{"id":2441525,"date":"2019-03-10T09:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=806272"},"modified":"2019-03-10T09:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:31:31","slug":"watch-khalid-perform-sleek-rb-anthem-talk-in-snl-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/watch-khalid-perform-sleek-rb-anthem-talk-in-snl-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Khalid Perform Sleek R&amp;B Anthem \u2018Talk\u2019 in \u2018SNL\u2019 Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-10-at-10.33.50-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Weeks after announcing the impending arrival of his much-anticipated sophomore album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/khalid\/\">Khalid<\/a>&nbsp;made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/saturday-night-live\/\"><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> debut as the musical guest on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv\/tv-recaps\/idris-elba-snl-recap-806266\/\">Idris Elba-hosted episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;B singer opened his set with a groovy performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/khalid-disclosure-new-song-talk-791416\/\">his Disclosure-assisted first single from his forthcoming <em>Free Spirit<\/em><\/a>. The El Paso, Texas native was supported by three backup singers while he dancing across the stage throughout the sleek rendition.<\/p>\n<p>Khalid later returned to the <em>SNL<\/em> stage to perform smoldering ballad \u201cBetter\u201d from his 2018 <em>Suncity<\/em> EP where he belted out a melancholic vocal solo with the backup singers harmonizing the chorus.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gNOd2hl8zNs?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a recent statement about his forthcoming album \u2013 the follow-up to his 2017 debut <em>American<\/em> <em>Teen \u2013<\/em>&nbsp;Khalid revealed it will be \u201ca&nbsp;culmination of all of the growth and experiences I have gathered over the past two remarkable years.\u201d He added,&nbsp;\u201cI have been in the studio pouring my soul and spirit to create a body of work that I hope speaks to each and every one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khalid\u2019s new album&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/khalid-sophomore-album-free-spirit-short-film-800891\/\"><em>Free Spirit<\/em><\/a> is due April 5th. Two days before that, on April 3rd, the singer will debut a companion film that will screen in theaters worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/khalid-snl-talk-better-806272\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weeks after announcing the impending arrival of his much-anticipated sophomore album, Khalid&nbsp;made his Saturday Night Live debut as the musical guest on the Idris Elba-hosted episode. The R&amp;B singer opened his set with a groovy performance of his Disclosure-assisted first single from his forthcoming Free Spirit. The El Paso, Texas native was supported by three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2441525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 05:23:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}