St. Vincent’s brilliance is certainly not for everyone, and we had a feeling her performance tonight on Saturday Night Live would be pretty polarizing. The lady born Annie Clark played two songs on the Andy Samberg-hosted SNL season finale, including current single “Digital Witness” and “Birth In Reverse,” which featured some pretty trippy synchronized guitar- and foot-work.
Both are from her February self-titled record off Loma Vista/Republic, which should garner a lot of Record of the Year props come December.
UPDATE: Watch “Digital Witness” and “Birth In Reverse” below:
[HD] St. Vincent – Digital Witness – SNL 5-17-14 by IdolxMuzic
[HD] St. Vincent – Birth In Reverse – SNL 5-17-14 by IdolxMuzic
Unsurprisingly, St. Vincent’s spectacle show led to a lot of confused tweets across our good land.
Here is a quick sample of the reaction to the former Berklee College of Music student…
St. Vincent taught us tonight that America is not at all forward-thinking with its music.
— Matt Esposito (@mehhsposito) May 18, 2014
@st_vincent I don't know how I feel about your music!
— Kenny (@kennneetthh) May 18, 2014
Who else has heard of St. Vincent? #crickets #weird
— Adam Lang (@haphmiler) May 18, 2014
@nbcsnl @st_vincent thought I was drunk…no just watchin st vincent on snl. what a trip
— Jay Eff (@Schpliffy) May 18, 2014
@nbcsnl @st_vincent this chick SUCKS ASS!!! #whyGodwhy???
— Dubbs67 (@BrendaLWheeler) May 18, 2014
St. Vincent is too weird for me. There. I said it.
— Amanda Rose (@AWishin) May 18, 2014
What the hell am I watching with this St. Vincent performance on #SNL?
— Matt Keaton (@BangkokPeanut) May 18, 2014
I don't know what to think about St. Vincent
— Fawn J. Davis (@Markus_Ellis) May 18, 2014
Utterly confused with St Vincent's SNL performance
— Paige (@paige_elis) May 18, 2014
St. Vincent is possibly the weirdest.. band.. thing.. I've seen perform on SNL.
— Avis Cyrus (@SupSurruh) May 18, 2014
I'm scared of St. Vincent and I don't care who knows it.
— Ryan B. (@IAmByks) May 18, 2014
St. Vincent scares me.
— Jake Marcy (@JacobAMarcy) May 18, 2014
st Vincent is out there
— Claude (@caraffi_3) May 18, 2014
@st_vincent I wish you luck . I just did not get it ?
— Bob (@Bobbyjurkowski) May 18, 2014
I'm all for new music but #StVincent is awful. #SNLFinale
— Matt Sigmon (@mattysigmon) May 18, 2014
People are not getting St. Vincent on SNL… On the other hand, several bands are trying hard to imitate her guitar style. #SNL
— Rosaura Ochoa (@laquesefue) May 18, 2014
Loving people's reactions to St. Vincent SNL performances lmao
— Chelsea G. (@chelseag_07) May 18, 2014
Watching St Vincent tonight on SNL is bizarre. I am so exhausted by artists thinking that being eccentric and strange replaces quality.
— Samantha (@PolitelyOffend) May 18, 2014
What the hell is this St. Vincent crap. Is that seriously what music has come too? *refer to my cover pic* … *bang!*
— DevXen (@DevXen) May 18, 2014
Yeah – seeing St Vincent on SNL has kind of put a damper on her music for me
— Brian (@trot71) May 18, 2014
wait wait isn't St. Vincent on tonight? RT @VicLombardi: What the hell is this band on SNL right now? Please tell me this is a skit.
— Brian Schmid (@SchmanthonyP) May 18, 2014
80% of Twitter is confused by St. Vincent on SNL and I'm beyond amused.
— Scott (@scott325) May 18, 2014
But, you know, this pretty much sums it up…
St. Vincent is actually really good
— Joe Villarosa (@jcav_) May 18, 2014
St. Vincent slayed on #snl tonight
— NeonVision8 (@TheWeirdC) May 18, 2014
loling @ everyone who doesn't get st. vincent #straightkilledthatshit
— Rebecca Jones (@rebjones9) May 18, 2014