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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 2025 Episode 144 -
Michelle Yeoh, Hank Azaria, RAYE
Michelle Yeoh, Hank Azaria, RAYE
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00:00Tonight on The Tonight Show.
00:02I need you to tell me, baby
00:04What is my heart's brain
00:06What is taking it so long
00:08To find me
00:14From Studio Cinchby and Rockefeller Center
00:16In the heart of New York City
00:18It's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
00:22Tonight joining Jimmy and his guests
00:24Michelle Young
00:26Hank Azaria
00:28Ray and Beastie
00:30Legendary Roots Crew
00:342260
00:36And now
00:38Here he is
00:40Jimmy Fallon
00:42Hey
00:48Hey
00:50Hey
00:52Hey
00:54Hey
00:56Hey
00:58Welcome! Thank you for having my time!
01:00Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
01:02Thank you, thank you, thank you
01:08Come on! Ah! Thank you! Enjoy yourself! Enjoy yourself!
01:12Welcome, everybody! Welcome, welcome, welcome
01:14To The Tonight Show! You're here!
01:16You made it! Thank you for being here!
01:18Thank you for watching!
01:20Well, guys, last night in a major
01:22Reversal, President Trump
01:24Called on House Republicans to release
01:26The Epstein files, saying
01:28We have nothing to hide
01:30In other words, he just
01:32Finished hiding everything
01:34Look, look, look, look now
01:36Meanwhile
01:38Meanwhile, earlier tonight
01:40In Washington, Trump met with
01:41McDonald's owners, operators, and suppliers
01:44To discuss affordability at McDonald's
01:46When Trump first walked into a room full of
01:49McDonald's employees, he was like
01:50Is this an intervention or am I in heaven?
01:52What's happening?
01:54At one point, Ronald McDonald saw Trump
01:56And said, wow, that's a lot of makeup
02:00Wow!
02:02Chill it out, bro
02:04Chill it out, bro
02:08Listen to this. I read that due to Trump's tariffs
02:10Christmas decorations are expected
02:12To be more expensive this year
02:14But the president has a solution
02:16Watch this
02:17Christmas is right around the corner
02:19And to kick off the holiday season
02:20I have the perfect product
02:22Introducing Trump's Yule Log
02:24It's made entirely of pure American oak
02:26And the Epstein files
02:27It's definitely a real log
02:29And not flight logs
02:30And it will put you in the Christmas spirit
02:32And make you an accomplice
02:33To the obstruction of justice
02:34And for my Jewish friends
02:35We've got Hanukkah candles
02:37That definitely aren't rolled-up emails
02:38Trump's Yule Log
02:39I'm running out of ideas
02:41There, isn't that nice?
02:42Isn't that for the holidays?
02:45We're forward to that
02:49And get this
02:50Due to Trump's tariffs
02:51Wine is going to be more expensive
02:53This holiday season
02:56Americans looked at their extended family
02:58And said whatever it costs
02:59It's worth it
03:00Let's go
03:01Come on, bring it out
03:02Yep, Trump's tariffs
03:03Are going to cause wine
03:04To be more expensive
03:05Here to give her reaction
03:06Is Trish Pickett
03:07An aunt who loves wine
03:13Hi, Jimmy!
03:14You look great!
03:15When did that start?
03:17I'm kidding!
03:18Want to do a shot?
03:20No
03:24No, I'm good
03:25So how do you feel
03:26About the price of wine going up?
03:28Jimmy
03:29The only price I ever pay
03:30For drinking wine
03:31Is the next morning
03:32When I wake up
03:33Face down
03:34In my neighbor's flower bed
03:35To discover
03:36I just bought
03:37A chandelier
03:38On Wayfair
03:40Hey!
03:41Give me some more
03:42Of that Pinot Yesuar
03:43I call Yesuar
03:45I call it Yesuar
03:47Cause I never say no to it
03:49I'm kidding!
03:50I'm sure you are kidding
03:52Uh, so, uh
03:53So you're not concerned
03:54About the tariffs?
03:55Jimmy, did I ever tell you
03:57What your dad was like
03:58Back in the 70s?
04:00You're not my aunt
04:02You're just an aunt
04:04Ah, who cares?
