He participated in a solo Carpool Karaoke sketch during the run. Harry Styles staged a week long "residency" on The Late Late Show in May 2017, to promote his debut solo album. Liam Payne appeared on the show as a solo artist on September 6, 2017. Louis Tomlinson appeared on the show as a solo artist on February 13, 2017. Niall Horan appeared on the show as a solo artist on Octoand June 18, 2018. One Direction appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden twice - May 14 and December 3, both in 2015. The Carpool Karaoke segment - featuring popular artists carpooling with James as they sing famous songs - has become a breakout hit and is being reworked into a series. In September 2016, The Late Late Show won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Interactive Program and Best Variety Special. On 8 September 2014, CBS announced that Corden was to succeed Craig Ferguson as host of the American late-night talk show The Late Late Show on 23 March 2015.
On "The Late Late Show", he insisted "We cannot kidnap One Direction", much to the disappointment of fans worldwide. In September 2020, after the One Direction 10 year anniversary, James Corden responded to pleas from fans asking him to kidnap One Direction and put them together.
Horan recorded a song for the film's soundtrack titled Finally Free while Corden serves as the voice for the character of Percy. On 6 June 2017, Liam Payne presented Corden with the 2017 Glamour Man Of The Year award.īoth Niall Horan and Corden contributed their talents to the 2018 film Smallfoot. And, I feel like the more normal people he has around, probably the better.” ”He’s an adorable guy and I can’t begin to imagine what his life is like right now and how it’s changed in the past three years. So he brought Harry round and we played FIFA and had a pizza." Then when he got into ‘The X Factor’, he got in touch and said, ‘I’m in London and I don’t know anybody’. Louis used to come to the set with his mum and since I was the only sort of young person around we would kick a football around, things like that. ”So, Louis Tomlinson, who is a member of One Direction, his mum was a chaperone on ‘Fat Friends’. In 2013, he spoke about his friendship with Louis and Harry to The Observer Magazine. Corden also wrote the script for the " Best Song Ever" music video opening skit, alongside Ben Winston. Harry, Louis and Niall attended James's wedding in 2012. James has been friends with Louis Tomlinson's family since Louis was a child.
His father was a musician in the Royal Air Force band and his mother was a social worker. He grew up in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire and attended Park Middle School and Holmer Green Upper School. He has an older sister, Andrea Henry, and a younger sister, Ruth Corden. Corden was born in Hillingdon, Greater London, the son of Margaret and Malcolm Corden.