of air traffic control,
04:33who should pick up but Bad Bunny?
04:35Playing a light-hearted controller on his very first day on the job,
04:40he holds panicked passengers' lives entirely in his hands.
04:44I can't give up on them.
04:46Yes, I just...
04:50Orcade their coordinates.
04:52I'm starting to get my signal back.
04:54Instead of using professional protocols to guide the troubled plane,
04:58he hilariously resorts to AI and basic math to keep them from crashing.
05:03Hey, you can do anything you put your mind to.
05:05I can see you now, you're on the mainframe.
05:11Now glide it, glide it, and land this way.
05:15Number 16, Madonna.
05:18Coffee talk Liz Rosenberg and Barbara Streisand.
05:21Linda Richman is a stereotypical, hyper-specific New York Jewish character.
05:26This is my best friend, Liz Rosenberg.
05:35Linda, don't talk to me. I'm having a bad hair day.
05:40Seeing an international pop icon like Madonna
05:43try to steer through this grounded, absurdly specific setup
05:47creates top-tier comedic friction.
05:50Much of the humor relies on the guest reacting to the host's bizarre personality.
05:54Madonna plays it relatively straight, essentially highlighting Linda's quirky mannerisms.
06:00And to think a poor little me Skype from Brooklyn made this masterpiece
06:04and she's not getting any recognition for it.
06:08I'm sorry.
06:09I'm sorry, but I get a little choked up.
06:13Watching a massive celebrity engage in trivial, nonsensical coffee talk is classic,
06:18especially when they throw themselves in so willingly.
06:21Of course, her reaction to Sketch's surprise cameo
06:24proves she's just as quick on her feet off-script as she is on the mic.
06:28Still, she's as smooth as butter.
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06:50Number 15. Ariana Grande
06:53He-Man and Lion-O
06:55This is another host with so many hilarious highlights
06:58that it's easy to forget she first showed off her comedic chops
07:02as a season 40 musical guest.
07:04I heard you guys were doing this.
07:08Can I have a birthday hug?
07:11I don't like hugs. I like this.
07:16A lonely kid named Danny wishes his toys would come to life,
07:20but the results are a lot less wholesome than Disney promised.
07:23Grande plays She-Ra, an action figure who despises hugs,
07:28loves discovering her own anatomy,
07:30and lives to destroy anything in her path.
07:33What is going on in here?
07:35No!
07:35It's not my fault, Mom. I made a wish.
07:37Mom?
07:39Mom!
07:40She makes a late entrance, but leaves a massive crater in the room.
07:44It may have begun with Danny's birthday wish,
07:47but it's his mom who really gets this party started.
07:50I know.
07:51And, uh, She-Ra, come on.
07:53I know you're a freak.
07:56Number 14, Mick Jagger.
07:58Weekend Update, Point Counterpoint.
08:01Mick Jagger has proven he can point and laugh at himself on a few occasions.
08:05And I'll point by my fingers
08:09and point it, point it, point it, point it at you.
08:17But Counterpoint, he clearly has way more fun parodying his bandmate.
08:22This bit jumps on rock lore,
08:24turning the Glimmer Twins' famous frenemy dynamic into pure self-parody.
08:29If you didn't have rules, you'd have friggin' anarchy.
08:35Jagger keeps Keith's persona with physical comedy,
08:38slouching, rocking a headband, dragging on a cigarette,
08:42and delivering gravelly gibberish to counter Mike Myers' high-strong Mick.
08:47All the time, all the time,
08:49with your liberal claps round and a bone in,
08:52and your treble clavin'
08:54and a fat guy in the ring and a clown.
08:58When a billionaire rock legend spends prime-time television
09:02slouching in a ratty wig to roast his actual guitarist,
09:06decades of shared stadium sweat go right out the window
09:09for the sake of a great punchline.
09:11The frenemy ship is clearly alive and well.
09:14It's great though, just invert it, Keith.
09:16And I like that.
09:17Silly go, where the going be.
09:20Mad boom, snick boom boom.
09:22No, no, no, no.
09:22Snick boom boom boom.
09:24All right, then.
09:25All right, great.
09:26Number 13, Taylor Swift, Three Sad Virgins.
09:30Between her musical sets and sketch appearances,
09:33Taylor Swift has proven she's just as lethal with comedy
09:36as she is with heartbreak anthems.
09:45We first saw this when she played a hardcore Annie
09:48in the Save Broadway sketch.
09:50But how can we ignore the queen of bridges popping
09:52into this digital short to passionately roast
09:55three unassuming comedy writers?
09:58The run is like a sad Ron Weasley.
