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  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> WHOOO!

  • HEY, HEY, HEY!

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) WHOOO!

  • WOW, THIS IS FUN.

  • THIS IS SO MUCH FUN, ALREADY MUCH ARE YOU FEELING GOOD?

  • I MEAN MAN!

  • ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

  • NO, YOUR EYES DO NOT DECEIVE YOU, I'M NOT JAMES CORDEN, I'M

  • ALICIA KEYS.

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) YOU KNOW, JAMES AND I THOUGHT IT

  • WOULD BE FUN TO SWITCH JOBS SO WHILE I HOST THE SHOW HE IS

  • GOING TO GO WIN 15 GRAMMYS REAL QUICK.

  • I'M THE FIRST AND HOPEFULLY THE BEST OF SEVERAL GUEST HOSTS.

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) SEVERAL GUEST HOSTS WILL BE

  • FILLING IN FOR JAMES WHILE HE IS AWAY NIL AMING A MOVIE OR

  • WHATEVER HE IS DOING.

  • ST SUCH A DREAM TO BE HERE.

  • I'M SO BLESSED TO BE A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR WITH A NEW

  • BOOK COMING OUT NEXT YEAR CALLED "MORE MYSELF QUTIONZ.

  • I'VE HOSTED THE GRAMMYS AND I AM ABOUT TO HOST IT AGAIN.

  • AND I'M A GIRL FROM HE'LL KITCHEN WHO HAS SOLD OVER 65

  • MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE.

  • SO BASICALLY, I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING MY WAY UP TO HOSTING THE

  • SHOW THAT AIRS AT 12:37 A.M.

  • YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GET THERE SHOW.

  • WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS ONE EXTRA SPECIAL SO WELCOME TO THE FIRST

  • OVERALL-FEMALE EP SIDE-- EPISODE OF THE "LATE, LATE SHOW."

  • ALL FEMALE HOST, IN AN ALL LADY AUDIENCE.

  • THAT'S WHY IT IS LOUD IN HERE.

  • OH, OH, OH YEAH, AND REGGIE, I GUESS.

  • HI, REG YOA.

  • >> Reggie: HI.

  • >> HE GOT LONG HAIR THOUGH.

  • YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN ALL-FEMALE EPISODE OF THE "LATE,

  • LATE SHOW."

  • AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THAT YOU PLEASE REMEMBER HOW HISTORIC

  • THAT IS LATTER WHEN YOU ARE ARE WAITING IN THE EXTREMELY LONG

  • LINE FOR THE LADIES YEAR.

  • IT HAS BEEN A POWERFULLIER FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS, JOURNALISM,

  • TECH AND ESPECIALLY MUSIC.

  • BILLIE EILISH HAD THE TOP STREAM ALBUM THIS YEAR.

  • (APPLAUSE) LIZZO IS THE MOST NOMINATED

  • ARTIST AT THE GRAMMYS THIS YEAR.

  • AND IF SHE WINS ALL EIGHT, SHE'S GOING TO NEED A BIGGER PURSE.

  • NOW USUALLY IN THE LATE NIGHT MONOLOGUE, YOU KNOW, THE HOST

  • JOKES ABOUT THE NEWS OF THE DAY AND ALL THE HEAVY THINGS THAT

  • ARE HAPPENING THIS THE WORLD.

  • BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE MOST OF

  • IT IS JUST A BUNCH OF BULL [BLEEP]

  • (APPLAUSE) AND THAT'S NOT MY VIBE, YOU KNOW

  • WHAT I MEAN.

  • I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE NEED IS LOVE.

  • WE NEED POSITIVITY.

  • WE NEED GOOD ENERGY.

  • SO THIS PART OF THE MONOLOGUE IS WHERE I COMPLIMENT THE AUDIENCE,

  • OKAY.

  • BAND, CAN YOU HIT ME WITH A LITTLE COMPLIMENT MUSIC.

  • ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

  • HEY, COME ON, YOU CAN SNAP WITH ME.

  • ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

  • I FEEL IT.

  • BEAUTIFUL LADY.

  • YOU ARE A QUEEN.

  • YOU ARE QUEEN, YOU A QUEE.

