--- title: Alanis Morissette, James Corden Update "Ironic" for 2015 description: Alines Morissette sat down with James Corden on Monday's episode of The Late Late Show to perform a modernized version of "Ironic." canonical: https://time.com/4106222/alanis-morissette-james-corden-sing-ironic-2015/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T16:22:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:45.922Z og:title: Alanis Morissette and James Corden Updated 'Ironic' for 2015 og:description: "It's like swiping left on your future soul mate" og:url: https://time.com/4106222/alanis-morissette-james-corden-sing-ironic-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alanis Morissette and James Corden Updated 'Ironic' for 2015 twitter:description: "It's like swiping left on your future soul mate" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Alanis Morissette and James Corden Sing 'Ironic' With a 2015 Twist > Sponsored content. 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To remedy this, the 41-year-old singer sat down with James Corden on Monday’s episode of _The Late Late Show_ to celebrate the 20-year-annivesary of her album by performing a modernized version of “Ironic.” The updated song includes lyrics meant to appeal to today’s generation such as, “An old friend sends you a Facebook request and you only find out they’re racist after you accept,” and “It’s like swiping left on your future soul mate. It’s a Snapchat that you wish you had saved. It’s a funny tweet that nobody faves. And who would have thought, it figures.” Morissette and the host even address criticism of the original track: it doesn’t actually include any ironic situations. “It’s singing ‘Ironic’ but there are no ironies,” they belt out. 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