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Solange Slays Performances Of 'Cranes In The Sky' and 'Don't Touch My Hair' on 'SNL'

Solo's performance was nothing short of amazing
Solange Slays Performances Of ‘Cranes In The Sky’ and ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ on ‘SNL’
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By Sydney Scott · Updated October 26, 2020

Solange took the stage on Saturday night for SNL and gave an ethereal performance of “Cranes In The Sky” and “Don’t Touch My Hair” (accompanied by Sampha) from her hit album A Seat At The Table.

It was a night of firsts for the singer: the first time performing a track from her album live on television and her first appearance on the weekly comedy sketch show.

Fans tuning into the performance were left speechless with one tweeting, “Solange is being her best black self tonight. On #SNL. Love it. #solangeonsnl.”

I'm totally here for @solangeknowles in #SNL #solange pic.twitter.com/y6rIirNSdy

— Miss Jamila (@FashionStyleDet) November 6, 2016

Solange is legit on #SNL telling America to not touch our hair. She's doing the Lord's work.

— Sylvia Obell (@SylviaObell) November 6, 2016

Happiness is when you walk in from a perfect evening out and see Solange and Sampha dancing and singing on #SNL.

— Sona S Kaur Rai (@sona_here) November 6, 2016

Fans immediately fell in love with “Cranes In The Sky” after it’s release viewing it almost 6 million times on YouTube and “Don’t Touch My Hair” is just as loved with over 7 million views. A Seat At The Table is Solange’s first number one album on the Billboard 200.

Geez @saintrecords! Stop it already! I'm about to overload on the extreme fabulousness of it all! 😍#cranesinthesky live on #SNL from her epic #ASeatAtTheTable album. πŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΎπŸ™ŒπŸΎ (And yes still on repeat btw) Also do I spy my girl @issygetsbusy on backing vocals? Yassssss! πŸ‘πŸΎβ€οΈ ▫️▫️▫️ Repost video: @duroolowu

A video posted by Tk Wonder (@tk_wonder) on Nov 5, 2016 at 9:37pm PDT

My Hair #solange #snl #queen #donttouchmyhair #cranesinthesky #blackgirlmagic #naturalhair #beyonce #browngirls #brooklyn #newyork #muva #music #fashionista #fashionkilla #saturdaynight #blackgirlsslay #fashion #dance #afropunk #party #shedidthat #slay

A video posted by Maia (@catrice1979) on Nov 5, 2016 at 10:38pm PDT

TOPICS:  Solange Knowles
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