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Justin Bieber had his “One Less Lonely Girl.” Charli XCX has her designated “Apple” dancer. Sabrina Carpenter has her fuzzy pink handcuffs. And now, the viral pop-concert trend filling everyone’s TikTok feeds is Role Model’s Sallies. Since his hit song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” dropped in February, Role Model — a.k.a. 28-year-old musician Tucker Pillsbury — has been inviting one lucky attendee onstage at each show to dance as that night’s titular Sally. If you’ve seen someone in cowboy boots bopping around on a stage in the past few months, chances are it was at a Role Model concert.
At first, the honor typically went to fans plucked straight from the crowd. But as the concert moment — and Role Model himself — started blowing up, the Sallies have become more varied, and also a lot more famous. Here are all the celebrities who’ve been Sally so far, from the A-listers to the ones you’re probably too old to know about.
Penny Lane, back in the flesh.
While filming the rom-com Good Sex with Role Model, Natalie Portman joined her co-star as Sally at Madison Square Garden.
Fresh off her performance with Weezer at Lollapalooza, Olivia Rodrigo returned to the stage as Sally.
And she didn’t spill one drop of her White Claw.
I feel the rush (of being Sally).
He even wore a “Wish I Were Sally” tee for the occasion.
By my estimate, the first-ever Sally to wear a suit and tie.
The lead singer of the Marías took on Sally duties at the Hinterland Music Festival in Iowa.
The singer-songwriter was one of Role Model’s first celebrity Sallies in March.
They wore matching outfits!
Bowen Yang made Las Culturistas listeners proud with his performance as Sally on The Tonight Show.
TikTok star turned podcaster Jake Shane was the first-ever celebrity Sally, thanks to an inside joke among fans that the song is about him.
Grace O’Malley — also a TikTok star turned podcaster — fully wiped out onstage, in a moment she swore was “not a bit.”
Mother Sally herself!