10:01He looks like a big bird lost all his feathers.
10:05And Martin has the charm and the sex appeal
10:08of a scarecrow.
10:11That's not true.
10:12Taylor leans all the way into the cruelty of the song
10:15with a straight face and hilarious sincerity,
10:19dropping viciously specific insults.
10:21Look, if you're going to get savagely serenaded
10:24by a pop icon, Taylor Swift is honestly
10:27a pretty iconic way to go down.
10:29These sad virgins won.
10:31These sad virgins won.
10:33These sad virgins won.
10:35These sad virgins won.
10:37And they're gonna die alone.
10:40Number 12, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Experience.
10:44Eddie Murphy's Stevie Wonder impression
10:46is one of SNL's finest creations.
10:49You gotta smile a lot like this.
10:51You see, you gotta smile.
10:52You mean like this?
10:54Cotton eyes.
10:55Like this?
10:56That's almost it.
10:57You ain't really got it yet, though.
10:58The only thing that could possibly top it
11:00is teaching it to Stevie Wonder.
11:03Wonder plays his own impersonator, Alan,
11:06leaning into self-deprecating humor
11:08and managing to send himself up
11:10while sounding nothing like himself.
11:12Here's one of my favorites.
11:14People say I sound just like Stevie.
11:17With one exception,
11:19you can understand every single word.
11:23Adopting an exaggerated, high-pitched, nerdy voice
11:27and an awkward demeanor
11:28a million miles away
11:29from his legendary stage presence,
11:31he creates a brilliant
11:33fourth-wall-breaking dynamic.
11:35Murphy gives the impersonator tips
11:37on how to act like Stevie,
11:39coaching the actual Stevie
11:40on how to be Stevie,
11:42right as they run through
11:43a hilariously botched rendition
11:45of My Sharia Moore.
11:47My Sharia Moore
11:48You don't even know the words.
11:49You don't even know the words.
11:51Lovely as a summer day.
11:54Listen to me, listen, listen.
11:55My Sharia Moore
11:58Distant as a Milky Way.
12:02Got it.
12:03Number 11.
12:04The Weeknd, On the Couch.
12:06In one of the funniest musical sketches
12:08in SNL history,
12:10The Weeknd joins a lineup
12:11of bewildered men
12:13who simply cannot comprehend
12:14why they've been banished
12:16to the couch.
12:22While Kenan Thompson
12:23and Chris Redd
12:24offer somewhat plausible reasons
12:26for being in the doghouse,
12:28The Weeknd's infractions
12:29get progressively more absurd.
12:43He sings about the domestic triviality
12:45using the exact same sultry,
12:48silky smooth R&B vocals
12:49reserved for chart-topping
12:51heartbreak tracks.
12:52Watching a global music superstar
12:54look genuinely pathetic,
12:56get ordered out of a driveway
12:57by James Bond,
12:58aka Daniel Craig,
13:00and slowly back away
13:01in a modest sedan,
13:02takes a sledgehammer
13:03to his ultra-cool persona.
13:06You don't have to stand there
13:07and watch me leave.
13:07No, I don't have to,
13:08but I'm gonna.
13:10No, I don't have to.
13:14Number 10,
13:15Paul McCartney,
13:16Holiday Pageant.
13:17The former Beatle
13:18brought more than just
13:19his musical genius
13:20to SNL in December 2012.
13:22In this sketch,
13:23McCartney appeared
13:24alongside host Martin Short
13:26as two cousins
13:27who auditioned
13:28at a local pageant.
13:29I am Caleb
13:30and this is Monty,
13:32but a quick correction,
13:34we are not a singing duo.
13:36I am the singer
13:37and Monty plays the triangle.
13:40Which is the best part
13:41because you don't
13:42want to hear Monty sing.
13:43While Short's character
13:44Caleb hogs the spotlight,
13:46he allows McCartney's Monty
13:48to play the triangle
13:49despite his desire to sing.
13:51However,
13:52Monty continuously
13:53misses his cue.
13:54McCartney deadpans
13:55his way through the bit
13:56with surprising comedic timing.
13:58And when you hear
13:59ding-a-ling,
14:02and when you hear
14:03ding-a-ling,
14:04that's your cue,
14:05mine!
14:08What?
14:09Yes!
14:09While fans know him
14:11for changing music history
14:12with the Beatles,
14:13McCartney showed
14:14he could play
14:15the straight man
14:15with perfect subtlety.
14:17For holiday time!
14:19What are you doing?
14:22Why does my mind
14:24work so stupidly?
14:27I want to sing.
14:28After Short's character
14:30gets frustrated
14:31and storms off,
14:32McCartney is allowed
14:33to sing,
14:33which then transitions
14:34into his third musical
14:36performance of the night.
