-My next guest has
one of the biggest social media followings in the world.
She's also the host of "A Little Late with Lilly Singh."
Season 2 premiered last night
and airs weeknights at 1:35 a.m. on NBC.
Set your DVRs.
Here's our pal Lilly Singh.
Oh! -Hey, Jimmy, my man!
So good to see you. -Look at you.
You look fantastic.
Thank you so much for doing this and being here.
-I know, I bring all the Tinky-Winky vibes.
-You do? [ Laughs ]
Is that Tinky-Winky? I love that.
-Boop.
-Dude, last time you were on the show --
By the way, congrats on the show, Season 2.
Watched last night. -Thank you.
-Loved your Kamala Harris.
-Thank you.
-And you had a good little inside joke
about being on at 1:35. I loved it.
But the -- I was thinking, I go, didn't --
'Cause I remember -- Somehow I connected you two
for some reason. I go, "Why did I connect this?"
And you met President -- Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
on our show, the last time you did our show.
-Yes, I did. And you don't understand
it's the biggest flex -- There it is.
It's the biggest flex ever.
I vividly remember. I think this was actually
the day that was before my Season 1 premiere.
-Yes. -Where, you know,
Kamala Harris was the first guest, and she came,
and they said, "Hey, Kamala Harris would like to say hi."
And I was like, "Uh, yes, absolutely."
And she proceeded to just be amazing.
She was like, "Lilly, everything you're doing,
I love that you're doing it, and it's so important.
And you're a big voice for the community."
And she was saying all these things
about how I'm so inspiring and I'm paving a path.
And I'm like, you're Kamala Harris.
Like, how are you saying this to me?
-You're that. You're that.
-I'm like, "Am I in the Matrix right now?
Like, this is you. You are that person."
-Who is talking about who? Yeah. That's so funny.
-You know that meme of Spider-Man looking at himself?
-Yes, of course. Dude, Spider-Man.
-Literally, I was like, "I am shook
that you're saying this about me because --" And I have to say
that her energy and presence was just so invigorating.
I think I went out and did my most comfortable performance
with you, Jimmy, 'cause I was Kamalafied.
She Kamalafied me.
-Kamalafied. You became Kamalafied.
And so you just came out and just --
Yeah, you did rip it up that night. It was great.
-Thank you.
-I wanted to ask you about what you --
'Cause quarantine, everyone's at home and trying to be safe.
But I think -- I did. A lot of people did --
Took to social media to just start doing things.
And you, who I first were introduced to you
because you were a YouTube superstar,
uh, and I was going to ask you, what did you think of all of it,
and what did you think of everyone's stuff?
-Yeah. I mean, you know, like most people,
quarantine for me has been a time of reflecting.
It took a global pandemic for me to sit and be like,
"What is my life? What do I like?
What are my priorities?"
Um, and, you know, I think I'm a big believer
that everything is a double-edged sword. Right?
I love social media.
I have a career because of social media.
I'm sitting here with you right now because of social media.
And so I do think it's a wonderful tool
to connect people, to get informed,
to feel part of something.
But, you know, I'd be remiss
if I didn't say that it also can be quite toxic.
And I think I got into a little bit of a phase
where I thought Twitter was real life
and Instagram was real life.
And I was living in that world.
And then I had to be like, "This is not how I want to live."
Like, there is so much toxicity online.
Um, and I talked about this in the season --
in the premiere monologue,
that especially during the Black Lives Matter movement,
I felt like social media was just so full of division.
And I actually went to a protest in real life,
and it was beautiful.
And for me, that was that moment where I thought,
"The real world deserves our attention,
as much or more than I'm giving it on the phone."
And so I deleted social media off my phone during quarantine.
And it's been really great.
I feel like I'm a lot more present.
-Really?
-Apparently, there's trees outside.
-No, no, that's not true. -Don't know when that happened.
-There's trees in my backyard.
I was like, "When did these get here?"
-Wait, dude, trees are trending right now.
Trees are trending #2, people rediscovering trees.
They love it. -Yeah, literally.
-Yeah. That's so --
Wait, so you just went no Twitter?
-Yeah, I mean, I deleted it off my phone.
I won't lie. It's kind of like a drunk relationship.
Like you know how when people get drunk, they text their ex?
My thing is if I get drunk, I download Twitter.
Like, this is my relationship with Twitter.
I be drunk and I'm like,
"You know, just one tweet,
one quick -- It means nothing."
And then I download Twitter.
So I definitely relapse and have moments.
But I try to not -- You know what I'm trying to avoid, Jimmy?
I'm trying to avoid the human tendency we have,
where if we have a spare four minutes before anything,
we go like this.
-Yes. -I'm trying to get rid of that.
