The show has another stacked lineup for this, the show's 55 th season, and SZA's special performance dropped today: a songs about "Gratitude" she performs with muppets Elmo, Abby and Gabrielle, to which she brings her singular mellifluous melodies and vocalizations.

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 is feeling grateful with the Sesame Street gang. On the Thursday, April 10 episode of Sesame Street, the "Scorsese Baby Daddy" singer is joined by Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Gabrielle as she adds a picture to her gratitude jar. "A gratitude jar is a place where you can put words or pictures of things you're grateful for," SZA explains.