-Jack Harlow. Jack, look at us.
Can I just explain -- You made your TV debut.
You performed here.
Now tonight, this is your first talk show interview.
So you're debuting your t-- [ Cheers and applause ]
-Yeah.
Whenever I -- Whenever I imagined the couch time,
I was always like, "Oh, this sounds nerve-wracking."
But I feel -- I feel great. I actually feel --
[ Cheers and applause ] -You feel good?
You feel comfy? -I feel at ease with you.
-Good. That's what I want you to do.
Good, 'cause you know I love you, man.
You're one of the biggest rappers on the planet right now.
And I just -- I have this photo of your --
This is a performance that someone took a photo of.
This is one of your -- -Wyatt, my best friend,
took that photo.
-This is one of your first gigs I guess?
Yeah?
-My first ever show in Birmingham, Alabama.
My first ever tour show.
[ Cheers and applause ] -This is the tour.
One, two, three, four, five.
There's like 10 people there.
They're not even looking at you, these guys.
They're talking to each other -- "Hey, what's up, man?
What do you think of the concert?"
How does it feel to go from here to here?
-It's validating.
I think I just like -- I appreciate it.
You know, I appreciate it.
It's fragile to me.
I know I worked for it.
I don't take it for granted at all because of that.
Because I did everything, bro.
I did the open mics.
I did A3Cs.
I begged people to rock with me.
-Yeah. -You know what I'm saying?
I really put in the work.
-You put the hustle in.
-So I can always stand on that.
You know, no one can say this was gifted to me.
-Yeah, good man. I agree. [ Cheers and applause ]
You start here.
I mean, honestly, you should be friends with all these people.
There's only 10 people there.
-You know what's crazy is I went back to Birmingham in the fall.
We sold it out in three seconds.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you. Thank you.
And, like, maybe seven of the people were there
from this photo, this show in the this fall,
and they had on the same outfits.
[ Laughter ]
-That's a good move. That's awesome.
Oh, I love they did that. Birmingham, shout-out.
That's so cool. -Yeah, I hugged --
I met some of them after the show.
We took pictures and reminisced.
-I mean, you start here,
then you end up performing at the Grammys
with Lil Nas X, doing "Industry Baby."
Come on, hit number one. [ Cheers and applause ]
What does it feel like to have a number-one song?
Did you know it was gonna be a hit?
-"Industry Baby"? -Yeah.
-I knew "Industry Baby" was gonna be special.
In fact, when I was writing the verse,
everyone in the room, I kept saying,
"This is gonna be a number one. This is gonna be --"
I was like, "This is gonna be a number one, trust me, y'all."
-Really? -Yeah.
-And what's it like performing with Lil Nas X?
-You gotta bring your A game to stand out.
You know what I mean? -Yeah, exactly.
It's hard to take the light off that guy.
-He's just so powerful.
I had eight bars at the Grammys.
And so he had this massive head. -He does it up.
-He had this massive Lil Nas X head that was on the stage.
Like, his face, and I was hiding inside of it
waiting for my time to come out.
[ Laughter ]
-What part of the head did you come out of?
-The back of it. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, he's got a great head, man.
-Yeah, he's got a great head.
He really does. He really does.
-So, I came out the back of it.
The whole time I'm inside, I'm just thinking --
The whole time I'm inside his head,
I'm just thinking like,
"I got to kill this." [ Laughter ]
-This whole moment has been crafted by him,
so I got to come out swinging.
-I want to say the last month, or something,
since this album came out,
every video I see you do goes viral.
There's something else crazy happening.
And I just want to see if you can give me
your thoughts on a few of these, right?
This first one is a clip of you getting interviewed
at the Met Gala that we were just talking about.
Do you guys know what I'm talking about?
[ Cheers and applause ] -They've seen it.
They've seen it.
-Yeah, I know, but I think we should see it again.
We have to play it.
Emma Chamberlain, okay, is interviewing you.
And watch her reaction and watch what you say.
-I'll see you in there. -Can't wait.
Love you. Bye.
-Love ya. [ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Is that the effect? Like, what is that?
Is that the Harlow effect or what is it?
-That's like a piece of art because there's so many ways
to interpret that, you know what I mean?
[ Laughter ]
Everyone has a different take on what was going through her head.
So I'll leave it up to interpretation.
-Yeah.
But do you leave every interview saying "love you"?
-Only if I love them. [ Laughter ]
-Alright. Alright. You loved her.
-I have a lot of warmth to share.
-You saying, "love ya" was just genuine.
And then her reaction is like, "Ha. Huh?"
[ Laughter ]
-You forgot the part where she said it back.