14:37Number 9,
14:38Katy Perry
14:39Bronx Beat
14:40Marine DiCicco
14:41Well,
14:42I guess I developed
14:43over the summer.
14:44You guess?
14:45Look at Elmo,
14:46his head's all stretched out.
14:48There?
14:49When pop superstar
14:50Katy Perry
14:51appeared on SNL in 2010,
14:53fans expected her
14:54to stick to performing
14:55hits like Teenage Dream.
14:56Instead,
14:57she jumped into
14:58the Bronx Beat sketch
14:59with Amy Poehler
15:00and Maya Rudolph
15:01playing Marine DiCicco,
15:02a volunteer
15:03at a local library
15:04whose recent growth spurt
15:06was causing quite a stir.
15:07Well,
15:08the library told me
15:09to wear some
15:10looser-fitting clothing.
15:12It's so embarrassing.
15:13Hey,
15:14listen to me.
15:15Never be embarrassed
15:16about your body.
15:16Never.
15:17Never be embarrassed
15:18about your body.
15:18It's beautiful.
15:19This bit was seemingly
15:20done in response
15:21to Perry's controversial
15:22outfit choice
15:23on Sesame Street
15:24and that reference
15:25was made clear
15:26by the comically tight
15:27Elmo shirt she was rocking.
15:29Nevertheless,
15:30Perry fully committed
15:31to the joke,
15:32embracing the character's
15:33naivety about
15:34her physical appearance
15:35and sending the audience
15:36into hysterics.
15:38And she managed
15:38to do it all
15:39without once
15:40breaking character.
15:41Oh my gosh.
15:43You're right.
15:44Yeah.
15:45No, no, no, honey.
15:46Don't bounce.
15:46Don't bounce.
15:48You gotta cool it, Maureen.
15:50Cool it, Maureen.
15:50You know what?
15:50All right, she's beautiful.
15:52Number 8.
15:52SZA,
15:53Big Boys.
15:54R&B sensation SZA
15:56was tapped
15:56as the musical guest
15:57in this Kiki Palmer
15:58hosted episode,
16:00but it wasn't
16:00her live performances
16:01that stole the show.
16:03Instead,
16:03she went viral
16:04for the big boy
16:05sketch.
16:06It's cuffing season
16:08and all the girls
16:10aren't leaving
16:11to get a big boy.
16:13I love a big boy.
16:14I want a big boy.
16:17The pre-recorded music video
16:18featured her singing
16:19about wanting big boys
16:21for the winter season
16:22who could keep her warm.
16:23Mostly known
16:24for her soulful,
16:25introspective music,
16:26SZA gleefully embraced
16:28the comedic
16:28but celebratory
16:29anthem about
16:30plus-sized men.
16:31It's cuffing season
16:33and all the girls
16:35be needing
16:36to get a big boy.
16:38I want a big boy.
16:39Give me a big boy.
16:42Her goofy choreography
16:43and deadpan delivery
16:45of the song's chorus
16:46showed a playful side
16:47fans rarely see
16:48in her typically
16:49serious artistic persona.
16:51That it quickly
16:51spawned TikTok trends
16:53and became one
16:53of the season's
16:54most watched sketches
16:55shows just how
16:56melodically
16:57and comedically gifted
16:58the singer is.
17:107.
17:12Aerosmith
17:12Wayne's World Aerosmith
17:14Rock legends
17:15don't always make
17:16great comedians
17:17but Aerosmith
17:18shattered that stereotype
17:19in 1990.
17:20When the band
17:21drops by Wayne's World
17:22courtesy of Garth's
17:23cousin Barry
17:24played by host
17:25Tom Hanks
17:26they show surprising
17:27comedic timing.
17:28Is it true
17:29you guys don't do
17:29drugs or alcohol
17:30anymore?
17:31Yeah that's right.
17:32No drugs
17:33no alcohol
17:33feels great.
17:35No way.
17:36Way.
17:38No way.
17:40Way.
17:41The hosts
17:41proceed to interview
17:42the musicians
17:43asking about
17:44everything from
17:45Steven Tyler's lips
17:46to the decline
17:46of communism
17:47in Eastern Europe.
17:48Surprisingly
17:49they deliver answers
17:50that are equal parts
17:51insightful and hilarious.
17:53although it seems
17:54that socialism
17:55is in repose
17:56until you remove
17:57the Stalinist era
17:58party apparatchiks
17:59there will be no real
18:00change in the Soviet
18:01Union.
18:02No I disagree man.
