Halsey Is Hosting SNL Next Month — But Will She Perform New Music?

Live from New York, it's Halsey on Saturday Night Live!


Immediately after kicking off 2019 by scoring her very first No. 1 single, Halsey will keep the momentum going by pulling double duty because the host and performer on SNL's February 9 episode. The "Without Me" singer took to Twitter to confirm the news, writing, "IT'S SATURDAY FUCKING NIGHT BABY" and "holy fuck."


She added in another tweet, "I am really [too] excited to sleep. Life is absolutely wild. Thank you guys for support. It’s all of the fuel my fire needs to prepare this 3rd album brilliant. I'm jumping in circles every day."


This isn't the opening time Halsey's graced the Studio 8H stage — she made her SNL debut last January, singing "Bad at Love" and "Him & I," and she returned in November to perform alongside Lil Wayne. Right now, she'll join the ranks of multitalented artists like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Donald Glover, Lady Gaga, Drake, and Justin Bieber, who have all performed duty double on the show.


As for what Halsey will perform this time around, "Without Me" seems like a safe alternative. The single is already almost four months old, nevertheless as of Monday (January 28), it's holding strong at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it's taken over at No. 1 on the Pop Songs chart. On the flip side, this might be a golden possibility for Halsey to debut the initial taste of her impending third album. Maybe we can expect a new single to drop before her episode airs? She and Grande did, right considering that, vow to keep ruling the charts this entire year.


In any case, this will also give Halsey fans a chance to be able to see her flex her acting and comedic chops. We haven't seen her act much — besides her blink-and-you'd-miss-it cameo in A Star is Born — and hopefully this SNL stint will prove she's got what it takes to create that rumored 8 Mile-type movie happen.