The media world was shaken this week With the announcement that the television show at the end of the evening Jimmy Kimmel Live! Went to an “indefinite break” after a very debated controversy. Some have nicknamed the worse measurement than the recent cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbertwhile others called for a boycott of Jimmy Kimmel live! Disney parent company.
At that time, We don’t know how long Kimmel will stay on this breakOr if this will prove to be permanent, leading to the end of evening host and the dismissal of the actor or to the pure and simple cancellation of his program. If it turns out to be the end of the show, we wanted to take a look over the years to some of Kimmel’s best musical guests.
One Direction, “Perfect” (2015)
Proceeding live in 2015 in the middle of a legion of faithful fans here on the Hollywood boulevard of CaliforniaPop Boy Band Souctans One Direction bursts their second single, “Perfect”, out of their fifth LP studio (entitled In the morning). Whether you are a Boy Band fan or not, it is difficult to deny how good OD was in their peak.
With each respective singer in the form of a point, there was the underlying current added and attractive of the singer Harry Styles Write “Perfect” in response to the ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift “style” friend. The song seems to have a certain rebellious flow, and although this level of energy is not mistaken with Joan Jett immediately, “Perfect” is a lively luxury thrillride.
Imagine Dragons, “believer” (2017)
The Pop Rockers Imagine Dragons interpreted “believer” in 2017 live on the Kimmel scene as the first single of their album that same year called Evolve. While I don’t really know if They still have the same catchy melodic bug which initially launched them at their first doors of celebrityTheir beginnings and the beginning hooks were more than sufficiently shiny.
There was something in the brutal and hoarse voice of the main singer Dan Reynolds mixed with the rhythm sense of the support group which attracted the ear as well as the eye. And even if Reynolds meant Make “believers” reflect on his experiences with painful life countsIt is always difficult not to get lost in the encapsulating groove of the song.
The Weeknd, “Aligning Lights” (2020)
The Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd stopped Jimmy Kimmel Live! For a performance in 2020, promoting his second single “Blinding Lights” of his fourth studio album (entitled After hours). While the weekend (aka: Abel Tesfaye) said the name Weeknd is now withdrawn after his last album in 2025 (Hurry up tomorrow), he left a heritage behind.
Embracing a sense of self -to the majority of the 1980s within the character, the figurehead was largely well to the exploratory cords of Tesfaye, Mix the theatricality, the story and the melody which seemed only to gain more of favor the more it created. Who can say what is the next step for your career arc of Tesfaye, but we can only hope that the voice continues to ring so soft.
Eminem, Venom (2018)
As part of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show to make a special trek several years ago, spending time in the old Kimmel tramplers, the production team and the famous rapper Eminem were able to organize a performance for ages based on the New York State Building Empire. It didn’t hurt that it was promoting a new album at the time either.
LP called Kamikaze To a second single called “Venom”, which was also used in a film at the time on the character of Marvel Comics Symbiote Venom. Put everything, and the renowned rapper took the Slash and burning verses of “Venom” With the Empire State Building acting both as a backdrop and rescue dancer.
Although there is a comic moment thrown in the video to make a good measure, the projector is all on Eminem (and rightly so). The artist has shown himself an artist more than capable and ardent in just about all imaginable formats, and even all these years in his career, There is no shortage of barbed wire bars.
Margo Price, don’t let the mouths b * shoot you (2025)
The singer-songwriter of Country, Margo Price, obtains first place, not only because She may be the last musical guest in Kimmel’s showBut in the unconsciously appropriate way, she chose to approach this performance. “Do not let the mouths b * you go down” has rebel shades, starting with a false lag version used by author Margaret Atwood in his timeless book The history of the servant.
The sentence was also used years later by the country singer-folk Kristofferson to console the singer Sinead O’Connor during a tribute to Bob Dylan Only a few weeks after O’Connor has torn a photo of the pope on Saturday Night Live. The line has often been considered a small act of rebellion against oppression; Kristofferson even receives a posthumous writing credit.
So, even if it can be difficult to know the spectacle of the actor Jimmy Kimmel in the coming days, at least he brought good music to take us. And a disconnection final who says a lot of truth in the world today.
