Via Instagram/@christineandthequeensMusic / NewsMusic / NewsCaroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens will join Charli XCX on SNLThe musician is bringing along her ‘New Shapes’ collaborators for the final show of the yearShareLink copied ✔️December 18, 2021December 18, 2021TextThom WaiteCharli XCX Tonight (December 18), Charli XCX will perform as the musical guest on the last episode of SNL for 2021, but she won’t be alone. As revealed in a statement posted the day before the show airs, Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens are set to join the musician onstage. ICYMI, the trio also recently linked up on Charli’s recent song “New Shapes”. Released November 4, the track is the latest single from the singer’s forthcoming fifth studio album, Crash. Also set to join Charli during her performance is Luis Aponte, the drummer for the Philadelphia-based hardcore band Jesus Piece. According to Stereogum, her team reached out to Aponte after a video of his performance at an all-day punk show went viral earlier this year, resulting in the unexpected collaboration. Before “New Shapes”, Charli XCX released the first single of her new, “ultimate pop” era, titled “Good Ones”. The follow-up to how i’m feeling now is set to arrive in full on March 18, 2022, with her quarantine documentary Alone Together airing earlier in the year (January 28). Watch Charli XCX join host Paul Rudd in a teaser for this week’s SNL below, and revisit Billie Eilish’s performance on last week’s show here. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREZaylevelten is leading a Gen Z Nigerian rap revolutionBillionhappy is the ‘king’ of the Nu China rap sceneWhat makes a good sex song?Rap band WHATMORE are the sound of New York adolescence ‘Emo boy got the party lit’: The UK underground has a new identity crisisRawayana: How a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles‘Silence is punk as fuck’: Frost Children and Ninajirachi go head-to-head‘Fast, angry, chaotic’: The story behind the Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ video‘There’s been tears’: RZA on the final days of Wu-Tang ClanWhat went down at the beabadoobee Dazed cover signing Kim Gordon selects: What to listen to, watch and read7 of beabadoobee’s greatest collabsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy