HELLO?
IT'S ME.
I WAS WONDERING IF AFTER ALL THESE YEARS YOU'D LIKE TO MEET.
JUST HAVE A DRIVE AROUND.
HELLO?
HELLO FROM THE OUTSIDE.
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU IN A MINUTE.
GREAT.
>> HELLO.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> James: OH, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
>> GREAT.
>> James: YOU ARE LOOKING FINE RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMES.
>> James: LOVING THIS BOB.
>> OH, THANKS, THANKS, VERY MUCH.
>> James: A TRIUMPH.
>> DON'T I LOOK LIKE A MUM.
>> James: I DON'T THINK SO.
IT IS MORE MANAGEABLE.
>> IT DRIES QUICKLY.
>> James: THAN THE LIFE, YOU KNOW.
>> I AM GOING TO USE MY HAIRLINE.
I CAN'T WORK OUT IF I SHOULD WEAR A WIG WIG OR HAVE A WEAVE.
>> James: I MEAN, WHAT I LIKE IS THAT YOU ARE COMING TO ME FOR
THIS ADVICE.
(LAUGHTER).
>> James: DO YOU MIND IF WE LISTEN TO MUSIC.
>> YES, IT'S SUCH A SHAME IT'S RAININGMENT I FEEL LIKE AMERICAS
ARE GOING TO ASSUME THAT ENGLAND IS RUBBISH.
>> James: ♪ HELLO ♪ ♪ DHEERS PLAWS TOAT I'M IN CALIFORNIA
DREAMING ♪ ♪ OF ABOUT WHO WE USED TO BE ♪ ♪ IT'S NO SECRET ♪
♪ THAT THE BOTH OF US ♪ ♪ ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME ♪ ♪.
>> THAT WAS AMAZING.
SO HELLO FROM THE OUTSIDE ♪ ♪ AT LEAST I CAN SEE THAT I'M TRYING
♪ ♪ TO TELL YOU I'M SORRY ♪ ♪ FOR BREAKING YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ BUT
IT'S CLEARLY DOESN'T TEAR YOU APART ♪ ♪ ANY MORE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ANY
MORE ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ANY MORE ♪ ♪ NO ♪ ♪ COME ON ♪ ♪
>> James: YOU PLAYING THE DRUMS.
>> I PLAY THE DRUMS IN THIS.
>> James: NO WAY!
>> YES, YES.
>> James: YOU'RE SHREDDING ON THE DRUMS.
YOU ARE.
YOU-- THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS SAID IS THAT YOU ARE THE FEMALE
PHIL COLINS.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> James: NO, NO, OH NO.
>> I'VE GOT A NEW-- .
>> YOU ARE DRIEFG, WHAT DO YOU SAY.
>> James: I CAN HOLD IT WHILE YOU WIPE DOWN.
>> I'M ALL RIGHT, I'M ALL RIGHT.
>> James: NO ONE IS GOING TO SEE IT.
(LAUGHTER) >> .
>> James: YOU USED TO BE.
>> I HAVE BEEN DRUNK TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW RECENTLY.
>> James: NO.
>> IT'S CHRISTMAS.
THE OTHER DAY I WENT WITH MY BEST FRIEND, I'M NOT GOING TO
SEE HIM BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
I GOT THERE 7:45 AND I'M SITTING THERE, IT'S LIKE-- WHERE IS HE.
NORMALLY PUNK ACTUAL, I CALL HIM, WHERE ARE YOU, HE SAID
8:45.
SO I'M SITTING HERE FOR AN HOUR ON MY OWN LOOKING LIKE SUCH A
LOSER.
SO I ORDERED A WINE AND THEN I HAVE NEVER GLASS OF WINE AND I
SPOT A FAMILY, I WHEN OVER, A BIT DRUNK.
DID YOU CALL MY NAME, EARLIER?
I HAD MY SECURITY WITH ME, SORRY, BEING PROTECHIVE,
WHATEVER.
