However, a gig onSNLcould mean the life or death of someones musical career.
9Katy Perry (2017)
A performance thats performative.
Katy Perrybrought the attitude to her2017 SNL performance of Swish Swish or at least attempted to.
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In the singers performance,Perry doesnt take center stage.
preaching womens self-empowermentall whilechoosing to work with a known sexual assaulter.)
Her song Swish Swish is meant to address the haters and escape pointless negativity.
Ironically, the criticism is well-justified if its pointing out at her problematic creative partnerships.
8DJ Khaled (2019)
When is he actually going to sing?
As for Khaled himself, he doesnt actually sing on stage.
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6The Replacements (1986)
Their drunken antics got them banned.
Theres nothing more punk rock than getting banned fromSNL.
True to their name,The Replacementsserved as a last-minute replacement for thePointer Sisters.
5Elvis Costello (1977)
Hes not sorry for the interruption.
The Replacements werent the only ones who got banned bySNL.
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Nine years before,Elvis Costelloraised his ears whenthe singer decided to switch songs live and without prior notice.
The singer and his bandThe Attractionswere already a couple of bars into Less Than Zero.
However,his on-stage impulsivenessleft a sour note on Michaels.
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In exchange for the sudden song switch, Michaels banned Costello from ever performing in Studio 8H until 1989.
4Fear (1982)
Slam dancers put Studio 8H to ruins.
Fear was supposed to be on the soundtrack for Belushis filmNeighbors.
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But when his producers were against the idea, Belushi offered theSNLgig to Fear as compensation.
3Lana Del Rey (2012)
The rising star had some serious stage fright.
Every star has their bad days, includingLana Del Rey.
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2Kanye West ft. Lil Pump (2018)
The two rapped as bottled waters.
Behind them is a visual of comedianAdele Givensprojected on the screen.
But the weird has yet to begin.
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1Ashlee Simpson (2004)
Caught red-handed for lip syncing.
Ashlee Simpsonlived outevery singers worst nightmare inher 2004SNLperformance.
Before this mishap of a performance, Simpson first came out to sing her single Pieces of Me smoothly.
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