Saturday Night Live debut on Saturday night (Feb. 13). The folk singer-songwriter performed two songs while serving as the musical guest during a Regina King-hosted episode of the late-night television sketch comedy show.
Rateliff's first song was "Redemption," a song he wrote and recorded for the Apple TV+ drama film
Palmer at the behest of actor and fellow musician Justin Timberlake, one of the movie's stars, and director Fisher Stevens. The artist began the song solo, accompanying himself on electric guitar as he stood under a tent of light beams, before a trio of backup singers and the full band joined in.
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Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake. “When I was first asked to write a song for
Palmer I was told what the film was about and where the song was going to be used. The melody and the opening line came to me immediately,” Rateliff previously said of “Redemption” in a statement.
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“But it wasn’t until I had a conversation with Justin [Timberlake] that helped me to put the song together. He said the film was about redemption. I saw that in the characters and did my best to add to the scene in the film.”