["Deck the Halls" playing]
♪ Deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪
♪ Fa la la la la, la la la la ♪
[strains, sighs]
[phone buzzing]
Dua! Hey, happy Christmas! How you doing? You good?
James, I'm in Tokyo and I really, really, really need a ride to my show tonight.
And you told me that if I ever needed a ride, I could call this number.
You promised and I need it. Now.
The thing is, Dua, I'm actually doing Christmas for the whole family this year.
Uh, it's very exciting. I'm actually doing a turducken.
It's a duck inside a chicken inside a turkey.
- I'm going off topic. - [phone beeps]
I just got another call coming in.
Will you just give me... give me one minute? Thank you.
[sighs] What?
Chappell! Hey, how you doing?
And congrats on everything. How's it going?
I'm actually back home in Missouri,
but I'd like to call in that favor for a ride.
- Missouri, and you need a ride. Let me... - [phone beeps]
I've just got another call coming in. Can I call you back?
Gaga, how you doing? You good?
[Lady Gaga] Hey, James. I'm in LA.
Where are you? I need a ride to the studio.
It's the holidays and I'm actually doing Christmas for everybody this year.
I'm very excited about it and I'm just not gonna be able to...
Do you know what? Hang on. I've just had an idea.
[phone buzzing]
James. How are you, mate?
Zane, my guy, my brother.
The best guy on planet Earth. How you doing?
Seems a bit much. What can I do for you?
Listen, I need a favor, okay?
I've got three friends. They just need a ride.
I need you to pick them up and drop them where they need to go.
I promised them ages ago, and I'm in London. I can't be there.
- Can you help? - Sure, mate. Just tell me where they are.
- Tokyo, Missouri and Los Angeles. - Whoa!
[stammers, sighs]
I'm gonna level with you, Zane. They're Carpool Karaoke rides.
Uh, I don't know, James.
Uh, that's kind of your thing. I don't think I can do that, man.
You can. You can do this. I promise you, okay? It's a...
It's a Christmas Carpool Karaoke ride with three of our mutual friends.
You're the right guy for this. You can do it, okay?
You've got this. I promise.
Bro, I don't even have a car.
[horn honks]
Go and look outside.
James, how did you get a car here?
It's a Christmas miracle. Good luck, buddy. You've got this.
[exhales deeply]
Okay.
["Last Christmas" playing]
♪ Once bitten and twice shy ♪
♪ I keep my distance But you still catch my eye ♪
♪ Tell me, baby, do you recognize me? ♪
♪ Well, it's been a year It doesn't surprise me ♪
♪ A face-on lover With a fire in his heart ♪
♪ A man undercover But you tore me apart ♪
- Whoo! - ♪ Ooh, ooh! ♪
♪ Now I've found a real love You'll never fool me again ♪
[laughs]
♪ Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ♪
♪ But the very next day You gave it away ♪
♪ This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special ♪
- Come on! - Ooh! It's Christmas!
- [laughs] - [music ends]
[chickens clucking]
[Roan] Here, chickie, chickie.
[chuckling] Oh, my gosh!
Hello! [laughs]
You look fabulous even when you're feeding the chickens?
- Thank you. - This is amazing.
- Welcome. - Oh, thank you for having us.
- Welcome. Welcome to the Midwest. - Welcome to Missouri.
- Wow, it is beautiful. - Thank you.
It is crisp and clean. And amazing.
- [chickens clucking] - Do you name the chickens?
- Well, we have Lady Gaga, who-- - You've named a chicken Lady Gaga?
- They're... My father has. Huge Gaga fan. - [laughs]
- All the Spice Girls. - Yeah.
- Little Richard. - Yeah.
They're pop stars as well.
Wow, you never had a choice, huh?
- Your parents naming chickens pop stars. - [laughs] Yes.
- It was just... That was it. One road. - Yeah.
Well, speaking of the road, I'd love to hit it and see Missouri.
I'd love to,
as long as my parents can come with?
Yeah. Where's Mom and Dad?
- Let's do it. - Come on out, y'all.
- Hey, what's up? I'm Zane. - Hi.
- I'm Kara. Nice to meet you. - [Lowe] Nice to meet you.
- Hey, Zane. I'm Dwight. Nice to meet you. - Hey, Dwight. Nice to meet you.
So, have you ever driven with a Kiwi before?
- Never. - Watch out.
- No. [laughs] - Here we go.
- There's a first for everything. - [laughing]
["Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl" playing]
♪ We're leaving the planet And you can't come ♪
♪ Uh-huh, I'm through ♪
♪ With all these hyper Mega bummer boys like you ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, I need ♪
♪ A super graphic Ultra modern girl like me ♪
♪ We're hot, we're drunk ♪
♪ Wow, look at her moving, baby She's the one ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, I need ♪
♪ A super graphic Ultra modern girl like me ♪
♪ Get up off your feet Get up on that bar ♪
♪ Walk that walk from Tokyo to New York ♪
♪ With everything you feel And everything you are ♪
♪ Walk that walk, flash the camera Flash the camera, flash the camera ♪
♪ You're a star ♪
♪ Uh-huh, I'm through ♪
♪ With all these hyper Mega bummer boys like you ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, I need ♪
♪ A super graphic Ultra modern girl like me ♪
- Skadoosh. - [laughs]
- [Dwight] Whoo-hoo! - That is out of here.
[all laughing]
It's an amazing song. It's an amazing album.
I mean, Dwight, I gotta ask you, you know,
when did you first recognize that there was a really strong creative spirit?
The eighth-grade talent show that she participated in.
She'd been taking piano lessons for three years.
And I'm like, "What song are you gonna play?"
And she's like, "Oh, I'm gonna do The Christmas Song."
Not thinking she's gonna sing 'cause I haven't heard her sing.
[piano playing]
♪ Chestnuts roasting ♪
♪ On an open fire ♪
That talent show exposed Mom and I and the grandparents
to something we had never heard before.
We were all in tears.
I think if you watch the video that's out there, you might see some tears
from the grandparents and us that were witnessing that, you know?
♪ Merry Christmas ♪
♪ To you ♪
Why did you keep it a secret for so long
and decide to, kind of, unveil it all at once?
