Harry Styles continued his week-long Late Late Show residency on Tuesday by commandeering James Cordens opening monologue.
The recent Rolling Stone cover staradopted the classic tics of a late-night host: telling the audience to take a seat amid applause, asking Did anyone see this? as a transitional cue between jokes and using random phrases to make himself feel like a Late Late Show employee (Heres another story weve all been talking about around the office).
The former One Direction member nailed the timing of his punchlines, including one-liners about Trumps Russia meeting and Hillary Clintons new PAC Onward Together. But he earned his biggest laughs (and a couple of playful groans) during an extended riff about the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sequel.
Hackers have stolen a copy of Pirates of the Caribbean, and theyre holding it for ransom, he said. They could release this movie illegally I guess you could say its a pirated video. Theyre holding Pirates of the Caribbean for ransom. Sounds to me like theyre charging an arm and a peg. If Disney pays this ransom, they could go into Johnny Debt. If people see this movie early, it would be a movie about a pirate ship with no sales. But kids cant see the movie anyway because its rated Arrrrgh.'
Styles continued his hosting duties with desk piece Side Effects May Include, detailing the many boy band-related trials of launching a solo career. Alluding to the bathtub shot on hisself-titled debut solo LP, he also included getting to take up the entire album cover with just a picture of you in a bubble bath, which is something youve been pitching unsuccessfully to the band for years.