Never one to do something traditional, Kanye West’s edition of “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden is … uh … sky high.
The rapper/acceptance-speech interruptor was the latest guest in the hit series with the “Late Late Show” host. But it’s not in a car, it’s 30,000 feet in the air, aboard a Los Angeles-bound airplane.
The segment — dubbed “Airpool Karaoke” — aired on Corden’s Monday night show.
But the setting wasn’t the only difference. While Corden’s musical guests sometimes bring along a few extra backseat guests, this time it was over 100 members of West’s Sunday Service choir.
And what an amazing sound they made.
Just before takeoff, Corden requests some music and West cues choir director Jason White.
In between interview segments, West and the choir performed live takes on spirituals and tracks from West’s hits, “Jesus Walks,” from his 2004 album “The College Dropout,” and “Selah” from West’s latest album “Jesus Is King.”
West and Corden talked about the 42-year-old artist’s latest effort, his Sunday Service concerts.
“It was something I had a feeling I needed to do that God put on my heart,” West said. “Now, he keeps on taking me to new levels and taking us to new levels that we didn’t imagine before.”
West also talked about his marriage to Kim Kardashian West. He let it drop that the couple hopes to have more kids — three more, in fact. That would give them a total of seven children. This despite her recently saying she doesn’t want any more kids.
“The richest thing that you can have is as many children as possible,” West said.
West also talked about his mental health issues, saying that it was all part of God’s plan for him.
“God’s always had a plan for me and he always wanted to use me,” West said. “But I think he wanted me to suffer more and wanted people to see my suffering and see my pain … so now when I talk about how Jesus saved me more people can relate to that experience.”
