Jonas Brothers Are Returning To SNL 10 Years After Their Adorable Debut

The JoBros comeback is coming full circle! Just days immediately after BTS rocked Saturday Night Live, our other fave boy musical group, Jonas Brothers, will hit the prominent late-night stage. The recently rebooted trio will play the May 11 show, hosted by Emma Thompson, who's making her SNL debut. For Kevin, Joe, and Nick, though, it'll mark a return to Studio 8H that's over a decade in the making. And given today's exhilarating news, that's a memory we simply must revisit.


Rewind with us, in the event you will, back to '09...


When the brothers made their SNL debut in February 2009, it was at the peak of JoBros mania. They were fresh off a breakout year that was marked by their chart-topping third album, A Little Bit Longer, and their smash DCOM, Camp Rock. Their appearance also came a week immediately after their first Grammys, where they were nominated for Best New Artist and performed alongside Stevie Wonder. In short, they were the kings of the teen pop world; no contest.


So any time whenever they appeared on SNL's Valentine's Day episode with host Alec Baldwin, the show intelligently milked JB as much possible; as well as the mandated two-song efficiency, the trio also flexed their acting chops by appearing in not one, nevertheless two sketches. The initial was a SNL Digital Short in which Andy Samberg uncovered their "past career" as a hair rock band. And the second, titled "Fourth Jonas," featured Baldwin playing their saxophone-playing older brother, Gary, who was unanimously voted out of the musical group although not before sneaking jabs about purity rings and Joe's eyebrows).


As for JB's two performances, I'm just going to mention it: they were... OK. First up was "Tonight," the fourth and final single off A Little Bit Longer. Joe handled lead vocals, flanked on either side by his curly-headed, guitar-playing brothers, each wearing a then-stylish scarf. (Remember: this was before Swole Nick Jonas came into our lives. Surely, if he attempted to wear the same scarf right now, his neck veins would split the fabric into thin little threads.)


Meanwhile, drummer Jack Lawless — who, for all intents and purposes, is the fourth Jonas Brother, since he still plays with the musical group today — is the only one who usually have not aged at all. And while "Tonight" isn't the guys' most remarkable song, they still gave an energetic performance.





For reasons unclear, the group's next song wasn't a solitary, nor a particularly memorable track from A Little Bit Longer. It was "Video Girl," a uncharacteristically nasty swipe at fame-seeking groupies that includes the total burn, "get some class and kiss the past!"


the initial notable part about this efficiency is that it was introduced by Baldwin and his niece Hailey — as in, Hailey Bieber! — Who was probably 12 at the time, and was equal parts excited and adorably awkward. As for the song itself, Nick manned the drums, Joe gave plenty of 'tude, and Kevin was low-key cringeworthy every time he sang "video girl" throughout the chorus. Sorry, although it's true.





Ten years later, Jonas Brothers will return to SNL older, wiser, and (hopefully) without an individual scarf in sight. It seems likely that they'll perform their new singles, "Sucker" and "Cool," though the possibility of new music is also on the horizon. And here's hoping Gary Jonas doesn't attempt to weasel himself back inside the musical group for the guys' big comeback. We'll find out on May 11!