A day after her latest album, Mayhem, was released, Lady Gaga reminded Saturday Night Live that she can sing. “I know you might be thinking I’m here to promote my album, Mayhem, but I’m actually here to remind you I’m an amazing actor,” she said during her monologue.
But, it turned out, Gaga was in full voice during the sketches. After riding across New York on an electric suitcase in the opening sketch alongside Marcello Hernandez, Gaga teamed up with Bowen Yang for a parody duet.
Dressed in a red dress, the pair mocked up their own version of Eric Clapton’s You Look Wonderful Tonight. “It’s later that evening and we’re wasted in times square,” sings Yang. “So, I eat a full Big Mac and I shave off my body hair,” sings Gaga. “And then she bites me on both my nipples left and right, and I say bitch you look wonderful tonight.” Next up, a Midnight Matinee, one of the digital shorts written by Dan Bulla, seemingly a Stuart Little-style parody where Gaga once again sings, this time at the piano.
Remember, this is the same woman who turned up to the SNL50 Homecoming Concert to sing Dick in a Box with Andy Samberg. Elsewhere, she reminded the audience she can also dance with a roaring 20s themed routine in a funeral home, obviously.
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