His cast Saturday night live starred as an ABBA impersonator for a Christmas-themed skit this weekend.
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Along with Kate McKinnon, she also had a colleague SNL Alumni Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph joined current cast member Bowen Yang on Saturday's (December 16) episode, during which they posed as the Swedish pop legends in a skit about the group promoting a holiday album.
The four piece were decked out in bright red and green outfits to perform Christmassy spins on ABBA classics like 'Santa Queen', 'Who's That Baby' and a new version of 'Chiquitita' called 'Frostitita'.
James Austin Johnson played the news anchor, who teased “15 brand new Christmas classics and 85 holiday covers of their existing songs.”
The cast also put on ABBA's signature 'stand close, face different directions' performance, and could be seen laughing as they sang with their faces pressed against each other.
Check out the full sketch below.
McKinnon announced she was leaving SNL last year after a decade on the late night show. He later explained the decision, stating: “All I wanted to do in my whole life was to Saturday night live. So I did it, I loved it, I had the best decade, and then I was just like, my body was tired and it felt like it was time.”
In a brief monologue on Saturday's episode, she acknowledged that she was returning to her 'old job', saying: 'My name is Kate, hi. I was working here.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Billie Eilish sang two songs as the final musical guest of 2023 on the show.
The pop star visited Studio 8H to perform two intimate performances, opening with her Barbie The soundtrack hit 'What Was I Made For', which was recently nominated for a Golden Globe. The singer was even introduced by Barbie director Greta Gerwig.
For the second song of the night, Eilish also sang a stripped-down cover of Frank Sinatra's “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.”
In other ABBA news, Sir Ian McKellen and Björn Ulvaeus recently starred in another festive clip, this time celebrating their new ABBA socks.
