Billie Eilish Gives Bowen Yang’s Harry Daniels 10K to Stop Singing in ‘TikTok’ Sketch on ‘SNL’: Watch
Billie Eilish isn’t fascinated with going viral on TikTok — a minimum of that’s the message she provides in a Saturday Night Live caricature in regards to the social media platform.
Throughout SNL‘s Michael Keaton-hosted episode on Oct. 19, the 22-year-old pop star made a cameo in a nearly four-minute sketch, aptly titled “TikTok,” in which she brushes off influencer Harry Daniels (played by Bowen Yang), who’s made a reputation for himself through making a song to random celebrities on TikTok.
“Excuse me, Miss Eilish, can I sing to you?” Bowen’s Daniels requests as he accosts Eilish in hallway and briefly belts out a track. Obviously frustrated, the “What Was I Made For?” hitmaker briefly interrupts him with a profitable request. “Here’s 10 grand, please stop following me,” she says, handing him a wad of money and scurrying off.
Daniels has certainly encountered Eilish in real life, as open in movies on his TikTok account, which boasts 1.6 million fans. Throughout the SNL skit, Bowen’s Daniels additionally sings to Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris and James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump
The pre-recorded “TikTok” caricature featured an individual doomscrolling via their social media tread, encountering clips of a cat dancing to SNL forged member’s Marcello Hernandez viral safe of Sabrina Wood worker’s “Espresso,” Chloe Fineman taking part in Name Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper and Kenan Thompson portraying a foodie reviewing a Fruity Pebble-covered hen sandwich from his automotive.
In different places all over the episode, Eilish appeared for the fourth time as musical visitor, acting Clash Me Crisp and Comfortable booklet tracks “Birds of a Feather” and “Wildflower” along her brother Finneas. She in the past carried out on SNL in 2019 and 2023, pulling double-duty in 2021 as host and musical visitor. Her look with Keaton follows latter moment’s Ariana Grande-hosted episode, which featured live performances from Stevie Nicks.
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