--- title: James Corden Turned Beyoncé Lyrics Into A Soap Opera description: Beyonce's lyrics become a soap opera starring Meg Ryan, Adam Scott, and James Corden. canonical: https://time.com/4489248/meg-ryan-adam-scott-beyonce-james-corden-video/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-13T16:26:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:28.872Z og:title: James Corden Turned Beyoncé Lyrics Into A Soap Opera og:description: Adam Scott and Meg Ryan star in the new show og:url: https://time.com/4489248/meg-ryan-adam-scott-beyonce-james-corden-video/ 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: James Corden Turned Beyoncé Lyrics Into A Soap Opera twitter:description: Adam Scott and Meg Ryan star in the new show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Meg Ryan and Adam Scott Helped James Corden Turn Beyoncé Lyrics Into a Soap Opera by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 13, 2016 4:26 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 13, 2016 4:26 PM UTC [James Corden](http://time.com/4483742/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-breakup-james-corden-stephen-colbert-hiddleswift/) is one of [Beyoncé’s](http://time.com/4444035/beyonce-destroying-cars-music-video/) biggest fans, and like many superfans, he used his free time to write a little fan fiction. Of course, Corden isn’t just an average fan though, so on Monday night’s episode of _The Late Late Show_, with the help of Adam Scott and Meg Ryan, he turned his fan fiction into quality television, transforming Beyoncé lyrics into the plot of a soap opera called _The Bold and the Lyrical._ In the sketch, Ryan and Scott are in bed cooing sweet nothings like “Say my name, say my name” and “Tonight, I’ll be your naughty girl” to each other, only to have their romance (and lyric reciting) interrupted by Corden, playing Ryan’s husband. When he burst into the room, Corden is instantly suspicious, “You’re acting kind of shady, ain’t calling me baby.” Ryan told him, “Relax, you’re looking so crazy right now,” to which Corden could only reply, “Your love’s got me looking so crazy right now!” As the action and the Beyoncé lyrics unfurl, things aren’t looking good for Ryan and Corden. Don’t worry, though, because Corden is a survivor: “You thought I’d be weak without you, but I’m stronger. Thought I’d be sad without you, but I laugh harder. I’m a survivor.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4489248/meg-ryan-adam-scott-beyonce-james-corden-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4489248/meg-ryan-adam-scott-beyonce-james-corden-video/"},"headline":"Meg Ryan and Adam Scott Helped James Corden Turn Beyoncé Lyrics Into a Soap Opera","datePublished":"2016-09-13T16:26:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:28.872Z","description":"\"Looking so crazy right now, your love\"","url":"https://time.com/4489248/meg-ryan-adam-scott-beyonce-james-corden-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Beyonce","Late late show","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4489248/meg-ryan-adam-scott-beyonce-james-corden-video/","name":"Meg Ryan and Adam Scott Helped James Corden Turn Beyoncé Lyrics Into a Soap Opera"}}]}] ```