- I love surprises. [laughs] - Clearly.
I think that's been since day one.
Like, no one knows what I'm gonna pop out doing.
And I think I kept it a secret because I was so nervous.
- It was in front of my whole school and... - [sighs] That's courageous.
it's like, yeah, seventh and eighth grade is so horrifying.
- Brutal. - Brutal. Brutal.
Brutal years to go out in front of your peer group and say,
"Hey, you may not know this about me, but I'd like to entertain you."
- Yeah. - Respect.
[all laughing]
So, I'd imagine that being home for Christmas
and being together is very special this year given how far you've traveled.
Oh, man. Yeah.
[Lowe] What are the Christmas traditions?
We have a tradition every year where we open one gift before...
- On Christmas Eve, which-- - Yeah.
And it's always the same of matching pajamas.
We like to watch the little Christmas shows and--
- Elf. - Elf.
- We gotta watch Elf. - Elf is number one?
Elf is number one.
And then National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
[chuckling] Yes!
Now we're talking.
It's like, "Elf, okay, that's cool. That's wholesome."
And then, "Okay, let's make it a little bit edgy."
- Yeah. Yeah. - You gotta roll some Chevy Chase out
- once in a while, you know what I mean? - Yeah. [laughs]
[Lowe] Oh, my God!
["Pink Pony Club" playing]
♪ I know you wanted me to stay ♪
♪ But I can't ignore The crazy visions of me in LA ♪
♪ And I heard that There's a special place ♪
♪ Where boys and girls Can all be queens every single day ♪
♪ I'm having wicked dreams Of leaving Tennessee ♪
♪ Hear Santa Monica I swear it's calling me ♪
♪ Won't make my mama proud It's gonna cause a scene ♪
♪ She sees her baby girl I know she's gonna scream ♪
♪ God, what have you done? ♪
♪ You're a pink pony girl ♪
♪ And you dance at the club ♪
♪ Oh, Mama, I'm just having fun ♪
♪ On the stage in my heels ♪
♪ It's where I belong down at the ♪
♪ Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing At the Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing Down in West Hollywood ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing At the Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ Don't think I've left you all behind ♪
♪ Still love you and Tennessee You're always on my mind ♪
♪ And, Mama, every Saturday ♪
♪ I can hear your Southern drawl A thousand miles away, saying ♪
♪ God, what have you done? ♪
♪ You're a pink pony girl And you dance at the club ♪
♪ Oh, Mama, I'm just having fun ♪
♪ On the stage in my heels ♪
♪ It's where I belong down at the ♪
♪ Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing At the Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing Down in West Hollywood ♪
♪ I'm gonna keep on dancing At the Pink Pony Club ♪
♪ Pink Pony Club ♪
- Such a smash. - [laughs]
It's such a sm... It's a game-changer.
Thank you.
[music ends]
[Lowe] All right, Mum, you play a huge role in that song.
So, how did you feel when you first heard that?
Um, it's kind of emotional, actually.
I... I started to tear up just listening to her sing it just now.
We love her so much and we're so proud of what she does and who she is,
and what she stands for, that that song, I love singing it with her at her shows.
And I love it when you can just see
the... the people just respond to that song so much.
- Yeah. - And even when we're grown up,
we really care about what our parents think about us and...
Yeah.
I hope that that's something that she always knows.
That we love her so much,
and we could never not be proud of her.
Honestly.
I think about this a lot and try not to get emotional about it.
[chuckles]
Yeah. I already am. [chuckles]
Just a second. [cries]
Of course, dude. Of course.
What-What she stands for is a lot of hope.
But what she has taught me as a father
is respect for other people and all people.
And-And that's what I want people to understand.
Everything that is about her is about loving everybody.
And she has taught me that.
[Lowe] Hmm. I love that, man.
All right, what's the worst thing about her?
[all laughing]
["Drummer Boy" playing]
♪ Come they told me, pa-rum-pa-pum-pum ♪
Work.
♪ Our finest gifts we bring Pa-rum-pa-pum-pum ♪
[mumbles] ♪ ...before the king Pa-rum-pa-pum-pum ♪
♪ Rum-pa-pum-pum, rum-pa-pum-pum ♪
[laughs]
♪ At the table with the family Havin' dinner ♪
♪ BlackBerry on our hip And then it gave a little flicker ♪
♪ Then I took a look to see Before it activates the ringer ♪
♪ Came to realize my homie Bieber Hit me on the Twitter ♪
♪ Then I hit him back Despite I had some food up on my finger ♪
♪ Sippin' eggnog With a little sprinkle of vanilla ♪
♪ Even though it's kinda cold Pullin' out a chinchilla ♪
- ♪ Bieber hit me back and said... ♪ - Chinchilla?
♪ ..."in the winter" I said, "Cool" ♪
♪ People everywhere And all our Twitter followers ♪
♪ Merry Christmas, Kwanza Happy Hanukkah ♪
Wow! That was amazing. [laughs]
[Lowe] Being out here in Missouri,
it's a really eye-opening experience for me because it's just vast.
You really feel like you're in the center of the country.
- Yeah. - What was it like growing up here
for somebody who, obviously, had such a natural creative energy?
I didn't feel, like, particularly inspired to explore who I was.
- Hmm. - Because I grew up quite religious.
And that is, in the religion that I was in, very restrictive and very suffocating.
- [Lowe] Hmm. - And I know, for a lot of people,
it's actually very freeing.
For me, it almost did the opposite, where I felt like I couldn't be myself.
That who I was, was a sin.
And I was going to hell no matter how good of a person I was,
- or how much I loved God, and like... - [Lowe] Hmm.
...for being gay and, like, I just couldn't handle feeling ashamed anymore.
And when I moved to LA, I just didn't feel that type of shame.
What part of Missouri is still in you, do you think?
I'm so grateful I'm from here.
A lot of my family and I have very different views.
Yeah.
And love is so not black-and-white for me.
Because I'm from the Midwest and, like, come from a conservative community...
[Lowe] Hmm.
...I understand the fear and where it comes from.
It's scary when it's something you don't know or understand.
Yeah.
- It's like one degree every conversation. - [Lowe] Right. That's it.
