Charli XCX Reacts to Bowen Yang’s Impression of Her on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Bowen, it’s okay to admit that you’re jealous of her.

“Talk Talk” singer Charli XCX opens up about Bowen Yang’s “Talk Talk” sketch in which she is parodied Saturday Night Live.

In a recent episode of The Howard Stern Showthe radio host asked the singer if she viewed the sketch from the Sept. 28 episode “as a compliment or were you just upset about it?” “Oh no, no, no, I guess SNL is iconic, and Troye [Sivan] “And I, we had an inkling it was coming,” Charli replied, perhaps hinting that she had been informed beforehand by Yang, who she is friends with. “We were very excited, and I love Bowen, and honestly I think he did a great job. Actually I was very impressed with the hair texture, I thought it was a really good wig. Yes, it was good. It was cool,” she said.

In the sketch, Yang appears in full Charli attire — loose, bouffant curls, distressed leather minidress, huge black sunglasses — to host “The Talk Talk Show with Charli XCX,” a reference to the current song “Talk Talk.” Singer.

“This is my talk show where we talk about whatever I talk about,” Yang begins. “With me, as always, is Australian dingo twink Troye Sivan.” The camera shows Sarah Sherman as a pop star in a white tank top and fake washboard abs, spinning records on a DJ rig. Charli and Sivan are currently embarking on a 22-city concert tour together titled “Sweat” and have released a collaborative remix of “Talk Talk” from Charli’s critically acclaimed 2024 album brat.

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Yang’s night bitch” gives the thumbs up or down and interviews nightlife superstar Susanne Bartsch (Jean Smart, the episode’s host), CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins (Chloe Fineman) and House Speaker Jasmine Crockett (Ego Nwodim).

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As Charli, real name Charlotte Aitchison, predicted brat With the single “360,” she’s been “so everywhere” since the album’s release in June. Variations on the extremely catchy album cover (designed by Brent David Freany) spread like wildfire, “Brat Summer” was coined to describe the lifestyle referenced by the album’s 15 bangers, remixes featuring superstars like Billie Eilish and Lorde took over the charts, and Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign even took advantage of it brat Cover aesthetic in promotional materials after Charli posted “Kamala IS brat” on X.

It was only natural that pop culture would eventually find its way to the Studio 8H stage.

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Sivan was his own subject SNL Sketch from last November in which a woman (Sherman) suffering from sleep paralysis begins hallucinating a dancing Sivan (host Timothée Chalamet and later members of the band Boygenius, the episode’s musical guests).

“I will never forget that weekend for the rest of my life,” he said The project. “I saw it live with everyone. I thought maybe it would be a quick moment if I was lucky or something. But it’s this whole sketch and it’s great… I just have to imitate him now.”

Fans have their fingers crossed that Charli will be named as the musical guest on an upcoming episode of “Charli.” Saturday Night Liveis the 50th season. Only the hosts and musical guests for the first five episodes have been announced so far, but there’s still time for Charli to join Stevie Nicks and her “Guess” remix co-star Eilish.

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