Sabrina Carpenter is working late… Trigger she’s a singerrrr — on Saturday Evening Reside, that’s. The singer made her musical debut on the late-night comedy sketch present on Might 18 for SNL‘s season 49 finale with host Jake Gyllenhaal.

The tiny-but-mighty pop star first took the stage at Studio 8H with a fascinating efficiency of her hit single, “Espresso.” The stage was set to appear to be a darkish bar with two suitors/ dancers enjoying into Carpetner’s sultry efficiency. She seems to be sipping on an espresso martini when the scene first begins (becoming for the music) earlier than Carpenter turns round on her barstool and divulges her crimson sheer babydoll costume.

The earworm music has taken over social media, inspiring a number of memes, and has solidified Carpenter as an authorized hitmaker. “Espresso” has change into her greatest single, securing the highest spot on Billboard’s International Excl. U.S. chart together with remaining number one on the UK Singles Chart. So it solely is smart that she would kick off her SNL debut with the hit after Gyllenhaal launched her.

When Carpenter got here again for her second and closing efficiency, she then opted for a medley of her two different prime songs, “Nonsense” and “Feather.” She saved the sheer theme for her second outfit, carrying a child pink costume earlier than she took it off to disclose a pink corset costume with a brief feathery prepare on the again.

In fact, it would not be a efficiency of “Nonsense” and not using a cheeky outro, which she famously adjustments relying on what metropolis/ venue/ pageant she’s performing the music at. For SNL, Carpenter made positive to stay to the “obnoxiously sexy” theme, altering the lyrics to:

“He’s 30 Rock laborious ‘trigger I stated hello/ My humorousness is, however I’m not dry/ SNL I simply got here for the primary time.”