Just like conversation after conversation,
and not just giving up on people that have helped you when you were in diapers.
Like, that's just not how I personally operate.
The door has to be open or there is no learning.
[Lowe] We're doing the Missouri tour.
- Where are we headed to? - Andy's Frozen Custard.
You said that with such conviction.
It's my favorite ice cream in the world.
- We're meeting a few of my friends. - I'm gonna get to meet your friends too?
Yes, I've been going here my whole life
and we still to this day meet up and get Andy's together.
- [Lowe] Here it is. - [Roan] I'm so excited. Andy's!
I'm so excited!
- Hi! - Hi! [laughs]
- Hello. - Hello.
- How are you? - Oh, my God.
- Hi, I'm Zane. Nice to meet you. - Hi, I'm Paige. Nice to meet you.
- Madison. - Nice to meet you. How are you?
What I loved was hearing the laugh.
When you all came together, that wasn't like a... [giggles]
That was like a... [imitates deep giggle]
- [laughing] - That was a deep "I know you" laugh.
So I'm hungry. Should we do it?
- Let's do it. - Let's go.
[laughs]
My favorite is this.
The James Brownie Funky Jackhammer?
"Peanut butter brownies filled with hot fudge."
Oh, my gosh!
If I get my own concrete, custom concrete--
Is that, like, part of the dream?
- That's part of my dream. - Is that the Missouri dream?
I would literally rather have an Andy's Frozen Custard custom
- than the Grammy. I'm not kidding. - [Madison] Oh, my God!
- I'm just, like, actually serious. - That makes sense.
- That's good. - [Roan] Yeah.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- My friend. - Oh, my God.
Snow Monster.
Oh, my God. I'm not gonna sleep for days.
- Yeah. Yeah, it's good. - [Roan] This is a small.
[Lowe] All right, come on. Let's talk a little bit about back in the days.
What's one of your favorite memories before all this happened,
before all this maturity and this growing up business?
I think, personally, it was just almost like every Friday or Saturday night,
we were at somebody's parents' house just sitting and doing whatever.
- Watching documentaries. Yeah. - YouTube.
[Paige] Watching YouTube.
What's one thing that we don't know?
How much she genuinely cares about other people,
and how safe she makes you feel when you talk to her.
And she is someone that genuinely listens when you talk to her.
- And that's not a lot of people. - Hmm, beautiful.
That's so sweet.
- [Madison] It's true. - [Lowe] I love that.
When you see people get it wrong,
and attack famous people because you've become a target to some degree,
it must really kick in the...
the protective side of your friendship in a big way.
It is so hard for me not to just make, like, a thousand burner accounts,
and just go out there and try to fight all these people.
- Just torch people. - I know.
I'm very much the mama bear of the group.
- You don't mess with my people, you know? - Yeah.
And I feel like we're all that way with each other too.
[Lowe] People seem pretty respectful here in Missouri.
I mean, I feel like a lot of people see you.
- And I can see them see you... - Yeah.
...and know who you are, but they seem to have this Missouri way about them,
where it's like, "It's cool."
I mean, personally, before Kayleigh got famous,
I always thought it'd be so cool to meet a celebrity.
But I think when you don't have that mindset--
Now you know one you're like, "Who cares."
- Yeah. - [laughing]
Who'd you want her to introduce you to though? Real talk.
- Ooh! - Who's your one?
- Who's your one? Who's your one? - [sighs]
Glen Powell, this ring is coming off.
[all laughing]
["Good Luck, Babe!" playing]
♪ It's fine, it's cool ♪
♪ You can say that we are nothing But you know the truth ♪
♪ And guess I'm the fool ♪
♪ With her arms out Like an angel through the car sunroof ♪
♪ I don't wanna call it off ♪
♪ But you don't wanna call it love ♪
♪ You only wanna be The one that I call baby ♪
♪ You can kiss a hundred boys in bars ♪
♪ Shoot another shot Try to stop the feeling ♪
♪ You can say it's just the way you are ♪
♪ Make a new excuse Another stupid reason ♪
- ♪ Good luck, babe ♪ - ♪ Good luck ♪
- ♪ Well, good luck, babe ♪ - ♪ Good luck ♪
♪ You'd have to stop the world Just to stop the feeling ♪
You got me in my Kiwi accent so bad right now. Like, "Well, good luck, babe."
- Well, good luck, babe. - [Lowe] Well, good luck, babe.
- Good luck. - Good luck. On your way, good luck.
♪ When you wake up next to him In the middle of the night ♪
♪ With your head in your hands You're nothing more than his wife ♪
♪ And when you think about me All of those years ago ♪
♪ You're standing face to face With I told you so ♪
♪ You know I hate to say, I told you so ♪
- ♪ You know I hate to say ♪ - Do it.
♪ But I told... ♪
- [screams] - [all laughing]
♪ ...to stop the feeling ♪
- [Lowe] Thanks for hanging out with us. - [Paige, Madison] Thanks for having us.
- [Lowe] Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.
So, where are we going to next on this wonderful tour of... of Missouri?
Well, we're going to the Gillioz Theatre.
- [Lowe] Okay. - [Roan] It's just up here on the right.
So there it is. There's the theater.
So, the Gillioz Theatre. Let's talk about this place in the Chappell Roan story.
- You always wanted to play it? - I've always wanted to play it.
- And I got to, three or four times now. - Wow.
- [Roan] These are the best crowds. - Yeah.
Yeah, this place is magic.
[Roan] And imagine like this, but make it Pink Pony Club.
[laughs]
Because this is where I did my album release.
And there was like-- It was a huge party.
[Lowe] So this place was shaking, huh?
[Roan] Yes, the balcony was actually shaking.
[Lowe] What was it like when you set foot on the stage for the first time
and it was your stage?
Oh, my God. It was just breathtaking.
I, like, looked out in the crowd.
I was like, "Oh, I know my whole town. Like, I'm gonna see so many people."
- And I didn't know anyone. - Mmm.
There were all these, like, queer people and feminists and...
And you realize, this is why it's important
to come to small, Midwestern towns.
Like, there are people that need a space to be themselves
just as much as Seattle or Vancouver or, you know, London.
I looked out and I saw myself every time I've played here.
