Adele was on hand to James Corden for his final Carpool Karaoke segment on The Late Late Show – and things got emotional.
The talk show host’s programme comes to an end this week, but he’s going out with a bang with a whole host of celebrity guests.
British singer-songwriter Adele, 34, burst into James’ room and woke him up by crashing a pair of cymbals as he lay in bed, saying she was there to ‘drive’ him ‘to work’ in a clip released on Monday.
The chaotic duo then climbed into her car, at which point Adele admitted she’s not a ‘brilliant driver’, which probably wasn’t the best time to make the confession.
In fact, she nearly crashed just seconds after starting the engine, earning a gasp from James, 44, as the Grammy winner cackled.
For the last Carpool, James reflected on the ‘crazy’ eight years he’s had on the show while Adele said she was ‘very, very sad’ to see him leave, having never lived in LA herself without him there.
Adele rocked up to help James Corden get to work for the final Carpool Karaoke (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
The duo reflected on their years-long friendship (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
In true Late Late style, the pair proceeded to belt out a bunch of Adele’s biggest hits on their journey to the studio, including Rolling in the Deep and I Drink Wine.
The latter, actually, caused Adele to reveal that the opening verse of I Drink Wine was actually inspired by a conversation she had with James.
And tears started flowing!
‘It was like, January 4, 2020, and we’d been on vacation together with the kids and we were on our way home and my mood had changed and it was the first year that I felt like I had to hold myself accountable for being an adult, I’d just left Simon (her ex-husband),’ she began.
‘And you and Jules (his wife) were so integral in looking after me and Angelo (her son) and you used to do it with humour as well, you used to be like, “Good luck with that one!” with anything I was pursuing and you were always an adult to me.’
She added to James: ‘I remember I said to you on the way home, “What’s wrong?” and you let it all out, you didn’t feel strong, and we had a six-hour conversation the whole way home.’
…and it didn’t take long for things to get emotional! (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
James burst into tears as Adele spoke about one of her songs being inspired by a conversation with him (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
The talk show host said it was a ‘privilege’ (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
James chimed in: ‘It was work stuff, the internet, all those things…’
‘It got me thinking, I felt so unsafe with you feeling unsafe,’ Adele continued. ‘Because you’d always been like, since I was 21! You’d been there. And I went to the studio a couple of weeks later and I sang it into my phone and sent it to you and you said, it was exactly how you were feeling.’
‘It was everything that I was feeling that day. I was floored by how you’d managed to take everything that I was feeling about myself and life and just put it in a verse and it’s the greatest privilege that something from a conversation so honest, between two friends, that you created such a thing,’ James praised.
The lyrics in question include lines such as: ‘How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes? How come we’ve both become a version of a person we don’t even like?’
Adele and James belted out the song with tears flowing in a truly special moment.
Concluding their journey, James looked back on his time on the show, saying it felt like a ‘family’ unit and he would miss ‘everything’ about it.
Adele said she’s going to miss James living so close to her in LA (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
The pals shared a sweet hug (Picture: YouTube/The Late Late Show)
‘More than anything, I will just miss going into work with my friends every day,’ he confessed.
‘And I’m really gonna miss Los Angeles. I love it here. It’s been a brilliant adventure but I’m just so certain that it’s time for us as a family, with people getting older and people that we miss, it’s just time to go home.’
They then blasted Hometown Glory in a fitting end note, before shedding some more tears as Adele declared: ‘You’re one of my best friends in the whole world.’
‘I love you and we have had the best time here,’ he added, to which Adele agreed: ‘Oh my god, we really have.’
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‘The crazy thing is, I’m gonna see you tomorrow!’, James finished, as the duo burst into laughter for one final time.
James, who took over from Craig Ferguson in 2015, announced his departure from The Late Late Show almost exactly a year ago.
Later this month he’ll jet back to home soil to spend more time with his family after his final episode takes place on April 27, with Harry Styles and Will Ferrell confirmed to be taking part.
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Someone pass the tissues!