Earlier than “stan” was a colloquialism used to explain obsessive fandom, it was successful single off Eminem’s 2000 album “The Marshall Mathers LP.” Now, twenty years later, comic Pete Davidson parodied the track on “Saturday Night Live” by turning it right into a twisted Christmas anthem, “Stu,” and the rapper himself acquired in on the enjoyable.
Along with his hair bleached blond, as Eminem’s was within the late-Nineteen Nineties and early 200s, and sporting a white tank prime as Devon Sawa did within the music video for “Stan,” Davidson descended down some basement steps to write down his letter to Santa. Surrounded by cut-out pictures of jolly ole Saint Nick, he started, “Pricey Santa / I can’t consider the 12 months is sort of over / it’s getting colder, I’m a 12 months older however I’m nonetheless your soldier.”
Fairly than wax nostalgic about his love for the person within the pink coat who brings pleasure and presents to kids all around the world, Davidson’s monitor was a plea for one current he wished this 12 months, aka “the one factor retaining me alive / Pricey Santa, please carry me a PS5.”
He rapped: “I attempted to purchase one at Walmart / ran across the store mall like Paul Blart / tried to search out one on the market / however the factor is that they’re all out / yo, I even went to a Gamestop / however then I used to be like, ‘Oh wait cease’ / Santa Claus could make one, the person acquired his personal workshop.”
He additionally borrowed a number of the authentic track’s lyrics, equivalent to, “I do know you most likely hear this daily” (solely as an alternative of “I’m your greatest fan,” as in “Stan,” he adopted up that line with, “you bought a cool hat”) and “I even acquired a tattoo of your identify throughout my chest.”
The music video sketch aired within the Dec. 5 episode of the late-night sketch comedy present, with that week’s visitor host Jason Bateman portraying Santa Claus. Chloe Fineman, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett performed elves in Santa’s workshop who grew more and more involved by the continued letters they obtained from Stu.
After his first one was not answered, Davidson’s Stu wrote once more, with lyrics together with, “When you can’t assist your greatest fan then you must simply retire / or subsequent time you slide down my chimney I’ll set your ass on hearth.”
Eminem’s “Stan” featured Dido singing the refrain, and Kate McKinnon took on that function in “Stu.” However Eminem and Sir Elton John additionally famously dueted the monitor on the forty third Annual Grammy Awards, so Bowen Yang took on the Rocket Man for a verse, too.
“Stu is ready for his shock / to open up a PS5 / he simply actually desires to play / “Murderer’s Creed” on Christmas Day / however he can’t purchase it himself as a result of he misplaced his job as a result of he was stealing from his boss / I’d be frightened, Stu’s a scary man / a scary man,” McKinnon sang.
Yang’s verse went: “This 12 months Christmas will probably be unhealthy / ’trigger Santa sucks and Stu is gloomy / He already requested you actually properly and now he’s actually pissed off / I’m simply telling you ’trigger I like you a large number / I’m a giant fan of Santa Claus / and I additionally need a PS5, a PS5.”
For his final letter, Davidson was in a automobile, recording himself whereas driving within the rain: “Pricey Mr. Holly Jolly Son of a Bitch / I hope you crash your sleigh and find yourself face down in a ditch,” Davidson rapped towards the tip. “I assume the good Saint Nick can’t even monitor down a PS5 / Hey Santa, I drank a fifth of eggnog, dare me to drive?”
The tip of “Stan” lastly sees Em reply to the creator of the letters with a verse of his personal, so naturally Bateman took a flip behind the mic, so to talk, merely saying, “Pricey Stu, I believe you bought the fallacious tackle bro. I’m not Santa Claus, bye bye.”
Eminem popped up on the very finish of the video, proven on the tv display screen in Davidson’s basement. Whereas it had been taking part in cartoons of Santa earlier within the video, the display screen went to paint bars earlier than exhibiting a gift with a label for Shady, from Santa. Eminem appeared in a vacation sweater, revealing he obtained a PS5 despite the fact that he “didn’t even ask for this.”
“I assume Shady should have been a great boy this 12 months,” the rapper stated. “Sorry Stu, you f—ed up.”
“Stan” was launched because the third single off “The Marshall Mathers LP” album, which was Eminem’s third studio album. It was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music Awards in 2001, in addition to a BET Award for Video of the Yr, and a Greatest Tune award from MTV Europe’s music awards.
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— Saturday Evening Reside – SNL (@nbcsnl) December 6, 2020
“Saturday Evening Reside” airs reside coast-to-coast Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET / 8:30 p.m. PT on NBC.
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