An unlikely trio of Saturday Night Live stars is teaming as much as promote some telephone plans.

Leisure Weekly can completely debut a brand new T-Cell advert that includes Kenan Thompson and Marcello Hernández performing a rap written by none aside from Colin Jost, in addition to behind-the-scenes footage of the recording course of.

The business, which can air throughout an advert break of Saturday's Timothée Chalamet-hosted episode of SNL, sees Thompson and Hernández in pink-and-black outfits singing (er, rapping) the praises of T-Cell's Magenta Standing rewards program.

", day by day, billions of individuals ask me, 'Kenan, what's your favourite wi-fi telephone firm that's not even a wi-fi telephone firm — it's a lifestyle?'" Thompson says firstly of the advert. "And I say, 'Hush! Hearken to the tune.'"

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Of their recitation of Jost's lyrics, Thompson and Hernández go on to enumerate the perks of the corporate's loyalty program, together with VIP entrances at choose leisure venues, in-flight wi-fi connection, and "lodge costing less-a." Hernández compares the corporate to "a purple mild, anti-aging remedy" masks and says that it's "so treasured it's delivered by a seasoned midwife." (Shout-out to Jost for these evocative bars.)

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Within the behind-the-scenes footage, SNL music director Eli Brueggemann breaks down the method of crafting the tune. "I obtained a voice memo from Colin Jost, a pair music instructions. It's obtained like a bit little bit of that type of West Coast swagger," he explains. "I needed to make use of analog synthesizer-kinda expertise, however I additionally needed to make it kinda basic and sorta timeless, like Kenan."

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Brueggemann, who has labored on the present since 2011, says that the T-Cell tune harkens again to the type of his earlier SNL work. "It attracts on a number of the identical sorta sounds that we used again within the 2010s music movies, like 'Sump'n Claus' and 'Twin Mattress,'" he says. "I like that period."

Thompson minimizes his involvement within the recording course of. "It was like a rap that felt acquainted," he says. "I used to be there for 2 seconds. That's how good all of it feels. Semi felt responsible about being out and in so fast, however nah, I used to be out and in fast."

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Brueggemann additionally displays on collaborating with Hernández. "I like working with Marcello," he says. "He's only a ball of vitality and arising with new stuff on a regular basis. I like reacting within the second. It was enjoyable when he got here in to file. A whole lot of the instances, the most effective, most funniest takes are the primary or possibly the second. It desires to really feel prefer it's now, it's taking place on this second."

Watch the complete Jost-penned rap tune and the behind-the-scenes footage above.

Saturday Night time Stay returns with a brand new episode with host (and first-time musical visitor!) Timothée Chalamet on Sat. Jan 25.

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