18:03There's never been a
18:04blueprint for the
18:05dictatorship of the
18:06proletariat
18:07so there's bound to be
18:07a mistake.
18:08But that's not even
18:09the best part of the
18:10sketch.
18:11After their Q&A session
18:12the band agrees to
18:13fulfill Wayne's dream
18:14of playing together.
18:16The willingness of
18:16these rock icons
18:17to poke fun at
18:18themselves and their
18:19serious image made
18:21this one of the best
18:22Wayne's World installments.
18:31Number 6
18:32Lady Gaga
18:33Three Way
18:34The Golden Rule
18:35For her second stint
18:36as musical guest
18:37Lady Gaga not only
18:39delivered powerful
18:40performances of her
18:41songs but she also
18:42showcased her comedic
18:43timing in multiple
18:44sketches.
18:45Alphonse the woman
18:46next to you in the
18:47jazzy that was your
18:48sister Marie right?
18:50Yeah yeah you know
18:51her knees are lousy.
18:52Well you go see my
18:53guy at Lenox Hill he's
18:55the best and you have
18:56him send me the bill.
18:57However her shining
18:58moment definitely came
19:00in the digital short
19:01Three Way The Golden
19:02Rule alongside Justin
19:03Timberlake and Andy
19:05Sandberg.
19:06Continuing their Lonely
19:07Island style videos the
19:08sketch featured Gaga as
19:10the unwitting female
19:11third party in a not
19:12gay threesome between
19:14Timberlake and
19:14Sandberg's characters.
19:26Gaga fully committed to
19:28the absurdity delivering
19:29lines with impeccable
19:30deadpan timing while
19:32maintaining a straight
19:33face through increasingly
19:34ridiculous scenarios.
19:36The mother monster
19:36proved she could be
19:37genuinely funny without
19:39relying on shock value or
19:40elaborate costumes.
19:42Something few would have
19:43predicted at that time.
19:45You guys are still here.
19:49It's okay when it's in a
19:51free way.
19:51Number 5.
19:52Justin Timberlake
19:53Celebrity Family Feud
19:55So great.
19:56So great.
19:57So great.
19:57Celebrity's playing games.
19:58Nothing better.
19:59So fun.
19:59Am I never ready?
20:04You need to calm down.
20:06Though technically a musical
20:07guest for the 2013
20:08Christmas episode, Dustin
20:10Timberlake might as well
20:11have been co-hosting with
20:13Jimmy Fallon given how
20:14completely he dominated
20:15the sketches.
20:16In Celebrity Family Feud,
20:18Timberlake's spot on
20:19impression of Jimmy Fallon
20:21who was right across from
20:22him playing Jim Parsons
20:23created a meta comedy
20:25moment that had the
20:26audience howling.
20:39The former NSYNC member
20:41nailed Fallon's trademark
20:42giggle and hand slapping
20:44with such precision that
20:45even Fallon himself
20:46struggled to maintain
20:47composure.
20:48While Timberlake had
20:49established himself as a
20:50solid SNL performer over
20:52the years, this particular
20:53impression demonstrated a
20:55level of observational comedy
20:57and timing that surprised
20:58even his longtime fans.
21:00Steve, there's only one
21:02way for a man to be
21:03really sexy.
21:04What's that?
21:05Be Justin Timberlake.
21:08Number 4, Rihanna,
21:10Shy Ronnie.
21:22Rihanna's early public
21:24persona made her seem like
21:25the last person who'd
21:27excel at self-deprecating
21:28comedy, yet her appearance
21:30in Shy Ronnie with Andy
21:31Samberg proved otherwise.
21:33The digital short featured
21:34the singer trying to perform
21:36with Samberg's painfully
21:37introverted rapper
21:38character.
21:49Rihanna showcased impeccable
21:51comedic timing, especially in
21:53her increasingly frustrated
21:54attempts to get Ronnie to
21:56speak up.
21:56The contrast between her
21:58powerful vocals and Ronnie's
21:59whispers created comedy gold.
22:01Come on, this beat cost a lot of money
22:09Oh no, oh no, he pissed himself
22:15The sketch was so successful
22:17it earned an Emmy nomination
22:18and spawned a sequel the following year
22:21with the two trying to rob a bank.
22:23For an artist known for her cool,
22:24unflappable image,
22:26Rihanna's ability to play the
22:27straight woman to Samberg's
22:28bizarre character revealed comedy
22:30skills no one knew she possessed.
22:32We getting money, tell them
22:35Shy Ronnie
22:39Please, please use your words
22:423. Dave Grohl
22:44Punk band reunion at the wedding
22:46Hey, go easy on us guys
22:47This is our first gig
22:48since like 1983
22:50Yeah, yeah, yeah
22:51Well, I'd like to say something
22:53Who's this old guy?
