--- title: Usher Carpool Karaoke With James Corden: VIDEO description: Usher and James Corden belt the singer's hits on Carpool Karaoke — and set a new standard for buddy comedies. canonical: https://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-26T13:26:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:49.799Z og:title: Usher and James Corden Set a New Standard on Carpool Karaoke og:description: It's basically a buddy comedy with singing og:url: https://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2556e25763ca1991/6988d739bc6cfc808a3e263f/usherjames.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1532 og:image:height: 862 og:image:alt: UsherJames og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Usher and James Corden Set a New Standard on Carpool Karaoke twitter:description: It's basically a buddy comedy with singing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2556e25763ca1991/6988d739bc6cfc808a3e263f/usherjames.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Usher and James Corden Set a New Standard for Buddy Comedies on Carpool Karaoke > Sponsored content. 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Between songs, the singer schools Corden in the art of the swaggy club entrance. (Apparently, the trick is to move like a cartoon cat through water.) Sadly, Corden says they won’t be clubbing it together. They also make time to pull off random acts of kindness like thoroughly cleaning Usher’s Hollywood star, and even appearing to help someone with car trouble. These two make a good team. 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