Lady Gaga Hosts & Performs on 'SNL'
It's a big week for Lady Gaga! After releasing her seventh album, MAYHEM, on Friday (March 7), Mother Monster arrived in New York City to perform double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
It was only Gaga's second time hosting SNL, but her fifth appearance as musical guest. “The last time I hosted was in 2013, and every aspect of my performance…aged amazingly,” Lady Gaga joked in her opening monologue. “There’s no need to google ‘SNL 2013 Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly.’ We all won’t, and I won’t bring it up, cause that would be bad.” She also shouted out her Razzie-winning performance alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux and told the story of being set up with her fiancée by her mother.
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When it came to sketches, Gaga appeared as a funeral home director, sang a song about overusing the word “slay,” and led a satanic ritual at a Friendly’s birthday party. A highly-memed moment: Gaga's ballad about Pip the mouse, who she encourages to participate in a weight-lifting competition during the SNL Digital Short.
As for her musical acts, Gaga blew the house down with a rendition of hit "Abracadabra" from a light-up mirrored box. She also channeled the spirits of Prince and David Bowie while singing the first half of new song "Killah." That number featured the back hallways of studio 8H, a neon-clad band onstage, and an impressive costume change.
Prior to the release of MAYHEM, Gaga performed her Top Gun: Maverick original song “Hold My Hand” at the 2025 Super Bowl and a cover of the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” with Bruno Mars at the 2025 Grammys, where she and Mars also won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their single “Die With a Smile.” At SNL’s 50th anniversary concert last month, Lady Gaga joined Andy Samberg onstage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to sing the Lonely Island’s “D— in a Box.”
The 50th season of Saturday Night Live premiered in September. Lady Gaga is the third artist to pull double duty this season, following Timothée Chalamet and Charli XCX . To celebrate its 50th anniversary, SNL aired the aforementioned concert special, as well as SNL50: The Anniversary Special. The latter special was a three-hour live production that included musical performances courtesy of Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Wayne, and Paul McCartney.
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Article Image: Lady Gaga at the LA premiere of "Joker: Folie a Deux" in 2024. (Jean_Nelson via DepositPhotos.)