I DID HEAR-- LET ME GET A-- GET YOUR MEAL FOR YOU.
AN I HAD ANOTHER GLASS OF WINE, AND MY FRIEND ARRIVED, HI TWO
MORE GLASSES OF WINE, BEAR IN MIND I HAVEN'T HAD A DRINK IN
EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THE NEXT DAY, IN THE PARK WITH MY KID.
AND I FIND THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS IN MY POCKET OF ANOTHER FAMILY
FROM NASHVILLE WHO OBVIOUSLY TOLD ME IT WAS SOLD OUT SO
MANAGED TO GET THEM TICKETS TO NASHVILLE.
>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRUNK.
ONE MORE GLASS OF WINE.
>> James: JUST LIKE-- LIKE-- GUYS,-- TAKE ME BACK TO
THE START.
NEVER MIND ♪ ♪ I'LL FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU ♪ ♪ I WISH NOTHING BUT
THE BEST FOR YOU ♪ ♪ DON'T FORGET ME ♪ ♪ I BEG YOU ♪ ♪ I
REMEMBER YOU SAID ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES IT LASTS IN LOVE ♪ ♪ AND
SOMETIMES IT HURTS INSTEAD ♪ ♪ NOTHING COMPARES ♪ ♪ NO WORRIES
OR CARES ♪ ♪ REGRETS AND MISTAKES ♪ ♪ THEY'RE MEMORIES
MADE ♪ ♪ WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN ♪ ♪ HOW BITTERSWEET THIS WAS ♪ ♪
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ♪ NEVER MIND ♪ ♪ I'LL FIND
SOMEONE LIKE YOU ♪ ♪ I WISH NOTHING BUT THE BEST ♪ ♪ FOR YOU
♪ ♪ DON'T FORGET ME ♪ ♪ I BEG ♪ ♪ I REMEMBER YOU SAID ♪ ♪
SOMETIMES IT LASTS IN LOVE ♪ ♪ AND SOMETIMES IT HURTS INSTEAD ♪
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> James: WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO IN THE CAR.
>> I JUST PUT THE RADIO ON.
I MEAN-- .
>> James: BUT YOU USED TO BE A HUGE-- FAN.
>> BUT THE OTHER DAY, IT WAS A TAPE.
>> James: NO, YOU WERE GENUINE.
>> A HUGE MOMENT IN MY LIFE WHEN THEY CAME OUT.
GIRL POWER, FIVE ORDINARY GIRLS WHO JUST, LIKE, DID SO WELL AND
JUST GOT OUT O, I WANT TO GET OUT.
I JUST WANT TO GET OUT, AND IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PERIOD OF
MY LIFE.
>> James: DIDN'T YOU USED TO HAVE-- PARTY.
>> ON MY OWN.
WITH FIVE GIRLS BUT I USED TO DO-- .
>> James: WHO WERE YOU.
>> I WAS ALWAYS GERI.
>> James: REALLY?
>> I LOVE THAT AND THEN SHE LEFT.
>> James: SHE LEFT THE BAND.
>> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS TRULY HEART BROCKEN.
>> James: WHEN SHE LEFT.
>> YEAH.
>> James: IS THAT WHAT SOMEONE LIKE YOU IS ABOUT?
(LAUGHTER) ♪ REALLY, REALLY WANT ♪ ♪ TELL
ME WHAT YOU WANT ♪ ♪ WHAT YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT WANT
SO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ♪ ♪ WHAT YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT ♪ I
WANT A WANT A WANT ♪ ♪ A IF YOU WANT PIE FUTURE ♪ ♪ FORGET MY
PAST ♪ ♪ IF YOU WANT TO GET WITH ME ♪ ♪ BETTER MAKE IT FAST ♪ ♪
NOW DON'T GO WASTING ♪ ♪ MY PRECIOUS TIME ♪ ♪ GET YOUR ACT
TOGETHER ♪ ♪ WE CAN BE JUST FINE ♪ ♪ HERE IS A STORY FROM A TO Z
♪ ♪ HOW TO GET TO ME LISTEN CAREFULLY ♪ ♪ I'M IN A PLACE,
YOU GOT TO-- ♪ ♪ COME FOR FREE ♪ ♪ TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ♪ ♪
[BLEEP] (LAUGHTER)
IF YOU WANT TO BE MY LOVER ♪ ♪ >> James: YOU ARE FROM A
DIFFERENT PLACE NOW, A HAPPIER PLACE.
