It happened: Geese performed on SNL for the first time last night, a month after frontman Cameron Winter was parodied on the show. The Brooklyn rock band — which along with Winter includes drummer Max Bassin, guitarist Emily Green, bassist Dominic DiGesu, and touring keyboardist Sam Revaz — performed “Au Pays Du Cocaine” and “Trinidad” from their album Getting Killed, the Best Album Of 2025.
The episode was hosted by Teyana Taylor, the newly Oscar-nominated actress from One Battle After Another. Beyond Geese and the fact that host Taylor is also an R&B star, Junglepussy was referenced in a commercial parody about One Battle action figures; Reneé Rapp was namechecked in an ESPN on NFL sketch; Ashley Padilla played a “confidence class” instructor with a Dolly Parton impression; and writer Martin Herlihy dressed like the Lumineers in a pre-taped short that ended the show. Other music related moments featured Taylor as airline agent delivering annoying travel updates via song and as a frail, elderly man who can’t help but dance to Earth, Wind, & Fire at his grandson’s wedding. Former cast member Mike Myers also reprised his Elon Musk impression in the Trump Awards cold open.
Next week is SNL‘s 1000th episode with host Alexander Skarsgård and musical guest Cardi B. (Skarsgård, incidentally, appears in Charli XCX’s The Moment, which premiered at Sundance on Friday.)
