GMM 1648: Christmas Carol Pop Star Mashup Challenge Ft. Kelly Rowland

Can Christmas carols be bangers? – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat music) – Good mythical morning. – Let’s give a warm mythical welcome to singer, actress, icon, and now film producer with her upcoming Lifetime movie, Merry Liddle Christmas, it’s Kelly Rowland! – Aw yeah! (cheering) – Welcome to the show. – What’d you do. – Thank you. I thought you were doing like a Charlie’s Angels thing, I was like, – Oh yeah, yeah! – I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready. – Let’s do it. – Okay, so Kelly, – yes? – When do you think it is acceptable to begin listening to Christmas music? – Oh, top of November. – You’re an early girl. – Yes! – The whole month of November? – I’m a put my tree up at the top of November, I’m put my wreaths, and my Christmas lights, – Every year? Everything up at the top of November. – Just leave it up all year round at that point. – Okay, so you’re very ready for what’s gonna happen today. – Yeah, so we’ve got a tradition around here of taking Christmas carols to tired old ones and then spicin’ ’em up to some popular new music genres. – Uh huh. – And this time, we’re gonna be channeling famous pop stars, in honor of a famous pop star we have right here next to us. – Okay. – It’s time for! ♪ Rhett Wishes You a Merry Mashup ♪ ♪ Link Wishes You a Merry Mashup ♪ ♪ Kelly Wishes You a Merry Mashup ♪ ♪ All Up In Your Ears ♪ – Okay, we got two trees. This tree has some pop stars on it, that tree has some hidden Christmas carols. Each round, we’re going to pick a pop star, and then get surprised with a Christmas carol. – Oh boy. – All right. Who wants to go first? Not me. – I’ll do it! – I’m so nervous. – All right, and, – I’m nervous. – Okay, you know what? I’m feeling, in addition to the Christmas spirit, – Ditz. – A little Arianna. – [Link] Oh. – [Kelly] Ooh. – [Rhett] It’s gonna be a big Arianna. (laughing) – A big hairy one. – And give me the little yellow one, the little yellow one. – Okay, okay. Here you go, open your gift. – Ding. – All right, Arianna sings, Deck the Halls. – Deck the Halls! – Okay. – All right. – [Rhett] Okay, all right, all right. – Our halls are already decked, look over there. Deck those halls. ♪ Big Arianna in the house ♪ – Oh my God. ♪ Deck the halls with some boughs ♪ ♪ With some boughs of holly ♪ ♪ Fa la la la la laaaa ♪ ♪ ‘Tis the time to be jolly ♪ ♪ Don we now our gay ♪ ♪ All our gay apparel ♪ ♪ Fa la la la la laaaa ♪ ♪ Goes the yuletide carol ♪ ♪ Yuh ♪ ♪ Deck the, halls ♪ ♪ Deck the, halls ♪ ♪ Deck the, halls ♪ ♪ Fa la, la la, la la, laaaa ♪ – [Kelly] Oh my God! ♪ Deck the, halls ♪ ♪ Deck the, halls ♪ ♪ Deck the, halls ♪ ♪ Put those boughs of holly in those halls ♪ (laughing) (cheering) – No pressure! – That was, really good! (laughing) – All right, big Arianna. She did it. – That was big Arianna. – Were you thinking about her watching, when you were singing that? – Yeah, I was. I really hope that somebody shares this with her. – I know she’s gonna see this. – Then we can do big and little Arianna on tour! (laughing) – I’ll do the sound! – Okay, good. – Kelly, I would love for you to go next. – Dang it, why do I, okay fine. – Well, there’s more to choose from. – Okay. Okay, because I met Ed Sheeran and I just love him. – Okay. – All right. – [Kelly] I’m gonna definitely choose Ed. – Kelly’s name droppin’. (laughing) You know, when I met Ed Sheeran, – All up in your face. – When I met Ed Sheeran was, – All up in your face. – And you need to choose. – [Kelly] I’m gonna choose that red box right there. – [Link] All right, okay. What are you going to sing? – Oh Lord, you should feel how crazy my stomach is right now. (laughing) Oh gosh! Oh, this is like the hardest box to open. Okay. – Here we go, here