04:07One time in 1972
04:09That denim draped
04:11Ding Dong smoked
04:12So much ganja
04:13He fell asleep
04:14For three days
04:15And woke up
04:16Inside of a mattress
04:18No one knows
04:19How he got in there
04:20And he never got out
04:21He's still in there
04:24What are you talking about?
04:26I'm kidding!
04:29Why are you so worried
04:30About the truth?
04:31When are you, my third
04:32Divorce lawyer?
04:33Hey!
04:35Give me some more
04:36Of that Chardonnay!
04:40I call it Chardonnay
04:42Because...
04:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know
04:44I understand
04:45I understand what...
04:46Listen, I'm gonna be honest
04:47I'm starting to regret
04:48Having you on the show
04:49Regret?
04:50Only regrets I got
04:51Is when I wake up
04:52At four in the afternoon
04:54Face down
04:55On a little league
04:56Pitcher's mound
04:57Aldi's Merlot
04:58All over my Talbot's blouse
05:00And...
05:01What's that?
05:02Yep, it's my book club
05:03Telling me I tied 500 balloons
05:05To my house
05:06Because I wanted to make it
05:07Go up
05:08Like in that Pixar
05:09Alright, that's enough
05:10And Andrew loves wine, everyone
05:14Is Higgins single?
05:15No, he's not
05:16No, he's married
05:17He's married
05:18Face down on a pitcher's mound
05:20Face down
05:21Oh, my God
05:22Blouse from Talbot
05:23He's a face down
05:24A picture of the little league
05:25Little league
05:26And then...
05:27Wow
05:29Yes
05:30That ant, that was fantastic
05:35Hey, you guys
05:40Did you see this?
05:41Trump just cut his tariffs
05:42On beef, coffee and bananas
05:44In an effort to lower grocery store prices
05:47Before the holidays
05:48Yep, those Thanksgiving staples
05:50Beef, coffee and bananas
05:52Bananas
05:57Hey, I saw that the U.S. just reached a trade deal with Switzerland
06:00To lower tariffs on the country to 15%
06:03Here to tell us about it from Switzerland's perspective
06:05Is Swiss economist Tobias Niedenhauser
06:10Tobias...
06:11Tobias Niederhauser
06:13How are people in Switzerland feeling about the deal?
06:22Everybody's really happy about it
06:25Uh, what was that again?
06:28What? I'm Swiss
06:29I'm from the Swiss Alps, Jimmy
06:31That's how
06:32We...
06:37Accentuate the words we speak
06:40Oh, I didn't realize that
06:41Well, what did Switzerland offer in order to help lower the tariffs?
06:44Oh, well, the main thing was
06:46We promised to invest $200 billion in the U.S.
06:51Oh, I see
06:52And how long do you have to make those investments?
06:54Oh, by 2020
07:00Okay, I got it
07:01Eight
07:05Yeah, yeah
07:06I have to...
07:07I hear you, yeah
07:08Yeah, yeah, yeah
07:09I heard you, I heard you
07:10I heard you, yeah, yeah
07:11I heard you
07:12I have to wonder, though
07:13How do the Swiss feel about having to make promises like that just to lower a tariff?
07:17Oh, well, I'm gonna be frank with you, Jimmy
07:20Most people think it's bull
07:22bull.
07:22Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
07:30All right, wait.
07:37One last question.
07:39You're all the way from up in the Swiss Alps,
07:41but you came down to the city to talk to me.
07:43How are you getting home?
07:44Oh.
07:45Yodel-odel-ay-hee-oo-ber.
07:49That makes sense.
07:50A Swiss economist, everyone.
07:52Bye.
07:53Bye.
07:53Bye.
08:05She has a Swiss Alps, and I ski down.
08:09Every day I ski, and I like to go around.
08:12We pay the bills for America right now.
08:16Because we got down, and Trump can go to hell.
08:19Hey.
08:20Take care, buddy.
08:22Take care, buddy.
08:23Wow, fantastic.
08:25There he goes.
08:29Finally, guys, have you ever wondered what celebrities and athletes are whispering to each other
08:33when they're on the red carpet?
