Jack White and Jack Black were the musical guest and host on this week’s Saturday Night Live, which aired on April 4. The episode, which followed a brief hiatus, saw White and Black celebrate their fifth time playing and hosting (Black) the show, respectively: an occasion that could only be marked with a full-choir rendition of the White Stripes classic “Seven Nation Army.” Check out clips from the episode below.
Black and White’s first collaboration came early in the episode, during Black’s monologue. Joined by fellow five-timers Jonah Hill, Tina Fey (who hosted the premiere of SNL UK earlier this year), Candice Bergen, and Melissa McCarthy, Black tries to spiff up the deteriorating and cobweb-covered Five-Timers lounge. After White appears with a literal bang, knocking Domingo (Marcello Hernandez) over the head with a frying pan, the duo decide that the only way to fix the lounge is with, in Black’s words, “the world’s most rockin’ song.”
Later in the episode, Black also performed the two new songs he shared earlier this week, ”Derecho Dominico” and “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs.” The songs mark his first new music since 2024, when he released his most recent album, No Name.
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