we go, what we got. – Here we go. We’ve got, oh God. – This is dramatic. – Oh Holy Night. – Oh. – Oh that one. – With Ed Sheeran. – Ed Sheeran, Oh Holy Night. – All right, go for it. – Okay, okay. – It’s all you. – Oh God. Oh God! (laughing) ♪ All right, here we go ♪ ♪ O holy night, holyyyy ♪ ♪ The stars they brightly shine ♪ ♪ It is the night ♪ ♪ ‘Cause it’s the night of our Savior’s birth ♪ ♪ Before long lay the world ♪ ♪ In sin and error, oh we pined ♪ ♪ Baby, it’s the night of our Savior’s birth ♪ ♪ The weary world rejoice ♪ ♪ For yonder breaks a new, breaks a new ♪ ♪ And glorious morn ♪ ♪ When you fall upon your knees ♪ ♪ It’s just the night divine to hear ♪ ♪ Angel’s voices, Savior, on this holy night ♪ (laughing) (cheering) – I was, – You’re gonna make me tear up a little bit. – I felt like I might start crying. – I couldn’t stop laughing though. – Tears of joy. – I couldn’t stop laughing. – That was pretty emotional for me. – It’s was too emotional for me. I was like, oh God! I don’t want to take myself too seriously right now. – All right. – Oh that was fun. – All right. – All right, Link. Your turn. – Man. That right there is a bit intimidating. – Don’t you touch that. – Oh, oh I won’t. – All right. – All right, I’ll go for some Shawn Mendes. Yay! – We love Shawn Mendes. – And I’m gonna go for, this one. What is good old Shawn gonna sing? Well that’s a long one! We Wish You a Merry Christmas. – Okay, I can deal with that. – Nice! – All right, here I go. Wish me luck! – Okay, you got this. ♪ Oh yeah ♪ – [Kelly] Got moves too, eh. ♪ Good tidings we bring to your kin ♪ ♪ And to you the best tidings there have ever been ♪ ♪ We wish you Merry Christmas cheer ♪ ♪ And to you and yours, the happiest New Year ♪ ♪ Gotta bring us that figgy pudding ♪ ♪ Won’t go until some figgy pudding’s here ♪ ♪ And won’t you serve it with a cup of good cheer ♪ ♪ We wish you a Merry Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ We wish you a Merry Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ And wish you a Merry Merry Christmas ♪ ♪ And a Happy New Year ♪ (cheering) – Okay, okay, you bringin’ all the stops. – okay. – You even gave us like a arm hit and down, you gave us choreography. – Now I’m in the Christmas spirit! – I’m in, I’m in. – I just want my daughter to think I’m cool. (laughing) – I don’t know if that did it. Okay. All right, I’m gonna go again here. I’m staying away from this. – I want that one. – I’m gonna leave that to a professional. But you know what, I’m a little bit into Tay Tay mood. – For Tay Tay mood. Ooh I like that nickname for her. – And what little present do you wanna open? Little boy been good this year? – How ’bout the one that closest to me? – Wa poosh! – Tay Tay sings, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. – Okay, okay. – Oh my. – I guess that can happen. – It’s about to! (laughing) – Okay, older Taylor. – Yeah. ♪ Hark the herald angels, they all sing ♪ ♪ The angels sing “Glory to the newborn King” ♪ ♪ Hark the herald angels singing about Him ♪ ♪ Peace on Earth and mercy mild ♪ ♪ God and sinners have reconciled ♪ ♪ Dreaming ’bout the day joyful nations rise ♪ ♪ In time to celebrate ♪ ♪ The triumph of the skies ♪ ♪ Christ is born, he’s born in a Bethlehem manger ♪ ♪ Hark the herald angels, herald angels sing ♪ ♪ Glory to the King to the newborn King ♪ – [Kelly] That’s so good! – Kelly was over here singin’ backup. – Yo, I was totally ready for you. I was ready for you, I had you. – She was feelin’ it. – Hope I did Tay Tay proud. – Yeah that was, that was all right man. – Yeah. – I kinda really really dug that, yes. – Thank you. – So okay, this is your chance. – We’re just gonna do this. – You can leave the destiny to me. – No, no we’re just gonna do this, ’cause this is – you’re going for it. – It’s your destiny. – I like this. – Yes. – Lean into it. – Oh, my favorite color. – I actually don’t know what color this is. – It’s like, you know, like a periwinkle blue. – Yeah periwinkle. – Oh periwinkle, of course. – I’m sorry, I opened your gift! – It’s all right! – I do that to my kids too, – Open it up! – I’m like I didn’t wanna open your gift. – Open it up. Oh thank you. Okay. Oh Lord! – This is gonna be fun. – Jingle Bells. – Jingle bell it up. – Okay, let’s jingle bell this thing up. – Okay. – Here we go. – All right. – Think I know what I’m gonna do with this one. ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Okay, okay ♪ ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ Jingle jingle bells bells ♪ ♪ Jingle all the bells, got them jingling all the way ♪ ♪ Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells ♪ ♪ Making spirits so bright ♪ ♪ Sleighing song tonight ♪ ♪ Got them jingle bells ♪ ♪ Oh what fun it is, is to ride, in a sleigh ♪ ♪ A one horse open sleigh ♪ ♪ Jingle bells, all the way ♪ ♪ We’re dashing through the snow ♪ ♪ One horse, open sleigh ♪ ♪ And through the fields we go ♪ ♪ So we’re laughing all the way ♪ ♪ Bells on bobtails ring-a-ding ♪ ♪ Spirits so bright ’cause we ride and sing ♪ ♪ Oh what fun it is to ride ♪ ♪ and sing a sleighing song tonight ♪ ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ Jingle jingle bell bells ♪ ♪ Jingle all them bells, got them jingling all the way ♪ ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ Yall know it now, sing it now ♪ ♪ All them bells got them jingling all the way ♪ (cheering) – Wow. – And you need to slide into your seat that way too, like. – Oh yeah. – That really jingled my bells. – What was that? (laughing) – That was some choreography. I didn’t plan any choreography. – Well you started it! – Oh yeah. – You started it, you gave us a good hand up, – Oh okay. – And you came back down. – All right, give me Lizzo. – Oh yeah, wow. Process of elimination. – Oh my gosh. – If I can exude some Lizzo confidence. – Oh my God. – What is left for me? – What’s it gonna be? – Oh I can’t wait for this one. Little Drummer Boy! – Little Drummer Boy. – Let’s go, Little Drummer Boy! – Wow. – All right gotta get that Lizzo confidence. ♪ Oh, I got a drum ♪ – [Kelly] You need a flute. ♪ Little baby, he’s the newborn king ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ Come they said to see a new King, tonight ♪ ♪ We’re supposed to all bring fine gifts ♪ ♪ To lay before the little baby ♪ ♪ Well, I’m just a poor boy ♪ ♪ Got no fine gifts to bring ♪ ♪ It’s just me and my drum ♪ ♪ Pa da rum pa pum ping ♪ ♪ Little baby, he’s the newborn King ♪ ♪ Pa rum pum, pum pum pum pum pum ♪ ♪ No gift, so I play my drum for him ♪ ♪ Pa rum pum, pum pum pum pum pum ♪ ♪ Pa rum pum pa rum pum pum pum ♪ – Choreo! (applause) – Boy, I’m never gonna think about The Little Drummer Boy – Pa rum pa pum pum. – The same way again. – Rum pum, rum pum, pa pum pum. – All right I think we just coined some new hits. Thank you to Kelly Rowland for absolutely killin’ it with us today. – Thank you. – That was awesome. – That was fun. – You can see her in her movie, Merry Liddle Christmas on November 30th on Lifetime. – That’s right. – All right, thanks for liking, commenting and subscribing. – Now you say you know what time it is. – You know what time it is. – This is The Grinch. And I am currently in North Odgen, Utah. And it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. – He’s in Utah. – That’s a costume. – That’s where he lives now. – Click the top link to watch us play What’s Santa Doing and get mythical more. – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythigality is gonna land, simply put, you should buy the Mythical Minimalist set. Now at mythical.com.

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