08:35Yeah.
08:35The press conference, yeah.
08:37Well, we have two, and that's why we sent our crew with some highly sensitive microphones
08:40out to get to the bottom of it.
08:42That's right.
08:42It's time for Celebrity Whispers.
08:49Celebrity Whispers.
08:50So what are your favorite months of the year?
08:54Well, I've always liked November and December, and then June and December.
09:00Yeah.
09:02You said December twice.
09:04What?
09:05Yeah.
09:05Oh, no.
09:05I was talking about December, the other December.
09:07You know that one.
09:08Don't step on the dress.
09:09I didn't step on the dress.
09:10You almost did.
09:11I didn't.
09:12Okay.
09:12Smile.
09:13Let's dance with each other.
09:14No, I'm kidding.
09:16All right.
09:16Yeah.
09:17I really would.
09:18I would if you would.
09:19Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
09:20Yeah, yeah, of course.
09:22Yes, of course.
09:22I know I owe you money, and I'm going to get you money.
09:25You know, you're Austin, by the way.
09:26Yeah, you definitely owe me money.
09:27I'm going to get you money, okay?
09:28I'm going to get you money.
09:29Yeah, that's all right.
09:30Hey, that's all right, Mama.
09:30I would get it, and I'm having to work it out.
09:33Now, I don't know where it is or how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to do it.
09:36Taking care of business.
09:38But I'm going to do it, all right?
09:39Promise you.
09:40Can't believe you came here with no gloves on.
09:42Crazy.
09:45Crazy.
09:47Where are the photographers?
09:48Right there.
09:49Okay.
09:49Oh, hey, my man.
09:50Hey, what's up?
09:51What's up?
09:51Oh, I thought you were somebody else.
09:52Sorry.
09:53There was a guy over there, and he was saying that you can't punch people anymore.
09:56You're not.
09:56He said, I think you should go punch him.
09:59Yeah, go punch him.
10:00Go punch that guy.
10:02Yeah.
10:04Where is he?
10:05There's a secret technique for never dropping your pen.
10:08Damn it.
10:10That's busted.
10:10You hang on to that, okay?
10:12All right?
10:13Tom Cruise touched that.
10:15Okay, got to go.
10:16There we go.
10:18Those are our celebrity whispers.
10:20We have a great show from the new movie, Wicked for Good.
10:23Michelle Yeoh is here.
10:25Hank Azaria is joining us.
10:30And we've got talk and great music from Ray.
10:34Stick around.
10:35We'll be right back with Michelle Yeoh.
10:37Come on back.
10:41No, wait, wait, wait.
10:42I do have something for you.
10:44For me?
10:44From my own collection.
10:46Are you kidding me?
10:48Do, do, do.
10:49Oh, no.
11:01Our first guest is an Oscar-winning actress
11:04who stars in the highly anticipated new film,
11:07Wicked for Good,
11:08which is in theaters and IMAX this Friday.
11:11Please welcome Michelle Yeoh.
11:31Come on.
11:32That's right.
11:34Come on, take it in.
11:37Absolutely.
11:39Michelle Yeoh, welcome back to the show.
11:42Yeah, we all love you. Come on.
11:44Thank you for coming back. I appreciate this.
11:46You look great. I wanted to show this photo
11:48because happy belated birthday, and it was this summer.
11:51But, yeah, so months away.
11:53But happy belated. Here's a picture of you with balloons
11:56and John M. Chu there wearing a Michelle Yeoh T-shirt.
12:01I said, I have to get one of those.
12:03Really? You would wear it?
12:04I need one. Are you kidding me? Of course.
12:06I can't believe I don't already have one.
12:08He's a brilliant director.
12:09He is the best.
12:11He's unbelievable, yeah.
12:13He's so talented. I love everything he did.
12:15Look at Wicked.
12:16I know. Look at what he did.
12:18Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights.
12:21In the Heights, Step Bob, but Wicked,
12:24and now Wicked for Good.
12:26Get ready. Wicked for Good.
12:27Oh!
12:29But the reason why I wanted to talk about your birthday
12:31is because you posted that photo,
12:33but then you posted a photo of your cakes.
