Lady Gaga Sings Soulful Rendition of 'D--- in a Box' with Andy Samberg to Kick Off Epic Lonely Island Medley forSNLConcert

Mar. 15, 2025

Lady Gaga during ‘SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert’.Photo:Peacock

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Lady Gagalent her award-winning vocals to an iconic (and alittlenaughty)Saturday Night Livetune during the sketch show’s special50th anniversaryconcert.

The pop megastar took the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Friday, Feb. 14 alongside Andy Samberg, where the pair kicked off a star-studded tribute to Samberg’s beloved comedy troupe The Lonely Island.

Gaga took on Timberlake’s vocals while playing the piano, giving the comedic hit a soulful twist. They also segued into “Motherlover,” another Timberlake and Samberg pairing fromSNLin 2009.

(Timberlake, who was playing a show in Chicago on Friday night, later thanked Gaga on social media for covering his parts.)

Andy Samberg.Kevin Mazur/Peacock

Kevin Mazur/Peacock

The pair’s duet led into a years-spanning revisit of some of the Lonely Island’s most iconic sketches and songs. First, former castmember Chris Parnell took the stage to perform an updated version of 2009’s “Lazy Sunday” with Samberg. There were nods to other the Lonely Island sketches —“Laser Cats"and"Dear Sister”— sprinkled in.

Bad Bunny returned to the stage to sing an operatic version of 2011’s “I Just Had Sex,” before T-Pain arrived — with mermaids — to revisit his lyrics in 2009’s “I’m on a Boat.” The entire Lonely Island reunion was concluded with a rousing rendition of 2011’s “Jack Sparrow.”

Toward the end of the concert special, Gaga returned anddidsing “Shallow” — without Samberg’s help.

Chris Parnell (left) and Andy Samberg.Theo Wargo/Peacock

Theo Wargo/Peacock

Late last month, after dropping a series of teasers on herofficial website, Gaga announced herseventh studio albumMayhemwill be released on March 7.

The project will feature 14 songs, including the previously released songs “Disease” and “Die With a Smile” withBruno Mars.

In a press release, the Grammy winner revealedMayhemwill be all about returning to her roots in a new way. “The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,” Gaga said in a statement.

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She also compared the project to “reassembling a shattered mirror: even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something beautiful and whole in its own new way.”

According to the release,Mayhemis about “chaos and transformation, celebrating music’s power to unite, provoke, and heal.”

SNL50: The Homecoming Concertkicked off at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 and is available to stream on Peacock.

On Sunday, Feb. 16, theSaturday Night Live50th anniversary special airs at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

source: people.com