Vampire Weekend Brought Out Tim Robinson While Performing ‘Dangerous Night’ From ‘I Think You Should Leave’

Vampire Weekend welcomed actor Tim Robinson to the Hollywood Bowl stage last night in Los Angeles. The band performed the song they recorded for Robinson’s Netflix series I Think You Should Leave the auto-tune-drenched “Dangerous Night (The Night Is A Knife).”

“Dangerous Night (The Night Is A Knife)” appeared in the second episode of the second season of I Think You Should Leave. The episode titled, “They have a cake shop there Susan where the cakes just look stunning,” featured a sketch about a man at a party worrying about a baby thinking he was still a “piece of shit,” even though he used to be a piece of shit but had since changed. “Dangerous Night” soundtracked a bizarre dream sequence of the former piece of shit and his “Dangerous Nights Crew” friends ordering steaks (and pouring water on them) at a restaurant, then drinking champagne on a beach.

“For my money, it’s the best TV show of the 21st century,” Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig told the Hollywood Bowl audience at the start of last night’s encore. “It’s called I Think You Should Leave on Netflix. We got any fans in the house?”

Koenig again addressed the audience in the middle of “Dangerous Night,” telling the crowd:

“Now you know this song is about a guy, this guy used to be a real piece of shit. But people can change and I know some of you have changed. So if you believe people can change, I got something to tell you, this guy’s here right now, right tonight. Come on man show some love for this man! He was a real piece of shit but he changed. And if you love this man make some fucking noise Los Angeles! No more sloppy steaks.”

Tim Robinson then came and stood next to Koenig who thanked the actor for coming out to the show. Vampire Weekend then completed “Dangerous Night.” Here’s audience-shot footage of last night’s antics:

After working up a ska arrangement of “Giving Up the Gun,” the encore continued with Koenig again taking cover song requests from the audience. The band proceeded to attempt “Peg” by Steely Dan, “Touch Of Grey” by the Grateful Dead and “Rock Lobster” by The B-52’s. The night ended with “Walcott” following the sequence of covers.

Vampire Weekend’s tour supports their new album, Only God Was Above Us, which frequent collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid produced. During last night’s main set, Rechtshaid joined VW on the Only God Was Above Us tracks “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.” View “Capricorn” below: