Addressing the elephant in the room at CBS’s Carpool Karaoke panel today, EP Ben Winston said, “We’re going to have 16 different hosts” about the new Apple Music series. And from a sizzle reel, we see that Chelsea Handler, Seth MacFarlane, John Legend and Billy Eichner among many others.
But what does this mean for the famed bit on The Late Late Show? Says host James Corden, “I’m still going to see my kid on the weekends. This just became a wonderful platform to see these people in a such an intimate environment. I don’t feel it’s mine.”
Says Winston who also serves EP on The Late Late Show, “On our show, it’s James with a massive-selling recording artist” with the new Apple series essentially following two pairings, an interview series over a half hour. Winston says that they were getting requests from movie stars to do Carpool Karaoke on The Late Late Show, however, that never sounded quite right, hence the whole idea for this show.
In terms of pairings, Corden will drive Will Smith around, while MacFarlane drives Ariana Grande and Alicia Keys will be in the passenger seat next to John Legend. “There’s something about the intimacy of a car,” said Winston who expounded that there’s something kinetic that happens between two people where they connect, more than they would in a studio.
This is Apple Music’s first series.
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