---
title: "Adele Crushes ‘Carpool Karaoke’ With James Corden"
description: "Two of England’s biggest successes drive around singing (in a Range Rover, naturally)."
date: "2016-01-14"
modified: "2016-01-14"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Lee"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-lee"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/1676/adele-crushes-carpool-karaoke-with-james-corden"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "People"
---

# Adele Crushes ‘Carpool Karaoke’ With James Corden

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Countless are the tortured romantics who’ve belted out Adele’s smash-selling piano ballad “[Hello](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A%5D>)” alone, at top volume, oozing palpable heartache, in the privacy of their cars. So it kind of makes sense the Grammy-winning British torch singer would wind up performing her hit in one—specifically, a black Range Rover Sport traveling the rain-slicked streets of London—for a segment on *The Late Late Show* With James Corden called “Carpool Karaoke” Wednesday.

In the 15-minute video, the cherubic chat show host handles chauffeur duties involving lots of seat-belted grooving. But he joins Adele for energetic duets on “Hello” and “Someone Like You,” although Corden’s voice is necessarily overwhelmed by her towering contralto.

The two affable Brits have a good old time together. They ponder getting into a fistfight with Taylor Swift’s squad; Adele spills a mug of tea on herself, raps along to Nicki Minaj and vamps to vintage Spice Girls. She joins an illustrious *Late Late Show* passenger list that includes Mariah Careyand odd bedfellows [Rod Stewart and A$AP Rocky](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ndj6xn2P0c&list=PLZ1f3amS4y1ffYEhGZDtawaEyRQQu69Bw&index=8>), all of whom previously wended through traffic with Corden, harmonizing and charming one other to create viral tremors across the internet. Wednesday’s edition was no exception: The hashtag #AdeleCarpool lit up Twitter. Three of Britain’s most beloved exports make for quality entertainment.

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