The latest edition of NPR's Tiny Desk Home Concerts features singer/songwriter/National Treasure Phoebe Bridgers, who found a pretty incredible way to elevate the artform — first with the delightfully tacky Green Screen rendition of the Oval Office, and then, at the end, when it all falls apart in a cathartic collapse. (Seriously, it's worth watching all the way to the end of her performance of the aptly-titled closing song, "I Know The End.") The only thing missing is Bridgers' now-iconic skeleton costume.
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