An unlikely duet between Geese frontman Cameron Winter and Benson Boone was realised on Saturday Night Live last night (December 20).
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Last night’s Christmas episode was hosted by Ariana Grande, who also appeared in the pre-taped ‘Peacock’s Random Duet Christmas Spectacular’ sketch. Inspired by David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s iconic The Little Drummer Boy, the short saw the SNL cast impersonate various unlikely musical pairings.
James Austin Johnson’s Cameron Winter was paired with Boone, who proceeded to flip into a Christmas tree as he sang. Elsewhere, Grande played a space suit-wearing Katy Perry alongside Bob Dylan. Other duos in the sketch included Bruce Springsteen with Bad Bunny, Kate Bush and Yoko Ono, Stevie Wonder and Boone once again, as well as Björk and Post Malone and Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion, who was portrayed by Grande.
As noted by Stereogum, the Geese gag didn’t land all that well with the studio audience, who didn’t laugh at the impression. However, if Winter goes the way of Boone and Chappell Roan before him, the SNL parody could precede a musical guest spot.
Winter performed at London’s Roundhouse earlier this year, and NME gave Winter’s stirring performance a glowing five-star review, writing: “Cameron Winter has the power, talent and magnetism of a future great – a star to go the distance with just that voice, a piano and a whole world quite literally at his fingertips.”
Later, at his hometown stop at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium, the performance was seen being recorded by director Paul Thomas Anderson.
His band – who have earned praise from both Nick Cave and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – are currently riding high thanks to huge praise for their latest album, ‘Getting Killed’. It earned a five-star review from NME, and later landed at Number One on our 50 best albums of 2025 list.
“‘Getting Killed’ should be enough to wake people up from their exhausted nostalgia and realise that New York – and guitar music at large – is alive and kicking down their front door,” the entry read. “At least, it’s easily the album of the year. Stay wild and carry on.”
Their track ‘Taxes’ also came in at Number Two in NME‘s round-up of the 50 best songs of 2025.
To top things off, the former NME Cover stars have been longlisted for the BBC Radio 1 Sound Of 2026, and confirmed for next year’s Reading & Leeds, too.
