'SNL' Just Dropped a Teaser for Timothée Chalamet’s Upcoming Episode

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Lil' Timmy Tim is making a comeback—kinda. On January 10, A Complete Unkown star Timothée Chalamet was announced as the host of Saturday Night Live's January 25 episode. But unlike his two previous appearances hosting, this time he's taking on a new responsibility. That's right. Your internet boyfriend will be hosting and performing as musical guest on SNL this month, and SNL just dropped a teaser featuring Timmy's squad of lookalikes. Consider me sat.

Timothée's episode will mark the first time a non-professional musician will perform as musical guest in 30 years, per The Hollywood Reporter, but it won't be the actor's first time singing on the SNL stage. However! What he'll be performing is anybody's guess. As a two-time host, he has serenaded a tiny horse, performed a musical monologue combining Wonka promotion and celebrating his "baby face," and originated a recurring rapper character, $mokecheddathaassgetta.

In fact, fans on Instagram were quick to request he bring that last character back for his musical guest debut. "Timmy better bring Pete [Davidson] on with him and perform Yeet skrt," commented @gabbyfrost.

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Other theories floated in the comments included the release of original music, reprising his old SNL songs, and going back to his high school rap alter ego, Lil' Timmy Tim.The most likely theory, however, is that Timothée will be performing as Bob Dylan in honor of his newest film, A Complete Unknown, in which he plays the iconic folk singer. Not only would that give the movie a boost, but it would also be a hell of a way to campaign for an Oscar nomination! (In the wise words of @ClubChalamet "No other contender comes close in this Oscar campaign.")

But while I'm sure Timmy fans are dying to see the culmination of the years of work he put in to mimic the singer's unique vocals, I'm hoping to see something else... Perhaps a live performance of his viral "Statistics" rap or his Nicki Minaj's "Roman's Revenge" cover from high school? Hey, a girl's gotta have dreams.

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