Watch SZA sing a song to Elmo on 'Sesame Street'

SZA, music star (and now successful actor thanks to "One of Them Days"), chats with, and then sings to, Elmo. Also, somebody named Abby Cadabby and somebody named Gabrielle? The name Abby rings a vague bell, but we will fully admit to having zero clue who this Gabrielle puppet is. This is the nature of the beast when it comes to people writing about "Sesame Street." While there are now some culture writers from the "All Elmo, all the time" era of the show, most writers range from "Elmo and Guy Smiley have equally substantive roles in this world" to "Snuffleupagus is Big Bird's imaginary friend."

SZA talks about her "gratitude jar" and then sings a tune called "Be Kind to Me, Be Kind to You" a song about kindness and, um, gratitude. Basically SZA's vibe in this set piece is a restaurant in Silver Lake you do not want to go to. This is pretty cool for SZA, though, because in 2017 SZA tweeted a rhetorical question about how to get to Sesame Street and, well...

Good for SZA, but we do also have a question after all this. How many times does Elmo need to be taught about being kind and being thankful? Dude, Elmo, internalize a lesson for once in your freakin' life! Grover would never...

(h/t Consequence)