Timothée Chalamet Dedicates an Unexpected Song to Sarah Sherman in ‘SNL’ Promo

Timothée Chalamet is both hosting this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, in addition to performing as the musical guest. In a new promo clip for the upcoming episode, he appears alongside the show’s cast member Sarah Sherman for a series of hilarious conversations.

At one point, Chalamet tells Sherman that he was “thinking of dedicating” one of the songs he plans to perform to her. As he’s fresh off portraying the legendary Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s biopic of the folk-rock star, A Complete Unknown, Sherman begins to ponder which song in Dylan’s discography he could be referring to.

“Which one is it? Probably ‘Forever Young,’ right?” she asks, mentioning Dylan’s 1974 hit. In response, Chalamet shuts her down by taking a darker tone. “No, I was thinking ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,’” he tells her.

“Oh, shoot,” Sherman says, visibly disappointed.

Chalamet first appeared on SNL in 2020. Three years later, he hosted the series again, starring in one particularly viral sketch in which he portrayed Troye Sivan in the form of a sleep-paralysis hallucination. However, this marks the actor’s first time serving as musical guest on the series.

Watch Chalamet and Sherman banter back and forth in the promo below, and catch the full episode of Saturday Night Live on Jan. 25 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The show also streams live on Peacock, where you can find previous episodes of the series.