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.