The Independent/ UK
Byline: Elizabeth Aubrey
Highlight: Halsey was appearing on the popular US sketch show for the fifth time
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Halsey returned to Saturday Night Live for their fifth performance on the show (10 October), and was joined on stage by Lindsey Buckingham.
Halsey began by singing "I'm Not A Woman, I'm A God" before later being joined by Lindsey Buckingham, who recently released his first solo album since leaving Fleetwood Mac.
The pair performed "Darling" together, with Buckingham on acoustic guitar for the performance; Buckingham also harmonised with Halsey during the song.
"Ladies and gentleman, Lindsey Buckingham!" Halsey shouted at the end of the performance, clapping along with the audience.
After the show, Halsey tweeted: "I can't believe I just did SNL for the 5th time! It never gets old. Always electrifying and so fun to finally perform the new songs."
Fans reacted to the moment on social media, with one describing the performance as "incredible" and another saying it was "pure magic".
You can see more of the reaction here:
I can't believe I just did SNL for the 5th time!!!!!! It never gets old. Always electrifying and so fun to finally perform the new songs. - h (@halsey) October 10, 2021
I am weeping warm salted tears. Halsey and Lindsey Buckingham!!! Magic pure MAGIC! Darling don't you weepThere's a place for meSomewhere we can sleepSee you in your dreams-Ashley Frangipane / Atticus Ross / Johnathan Cunningham / Trent Reznor pic.twitter.com/yGE8AZi2zd - Mayarha (@Mayarha6)
October 10, 2021
Halsey performando 'Darling' no SNL com Lindsey Buckingham #halseyonSNL pic.twitter.com/qpdzJaaOFb - Halsey Daily Brasil (@halseydailybra) October 10, 2021 Halsey and Lindsey Buckingham I am crying. pic.twitter.com/e3BeydcUYH - Vicgoria is writing sorry (@philboydstudge_) October 10, 2021
WOW. New Jersey's own @halsey accompanied by the legend @LBuckingham !!! So much channeling going on in this #snl performance. Absolute beauty and perfection. This is an @nbcsnl moment. pic.twitter.com/jm35kai9ch - Jim Murdoch (@ReporterJim) October 10, 2021
Gotta admit, seeing @halsey dressed up in a Stevie Nicks outfit performing with Lindsey Buckingham on @nbcsnl was completely unexpected, but absolutely incredible. Loved every second of it!- Joe Russell (@biggerlebowski) October 10, 2021
The second episode of the new season of Saturday Night Live also saw Kim Kardashian hosting.
Kardashian kicked off the show by delivering a monologue that many viewers on social media were quick to praise , with jokes about OJ Simpson , her family and Kanye West.
Soon after, her Aladdin sketch with Pete Davidson earned more praise from viewers, with fans calling the sketch "hilarious" and another joking "it needs to come to Disney Plus". A third Twitter user said: "SNL just hit a home run with this sketch."
Elsewhere, in one of the most talked about moments of the night, Kim Kardashian played a television judge on a spinoff of US television show The People's Court. The spoof, titled The People's Kourt as Kourtney Kardashian, saw Kim in character as her sister Kourtney.
Rami Malek and Jason Sudeikis will host forthcoming episodes of the long-running sketch show.
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