He also added that the entire endeavor is strictly for entertainment as he is already at work and does not need to carpool, and the streets he drives do not have carpool lanes. Corden explained that due to safety issues-like for a dance routine, or costume change-they have to tow, and cited five instances, roughly five percent of the series to date, where this method was employed: with Meghan Trainor, Migos, Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and Justin Bieber (3rd time). In 2020, it was revealed that Corden does not always actually drive the vehicle during filming instead it is towed. We just had this idea: Los Angeles, traffic, the carpool lane-maybe this is something we could pull off.' No musicians were interested initially, but when Corden showed the George Michael-clip to Mariah Carey, she agreed to pioneer the show. Corden explained that 'Ben Winston and I always thought there was something very joyful about someone very, very famous singing their songs in an ordinary situation. The documentary was directed by Ben Winston. įor the 2014 documentary When Corden Met Barlow which aired on BBC One, Corden included a 6-minute 45 second Carpool Karaoke segment in the documentary with singer-songwriter Gary Barlow of Take That.

3.8 The Late Late Show Primetime SpecialĬorden explained that the segment was inspired by a Gavin & Stacey-themed sketch he had participated in for the British charity television special Red Nose Day 2011, in which he sang along with George Michael in a car.

On January 9, 2017, it was reported that the series would not feature a single host and instead would have a different host in every episode. It was also initially announced that the series would have a host that would appear in every episode. In 2016, Apple Music and CBS Television Studios announced that they had reached a deal for an exclusive first-window licensing agreement under which Apple Music will be the global home of a television series adaptation of the segment. Carpool Karaoke is a recurring segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden, in which host James Corden invites famous musical guests to sing along to their songs with him whilst traveling in a car driven by Corden on a planned route usually in Los Angeles, usually under the pretense of needing to get to work and preferring to use the high-occupancy carpool vehicle lane, or the pretext of needing directions from a local when in a new town, such as London (with Adele), Liverpool (with Paul McCartney), New York City (with Madonna) or Las Vegas (with Celine Dion).

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