You know, here we are in this theater which means the world to you.
And you're back home at the end of an incredible year.
- What are you thinking about next? - I mean, we have the Grammys coming up.
I... It's, like, such a double-edged sword for me
because I'm like, "Yes, it is a talent show for, like, the popular kids."
- [chuckles] - That's one side.
But the other side is, like, "Oh, my God.
How amazing is it that a gay artist wrote a gay song that went number one,
with a gay writer,
who did not grow up in the industry, did not have an in,
has been busting her ass for, like, a decade?"
That's, like, honorable to me.
- It means something. - It means something to me.
But at the same time... It's an honor to be nominated with some of the other artists.
But you got a speech though, right?
I don't have a speech yet. But you know me.
- I'm gonna say something controversial. - [laughing] "You know me."
[Roan laughs]
- Let that be a warning to everybody. - Why not?
Of course. Look, I mean, just be you.
Where does that fearlessness come from, do you think?
Girl, what do I have to lose? Like...
The fearlessness comes from, in my heart, knowing I will always be okay
because my friends and family know I'm a good person.
I do good things for other people with this job.
That's my duty.
And that's why I'm, like, fearless into speaking up for the community
that deserves to live.
Beautifully put.
["Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" playing]
[Roan, Lowe] ♪ Have yourself A merry little Christmas ♪
♪ Make the Yuletide gay ♪
♪ Next year all our troubles ♪
♪ Will be miles away ♪
♪ So have yourself ♪
♪ A merry little Christmas ♪
♪ Now ♪
["New Rules" playing]
[Lowe] Whoo!
♪ One, don't pick up the phone ♪
♪ You know he's only calling 'Cause he's drunk and alone ♪
♪ Two, don't let him in You'll have to kick him out again ♪
♪ Three, don't be his friend ♪
♪ You know you're gonna wake up In his bed in the morning ♪
♪ And if you're under him You ain't getting over him ♪
♪ I got new rules, I count 'em ♪
Ah, smash.
♪ I gotta tell them to myself ♪
♪ Practice makes perfect I'm still trying to learn it by heart ♪
This... This is a bar. This next one is a bar.
♪ Eat, sleep, and breathe it Rehearse and repeat it ♪
♪ 'Cause I ♪
♪ One, don't pick up the phone ♪
♪ You know he's only calling 'Cause he's drunk and alone ♪
♪ Two, don't let him in You'll have to kick him out again ♪
♪ Three, don't be his friend ♪
♪ You know you're gonna wake up In his bed in the morning ♪
♪ And if you're under him You ain't getting over him ♪
♪ I got new rules, I count 'em ♪
- Hey! - Whoo!
♪ I gotta tell them to... ♪
♪ Don't let him in Don't let him in ♪
♪ Don't, don't, don't, don't ♪
♪ Don't be his friend Don't be his friend ♪
Hey! Hey! Hey!
♪ You're getting over him ♪
- [imitating air horn] - Done. [laughing]
Wow.
- That's the song that changed my life. - Changed your life.
I still remember the first time I heard it.
It's crazy the amount of girls that have come up to me and been like...
- That's the one. - ..."You've gotten me through my breakup."
It's surreal how music can have this effect.
Something that I love to do is,
even in moments where I don't feel my most confident,
I like to write confidence into the songs or sing songs that make me feel that way.
Were you feeling that way when you sang that song?
Yeah. It was at a time when I needed it the most.
- Mm-hmm. - There have been some bad relationships.
And I've had to learn through that.
I don't think I'd have been able to appreciate something, a good thing,
without really going through some of the bad.
- With boundaries up. Yeah. - Yeah.
Without having learnt, you know?
It wasn't that long before that that you were just that kid in your bedroom
kind of dreaming it up and manifesting it yourself.
Oh, yeah. Fifteen-year-old me...
- [Lowe laughs] - ...would not even believe that, like,
- I would know places in Tokyo, you know? - The 15-year-old you. Press play on that.
- Oh, my God. - [laughs]
- I know exactly what this is. - Bet you do.
[Lowe] That is you onstage with Katy Perry.
Oh, my God.
- Fifteen-year-old Dua. - Oh, yeah.
- [fans cheering in video] - [Katy Perry laughs]
- [Lowe] That's you before all of this... - [Lipa] That's me.
...already finding yourself on a stage,
you know, sharing it with someone that you've now gotten to know,
you've shared stages with on your own terms.
- Yeah. - She's a peer.
- Yeah. - And back then, you're a fan.
She played "Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston.
And she asks her dancers to bring people up from the floor onto the stage.
And I was like, "Oh, well, this is my moment. I gotta get up on stage."
Did your arm go up before you even decided?
- I was, like, climbing over the banister. - [laughing]
- Oh, my God. - Then one of her dancers pulled me up.
And I'm like, "I can't even believe it." My friend's in the crowd.
And I'm like, "You better be taking a picture of this."
It was such a thrill and such a rush in that moment.
And, you know, it's one of those core memories that you just... that get locked in
that make an already amazing show even more special...
- Yeah. - ...in that moment.
- You feel like you've just been chosen. - Yeah. Yeah.
I think that was also where I set my dreams in stone.
I started manifesting. I was...
- That was it? That was the moment? - Yeah.
I was like, "I want to be on that stage. I want to perform."
- Wow. - "I want to do rooms like this."
I now play "Dance with Somebody" at the end of every single one of my shows.
["I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" playing]
♪ Clock strikes upon the hour ♪
♪ And the sun begins to fade ♪
♪ Still enough time to figure out How to chase my blues away ♪
♪ I need a man who'll take a chance ♪
♪ On a love that burns Hot enough to last ♪
♪ So when the night falls My lonely heart calls ♪
Whoo!
♪ Oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ I wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪
♪ Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ With somebody who loves me ♪
♪ Oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
I love this bit here.
- ♪ I wanna feel the heat ♪ - [accentuates final consonant]
[laughs, imitates Lowe]
[Lowe laughing] ♪ Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody ♪
So good.
