Justin Timberlake dressed up as Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, to do an impression of the double Grammy-winning US indie rocker.

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In the skit โ€“ which saw host Maya Rudolph playing Beyonce and Jay Pharoah playing her husband Jay-Z โ€“ Justin Timberlake did an impression of Vernon being welcomed into the hip-hop coupleโ€™s home to greet their newborn child Blue Ivy Carter.

The sketch saw Timberlakeโ€™s Vernon arrive after visits from cast members playing Prince, Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj, reports CNN, and then proceed to serenade the baby. Timberlake said his character was late because he had been โ€œwandering barefoot through the woods of Wisconsinโ€ and making a โ€œguitar out of a canoeโ€. He then put himself to sleep with his own performance.

After the skit, Vernon tweeted: โ€œHoly shit, i was just watching SNL and JT did a Bon Iver hilarious thing! Also, Maya Rudolph saying โ€œbon iverโ€ is enough. I can die now!!!โ€