Jelly Roll capped off an epic weekend with a stirring efficiency of his collaborative single with MGK, “Lonely Street,” on The Tonight Present on Monday night time (Sept. 30). After headlining Madison Sq. Backyard, then acting on Saturday Night time Dwell‘s fiftieth season opener and headlining the International Citizen Pageant, Jelly put a button on a profession quadfecta by teaming up with Machine Gun and the tune’s producer, Travis Barker, for an impressed run by the tune that interpolates John Denver’s beloved 1971 “Take Me Residence, Nation Roads” single.
KellyRoll (because the duo have dubbed themselves) started the efficiency singing the tune’s aching chorus a cappella whereas standing on both facet of a flaming rubbish can backed by three soulful back-up singers. “Lonely highway, take me house/ To the place that we went improper/ The place’d you go now, it’s been a ghost city/ And I’m nonetheless right here, on their own,” they sang in unison earlier than Kelly known as Barker to the stage and busted into his rap verse.
The Blink-182 drummer tapped out the tune’s clip-clop rhythm on the lip of the can earlier than scooting over to a correct drum package as Jelly and Kelly meandered to host Jimmy Fallon’s desk set to make themselves snug. Seated within the visitor spot on the sofa, Jelly Roll crooned, “I take advantage of alcohol to fill that gap/ Will our house ever be the identical?,” as MGK tapped out the rhythm on Fallon’s desk.
The efficiency ended with the 2 males standing on both facet of Barker, with all the time humble Jelly thanking Fallon and the viewers at house for “permitting us into your dwelling rooms tonight.”
Earlier than the set, Jelly made his first go to to the Tonight Present sofa, admitting that he was so nervous that he could have “tinkled” himself a bit. “I gained’t know till I do a full evaluation,” he joked. He then admitted that he seemingly “double-tinkled” himself being in a sketch on SNL, the sadly cut-for-time hilarious Home of the Dragon spoof “Blonde Dragon Folks,” the place he performed Lord of the Rings‘ Samwise Gamgee to Andy Samberg’s Legolas, for some cause.
“I used to be extra nervous for the sketch, clearly,” he advised Fallon. “As a result of I’m already a fish out of water within the music enterprise. And I’m a double-fish out of water once I was there… I’m simply whaled out!” And, simply days after Machine Gun addressed his former beef with Jelly on the 2024 Folks’s Alternative Nation Awards — the place he mentioned, “Jelly, I like you. We went from 10 years in the past, hating one another, to elevating one another” — Jelly Roll advised Fallon, “I simply love him to demise. We’ve recognized one another a very long time and we began on rocky roads and made amends.”
Jelly Roll’s upcoming album, Fantastically Damaged, is due out on Oct. 11.
Watch Jelly Roll on the Tonight Present under.