Fallon teams with Grande, Megan Thee Stallion for holidays

Yes, he’s the big of the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” And sure, he’s starred successful movies, been a “Saturday Night Live” regular, and conscionable launched a caller show, “That’s My Jam.”

But Jimmy Fallon has ever wanted his “That Thing You Do!” movie infinitesimal erstwhile helium gets to perceive his opus travel connected the radio. And he’s acceptable for that infinitesimal connected Tuesday, erstwhile his vacation azygous “It Was A… (Masked Christmas),” featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion is released.

“I astir consciousness similar I’m Beyoncé oregon Drake,” Fallon told The Associated Press. “I’ve ever wanted to astonishment driblet a azygous and present it’s happening. This is brainsick what beingness is.”

“It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” started retired arsenic an thought Fallon was toying with successful August portion helium was signaling astatine Electric Lady Studios successful Manhattan. “I wanted to constitute thing reflecting connected however pugnacious it was for everyone past twelvemonth during the holidays and that it’s gonna get better,” helium said, adding that helium was looking to propulsion successful immoderate wit astir putting Purell connected everything and families cramming into the laundry country to get connected Zoom due to the fact that that’s wherever the champion Wi-Fi is. He besides enjoyed however amusive it is to accidental “booster,” particularly with a Boston accent.

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While penning the opus with shaper Ido Zmishlany, champion known for his enactment with Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber, Fallon had Grande successful caput for singing the hook, but erstwhile helium reached retired to her, helium didn’t perceive backmost close distant due to the fact that she was engaged arsenic a manager connected “The Voice.” Then, successful mid-October, she responds, saying, “I emotion this song. You dependable great. I deliberation this is truthful funny. Let’s bash this. I’m connected it. I’m going to grounds time successful the studio.”

She besides asks who is going to bash the song’s rap, which Fallon did successful the demo. Grande texts Megan Thee Stallion, who replies, “Are you kidding me? Ariana and Jimmy, my 2 besties? Let’s bash it.”

Fallon was shocked astatine however rapidly things were moving for the song. “It was thing a week ago,” helium said. “And present the 2 biggest stars successful the satellite are saying, ‘Let’s play and bash a video.’”

Though the effect was light-hearted and campy, the video sprout was pugnacious due to the fact that of everyone’s engaged schedules. Fallon changeable his scenes with Grande successful Los Angeles, aft helium taped 2 episodes of “That’s My Jam,” including 1 with Grande and the remainder of “The Voice” coaches. He past changeable his scenes with Megan Thee Stallion successful New York a fewer weeks later.

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At a clip erstwhile getting vaccinated for COVID-19 tin beryllium seen arsenic a contentious issue, Fallon hopes radical volition spot the opus successful the tone it was created. “If we tin get radical to spell get the booster oregon get the vaccine, that’d beryllium amazing,” helium said. “If not, hopefully it conscionable makes radical grin and person a bully time.”

Fallon, who has agelong been a year-round instrumentality of Christmas music, said the pandemic inspired him to make immoderate bully cheer.

“That was benignant of a wake-up telephone wherever you think, ‘Why not bash arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin to marque radical happy?’” helium said. “We hide astir these things. And this is simply a large clip to observe and get together.”

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