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Watch Gracie Abrams channel 'Romeo + Juliet' for performances of 'Hit The Wall' and 'Here You Come, There You Go' on 'SNL'
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Watch Gracie Abrams channel 'Romeo + Juliet' for performances of 'Hit The Wall' and 'Here You Come, There You Go' on 'SNL'

NME·Max Pilley·10 days ago
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Gracie Abrams performed two songs on Saturday Night Live last night (October 31), paying tribute to Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo + Juliet with a pair of Halloween costumes.

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The singer-songwriter returned to the long-running US sketch show for its Halloween special, which was hosted by Obsession star Inde Navarrette.

Abrams opened with ‘Hit The Wall’, the lead single and opening track from her third studio album ‘Daughter From Hell’ , which was released in July.

For the performance, she dressed as Claire Danes ‘ character Juliet from Romeo + Juliet , wearing the angel costume seen in the film’s famous fancy-dress party sequence.

She also began the song standing behind an aquarium, recreating the moment when Juliet and Romeo, played by Leonardo DiCaprio , first catch sight of one another through a fish tank.

Watch the performance below:

Abrams returned later in the episode for ‘Here You Come, There You…

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