Saturday Night Live star Chloe Fineman received a less than stellar review of her Dua Lipa impression from the pop star.
Although she has gone viral dozens of times for her uncanny impersonations of public figures, from Jennifer Coolidge to Tiffany Trump, the 35-year-old comedian failed to impress Lipa, 28, with her purposely bad impression of her.
In a cheeky teaser for the New Rules hitmaker’s upcoming appearance on SNL, the actress came up to the three-time Grammy winner to tell her she’s been ‘working on’ her latest impression.
‘That’s hilarious, who was it?’ Lipa asks.
Confused by the question, Fineman answers: ‘You.’
‘The lyrics aren’t, like, 100 percent there,’ Lipa explains, before suggesting that she might just be missing some of her signature dance moves.
In an attempt to take the Barbie actress’ advice, Fineman redoes her impression, but with more energetic and focus on her footwork.
‘That’s a bit more like tap dancing,’ Lipa says. ‘Maybe, it’s the look?’
Lipa suggests they change her look, and Fineman reemerges wearing a red wig in the same hue as the London native’s fiery locks.
Following the makeover, Fineman, who began speaking in a British accent, said she was ‘really feeling the Dua spirit.’
After a third attempt at imitating the singer, Lipa hands Fineman the microphone and tells her it’s ‘close enough.’
‘You’re going to nail it kid,’ she concludes, before revealing her plans to focus on learning her sketches and have Fineman do the performances for her.
The joke was a hit with fans as many in the comment section on YouTube suggested it ‘would be super funny if they actually let’ Fineman ‘perform a song.’
‘I’m calling it: this is gonna be one of the best episodes of the season,’ another anticipated.
A third wrote: ‘Now that was funny! I’m still gasping for air.’
Lipa will be pulling double duty as both the host of Saturday Night Live and musical guest on the upcoming episode set to air on May 4.
Although it is her first time hosting, she has previously performed on the show in 2018 and 2021.
The appearance will come one day after she drops her third studio album, Radical Optimism.
While speaking about her new record, she told Variety: ‘I think for me, the importance of understanding that when things are bad, there’s always some light at the end of the tunnel.’
‘I always think about it like, when I’m in the midst of a mess of turmoil or everything’s going wrong, I always tell myself, in a couple months, I’m gonna look back on that moment, and be like, thank God I walked through it,’ she said. ‘I didn’t decide to hide or not deal with the problem at hand, whatever it is, but actually choose to go through it. And that’s how I grew.’
She added that she believes that ‘especially in the world right now’ it’s ‘important that we just learn to walk through the fire and not hide away from it, or shy away from it.’
‘That’s just optimism. It’s probably the most daring thing we can do,’ she concluded.
This marks her first album since the mᴀssive success of her record, Future Nostalgia, containing some of her biggest hits, including Don’t Start Now, Physical and Break My Heart.
Future Nostalgia was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards.
And, its lead single, Don’t Start Now, was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Her debut studio album, Dua Lipa, was released in 2017. Some of the most well-known tracks from the record include Be the One, IDGAF and New Rules.
The album was nominated for British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards and helped her win Best New Artist. at the Grammy Awards.
It is also the most played female album of all-time on Spotify.