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Check Out How Apple Music Banks On ‘Carpool Karaoke: The Series’

Almost everyone who owns and drives a vehicle sings along with their radio every once in a while, it’s what most people call ‘joyride’. Then again, celebrities are normal people too, that is why they also love singing in the car. It was indeed proven and tested in a segment called “Carpool Karaoke” on CBS’ Late Late Show with James Corden. Ever since it started, it gained millions and millions of views and is always on the top trends. It is where the host, James Corden, would invite celebrities in the car and sing their own songs. Want to know more about it? Just keep on reading.

WHAT IS CARPOOL KARAOKE?

The Late Late Show with James Corden is one of the youngest late night shows in the United States, however, it is already making its way to the top almost beating its fellow late night shows like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! However, what made the Late Late Show stand out, is that they actually have a segment that people turned out to love so much, not just people in the U.S., but also people from all over the world, the Carpool Karaoke, wherein the host, James Corden, would act as if he needs some help from some of the biggest celebrities, musicians most of the time, getting to work by doing a carpool, and they would sing their hearts out while in the car.

WHAT MAKES IT SO VIRAL?

In every talk show, a celebrity would be featured to talk about an up and coming project that they would be promoting, the Late Late Show with James Corden, took it up a notch in an extraordinary way. Almost every fan in the world would love to see their favorite musicians just sing their own songs as if they’re just jamming in the car like normal people. No camera crew, no script, no publicists, no agents, no audience, just normal people singing in the car while chatting, and this late night show did it so remarkably that almost every video of it on YouTube has more than $20 million views.

British boy band, One Direction sings with James Corden for Carpool Karaoke in an episode of “The Late Late Show with James Corden”

It featured some of the biggest names in the music industry such as Adele, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, and more. It also featured some iconic non-musicians like George Clooney, Julia Roberts, the former First Lady, Michele Obama, and NBA superstar, Steph Curry.

APPLE MUSIC GOT THE RIGHTS OVER CARPOOL KARAOKE

This 2017 marks the two-year anniversary of this phenomenal segment, but unlike the original segment from the show, Apple Music put on million of dollars to actually get some of the biggest names in music, sports, television, and movie scene. Some of them are Lebron James, Ariana Grande, Will Smith, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus and family, Queen Latifah, Shaquille O’Neal and more. However, the host, James Corden, wouldn’t always make an appearance every episode since he is doing his own show, that is why he will only make an appearance at the beginning with Will Smith as well as with the last episode alongside Lebron James.

 

(L-R) Producers, Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski at the “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” panel at Television Critics Association

When Apple Music got the rights over Carpool Karaoke, Apple’s Eddy Cue and Jimmy Iovine let the two producers, Ben Winston and Eric Pankowski, what will happen and how different it will be from the segment. “You will see people singing the hits you live, big stars singing other people’s songs like actors, comedians, and athletes singing and rapping songs that mean something to them. You can tell it’s real because you can’t fake passion and when you see it, it’s infectious,” Pankowski stated. This Apple original series is now available for purchase so you can go and check it out while watching its trailer below.

 

If you happen to love singing in the car, as well as the original Carpool Karaoke segment from CBS’ Late Late Show With James Corden, then you will surely love this new series by Apple Music. It did receive some mixed reviews over the last few weeks that it was released, and illegal upload are totally inevitable. If you have been a fan of the original segment, and don’t really feel like paying for the new series, just simply go the Late Late Show’s official YouTube channel where they have a playlist of the previous Carpool Karaoke episodes, but if you love them so much that you wish to see other celebrities giving it a try, then just get your Apple gadget and buy it on Apple Music, there is simply nothing wrong with living the best of both worlds.

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