♪ With somebody who loves me ♪
♪ Don't you wanna dance Say you wanna dance ♪
♪ Don't you wanna dance Dance ♪
♪ Don't you wanna dance Say you wanna dance ♪
♪ Don't you wanna dance ♪
♪ Don't you wanna dance Say you wanna dance ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ With somebody who loves me ♪
- Wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow. - [Lipa cheers, applauding]
[Lipa] Love it.
[Lowe] Tokyo, Japan. Dua, can you believe this?
- I love it. - Same.
Well, we have this in common. We both love it here.
[Lipa] I feel like I find my real sense of adventure when I'm here.
I think it's what really, like, keeps us young, in a way,
- is constantly learning... - Mmm. Mmm.
- ...and being curious... - Facts.
...and going out and experiencing something new.
Like, my favorite saying or motto or something is,
"When was the last time you did something for the first time?"
Because every time I do something new, I'm like, "Oh, okay.
Today I did something for the first time I've ever done in my life."
Okay, so, Dua, when was the last time you did something for the first time?
Right now.
- There you go. There's your answer. - First time I'm driving a car in Tokyo.
- Zane is taking me to my show. - All right. Your show.
- No pressure then. - It's gonna be a fun show.
- Well, I... if I get you there.
- [laughs] Yeah. Well, at this rate... - [laughing]
...I feel like we might need to get one of those Mario Kart go-karts.
Ditch the car, get the go-kart, go to the venue.
- But my shows here in Tokyo are early. - [Lowe] Yeah.
- What time? - It's like Saturday, 6:00 till 8:00.
- What? - Sunday, 5:00 till 7:00.
- [Lowe stammering] - And I--
I've dreamt of a matinee show my whole life.
This is what I mean. Everyone thinks that every artist,
as they become successful, dreams for 9:30.
What no one really realizes is that almost every artist,
when they start to sell out shows, dreams of 6:00 p.m.
- [laughs] We dream of bedtime... - Right?
- ...at, like, 8:00 or 9:00. - Totally.
["Happy Xmas (War is Over)" playing]
♪ And what have you done? ♪
♪ Another year over ♪
♪ And a new one just begun ♪
♪ And so this is Christmas ♪
♪ I hope you had fun ♪
♪ The near and the dear ones ♪
♪ The old and the young ♪
♪ A very merry Christmas ♪
♪ And a happy New Year ♪
♪ Let's hope it's a good one ♪
♪ Without any fear ♪
- I love this. - Yeah, same.
♪ War is over ♪
♪ If you want it ♪
♪ War is over now ♪
You know, Christmas is so much to celebrate.
And-And to be with family is... is a blessing this time of year.
But, when I was younger, I used to find Christmas kind of a weird energy.
'Cause I thought there was so much pressure on that week or that two weeks
to see everybody and just... "How are you?"
It's also a time like, "What's been happening this year?"
- And it's like, "Where do I begin?" - [Lipa] Mm-hmm.
I've got a week to tell you all the ups, all the downs,
- whilst I'm drinking incessantly. - Yeah. Yeah.
The drink sometimes makes it easier to talk about the ups and the downs.
- And sometimes it's a little too-- - [laughs] Sometimes you can't stop.
- [laughs] - ["Houdini" playing]
♪ Time is passing like a solar eclipse ♪
♪ See you watching And you blow me a kiss ♪
[Lowe vocalizes]
♪ It's your moment, baby Don't let it slip ♪
♪ Come in closer Are you reading my lips? ♪
♪ They say I come and I go ♪
♪ Tell me all the ways you need me ♪
♪ I'm not here for long ♪
♪ Catch me or I go Houdini ♪
♪ I come and I go ♪
♪ Prove you got the right to please me ♪
♪ Everybody knows ♪
- I'ma hit the harmony. Is that cool? - Yeah, let's go!
♪ If you're good enough You'll find a way ♪
♪ Maybe you could cause A girl to change her ways ♪
♪ Do you think about it night and day? ♪
♪ Maybe you could be the one To make me stay ♪
- Oh, my God, it's so good. - Oh, I love this bit.
It's so good. You know, this was the last bit to come into the song?
And it just tied everything up. It was like, "Right. Now we've got it."
It's so Swedish. It's so beautiful. It's, like, the perfect pop breakdown.
Then when you come in over the top here...
- ♪ I come and I go ♪ - [exclaims]
♪ Tell me all the ways you need me ♪
♪ I'm not here for long ♪
♪ Catch me or I go Houdini ♪
- [exclaims] Smash. - [Lipa] Love it.
[Lowe] I love singing in the car. It's just the best.
[Lipa] It's my favorite place to listen to music.
Like, the thing that I love the most is leaving the studio,
- getting a bounce of the record... - [Lowe] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
...that I've just, like, written, getting in the car,
and just listening to that song on loop until I get home.
'Cause it's just... There's nothing more exciting
than, like, hearing something that you've just worked on
and getting really excited about it.
That's kind of what happened to me with "Training Season," is I left the studio
and I got in the car and I was listening to it over and over again
and then I got to my hotel and that night I couldn't sleep
because the song just kept playing in my head.
- So good. You knew you had one. - And I was like, "Okay.
I think this is a good one.
I think this is gonna set me off on to where I wanna go next."
What about those ones that you finish
and in the moment you feel like you've got one...
you've got a friend for life,
- and it doesn't make the cut? - [laughs]
[Lowe laughs]
Well, that's the problem with really good speakers in a studio.
- [laughs] Yeah. That's true. - Is it makes a lot of things sound good.
And then you leave the studio and you're like,
"Wait a second. That wasn't exactly how I remember this."
It's the audio beauty filter.
[laughs] It's exactly that.
It's crazy how you can really kid yourself in the moment.
And the best thing to do is to listen to it on not-so-good headphones.
- Set the bar low, D. Every time. - [laughing]
Set the bar low so nobody trips. That's my motto in life.
How you feeling going into the festive season?
You've got a lot to be thankful for, right?
- Yeah. It's been an unbelievable year. - Yeah.
It's been just a surreal year.
I feel like I've... I don't know. So many of my dreams came true.
I feel like I ticked off so many life goal boxes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm so grateful for the tour and I'm looking forward to next year's tour.
And there's just been... It's just been the best year.
The best year of my life.
Well, we're halfway to your show, so I think we've got a little bit of time
before I have to get you there.
