Phoebe Bridgers Debuts ‘Bobby’ and ‘Still Standing’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Phoebe Bridgers returned to the Saturday Night Live stage this weekend, delivering a two-song set drawn from her acclaimed album, Lost Weekend.

Bridgers opened with “Bobby,” a reflective track examining her relationship with comedian Bo Burnham, who co-wrote the song and provides guest vocals on the record. The performance featured the artist seated at a piano, accompanied by a sparse arrangement that highlighted the song’s lyrical intimacy.

Lost Weekend, a 16-track collection, features contributions from Boygenius bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, along with Jack Antonoff and Geese frontman Cameron Winter. Described by Rolling Stone‘s Angie Martoccio as the 32-year-old singer-songwriter’s “longest and most daring record yet, a tour de force in the art of disappearing, falling in love, and feeling grief so deeply that waking up every day kind of sucks,” the album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart.

For her second number, Bridgers performed “Still Standing,” a composition written in response to the death of her father in 2023. The rendition built from a hushed opening into a cathartic full-band climax, underscoring the track’s themes of resilience and mourning.

The television appearance follows the recent release of her Live at Madison Square Garden EP, which captures five selections from Lost Weekend. Bridgers will launch an eight-country European tour later this month in support of the album. A North American trek, dubbed The Lost Tour 2027, is scheduled to run from February through May, including two weekends at Coachella in April and a headlining slot at Iowa’s Hinterland Music Festival in late July.

This marks Bridgers’ third visit to Studio 8H. She made her debut in February 2021 with performances of “Kyoto” and “I Know the End” from Punisher, which ranked No. 10 on Rolling Stone‘s list of the best albums of 2020. She returned in November 2023 as part of Boygenius to perform two tracks from their Grammy-winning debut, The Record.

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