  • LADY.

  • GREEN GODDESS DRESSING, I SEE YOU, JUST NOT THE GREEN PART,

  • YOU ARE A GODDESS, BABY.

  • YEAH, YEAH.

  • AND YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU.

  • YOU CAN TOTALLY PULL OFF JUMPSUITS.

  • ♪ I SEE YOU BABY.

  • YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

  • ALL RIGHT, WE VIBING.

  • YOU'RE INSTINCTIVIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS ARE OPRAH LEVEL, BABY.

  • YEAH.

  • YEAH YEAH YEAH.

  • DON'T YOU FEEL GOOD?

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.

  • WE FEEL BETTER NOW.

  • THANKS, Y'ALL.

  • I MENTIONED THAT, THAT WAS REALLY FUN.

  • I AM JAMES ZONE TODAY.

  • SO I MEDGESSED THAT I AM GOING TO BE HOSTING THE GRAMMYS AGAIN

  • THIS YEAR ON JANUARY 26th ON CBS.

  • (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> GOING TO BE SUPERSICK, I'M SO

  • EXCITED AND WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE SO MANY ONE OF A KIND

  • ARTISTS THAT NIGHT.

  • WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE LIZZO, BILLIE, HER, ROSALIA, ASHLEY

  • McBRYDE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.

  • BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT OUT OF ALL THE POP SONGS WE LOVE, ONLY 23

  • PERCENT ARE SUNG BY FEMALE ARTISTS?

  • RIGHT?

  • AND ONLY 12% ARE CREDITED TO FEMALE SONGWRITERS.

  • CRAZIEST PART, ONLY THREE PERCENT OF THE ENGINEERS AND TWO

  • PERCENT OF THE PRODUCERS WHO MAKE THAT MUSIC ARE WOMEN.

  • AND ONE OF THOSE PRODUCERS IS ME.

  • SO WHAT THE HELL.

  • NO, IT'S KIND OF CRAZY, BUT IN OTHER WORDS, WOMEN IN MUSIC ARE

  • RARE AS MEN IN THIS AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW.

  • AND WE GOT TO FIX THAT UP.

  • SO THAT IS WHY SOME BRILLIANT FRIENDS AND I LAUNCHED SOMETHING

  • CALLED SHE IS THE MUSIC, A WORLDWIDE INITIATIVE THAT HELP

  • WOMEN IN MUSIC CONNECT AND CREATE WITH EACH OTHER.

  • >> YES.

  • >> YES.

  • SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS AND

  • SO IS THE "LATE, LATE SHOW."

  • ALL DAY ASPIRING, WE SHADOWED THE INCREDIBLE WOMEN WHO, LET'S

  • FACE IT, RUN THIS DAMN SHOW.

  • (APPLAUSE) SO ALL THESE TALENTED LADIES

  • CAME FROM OUR SHE IS THE MUSIC GLOBAL DATABASE, HERE IS NIKKI

  • WHO STUDIED AT SUNY PURCHASE WHO SPENT THE DAY SHADOWING SHOW

  • STAGE MANAGER TERI PENSKY.

  • AND HERE IS GRACE A RECENT GRADUATE OF NORTH WESTERN RIGHT

  • NEXT TO HEAD WRITER LAUREN GREENBERG AND THE OTHER

  • BRILLIANT WOMEN ON THE WRITING TEAM.

  • AND THERE IS JENNA WHO JUST COMPLETED GRAD SCHOOL WHO SPENT

  • THE DAY WITH JENNA NOLAN ASSOCIATE MUSIC PRODUCER ON THE

  • SHOW.

  • IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GETTING VOFERRED WITH SHE IS MY

  • MUSIC, GO TO MY WEBSITE.

  • I LOVE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT, MAKE IT PERSONAL.

  • IT IS ALL ABOUT MIXING EACH OTHER UP AND SINCE WE GOT THAT

  • COVERED, LET'S-- LIFTING EACH OTHER UP, SO SINCE WE GOT THAT

  • GOFERRED LET'S GET ON WITH THE SHOW.

  • WHO WANTS TO MEET OUR GUESTS TONIGHT.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> WHOOO!

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