Saturday Night Live star Chloe Fineman received a less-than-stellar review of her Dua Lipa impression of the pop star.
Although she has gone viral dozens of times for her uncanny impersonations of public figures from Jennifer Coolidge to Tiffany Trump, the 35-year-old comedian failed to impress 28-year-old Lipa with her deliberately bad impression of her.
In a cheeky teaser for the New Rules hitmaker’s upcoming appearance on SNL, the actress came up to the three-time Grammy winner to tell her she’s been “working on” her latest impression.
Fineman starts off with a spirited performance of Lipa’s 2020 hit, Levitating, but immediately starts twisting the lyrics after the first verse.
Saturday Night Live star Chloe Fineman received a less-than-stellar review of her Dua Lipa impression of the pop star
Although she has gone viral dozens of times for her uncanny impersonations of public figures from Jennifer Coolidge to Tiffany Trump, the 35-year-old comedian failed to impress 28-year-old Lipa with her deliberately bad impression of her.
“That’s hilarious, who was that?” asks Lipa.
Confused by the question, Fineman responds, “You.”
“The lyrics aren’t there 100 percent,” Lipa explains, before suggesting she might be missing some of her signature dance moves.
In an attempt to follow the Barbie actress’ advice, Fineman repeats her impression, but with more energy and focus on her footwork.
“That’s more like tap dancing,” says Lipa. “Maybe it’s the look?”
Lipa suggests they change her look, and Fineman reappears wearing a red wig the same shade as the London native’s fiery locks.
After the makeover, Fineman, who began speaking with a British accent, said she “really felt the Dua spirit.”
After a third attempt to imitate the singer, Lipa hands Fineman the microphone and tells her it’s “close enough.”
In a cheeky teaser for the New Rules hitmaker’s upcoming appearance on SNL, the actress approaches the three-time Grammy winner to tell her she’s been “working on” her latest impression.
Fineman begins with a performance of Lipa’s 2020 hit, Levitating, but immediately starts twisting the lyrics after the first verse.
“That’s hilarious, who was that?” asks Lipa
Confused by the question, Fineman responds, “You.”
“You’re going to make it, boy,” she concludes, before revealing her plans to focus on learning her sketches and letting Fineman do the performances for her.
The joke was a hit with fans, as many in the comments section on YouTube suggested that it would “be super funny if they actually made ‘Fineman’ play a song.”
“I’m calling it: this will be one of the best episodes of the season,” expected another.
A third wrote: ‘That was funny! I’m still gasping for air.’
Lipa will serve dual roles as host of Saturday Night Live and musical guest in the upcoming episode airing May 4.
Although this is her first time hosting, she has previously performed on the show in 2018 and 2021.
The performance comes a day after she releases her third studio album, Radical Optimism.
While talking about her new record, she shared Variety: ‘I think it’s important for me to understand that when things are bad, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.’
‘I always think about it: when I’m in the middle of a chaos of unrest or when everything goes wrong, I always say to myself: in a few months I’m going to look back on that moment and say: thank you. God, I walked through it,” she said. “I have not decided to hide or not deal with the current problem, whatever it is, but I have actually chosen to move through it. And that’s how I grew.’
“The lyrics aren’t there 100 percent,” Lipa explains, before suggesting she might be missing some of her signature dance moves.
In an attempt to follow the Barbie actress’ advice, Fineman repeats her impression, but with more energy and focus on her footwork.
After a third attempt to imitate the singer, Lipa hands Fineman the microphone and tells her it’s “close enough.”
She added that she believes that “especially in today’s world,” it is “important that we just learn to walk through the fire and not hide from it or shy away from it.”
‘That’s just optimism. It’s probably the most daring thing we can do,” she concluded.
This is her first album since the huge success of her record Future Nostalgia, which features some of her biggest hits including Don’t Start Now, Physical and Break My Heart.
Future Nostalgia was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards.
And the first single, Don’t Start Now, was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Her debut studio album, Dua Lipa, was released in 2017. Some of the best-known songs from the record include Be the One, IDGAF and New Rules.
The album was nominated for British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards and helped her win Best New Artist. at the Grammy Awards.
It is also the most played women’s album of all time on Spotify.