We love each other. -Yeah, hey.
Then you were at the Celtics game.
-Yeah. -Okay.
-That was just --
-So, they show you on the jumbotron.
And then the refs are talking to each other,
and their mics were on.
Take a look at this. -Who's Jack Harlow?
Who's Jack Harlow?
-I have no idea. -The guy over here.
Right here. He's in the white shirt.
-Yeah, who is he? -I don't know.
Go ask him.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-"Go ask him." "Who's Jack Harlow?"
"I don't know. Go ask him."
[ Laughter ]
You had a funny reaction to that because clearly they didn't see
"Chronicles of Narnia" or something like that.
-Yeah, there's a portion of this crowd that knows
that I get compared to that half goat from "Narnia."
[ Laughter ]
We have the same sort of thing going right here.
-Yeah. -No, it was wild.
I was like -- Of course I'm not watching the broadcast.
And then people start blowing up my phone like,
"Yo, the refs have no idea who you are."
I'm like, "Okay." -Yeah, who cares?
-I got online, and I'm seeing the clip.
I think the clip is iconic.
So, I'm like, I've got to let this guy know
who I am, Scott Foster. -Yeah.
-So, it's the fourth quarter and he's over on the sideline.
And he comes over.
And I'm like, "Yo," and I'm trying to get his attention.
He's like, "My daughter already texted me."
[ Laughter ] -"I know.
My daughter already texted me.
I know the who heck you are."
Now, you got cast in your first big movie, bud,
which I'm excited about 'cause you got a good look.
This is just the start.
You are going to be in the remake of
"White Men Can't Jump."
[ Cheers and applause ] I love this.
I love this.
How did you get involved with it,
and do you know the movie?
Do you know the original?
-Yeah, I know about it.
[ Laughter ] I had heard about it.
I mean, I know how iconic it is.
Then when I got the offer, I was like, "Hm, I should watch it."
[ Laughter ]
To be fair, it came out before I was born.
So, I watched it.
I see why it's classic. -Yeah.
-It's not as gimmicky as I might have imagined.
-Oh, it's funny. -Phenomenal dialogue.
So I'm excited. We got the offer.
Kenya Barris called D.J. Drama, who I'm signed to.
Drama called me, he's like, "Hey, you want
to be in this movie?"
-Kenya Barris is amazing. He's talented.
-Yeah, shout-out, Kenya.
-You're playing the Woody Harrelson role.
-That's right.
-Have you talked to Woody at all?
-No. I want to.
I want his co-sign.
I want him to tell me like, "You can do it."
-Oh, yeah, I think Woody would do that.
You have to talk to him. You have to meet him.
-Yeah, I feel like he's about to come out or something.
-No, I wouldn't do that to you. I wouldn't do that.
I wouldn't do that to you, I'm sorry.
I wouldn't -- I'm sorry.
-That's how you always lead it up.
-I know. I'm sorry. I just get excited.
-"So, have you talked to him?" -No, no, no.
He pops up like, "Hey, how you doing?"
He's not here. He's not here.
Woody, don't come out yet. [ Laughter ]
He's been under there the whole time.
-No woodys under there. -No, wait, no, no.
[ Laughter and applause ]
I just walked right into that one.
I just walked right into it. -That's okay.
We've had a couple. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -"Come Home the Kids Miss You."
This is out, just came out Friday.
Can you tell us about the title?
"Come Home the Kids Miss You"?
-I just want to give a shout-out to my supporters because
they kind of supplied me with this title.
I was seeing under my comments for a while,
all my posts, fans were commenting,
"Come home, the kids miss you."
I just thought it was such a poetic line.
And then I just -- When I was sitting and I was like,
"Yo, I need to come up with an album title."
I realized I spent so much time away from home
during the making of the album, and just being swept off
my feet, being taken around the world,
so I feel like it encapsulates this era for me.
So we went with it. -Yeah. You crushed it, buddy.
You got some good features on here.
Pharrell, Justin Timberlake.
[ Cheers and applause ] -That's your guy.
-That's my dude, man.
Lil Wayne. Drake.
I just saw you at the Kentucky Derby.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Is there any coincidence that you released your album
the same weekend as the Kentucky Derby?
-It's not a coincidence.
-Yeah, exactly. -Had to come home.
-That's a Kentucky boy right there.
Congrats on everything, man.
You know we love you, man. [ Cheers and applause ]
It's your first talk show appearance and you nailed it.
So happy for you, bud.
-Appreciate you. -Very talented guy.
Jack Harlow, "Come Home the Kids Miss You" is out right now.
Jack is performing for us after the break.
Come on back.