-Yeah. -Because I'd rather do this.
I'd rather be, like, checking in with myself.
I'd rather control the energy I'm getting in my day.
And I just don't want to give that control away.
-Yeah, I find that, I go,
"Oh, that is so annoying if somebody does that."
And then once someone does it,
it makes me want to look at my phone.
-Exactly. Exactly.
-What am I missing out on? You know, and it's like --
-Because you feel like the idiot.
You're like, "Oh, should I be doing this, too?"
-Yeah. We have to find out what's new, who's trending,
who hates who, what's going on. It's like, "No, I --"
-And I find myself magnetically attracted to comments and drama.
And that's on me. I feel like I go onto anything,
I'm diving in the comments.
-It's human. -"Oh, someone wrote something?
What did people reply saying?" And now I'm in this world
where I'm like, "How did I get here?
Why do I care about any of this?"
-Yeah, no, it's just a human thing.
I wanted to ask you about Season 2.
You changed it up. It's great.
-Thanks!
-I love that you did that.
I think it's good. You have to try --
Everyone should try new things and see what sticks.
And it's like, you totally changed it
from the first season.
-I did. I grabbed it by the reins, to be honest.
You know, Season 1, for me -- I'll just be honest.
I came on your show, Jimmy, Season 1.
I was wearing that green outfit, and I came, and I said,
"I'm breaking the rules of late night.
You know, I'm going to change the format."
And then I literally proceeded to do the exact same format
and did everything that I said I'm wasn't going to do.
And I take that "L" on my shoulders
because I think Season 1, I was learning a complete new world.
You know? The learning curve was so steep for me.
And so, I found myself not being completely myself.
I found myself trying to be someone
that would please the late-night world
and please all the articles and headlines.
And so I had to, like, really have a talk with myself
before Season 2 and say, "You need to make this you."
And that's what I've done.
-Since you started the new season, started last night,
but everyone should watch.
After me, after Seth, comes Lilly.
Uh, and so, 1:35, check it out.
I want to ask you maybe some new questions about you.
-Sure. -Ready?
Alright. What is your new jam?
What's a new song that you discovered?
-Hmm, okay, well, Saweetie was my first guest,
and I discovered her song "Best Friend" with Doja Cat.
And I can't twerk, but that song makes me want to try.
You know? It really makes me want to try to twerk,
and I love it.
-What's a new game that you've played?
-Okay, so, I think I'm late to the party here,
'cause I think people have been on this for a while,
but during the pandemic, I discovered Catan.
And now I am a full-fledged nerd.
And I play online and in-person,
and I am just -- Catan is my thing.
-Dude, I want to make a T-shirt
that says, "Nobody wants your sheep."
-Yeah -- Exact-- That's ge--
Send me one. That's genius.
-Nobody wants your sheep.
[ Both laugh ]
-Wow. I've never felt more seen.
-Wow. That is a nerdy thing that just happened.
Alright, I love that.
-Hey, Jimmy, Jimmy, that settles it.
-Dude, that settles it.
And by the way, "a little late to the party,"
that's a segment on your show right there.
-Alright, we're gonna offline this.
-"A little late to the party."
That's what you're doing. That's a new segment.
Alright. Here we go.
What's your newest mantra?
-My newest mantra is quite simple.
It is simply, "What kind of life do you want to live?"
And I know that sounds very basic.
But the reason it's been working for me
is I feel like I identified
so many reasons I used to get flustered in life
was I'd be giving away control --
people online, to producers, to all this stuff.
And when you ask yourself,
"What kind of life do you want to live?"
it kind of helps you frame the situation
where you can take control.
Do you want the life where you have to listen to these people
and you have to be near these people
and you have to feel this way?
Or do you want the life where you can do something about it
and remove yourself from those situations
or, like, you know, take a different path?
And so, "What kind of life do you want to live?"
is a big thing for me. -I love that.
There's a new episode of your show airing tonight on NBC.
Who's on the show tonight?
-Brie Larson! Brie Larson's on the show, which is --
I know. I'm like, "These famouses have taken time
to talk to me? I'm shook."
-I love Brie Larson. -But it's super cool.
She sings and plays me some of my comments musically.
So it's super fun. -No way.
-Yeah, I also teach you how to make a drink.
A Solo Sex on the Beach, I teach in my episode today.
Um, and I just want to make it clear, I'm not a mixologist,
but I do have a strong will to drink.
And I believe it's the same thing.
-Congrats on the new season.
And you still have the best fashion,
best kicks in the game, man.
Oh, my God. Your sneakers, come on.
Always, always something cool.
New season of "A Little Late with Lilly Singh"
airs weeknights at 1:35 on NBC.
Watch it tonight.