12:35And you have LeBubu cakes.
12:37And these are...
12:39This is before the trend happened, Michelle Yeoh.
12:41You were ahead of the game.
12:43Do you love LeBubus?
12:44You know why? I think they look like me.
12:49You are so funny.
12:50You are so much more prettier than LeBubu.
12:54Now, wait, wait, wait.
12:54I do have something for you from my own collection.
12:59Da-da-da-da.
13:00Are you kidding me?
13:01Da-da-da.
13:02Oh, no.
13:03I know you have two girls.
13:06I do.
13:07Are you serious?
13:08I'm serious.
13:09Michelle, you are the nicest.
13:10My girl's gonna love this.
13:12From Michelle Yeoh.
13:13You're the best.
13:14Thank you for this.
13:15Oh, my gosh.
13:17I love them.
13:18They're so cute.
13:19So cute, right?
13:20They're the cutest thing.
13:21See, there's one M and there's one Y.
13:23Oh.
13:24See, this one is Y.
13:25That stands for Yeoh.
13:26Ha-ha.
13:27Yeah, exactly.
13:28An M.
13:29Oh, my gosh.
13:30I appreciate this.
13:30Now you have Michelle Yeoh with your girls.
13:32That's it. I do. I love this.
13:33How did you get into LeBubus?
13:35When did you get into them?
13:36Oh, quite a little while ago.
13:38And how many do you have?
13:41Maybe a little more than 100 of them.
13:45You have 100 LeBubus?
13:46Yeah, but they come in big and small, you know?
13:48You can't just choose.
13:49And different colors.
13:50100 LeBubus?
13:52Michelle, what are you talking about?
13:54Wow, that's a lot of LeBubus.
13:55Yeah, but they're really, really cute.
13:57Yes, they are really, really cute.
13:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:00I want to talk about this also before we get into Wicked for good.
14:04For Wicked, when the first one came out, part one,
14:07you actually hit the hot 100 on the Billboard charts.
14:09Number 93.
14:11Come on.
14:12It's the wizard at night.
14:15Thank you, Cynthia Erivo.
14:17No, Cynthia Erivo, last time you were on the show,
14:19we talked about it, and you were like,
14:19I don't know if singing is my thing.
14:21You crushed it.
14:22You're on the Billboard charts.
14:24Are you a pop star now?
14:25Wait, wait.
14:26You're a pop star.
14:27Yeah, Grammys, here I come.
14:30Yes, exactly, yeah.
14:31You crushed it.
14:32I got to see the film Wicked for Good.
14:35You were fantastic in it.
14:36You play a villain.
14:38You're very evil.
14:38Madam Marvel.
14:39Yes.
14:40M-M?
14:41Madam Marvel.
14:42Madam Marvel, Wicked Witch.
14:43Yeah, oh, my God.
14:44That's so good, Wicked Witch.
14:45Madam Marvel?
14:46Madam Marvel.
14:47Madam Marvel, Wicked Witch.
14:49Oh, I love that.
14:50Oh, my gosh.
14:51You have, I know we talked about your godchildren last time
14:54you were on the show.
14:54Are they psyched that you're in this?
14:57My godchildren, fortunately, they're grown-ups.
14:59You know, they're in their 20s, some in their 30s.
15:03But it was my grand-godchild.
15:06Ooh.
15:06She calls me Grandma, Papa.
15:09And when we were making it, she was not even
15:12three years old then.
15:14So, but I Zoom call her almost every day.
15:16She lives in Malaysia.
15:17And, you know, when I don't pick up her call, she go like,
15:20Papa Michelle, why you don't answer the phone?
15:21I'm angry.
15:22I'm like, hello.
15:24That's so cute.
15:25At two years old?
15:26Yeah.
15:26That's funny.
15:27Time difference.
15:28How do you explain to a two-year-old kid time difference?
15:30Yeah.
15:31So one day, I was with my silver hair.
15:35I mean, it's such a stunning wig.
15:38Thank you, Frances and Sarah, who did, who made it.
15:41And, yeah.
15:43Oh, you look great.
15:45But when I came on the call, she looked at me,
15:48and she ran away.
15:51Oh, really?
