Teyana Taylor

Teyana Taylor croons flight delays as SNL gate agent at Mel Gibson Terminal

Teyana Taylor hosts SNL with musical guest Geese, slipping into a parody of airport delays set to retro R&B grooves. Alongside Kenan Thompson, she plays a gate agent at the fictitious Mel Gibson Regional Terminal, soothing stranded passengers with musical updates—under the duo name Shrimp & Grits—as winter storms wreak havoc.

The sketch breaks into harmony-laced explanations, with Taylor proclaiming, “We don’t make the rules, we just sing ’em to you,” before a drunken pilot delivers the final blow. Taylor currently appears in One Battle After Another and is Grammy-nominated for Escape Room.

Teyana Taylor skips phoenix act, reclaims control with quiet studio return in August

Teyana Taylor calls it divine timing: her abrupt 2020 departure, fueled by creative frustration, morphs into a five-year absence that surprisingly amplifies her agency. She doesn’t return as a phoenix, but as a calculated force, having leveraged the break to regain what she describes as power.

August marks her re-entry with a fourth studio album, unceremoniously breaking the silence. Years offstage weren’t a retreat—they were a redistribution of control, orchestrated with purpose, not nostalgia.