>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK!
GIVE A BIG "LATE SHOW" "HELLO TO MR. JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN,
EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
OH, MY GOODNESS.
FOLKS, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND... I GOT THE CARDS
TALKING TO THE GUEST TONIGHT.
I'VE GOT TWO AMAZING GUESTS TONIGHT.
YOU'RE NOT ANYTHING TO SEE THESE PEOPLE ANYWHERE ELSE TONIGHT.
THE WONDERFUL, THE TALENTED OSCAR ISAAC IS HERE TONIGHT FROM
THE NEW DISNEY+ SHOW "MOON KNIGHT."
BEFORE WE DO ANY OF THAT, THERE'S ONE THING-- THE ONE
THING I GOTTA DO, I'VE WANTED TO DO FOR DAYS NOW, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME MR. JON BATISTE.
PLEASE, COME ON OVER HERE, MY FRIEND.
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( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: COME ON!
THERE YOU GO.
THERE IT IS.
THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
>> Jon: THE VIBE.
>> Stephen: HEY, MAN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
>> Jon: OH, MY GOODNESS!
>> Stephen: LET ME REMIND THE PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENED.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT YOU WON BEST AMERICAN ROOT PERFORMANCE.
BEST AMERICAN ROOT SONG, BEST SCORE FOR "SOUL."
BEST MUSIC VIDEO FOR "FREEDOM."
AND THE BIG KAJUNA, ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR "WE ARE."
>> Jon: WE DID IT, WE HIT THEM.
THERE IT IS.
WE GOT THEM ROLLING.
( APPLAUSE )
THE DAY.
TAKE ME THROUGH THE DAY.
SO, LIKE, EIGHT OF YOUR CATEGORIES WERE PREBROADCAST,
RIGHT?
>> Jon: YES, YES.
>> Stephen: TELL ME THAT AFTERNOON.
>> Jon: WELL, WE WERE LATE.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE LATE FOR THE CEREMONY?
>> Jon: WE WERE LATE FOR THE CEREMONY.
AND THE PREBROADCAST.
>> Stephen: AND YOU HAD A BUNCH OF FAMILY WITH YOU, RIGHT?
>> Jon: MY WHOLE FAMILY.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS WITH ME.
HE'S ALMOST 90.
HE'S 89 YEARS OLD.
AND MY-- MY-- MY DAD, MY MOM, MY NEPHEWS, MY SISTER, MY FRIEND
RYAN WHO EXECUTIVE PRODUCED THE RECORD WITH ME.
JAKOB.
RYAN WIFE'S AMANDA.
AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO I DON'T QUITE KNOW VERY WELL.
( LAUGHTER )
TO SAY THEY KNOW YOU VERY WELL NOW.
>> Jon: DEFINITELY.
THEY WERE HANGING OUT.
IT WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ALL THE TIME.
AND SO I HAD REHEARSAL, BECAUSE WE WERE PERFORMING THEN.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY WORK IT OUT FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE 11
NOMINATIONS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE PERFORMING, YOU HAVE TO REHEARSE
AND YOU HAVE TO SOUND CHECK, AND YOU HAVE WARDROBE FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S THE SAME TIME AS THE PRETELECAST, WHERE EIGHT OF THE
NOMINATIONS WERE.
AND THEN I-- THEY WANTED ME TO DO ALL THIS STUFF ON THE RED
CARPET.
AND YOU GOTTA BE THERE DURING THE TIME THAT THE PRETELECAST IS
ENDING.
>> Stephen: THEY DIDN'T PLAN FOR THAT?
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE FOR WHOM THEY HAD TO PLAN THAT,
JON.
YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WITH 11 NOMINATIONS.
( APPLAUSE )
THE WHOLE DAY.
JUST FOR YOU.
>> Jon: A WHOLE LOT OF KNOW-- >> Stephen: I WANT TO GET TO
THE MOMENT THOUGH-- SO YOU WON-- FOUR OF THOSE EIGHT IN THE PRE.
>> Jon: YES, YES.
>> Stephen: THEN YOU GET TO THE BROADCAST, AND AS I WAS
SAYING LAST NIGHT ON THE SHOW WITH LOUIS, EVIE AND I ARE
WATCHING IT ALL NIGHT.
WE'RE LIKE, OH, HE LOST THAT.
OH, HE LOST THAT.
AND THEN ALBUM OF THE YEAR COMES ALONG.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPETED AGAINST
BUT THEY TOSS IN ALL KINDS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THERE.
LET'S THROW THE BEATLES IN AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND DUKE
DELLINGTON AND THE GUY WHO INVENTED SOUND, WHATEVER.
LISTEN, HE'S FANTASTIC BUT I DON'T SEE HOW-- BUT THEN, THIS
IS WHAT HAPPENS.
>> AND THE GRAMMY GOES TO...
IT "WE ARE," JON BATISTE!
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
IN THAT MOMENT...
THE MOST SURPRISED PERSON IN THAT ROOM MIGHT BE YOU.
>> Jon: OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S GOING ON-- WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR MIND AND
YOUR HEART AT THAT MOMENT?
>> Jon: MAN, IT'S SO MUCH I'M STILL PROCESSING IT.
FIRST OFF, THE FACT THAT MY FAMILY IS THERE TO WITNESS THAT
IS INCREDIBLE.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
JUST SO MUCH WENT INTO THAT MOMENT-- PIANO LESSONS, CIVIL
RIGHTS MARCHES, ALL KINDS OF JUST LIKE-- THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
( APPLAUSE )
SO THAT HAPPENED.
