Charli XCX Sings, Donning a Parrot Costume in ‘SNL’ Sketch
Charli XCX featured as a singing parrot on the recent episode of Saturday Night Live on 19th December. The singer was supposed to be the musical guest on the episode and was set to perform alongside Caroline Polachek and Christine and The Queens. However, the performance was cancelled as the show moved to a limited cast format due to increasing cases of COVID-19.
XCX still managed to appear in a pre-taped sketch with host Paul Rudd and some of SNL’s regular cast members. Rudd introduced the sketch, explaining: “You know, Christmas is a time of charity and giving and that was the inspiration for this next music video, which I shot yesterday morning with Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner, Keenan Thompson, Alex Moffat and what should have been tonight’s musical guest, Charli XCX.
“It’s a heartfelt Christmas song about a magical moment between a boy and a strange man at a department store. Enjoy!”
In the sketch, Mooney plays a young boy who meets Rudd in a department store while buying some “Christmas socks” for his mum to cheer her up after their bird flew away earlier in the year. His mum, played by Bryant, appears as Mooney and Rudd have a conversation through song and shares some news about the pet – “T.J. Rocks is back and started a band.”
XCX played the parrot T.J. Rocks and sang: “I am T.J. Rocks, these are the Junkyard Boys and we’d like to play a song for you.” The group then launched into a surf-rock song that went: “I took a bus to LA and I got the Junkyard Boys / We got rich and famous but we wanna spend Christmas with you.”
Meanwhile, XCX recently shared the first trailer for her documentary Alone Together. The film captured the creation of her album ‘How I’m Feeling Now’, which was made during lockdown in 2020.
