--- description: The star will be both the host and musical guest on March 12 and will songs from her new album 'Dangerous Woman,' including "Be Alright" title: Ariana Grande to Host and Perform on 'Saturday Night Live' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb22f2f66d87e99da/69887f27524fc016a6df6ea4/ariana-grande-snl-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-new-album.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ariana Grande to Host and Perform on _Saturday Night Live_  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2016 6:30 PM CUT  Ariana Grande arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. Ariana Grande arrives at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles.Jordan Strauss—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2016 6:30 PM CUT Ariana Grande is pulling double duty on _Saturday Night Live_ next month. The “Focus” singer will host the March 12 episode as well perform as the musical guest, the singer announced in a voicemail message [on her new website](http://dangerouswoman.com/ "undefined") on Thursday. “I’m having a minor heart attack, and by minor I mean a major one,” she said during a break from rehearsals. “I can’t even.” Grande, who’s been working on her new album _Dangerous Woman_, revealed that she’d be performing two new songs: the title track for the record as well as the song “Be Alright,” which she’s teased on Snapchat. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4237667/ariana-grande-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-be-alright/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4237667/ariana-grande-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-be-alright/"},"headline":"Ariana Grande to Host and Perform on Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2016-02-25T18:30:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:23:34.381Z","description":"She takes the stage March 12","url":"https://time.com/4237667/ariana-grande-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-be-alright/","keywords":["Music","Ariana Grande"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb22f2f66d87e99da/69887f27524fc016a6df6ea4/ariana-grande-snl-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-new-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb22f2f66d87e99da/69887f27524fc016a6df6ea4/ariana-grande-snl-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-new-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ariana Grande SNL Dangerous Woman","caption":"Ariana Grande SNL Dangerous Woman","creditText":"Jordan Strauss—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4237667/ariana-grande-saturday-night-live-dangerous-woman-be-alright/","name":"Ariana Grande to Host and Perform on Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```