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Icon Joan Grande Introduces Daughter’s Saturday Night Live Musical Performance


Ariana Grande’s mom welcomed her to the Studio 8H stage, where she sang “we can’t be friends” and “imperfect for you.”

After all, the album is somewhat of a family affair, with Grande’s grandmother delivering a spoken interlude on “ordinary things” (credited as Nonna), and her brother Frankie having listened to it. But this wasn’t just any television set, it was big boxy one from the aughts, and it was playing the music video for the song she was singing — starring Evan Peters, which she promptly turned off before heading to the mic stand. As the walls around her changed like a desktop screensaver, Grande sported a big brown coat and white floral eye shadow design, all while singing with crystal clear diction.

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