Truth is, I'm dangerously unprepared for Christmas.
I'm normally a planner, but I need to go shopping.
We're in the perfect place. I told you, this is where you get the best gifts.
And you know the spot, right?
We gotta go.
- Let's do it. - Let's do it.
["Sleigh Ride" playing]
- This is a good idea. - This is definitely a good idea.
- It's a good idea. - Oh, my God.
- Wait. Have you had-- - Dua? Have I lost you already?
No, I'm here. I'm here. Oh, wait. These.
We're gonna need these. I think one each.
- Are you sure? [laughs] - Well, for now.
Is that Harry Potter?
Shark.
- Totoro. - [laughs]
[Lipa] I need a bigger basket.
- Zane? I really need another basket. - Yeah?
Uh, sure.
How about these mugs?
Oh! It's fish shaped.
- I have to get you to your show. - No, but we've got a bit more time.
What is this? Zane? Zane? Zane?
I've got one thing. What is going on here?
Can't tell your dad you're late for the show. I can't do it.
I mean, I've totally lost her. I don't know where she is now.
Do you reckon your dad would like this?
Why are you so obsessed with my dad?
I need one more basket.
[music continues]
- I think we have everything. - Yeah, cool.
Um, I'm gonna go and make a quick phone call.
Can you do the checkout?
Please, please, please, please, please. I'll be really quick.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Can you get them gift wrapped? Each individually.
- Please. Thanks. - I can ask.
♪ Just hear those sleigh bells jingling Ring-ting-a-tingling too ♪
♪ Come on, it's lovely weather For a sleigh ride together with you ♪
♪ Outside the snow is falling And friends are calling "Yoo hoo!" ♪
♪ Come on, it's lovely weather For a sleigh ride together with you ♪
- ♪ Ring-a-ling-a-ling, a-ding-dong-ding ♪ - Another weird key change.
♪ Ring-a-ling-a-ling, a-ding-dong-ding ♪
♪ Ring-a-ling-a-ling, a-ding-- ♪
I'm always nervous it's gonna keep going up another octave every time.
[music continues]
♪ Ring-a-ling-a-ling, a-ding-dong-ding ♪
- ♪ Ring-a-ling-a-ling... ♪ - [laughs]
Talk about weird Christmas songs...
This is the strangest way to end the song, right?
We just had the party of a lifetime, everyone's happy, everyone's drunk
- and then here we... - [hums]
Christmas songs can't end without just being odd.
[both laugh]
- LG. Mother. Gaga. - Yes? Yes?
- I'm so happy to be here. - I'm so happy to see you.
I'm enjoying our drive already.
- But I need you to take me to the studio. - Oh, good.
- That's great news. - [Lady Gaga] Yes.
That means something's on the boil.
["Disease" playing]
♪ There are no more tears to cry ♪
♪ I heard you beggin' for life ♪
♪ Runnin' out of medicine ♪
♪ You're worse than you've ever been ♪
♪ Ah, ah Screamin' for me, baby ♪
♪ Ah, ah Like you're gonna die ♪
♪ Ah, ah ♪
♪ Poison on the inside I could be your antidote tonight ♪
♪ Ah, ah Screamin' for me, baby ♪
♪ Like you're gonna die ♪
♪ Ah, ah ♪
♪ Poison on the inside I could be your antidote tonight ♪
♪ I could play the doctor I can cure your disease ♪
[imitating air horn]
♪ If you were a sinner I could make you believe ♪
♪ Lay you down like one, two, three ♪
♪ Eyes roll back in ecstasy ♪
♪ I can smell your sickness I can cure ya ♪
♪ Cure your disease ♪
[vocalizing]
[Lowe] Wow!
- Beast mode! - [chuckling]
Beast mode!
- LG7. - Yeah.
Oh, man. I feel the pressure.
I've got millions of little monsters all over the world.
- Like you better find out about LG7. - We both feel it.
There's so many different genres on the album.
And I think my favorite thing about it is, like, the chaos of it all.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And how, like, nuanced that we had to be
- in putting it all together. - To make it fit together.
You love it, right? You love it. Like, the studio, that's the plan.
That was the only place I ever felt like I belonged...
- Hmm... - ...when I was a kid.
And I think in a weird way, I still feel that way.
Like, if I'm in a business meeting, I don't really know...
- [chuckling] - ...if I should... [chuckles] I'm like...
I'm so glad you're telling me this now because the legend of Gaga
is that even as a young artist, you would walk into business meetings
and you wouldn't be pushed around.
No, I wouldn't. I can hold my own in business.
But, like, you know. I don't know that, like, I'm always like suitable... [chuckles]
- ...suitable for work. - Right.
To me, the studio was where I felt like maybe I didn't have to fight so hard.
Or if I was fighting, it was fighting with myself more.
- Like, how do I make a better record? - Yeah.
What's one of your favorite memories of Christmas as a kid?
My father's mom used to make all these Italian Christmas cookies.
- One of the cookies was called Pizzelles. - Mm-hmm.
And they're these, like, paper-thin cookies
that are... they're beautiful.
I think I just like remembering all the handmade food.
That was like my sense of comfort as a child was all the food.
- I love Christmas music. - [Lowe] I love it too.
But what do you think is the ultimate Christmas song experience?
What are you looking for when it comes to Christmas music?
I want something wholesome and sentimental.
Yeah, same.
Just like, you know, a song that the whole family can get together and sing.
I like that.
- I don't think I've heard this. - ♪ Ra pa pam pam ♪
- [Lowe] Wow. - Good luck.
♪ Ra pa pam pam Ra pa pam pam ♪
We can get down with this in my house.
♪ Light me up, put me on top Let's fa la la la, la la la la ♪
That's cute.
♪ Light me up, put me on top Let's fa la la la, la la la la ♪
♪ The only place you wanna be Is underneath my Christmas tree ♪
- I think I was 23 when I wrote this. - It's cute. It's wholesome. You're right.
♪ Let's fa la la la, la la la la ♪
♪ Light me up, put me on top Let's fa la la la, la la la la ♪
♪ Ho ho ho Under the mistletoe ♪
♪ Yes, everybody knows We will take off our clothes ♪
- Wait, what? - ♪ Yes, oh, oh, a Christmas ♪
- ♪ My Christmas tree is delicious ♪ - What?
