--- title: Donut Shoppers Were Shocked By Undercover Christina Aguilera description: Jimmy Kimmel got Christina Aguilera to sing her songs while undercover at a donut shop, surprising the shoppers as she served them snacks. canonical: https://time.com/5517613/donut-shop-christina-aguilera/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-31T16:38:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:12.870Z og:title: Donut Shoppers Were Shocked By Undercover Christina Aguilera og:description: Christina Aguilera surprised casual donut shoppers with undercover singing og:url: https://time.com/5517613/donut-shop-christina-aguilera/ 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: Donut Shoppers Were Shocked By Undercover Christina Aguilera twitter:description: Christina Aguilera surprised casual donut shoppers with undercover singing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donut Shoppers Were Truly Shocked By Prank Team Jimmy Kimmel and Christina Aguilera > Sponsored content. 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But [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5516365/marie-kondo-on-jimmy-kimmel/) switched things up for shoppers at a local donut spot across from his studio on Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles, setting up hidden cameras and getting his guest [Christina Aguilera](http://time.com/5313440/christina-aguilera-busking/) to sing her most famous songs over the loudspeaker to surprise customers with personalized lyrics — all delivered in her [famous voice.](http://time.com/5311982/christina-aguilera-liberation/) To the tune of “Genie in a Bottle” — the hit that made Aguilera a star over two decades ago — she delivered customized verses to shoppers as they perused the donut offerings. “There’s a guy in all denim, and he also has a wallet chain. He just wants to eat his donuts in his Canadian tuxedo,” she sang to one unsuspecting customer who quickly caught on to the prank and began dancing in the shop. “He’s totally freaking out, and he’s looking really cute, just because he’s in a song now, and the song’s about you.” Then she went out and delivered a sweet treat, dancing and chatting with the subject of her lyrics. Not a bad way to shake up the donut routine. Watch her surprise — and delight — a number of casual shoppers in the “Undercover Sing” segment, above. Aguilera most recently released her eighth album, _Liberation_, in summer 2018\. She’s set to begin a Las Vegas residency, titled “The Xperience,” in [late May](https://www.instagram.com/p/BtO4Czdha1Q/) of this year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5517613/donut-shop-christina-aguilera/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5517613/donut-shop-christina-aguilera/"},"headline":"Donut Shoppers Were Truly Shocked By Prank Team Jimmy Kimmel and Christina Aguilera","datePublished":"2019-01-31T16:38:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:12.870Z","description":"She served shoppers their donuts, too","url":"https://time.com/5517613/donut-shop-christina-aguilera/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/5517613/donut-shop-christina-aguilera/","name":"Donut Shoppers Were Truly Shocked By Prank Team Jimmy Kimmel and Christina Aguilera"}}]}] ```