Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor a new artist, a debut appearance on “Saturday Night Live” is a career milestone: an iconic show hedging the bet that you’re ready to go to the next level.
What the artist does with that spot ultimately is down to them: Some artists let their artistry do the talking (Adele, 2008), work in an innovative performance (Billie Eilish’s mirror box, 2019), some make a social statement (Megan Thee Stallion, last fall) and some provoke the audience and the show (Elvis Costello, 1977, Sinead O’Connor, 1990).While fast-rising indie singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers’ music is generally pretty chill, she found a way to make a splash on her “SNL” debut with a chaotic finale to “This Is the End,” the closer from.
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