made her hosting debut on last night’s , and the megastar brought her beloved flute along for the ride.
In the comedy sketch, the Juice hitmaker played a musician auditioning for the DeVry Institute symphony orchestra, after the conductor (Mikey Day) expressed the group’s need for a talented flautist ahead of a big performance.
Cue in Lizzo and her trusted instrument Sasha (sidenote, was anyone aware that her flute had its own page?).
The instrumentalists were impressed by her musical ability and welcomed her with open arms, but it didn’t take long before certain urges started to take over.
In this case, we mean, Lizzo’s character gyrating on the bassoonist, which resulted in the conductor interrupting the rehearsal.
‘This is a traditional symphony – one where you sit down and play,’ he declared.
Following his conservative advice, she played the instrument while sitting down, however, she quickly stopped after noticing she was playing off-key.
While she was still in character, Lizzo delivered a heartfelt yet hilarious ultimatum and explained that if they want her to stay, they’ve got to accept her need to ‘pop that booty for Beethoven.’
Her unconventional methods worked like a charm, as the orchestra simultaneously twerked as the sketch drew to a close.
Fans were in awe of Lizzo’s breath control and comedic timing in the skit, and quickly took to Twitter.
‘Lizzo in an orchestral skit while playing the flute. Love it,’ one tweeted.
‘Lizzo and her flute are an iconic duo #SNL,’ another added.
One impressed viewer weighed in: ‘Aw yeah, a skit where Lizzo gets to showcase her flute skills.’
Lizzo’s hosting debut comes after the star dropped her new single About Damn Time, and if that wasn’t enough, she announced that her f
In an Instagram post that showed the album cover, she wrote: ‘Special is multipurposeful, and can mean so many things. Specifically, I wrote a song on the album. It’s called Special so it’s named after… It’s the titular song.
‘The album was called In Case Nobody Told You for a while, and then Max Martin came on and he helped me change the hook a little bit and restructured it. He was like, “Special, Special. The song is Special”.
‘I was like, “Okay”. Then one day, I had this “aha” moment where I’m like, “Oh s**t, the album is Special. Literally, the album is special, and I’m special”. You know what I’m saying?’