>> YEAH.
>> James: DOES IT WORRY YOU YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO WRITE THE
HITS.
>> I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT, FOR SURE.
AND I-- PART OF, YOU KNOW, I WANT-- I WANT MY FANS TO COME ON
LIKE A JOURNEY WITH ME.
AND IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I NAMED MY ALBUM AFTER MY AGE AS
WELL.
IT'S SORT OF POLAROIDS, ALMOST, OF MY LIFE AT THAT TIME.
>> James: I MEAN WHERE DO YOU THINK WILL YOU STOP.
>> THIS IS THE LAST ALBUM AFTER MY AGE.
>> James: NO.
>> I BELIEVE IN TRIPPITY.
>> James: NO.
>> YEAH.
>> James: I WANT IT TO BE LIKE 77 [BLEEP]
(LAUGHTER).
>> James: LEAVE ME ALONE.
>> OH MY GOD.
I WILL STILL DO THAT.
>> James: JUST ME AND MY CAT.
>> BAG LADY, AREN'T I.
♪ BE LIKE YOU DO ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TELL ME WHO DO I DO ♪ ♪ GIVE ME WITHIN I
KNOW ♪ ♪ THERE IS-- ALL I ASK ♪ ♪ THIS IS MY LIFE ♪ ♪ NOW ♪ ♪
WITH YOU ♪ ♪ HOLD ME LIKE-- GIVE ME A MEMORY ♪ ♪.
>> REALLY GOOD ♪ ♪ TAKE ME BY THE HAND ♪ ♪ OH WE DO ♪ ♪ IT
MATTERS YEAH ♪ ♪ BUT IF I NEVER-- ♪ ♪
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> James: YOU PROPERLY HANG OUT WITH LIKE-- YOU KNOW, YOU
HANG WITH BEYONCE.
>> I WOULDN'T SAY HANG OUT.
>> James: BUT YOU ARE FRIENDS.
>> WE ARE VERY FRIENDLY WHEN WE SEE EACH OTHER.
>> James: BUT HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING YOUR OWN
SQUAD LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT HAS A SQUAD.
>> I HAVE A SQUAD, LAURA DANIEL.
>> James: MY HUNCH IS IF YOU PUT TOGETHER A SQUAD WHICH WAS
LIKE YOU, BEYONCE, JENNIFER LAWRENCE, SHE WOULD BRING AMY
SCHUMER, AND THEN LIKE EMMA STONE, TAYLOR SWIFT'S SQUAD
WOULD [BLEEP] THEMSELVES.
>> BUT THEY'RE AMAZONIAN, I'M ALSO TALL.
>> James: YOU GOT-- I HEARD A RUMOR, THAT YOU, THIS MAY BE
SURPRISING SOME FANS, ARE QUITE THE RAPPER.
YOU CAN SPIT SOME RHYME.
>> I'M NOT THAT TALENTED ON ME OWN.
>> James: BUT YOU CAN SPIT SOME LYRICS.
YOU'VE GOT SOME RHYMES IN YOUR LOCKER.
♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ WILY WONKA SNROAT ♪ YOU CAN BE THE KING ♪ ♪ BUT THE
QUEN CONQUERS ♪ ♪ FIRST THINGS FIRST, I EAT ♪ ♪ AND THAT'S WHAT
I [BLEEP] TO DO ♪ ♪ FROM THE LAND THE MONSTER DO ♪ ♪ THE
MONSTER IS YOU ♪ ♪ YOUR MONEY AND THE MONSTER CREW ♪ ♪ I'M
ALLA ALL AU UP IN THE BANG WITH THE FUNNY FACE ♪ ♪ REALLY, I
DON'T GIVE [BLEEP] ♪ ♪ FORGET BARBIE ♪ ♪ I WILL SAY ♪ ♪ TO BE
CHILD PLAY ♪ ♪ KILL ANOTHER CAREER ♪ ♪ IT'S A MILD DAY ♪ ♪
GIVING WHIPLASH ♪ ♪ THIS IS WHAT YOU LIVE FOR ♪ ♪ [BLEEP]
>> James: SO NOW YOUR GRAMMY, YOUR OSCAR, ALL YOU NEED IS AN
EMMY AND A TONY.
>> THE TONY IS PRETTY UNLIKELY.
WHAT AM I GOING TO BE DOING.
>> James: WRITING A HUGE MUSICAL.
>> I HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THAT.
>> James: NOT RIGHT NOW BUT AT SOME POINT.
>> WHAT IF I WANT KIDS-- .
>> James: SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.
THE SOONER YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE ADELE-- HOW DO YOU DO THAT.
>> I SAY MY LIFE, IT'S ME, ADELE.
>> James: BOOKING RESTAURANTS, DO YOU HAVE TO GO AND THEY GO
AND UNDER WHAT NAME AND YOU GO ADELE.
THE ADELE.
>> NO,-- .
>> James: AND ARE THEY LIKE SORRY, NO TABLES.
AND YOU GO -- BUT WHEN I SAY I'M ADELE.
>> THEN I HAVE TO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO CALLK I CAN'T DROP ME
OWN NAME.
>> James: THAT'S MY POINT.
I CALL OUT THE PHRASE, DROPPING THE A BOMB, THAT IS WHAT I CALL
IT.
THAT IS WHAT I QUITE LIKE.
>> YOU HAVE TO DO THE J BOMB SOMETIMES, DON'T YOU.
>> James: NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL, ODDLY.
JAMES.
THE JAMES.
NO, NOT THAT ONE.
NO-- YEAH, NO.
>> NOT THAT ONE EITHER.
>> James: IT DOESN'T WORK QUITE AS WELL FOR ME AS IT DOES
FOR YOU.
WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL ♪ ♪ ROLLING IN THE DEEP ♪ ♪ YOU HAD
MY HEART AND SOUL ♪ ♪ IN YOUR HANDS ♪ ♪ NEVER HAD MET ME ♪ ♪
AND YOU PLAYED IT ♪ ♪ TO THE BEAT ♪ ♪
>> James: I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT, AND I THINK, AND
LISTEN, YOU CAN SAY NO TO THIS OR JUST HAVE A THINK ABOUT IT.
>> RIGHT.
>> James: I THINK YOU NEED LIKE A-- YOU WILL BE OUTNMED,
BECAUSE IT IS AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I'M JUST SAYING, DURING THE UP NUMBERS, WHAT ABOUT-- A FRONT
MAN.
THEN I COME UP.
>> OH ♪ YOU PLAY IT TO THE BEAT ♪ ♪ AND EVERYBODY GO ♪ ♪ WHAT,
WHAT, WHAT ♪ ♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> James: GET YOUR HANDS UP ♪ ♪ OH, OH, OH ♪ ♪ ♪ I WAS
SHOOTING FOR ♪ ♪ TO THE EO, E ♪ ♪ GET YOUR HANDS UP, EVERYBODY ♪
♪ WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ♪ ♪ EVERYBODY PUT YOUR FIST IN THE AIR NOW ♪ ♪
YOU COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL ♪ ♪ YOU COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL ♪ ♪ ♪
COME ON, FRONT TO THE LEFT ♪ ♪ KEEP YOUR HANDS INSIDE THE CAR ♪
♪ WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL ♪ ♪ WE'RE ROLLING IN THE DEEP ♪ ♪
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DRIVING AROUND WITH ME.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
>> James: IT GENUINELY IS A PLEASURE.
>> OH, GOOD.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.