BUT THEN I WAS ALSO COMING OFF THE HIGH OF THE PERFORMANCE,
WHICH I WAS SO FOCUSED ON THAT PERFORMANCE-- WE STARTED
REHEARSING FOR THAT ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN BY THE TIME IT WAS DONE, THERE WAS, LIKE, 20
MINUTES LEFT IN THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: WOW.
YOU COULD HAVE ENDED THE SHOW RIGHT THERE.
YOU BURNED IT TO THE GROUND.
>> Jon: OH, MAN, I WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I CHANGED CLOTHES AND I SWEAT THROUGH THE CLOTHES AND I HAD MY
CLOAK AND I WAS PLANNING ON SITTING THERE IN THE VIBE.
AND THEN I SEEN UNCLE LENNY COME UP THERE.
AND HE SAID-- HE WAS, LIKE, I THINK HE HAD TO KNOW.
BECAUSE HE KEPT LOOKING AT ME.
HE WAS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT.
IT WAS SO SURREAL.
AND THEN MY MOM IS LIKE, "YOU GOT THIS ONE."
I'M LIKE, "YEAH, MOM."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: DID YOUR MOM SAY THAT?
>> Jon: YEAH, MOM SAID THAT.
SHE SAID, "I LOVE THAT ALBUM."
I SAID, "YEAH, ME, TOO."
( LAUGHTER )
THEY TURN AROUND AND SAY WE HOPE YOU WIN THIS ONE.
IT WAS LIKE A POD OVER THE WEEK AND THEY WERE SO NICE.
EVERYBODY WAS SO SUPPORTIVE.
AT LEAST EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE ON A GOOD VIBE.
WHOEVER WINS WILL BE CLAPPING FOR THIS PERSON.
IT WON'T BE ME.
AND THEN THEY SAID, ""WE ARE--" AND THE PEOPLE WERE SO LOUD.
IT WAS SO LOUD THEY ALMOST DIDN'T REALLY KNOW IT WAS ME
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SAY MY NAME UNTIL AFTER THE TITLE.
I WAS LIKE MAYBE THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S ALBUM THAT SOUNDS LIKE
"WE ARE."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> Stephen: I KNOW.
I KNOW.
>> Jon: BUT THAT WAS IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I WAS AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO SAY JOHN OLIVER.
( LAUGHTER )
TIME.
I HEAR THAT EVERY YEAR.
>> Jon: NOT LAST -- >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND, I
UNDERSTAND.
OKAY, SO, WHAT CAN YOU DO AFTERWARDS?
TELL ME ABOUT-- SO YOU GET THE THING.
YOU GAVE A BEAUTIFUL SPEECH ABOUT HOW YOUR MUSIC SAY
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE FOR YOU, IT'S INCREDIBLY LOVING.
AND THEN I KNOW YOU DON'T DRINK.
HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE?
DID YOU GO PLAY MUSIC?
>> Jon: YOU WHAT I ACTUALLY-- NO LIE, I WENT TO EAT SOME FOOD,
AND I WAS SO TIRED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEAL THAT I LEFT AFTER
EATING THE FIRST HALF, AND WENT TO BED.
( LAUGHTER )
GOOD FOR YOU.
>> Jon: WENT TO BED.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A LONG CAREER.
( LAUGHTER )
THERE.
>> Jon: I'M NOT-- I DON'T PARTY LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO GO IN A SECOND.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY, ALSO, AND MORE
IMPORTANT, REALLY, ULTIMATELY MORE IMPORTANTLY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE TO YOUR
BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED WIFE, SULEIKA JAOUAD.
>> OH, YES!
LOOK AT THAT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
♪ ♪ ♪ THAT'S BEST.
THAT IS BEST.
>> Jon: WE HAD A LOT OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THAT.
>> Stephen: WE DID.
>> Jon: MAN.
WE GOT-- MAN.
WE HAD-- THEY REALLY HELPED ME.
>> Stephen: OH, MIME GLAD.
>> Jon: OF THEY REALLY HELPED ME.
>> Stephen: I'M GLAD SCPNJTS WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS
SO... IT'S SUPPORT OF OPPOSITE OF THE LIGHTS AND THE CAMERA AND
THE GLITZ OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IN THE BUSINESS.
>> Stephen: BUT IT'S BUILT ON THE SAME FOUNDATION.
>> Jon: UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.
>> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: AND THAT IS HOW THEY'RE THE SAME.
>> Jon: YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW ALL THINGS ARE THE SAME.
>> Jon: LOVE.
>> Stephen: ALL THINGS ARE ONE.
>> Jon: YES.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: AND MUSIC RUNS THROUGH IT.
>> Jon: YES.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING?
ARE YOU REGISTERED ANYWHERE?
DO YOU NEED, LIKE, A CROCK POT OR BUTTER DISH?
>> Jon: YEAH, WE DO, WE NEED ALL OF THAT.
WE JUST GOT A PLACE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO FILL IT UP.
IT'S EMPTY.
>> Stephen: IT IS.
>> Jon: YOU GET THE PLACE, AND YOU WORK SO HARD TO GET A PLACE,
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
AND THEN IT'S EMPTY.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT EMPTY.
IT'S GOT SOME GRAMMYS IN IT.
( APPLAUSE )
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH OSCAR ISAAC.
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