22:54When Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl
22:56appeared in this sketch,
22:57he reminded everyone
22:58of his comedic talents
23:00playing the former drummer
23:01of fictional hardcore punk band
23:03Crisis of Conformity
23:04Grohl joined Fred Armisen,
23:06Bill Hader, and Ashton Kutcher
23:08in performing an aggressive
23:10anti-establishment anthem
23:11at a Father of the Bride's
23:12wedding speech.
23:13You know, I guess when you
23:15get right down to it,
23:16rock and roll always endures.
23:19Unlike my prostate.
23:21Grohl's manic energy
23:22behind the drums
23:23while wearing a suit
23:24demonstrated his absolute
23:25commitment to the bit.
23:27His character's seamless switch
23:28between polite wedding guest
23:30and anarchistic drummer
23:31showcased remarkable range.
23:33Drawing from his actual experience
23:35in the punk scene,
23:37Grohl brought authenticity
23:38to the absurdity.
23:39While music fans knew
23:41of his charisma in interviews,
23:42his performance here
23:44revealed legitimate acting skills
23:45and impeccable comedic timing.
23:57number two, Chance the Rapper,
24:00Jingle Barak.
24:01December 2016 found musical guest
24:04Chance the Rapper stealing the show
24:05in the instant classic
24:07Jingle Barak.
24:16This pre-recorded music video
24:19celebrated the last Christmas
24:20of the Obama administration
24:22with Chance and Kenan Thompson
24:23performing a spot-on Run-DMC parody.
24:26Channeling the hip-hop legend's style,
24:28delivery, and mannerisms,
24:30Chance displayed shocking versatility
24:32and precise comedic timing.
24:43His earnest performance
24:45of increasingly absurd lyrics
24:47about things he needed to do
24:48before Trump took office
24:50highlighted both his musical
24:51and comedic gifts.
25:02His performance was so impressive
25:04that he'd return to host the show
25:06the following season,
25:07during which he debuted
25:08a spiritual successor
25:10to Jingle Barak
25:11titled Come Back Barak.
25:33Before we continue,
25:34check out this single
25:35from Sound Mojo's Adia,
25:37Songs from Iran,
25:38reimagining Persian melodies
25:39as modern rock,
25:41metal, and pop songs.
25:42Check out the full track
25:43and album below.
25:59Number 1.
26:00Beyoncé.
26:01Beyoncé video shoot.
26:02I haven't met the other dancers.
26:04Are we gonna have time to rehearse?
26:05Oh, look, don't worry
26:06about the other dancers, B-Town.
26:08I handpicked them myself.
26:09These guys are pros.
26:10These guys?
26:13No.
26:14Queen Bey.
26:16Her name evokes images
26:17of flawless performances,
26:19powerful vocals,
26:20and an almost regal stage presence.
26:22She is a meticulous artist,
26:24a perfectionist known for her
26:26intense focus and serious artistry.
26:28That's precisely why
26:30her appearance in the
26:31Single Ladies video shoot sketch
26:32was a comedic revelation.
26:34Um, I'm just a little bit confused
26:37because this song is called
26:38Single Ladies,
26:39so I imagine the dancers
26:41would be strong,
26:42beautiful women?
26:43Yeah, but people are expecting that.
26:45I thought instead of a beautiful women,
26:47we use, uh, guys.
26:48Portraying herself,
26:50she played the exasperated
26:51straight woman to Andy Samberg,
26:53Bobby Moynihan,
26:54and Justin Timberlake
26:55as male backup dancers,
26:57hilariously butchering
26:58her iconic choreography.
27:00Beyoncé's deadpan reactions,
27:02her subtle eye rolls,
27:04and her quiet but firm demands
27:05for perfection
27:06were unexpectedly funny.
27:08Hi, guys, Billy.
27:09Can we stop, please?
27:11Brynn, I think we got it.
27:12Oh, we didn't get anything.
27:13What were you clowns doing?
27:15We were grinding.
27:16Yeah.
27:16I thought that was obvious.
27:17She subverted her own majestic image,
27:20allowing herself to be the anchor
27:21in a sea of comedic chaos,
27:23proving that even a goddess
27:25can have a fantastic sense of humor.
27:28Oh, I didn't know
27:28they were your sons.
27:29That's very noble of you.
27:31So you'll let them be in your video?
27:33Hell no.
27:35Will you dance with us?
27:37Yeah.
27:38Which musical guest
27:39do you think gave
27:40the funniest performance?
27:41Let us know in the comments.
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