♪ Oh... ♪ [laughs]
[Lowe] What is this? Wait.
♪ Light you up, put you on top Let's fa la la la la, la la la la ♪
- ♪ Ho ho ho, under the mistletoe ♪ - ♪ Ra pa pam pam, ra pa pam pam ♪
- ♪ Yes everybody knows ♪ - ♪ Ra pa pam pam ♪
♪ We will take off our clothes ♪
♪ If you want us to we will ♪
[gasps]
♪ Oh, oh, a Christmas My Christmas tree is delicious ♪
[bells ringing]
- You put bells in it? - Yeah.
Well, it has to be wholesome.
That... This is hilarious.
- [Lady Gaga laughs] - What is going on?
Who are you gonna miss this Christmas?
I'm gonna probably miss my grandma a lot.
I think I would always miss her around the holidays
'cause my mom's family was in West Virginia, and we were in New York.
Yeah.
But knowing that she's not there is really hard.
Was she a music fan?
Oh, yeah!
- I have to show you this video. - Come on.
- You have to see my grandma in action. - Yes.
This is her at my aunt Sheri's house.
♪ Highway to hell ♪
♪ I'm on the highway to hell ♪
Bless her.
- Oh, my God. - Get it, Grandma.
♪ Hell ♪
- Hell! - [both laugh]
- She improvised. - That's amazing!
That's so sweet.
My grandma, just, she had a really hard life.
- And she was the most positive person... - Mmm.
...like, no matter what.
And I was, like, 19 and I was staying with her.
And I was going through a really tough time.
And she said to me,
"I'm gonna let you cry for the rest of the day."
Mmm.
"And then you're gonna wake up tomorrow and go kick some ass."
I just learned a lot from her about forgiveness and wisdom
and gratitude and holding things together
for your family, for your friends, and that, like, you can't fall apart.
- [Lowe] Do you know what? - Hmm.
- I got you something for Christmas. - You did?
- Can I go get it? - Yeah. Of course.
[chattering]
- Hello, me darling. - Oh, my God!
[both laughing]
- My little Lady Gaga. - Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- You brought Brian Johnson! - I got you Brian Johnson for Christmas!
- My little darling. - Oh, my God.
You guys ready to rock?
We were born ready.
- So ready. - [laughing]
- [Johnson] Now don't be nervous. - I won't.
[Johnson] Just stay with us.
This is the moment.
♪ Livin' easy Lovin' free ♪
♪ Season ticket on a one-way ride ♪
♪ Askin' nothin' ♪
Look at her go!
♪ Leave me be ♪
♪ Takin' everythin' in my stride ♪
♪ Goin' down ♪
♪ Party time ♪
[laughs]
♪ My friends are gonna be there too ♪
All right. Let's do it.
♪ I'm on the highway to hell ♪
♪ Highway to hell ♪
♪ I'm on the highway to hell ♪
♪ On the highway to hell ♪
I got it.
Using my secret weapon.
We're all gonna die and go to hell.
[all laugh]
- You wanna hear something funny? - What's that?
I was in the "Stiff Upper Lip" video.
- No, you weren't. - Yes, I was.
When I was 17.
And I was an extra in the back.
- [Lowe] Seriously? - Yeah.
- And I was headbanging. - Yes.
And they were like, "Mmm, don't headbang. We want it to be modern."
And I was like, no, I can't. Like, there's only one move that I can do.
[Johnson] Well, me darling. Me Lady... Gaga.
Thanks for this. Merry Christmas to you...
- Merry Christmas to you. - ...and everyone in your family.
And I should've told you that I don't have a license.
Oh, my God.
So, you know, you're in the studio and you're producing.
And you've got it all figured out. Then Bruno Mars calls you.
And you have an unexpected number one smash-hit record.
I know. It was crazy.
I went to see him at like, ten o'clock at night.
He played me the idea, and then we wrote the second verse.
Then we cut it at like, 2:00 in the morning.
Bruno had me singing for four hours.
- Whoa! - Yes.
He had, like, an exact way that he wanted to hear it.
And I wanted to, you know, give him that.
All right.
But wait. You know what?
I think I should...
I just... this doesn't feel right. Can I...
For "Die with a Smile"? Yeah, yeah.
["Die With A Smile" playing]
♪ Ooh, lost ♪
♪ Lost in the words that we scream ♪
♪ I don't even wanna do this anymore ♪
♪ 'Cause you already know What you mean to me ♪
♪ And our love's The only war worth fighting for ♪
♪ Wherever you go That's where I'll follow ♪
♪ Nobody's promised tomorrow ♪
♪ So, I'ma love you every night Like it's the last night ♪
♪ Like it's the last night ♪
♪ If the world was ending ♪
♪ I'd wanna be next to you ♪
♪ If the party was over ♪
♪ And our time on Earth was through ♪
♪ I'd wanna hold you just for a while ♪
♪ And die with a smile ♪
♪ If the world was ending ♪
♪ I'd wanna be next to you ♪
- My God. - [laughs]
[vocalizing]
- Thank you for singing that with me. - Thank you.
[Lowe] Who's the artist you've sung the most in the car?
- Probably Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. - Amazing.
♪ Hey-hey, mama, said the way you move ♪
♪ Gonna make you sweat Gonna make you groove ♪
Wait.
[imitating instruments]
♪ Ah, ah, child The way you shake that way ♪
♪ Gonna make you burn Gonna make you sting ♪
Wait.
[imitating instruments]
[Lowe] You know Christmastime. 'Tis the season.
What are you grateful for this year?
I'm so grateful to be happy and healthy
and in a really, like, a stable place, with my family and friends.
And I'm in a relationship that makes me really happy.
And I'm making music. Like, I feel, like... I feel just so lucky.
[Lowe] Yeah.
["Shallow" playing]
I am so... I don't even think I can sing this song.
- I can't do it. - You have to.
- I can't do it. It's too iconic. - Please.
- No. - Please sing the Bradley part.
Please. You sang the Bruno part. You can do it.
I don't think I can just...
