During this weekend’s episode, “Saturday Night Live” offered its take on the “drivers license” phenomenon.<\/p>\n
The sketch found guest host Reg\u00e9-Jean Page and several of the cast members connecting with the Olivia Rodrigo smash while at a bar. Over the course of the sketch, the characters riffed on common reactions and commentary to the hit single.<\/p>\n
There was the (highly unsuccessful) attempt to deny recognition of the ubiquitous hit. There was the discourse about why a bedroom pop song is connecting in such a massive way. There was the discussion about whether Rodrigo drew influence from artists like Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift (which led into its own discussion about Swift’s evolution as a songwriter). There was the acknowledgment of the rumored real-life love triangle at the center of the song.<\/p>\n
And a riff on “drivers license” would obviously not have been complete without an enthusiastic sing-along to the bridge.<\/p>\n
Rodrigo herself reacted excitedly to the sketch, Tweeting, “DRIVERS LICENSE SNL SKETCH IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER IM SHAKING.”<\/p>\n
NBC immediately shared the clip on Twitter, and it is embedded below:<\/p>\n
\nthis is all of us when drivers license comes on pic.twitter.com\/kwFzd6Vgsp<\/a><\/p>\n
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n