Music

‘Saturday Night Live’ Parodied HAIM With Help From Nicki Minaj And It’s Perfect

Aidy Bryant nails Este Haim's bass face.

by Jules LeFevre  21 May 2018
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Saturday Night Live has a long history of razor-sharp musical spoofs (Andy Samberg singing ‘Jizz In My Pants’ as Justin Timberlake, anyone?) and their latest rip-off of sister group HAIM is happily no exception.

During the weekend’s season finale, musical guest Nicki Minaj joined SNL legends Tina Fey, Kate McKinnon, and Aidy Bryant for the ‘Friendship Song’ — a bouncy HAIM–inspired number that’s all about “lifting you up” by tearing everyone else down.

Fey, McKinnon, and Bryant handle the lion’s share of the work (they even nail HAIM’s signature vocal “HAHS” and Este’s famous bass face) with Minaj appearing around the two minute thirty mark for a brief but fiery guest verse.

Watch it below:

Probably no one was more excited about the parody than HAIM themselves, who promptly lost their shit across all their social media accounts:

am I dreaming? is this real? does this mean tina fey is me?! this is too much

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Producer Mark Ronson even slid in their comments to suggest they add ‘Friendship Song’ to the setlist on their upcoming tour — which, given how much HAIM like a good cover, probably isn’t out of the question.