Sombr & Olivia Dean to Make ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuts, With Glen Powell Set to Host for First Time

A fewer of music’s biggest rising stars are getting large breaks this fall, with Saturday Night Live announcing Friday (Oct. 17) that Sombr and Olivia Dean volition marque their philharmonic impermanent debuts connected upcoming episodes.

Sombr volition execute connected the occurrence airing Nov. 8, which Nikki Glaser volition host. The week prior, Miles Teller volition helm an occurrence airing Nov. 1, with Brandi Carlile serving arsenic philharmonic impermanent for the 3rd clip successful her career.

Then, Dean volition execute astatine 30 Rock connected Nov. 15. Teller’s Top Gun: Maverick costar Glen Powell is acceptable to big for the archetypal time.

The quality comes arsenic some Sombr and Dean’s careers are taking off. The former’s breakout deed “Back to Friends” made him a Gen Z alt-pop sensation, peaking astatine No. 22 connected the Billboard Hot 100. He’s presently riding the occurrence of his debut album, I Barely Know Her, which helped propel him to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriter’s Chart.

The second is 1 of the astir promising singer-songwriters of 2025, earning captious acclaim for her caller album, The Art of Loving. So far, the task has reached a highest of No. 7 connected the Billboard 200, and Dean is presently connected circuit successful enactment of the LP.

The trio of caller philharmonic impermanent announcements people conscionable the latest stars SNL has booked for this season. This weekend, Sabrina Carpenter volition marque her debut arsenic big successful summation to performing tracks from her Billboard 200-topping medium Man’s Best Friend.

Bad Bunny besides returned to SNL to big for a 2nd clip connected Oct. 4, portion Role Model precocious made his philharmonic impermanent debut.