Watch Hozier perform ‘Too Sweet’ and cover The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ on ‘SNL’

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Hozier performed ‘Too Sweet’ and a cover of The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ on Saturday Night Live – watch footage of the performance below.Last night (December 21), the singer-songwriter appeared on the show for the first time since he debuted on the series in 2014.

Introduced by Martin Short, he performed his runaway hit ‘Too Sweet’, taken from this year’s surprise release ‘Unheard EP’.The March record featured four previously unreleased songs, all of which were recorded during the sessions for ‘Unreal Unearth’.

In April, the success of ‘Too Sweet’ made the singer the first Irish act to top the Billboard chart since Sinéad O’Connor, and more recently secured him a spot on Barack Obama’s annual favourite song of the year list.The ‘Take Me To Church’ singer also performed a rendition of 1987’s ‘Fairytale of New York’.

The Christmas track, performed by Kirsty MacColl and Pogues frontman Shane McGowan, has been at the centre of debate in recent years due to its use of a homophobic slur f****t in its lyrics, with Hozier’s backing singers altering them to “You’re cheap and you’re haggard”.In 2019, the issue reared its head again, when actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones faced backlash after Gavin & Stacey included the lyric in that year’s Christmas TV special.