Vampire Weekend and Sabrina Carpenter have been announced as musical guests for the last two episodes of Season 49 of "Saturday Night Live."

Vampire Weekend and Sabrina Carpenter have been announced as musical guests for the last two episodes of Season 49 of "Saturday Night Live."

"SNL" announced that Maya Rudolph will take on hosting duties with a performance from Vampire Weekend on May 11, while Carpenter will perform on May 18 with Jake Gyllenhaal hosting.

Gyllenhaal will be promoting his new film Road House as he returns to "SNL" after making appearances in January 2007 and 2022. Carpenter will be making her SNL debut.

Meanwhile, Rudolph would be hosting the show for the third time, while Vampire Weekend return for their fourth musical guest appearance.

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Nicki Minaj surprised her fans during a show in Brooklyn by bringing out Cyndi Lauper. During her performance at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour on Wednesday night, May 1, Minaj invited Lauper onto the stage after which the duo performed "Pink Friday Girls" for the first time together.

Nicki Minaj surprised her fans during a show in Brooklyn by bringing out Cyndi Lauper.

During her performance at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour on Wednesday night, May 1, Minaj invited Lauper onto the stage after which the duo performed "Pink Friday Girls" for the first time together.

"I have been speaking about this woman in my interviews since I first began rapping," Nicki told the crowd after bowing in front of Lauper.

"Pink Friday Girls" was produced by J. Reid and the track spent one week on the Billboard Hot 100. The track features a prominent sample of Lauper's signature hit, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

Minaj previously said that this was the first instance in history that Lauper cleared the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" sample for another artist.

"I'm told she's never cleared a master recording. I am so grateful," Nicki wrote on X in December. "I've always loved her as you guys know."

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Afropop star Ayra Starr has announced that she will release her sophomore album The Year I Turned 21 on May 31. Ayra also revealed the album artwork, which features the singer sticking out of a red car in a floral dress.

Afropop star Ayra Starr has announced that she will release her sophomore album The Year I Turned 21 on May 31.

Ayra also revealed the album artwork, which features the singer sticking out of a red car in a floral dress. She also shared the tracklist for the 14-track project, which features collaborations with Asake, Anitta and Coco Jones, Giveon, Seyi Vibez and Milar.

Starr's previously released singles "Commas" and "Rhythm & Blues" will also be included on the LP.

"The Ayra Starr I want to introduce is excellent, sonically amazing. This album is unique, because I've been evolving sonically," she told Billboard in February.

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