--- title: Taylor Swift: See How Her Lyrics Make a Perfect Soap Opera description: Julianne Moore and John Stamos joined James Corden for the episode of "The Bold and the Lyrical" canonical: https://time.com/4062532/taylor-swift-lyrics-john-stamos-julianne-moore/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-06T12:30:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:38.003Z og:title: You Can Make an Entire Soap Opera Out of Taylor Swift's Lyrics og:description: They joined James Corden for the episode of "The Bold and the Lyrical" og:url: https://time.com/4062532/taylor-swift-lyrics-john-stamos-julianne-moore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d741ab9a0128b6f/698866ff2dce01cd679e5e19/julianne-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Make an Entire Soap Opera Out of Taylor Swift's Lyrics twitter:description: They joined James Corden for the episode of "The Bold and the Lyrical" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d741ab9a0128b6f/698866ff2dce01cd679e5e19/julianne-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch John Stamos and Julianne Moore Turn Taylor Swift's Lyrics Into a Soap Opera by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 6, 2015 12:30 PM UTC  James Corden performs a skit with Julianne Moore and John Stamos on "The Late Late Show with James Corden", on The CBS Television Network, Oct. 5, 2015. James Corden performs a skit with Julianne Moore and John Stamos on "The Late Late Show with James Corden", on The CBS Television Network, Oct. 5, 2015.Sonja Flemming—CBS by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 6, 2015 12:30 PM UTC _Late Late Show_ host James Corden took the drama of Taylor Swift’s songs to another level on Monday when he and guests John Stamos and Julianne Moore acted out a soap opera using only her lyrics. The trio cobbled together lines from newer T. Swift hits like “Shake it Off,” “Blank Space” and “I Knew You Were Trouble,” along with some throwback Swift songs like “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” to make for one epic scene in the fictional show, _The Bold and the Lyrical_. At one point, Moore and Corden went back and forth with lyrics from “You Belong with Me.” “She wears short skirts,” Corden says. “I wear T-Shirts,” Moore retorts. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4062532/taylor-swift-lyrics-john-stamos-julianne-moore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4062532/taylor-swift-lyrics-john-stamos-julianne-moore/"},"headline":"Watch John Stamos and Julianne Moore Turn Taylor Swift's Lyrics Into a Soap Opera","datePublished":"2015-10-06T12:30:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:38.003Z","description":"They joined James Corden for the episode of \"The Bold and the Lyrical\"","url":"https://time.com/4062532/taylor-swift-lyrics-john-stamos-julianne-moore/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","Late Night Highlight","entertainment","TV","julianne moore","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d741ab9a0128b6f/698866ff2dce01cd679e5e19/julianne-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d741ab9a0128b6f/698866ff2dce01cd679e5e19/julianne-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN","caption":"THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN","creditText":"Sonja Flemming—CBS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4062532/taylor-swift-lyrics-john-stamos-julianne-moore/","name":"Watch John Stamos and Julianne Moore Turn Taylor Swift's Lyrics Into a Soap Opera"}}]}] ```