- ♪ Tell me somethin', girl ♪ - [laughs]
♪ Are you happy in this modern world? ♪
♪ Or do you need more? ♪
Oh, my God. It's beautiful.
♪ Is there somethin' else You're searchin' for? ♪
♪ I'm fallin' ♪
♪ In all the good times I find myself longin' ♪
♪ For change ♪
So sweet.
♪ And, in the bad times, I fear myself ♪
I'm never gonna be able to be that sincere and sweet...
Yes, you can. You have to. No, you have to.
♪ Tell me something, boy ♪
So iconic.
♪ Aren't you tired tryna fill that void? ♪
♪ Or do you need more? ♪
♪ Ain't it hard keepin' it so hardcore? ♪
♪ I'm falling ♪
♪ In all the good times I find myself longing ♪
♪ For change ♪
♪ And, in the bad times, I fear myself ♪
♪ I'm off the deep end Watch as I dive in ♪
♪ I'll never meet the ground ♪
♪ Crash through the surface Where they can't hurt us ♪
♪ We're far from the shallow now ♪
What? I don't even know how you reached this.
How did you...
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Ha, ah, ha ♪
♪ Oh, ah ♪
♪ Ha ♪
♪ I'm off the deep end Watch as I dive in ♪
♪ I'll never meet the ground ♪
♪ Crash through the surface Where they can't hurt us ♪
♪ We're far from the shallow now ♪
- Whoo! - [chuckling]
Well, my job here is done, dude.
No, actually.
Why? I got you to the studio. This is your natural habitat.
Time to release you back out into the wild.
That is... It is now going to be our natural habitat.
- Do you want me to come in? - I thought that would be fun.
My buddies are here.
This is literally the best Christmas gift ever.
- Thank you. - I'm so excited.
Let's do it.
All right. Would you like to take my arm?
- Yes, I would. - This is it. I love it already.
- [Lady Gaga] Welcome to Woodshed. - Wow. What a spot.
Beautiful, beautiful.
I'm going to change into something more comfortable.
- Okay. See you in a second. Bye. - Bye.
[instruments playing, tuning]
[Lowe] It's such a vibe in here. It's such a vibe.
- Hello. - [Lowe] Yo.
- Merry Christmas. - Yay!
- This is for you. - Amazing.
- Can I open it now? - Yes.
- Incredible. - Hi, guys.
[musicians] Hey, babe.
[Lady Gaga] Happy holidays.
- Can I put it on? - Yes.
This is my first Christmas jumper of the season.
[Lady Gaga] Okay. Let's go from the top.
- [Lowe] Can I sit in? - [Lady Gaga] Yes, of course you can.
How does it look, by the way?
- It looks dope. - [bassist] It looks good.
It looks good, says the guy in the perfectly-tailored suit
- with a double bass. - [Lady Gaga] I know.
[all laugh]
- Hey, Zane. - [Lowe] Yeah.
Will you play?
- Are you serious? - I am 100% serious.
- Is it cool with the guys? - [Lady Gaga] Come on!
[musicians] Come on, man!
All right.
I'm gonna be... Okay, truthful moment.
I'm kinda freaking out,
- if I'm being honest. - [Lady Gaga laughs] Why?
'Cause it's like, I woke up this morning,
not expecting to come to the studio and strap on a Tele
and rock out with you guys and you!
And you're like the greatest on Earth. This is incredible.
- You're so sweet, Zane. - I'm having a ball.
[Lady Gaga] Such good vibes. Good music.
[producer] Here we go.
♪ S-Santa's coming to town ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
[chuckles]
♪ You better watch out You better not cry ♪
♪ You better not pout I'm telling you why ♪
♪ Santa Claus is coming to town ♪
♪ He's making a list He's checking it twice ♪
♪ He's going to find out Who's naughty or nice ♪
♪ Santa Claus is coming to town ♪
♪ He sees you when you're sleeping ♪
♪ He knows when you're awake ♪
♪ He knows if You've been bad or good ♪
♪ So you better be good For goodness sake, oh! ♪
♪ You better watch out You better not cry ♪
♪ You better not pout I'm telling you why ♪
♪ Santa Claus is coming to town ♪
♪ I'll steal your presents ♪
♪ From under your tree ♪
♪ Santa's coming with me ♪
♪ He sees you when you're sleeping ♪
♪ He knows if you're awake ♪
♪ And he knows If you've been bad or good ♪
♪ So you better be good For goodness sake, oh! ♪
♪ You better watch out You better not cry ♪
♪ You better not pout I'm telling you why ♪
♪ Santa Claus is coming to town Oh, my ♪
♪ Santa Claus is coming to town ♪
♪ To town, to town To town, to town, to... ♪
♪ A-Santa's coming to town ♪
[all laughing]
Dude! This is what you do for a living?
I got it wrong for so many years.
[musician] Yeah!
Nice. Print it!
[chuckles]
Oh, guys. I can't say thank you enough.
- That was like, I'll never forget that. - No, thank you. You nailed it.
I'll never forget that. Well done.
I can't say goodbye to you just yet.
- Look that way. Don't look this way. - Okay. I'm looking this way.
- [Lowe] Right. LG. - [Lady Gaga] Yes?
[Lowe] Remember you were saying one of your fondest Christmas memories
- was the cookies that you used to get? - Yeah.
Well, we couldn't get them made by the family.
But we found some locally
- that we wanted to give to you. - Oh, my God.
Thank you. Oh, my God. That's so sweet.
- I love you. Thank you. - I love you too. We all do.
- You want one? - Yes.
- That's so sweet. - I never bought you lunch either today.
We literally haven't eaten for six hours. I'm so sorry.
- I starved you and made you sing. - I'm so sorry.
- Oh, my God.
These are delicious!
Tastes like my childhood.
- LG. - Thank you.
- Take one more. - No, I got one. I'm good.
- Okay. - Have an incr... Okay, I'll take one more.
I'm Italian. I'm like... [Italian accent] ...take it home!
Have an amazing Christmas! Love you. See you in the new year.
- Love you, too. - Bye!
[Lady Gaga] ♪ Santa Claus is coming to town ♪
♪ A-Santa's coming to town ♪