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Alice Merton Performed “No Roots” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”

Watch Alice Merton perform her breakthrough hit on Friday’s “Fallon.”

Friday’s edition of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” marked the NBC talk show’s final original episode before the Winter Olympics hiatus.

It featured a musical performance by Alice Merton.

Merton, who was making her “Tonight Show” debut, performed “No Roots.”

A breakthrough hit for Merton, “No Roots” reached #1 at Triple A Radio and holds a Top 2 position at alternative/modern rock radio. It is also crossing over to mainstream formats; it is in the Top 20 at hot adult contemporary and Top 50 at pop.

The “No Roots” performance concluded an episode that also featured Paul Rudd and Laurie Metcalf. A video of the performance and a bonus “How I Wrote That Song” clip follow.

Photos from the taping are also embedded.

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 0820 — Pictured: Musical Guest Alice Merton performs “No Roots” on February 9, 2018 — (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 0820 — Pictured: Musical Guest Alice Merton performs “No Roots” on February 9, 2018 — (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 0820 — Pictured: (l-r) Actress Laurie Metcalf during and interview with host Jimmy Fallon on February 9, 2018 — (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 0820 — Pictured: (l-r) Actor Paul Rudd during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on February 9, 2018 — (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)
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