Let it be a tearful moment for Corden
Things got emotional on a special edition of James Corden's carpool karaoke when he and Paul McCartney drove around Liverpool together, exploring the musician's hometown.
The pair toured the U.K. city and a number of the Beatle's old haunts, such as Penny Lane, his family's home, the church where McCartney was a choir boy, and a barber shop and a pub he used to play.
But the British pop star brought the “Late Late Show” host to tears. While discussing the story behind one of his band's more iconic songs, “Let It Be,” McCartney opened up about the “most beautiful story” Corden ever heard.
The lyricist said that he "had a dream in the '60s where my mum, who died, came to me in the dream and was reassuring me, saying, 'It's going to be OK. Just let it be.'"
"She gave me the positive word,” he said. “So I woke up and I went: 'What was that? What'd she say? Let it be? I've never heard that. That's kind of good.'"
The episode ended on a much lighter note when Corden had McCartney surprise a local pub with an impromptu mini concert featuring“Hey Jude.”