15:52And I was like, Raylynn, come back, come back.
15:54She goes like, I don't want, I don't like.
15:56And she refused to talk to me.
15:58She would put her hand up like this, like,
16:00to cover my head or something.
16:02It's not Papa, it's not, no, it's not who,
16:04it's not who his dad is.
16:05And now she's six, no, not, and now she's six years old,
16:08and so she understands what I'm doing.
16:10I think you look stunning.
16:11I mean, I...
16:12I think so, too.
16:15I love this look.
16:16You can rock it.
16:18You can rock this look.
16:19I know that Madame Marble is known for
16:22you can control the weather.
16:24And, yes, you can do all sorts, yes, and all this.
16:27I love this move.
16:28Is that a choreographer, or is that you?
16:30And, well, you know, Christopher Scott, who's our choreographer?
16:33Yes.
16:34And John M. Chu, you know, they are the music people and lovers.
16:37And, but they also understood that, you know, I've done dance
16:40is very much part of my being.
16:43And so what they did was they set up the place,
16:46and it was in front of these big windows.
16:49And Paul Ted, well, his costumes.
16:51Oh, your costumes are...
16:52For Madame Marble are always...
16:54And he won the Oscar, didn't he, last year?
16:55Oh, yes, he did.
16:56Yeah, he did amazing costumes.
16:57He should win it again.
16:58Yes.
16:59He should win it again.
17:00He should win it again.
17:01It was amazing.
17:02Yeah, so he made this costume with these long sleeves.
17:07Yeah.
17:08And John M. Chu came up to me and said,
17:09I'm going to play you the music so you get the vibe, right?
17:13I don't want to give you, like, specific instructions.
17:16You have to, this is your time where you're generating
17:19your tempest, your storm.
17:21So I'll just play the music.
17:24I'll just get the wind machine going, and please,
17:26I want you to do this.
17:28So what you do is, like, you channel, right?
17:31First of all, bring all the energy in.
17:34Small ball, small ball.
17:36Small ball.
17:37Channeling, and then...
17:38Yeah, not bad.
17:45I want to show everyone a clip.
17:47Here's the real person how to do it, Michelle Yeoh
17:49and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good.
17:51Take a look at this.
17:53Don't fret over your inability to produce any actual magic.
17:57This invention will disguise your deficiency.
18:00The bubble's mechanism is cleverly concealed.
18:04People will assume that you are causing it to float
18:07through your own witchly powers.
18:10So just let them assume.
18:14Right.
18:15But don't forget this.
18:28The wand really sells it.
18:31Oh!
18:32That's how you do it right there, Michelle Yeoh!
18:36Wicked For Good is in theaters in Almex this Friday.
18:40We'll be right back with Hank Azaria.
18:42Stick around, everybody.
18:43Thank you for being here.
18:45You're going to be performing for us later in the show.
18:53You'll be singing the huge song, Where Is My Husband?
18:56Where is he?
18:58Have you figured out the answer to the question yet?
19:02Oh, no.
19:03Do you know what's funny?
19:04I really thought this song would speed along the process rapidly,
19:07but, in fact, no, it hasn't helped at all.
19:09Our next guest is a six-time Emmy winner,
19:24starring in the new series The Artist.
19:26The first three episodes will stream for free
19:29on the streaming platform The Network November 27th.
19:32Please welcome Hank Azaria!
19:39Welcome! Welcome, welcome, welcome to the show!
19:56Hank Azaria, you were phenomenal.
19:59I was just saying how many of you won multiple Emmys
20:02for a lot of stuff, but your voiceover work
20:05in The Simpsons, 37 seasons?
20:08Yeah. That's unbelievable.
20:10That's unbelievable.
20:12Did you ever think it would go that long
20:14when you first started?
20:15You'd have to be psychotic to think that.
20:17Yeah, of course.
20:18You would quadruple any other television show.
20:21It was the early days of Fox.
20:22You didn't even think that Fox was going to continue to exist.
20:25That's correct.
20:26Let alone an adult cartoon show.
20:28But, yeah, here we are.
20:29It's amazing.
20:30Do you remember the first voice that you did?
20:32I do. A lot of my...
20:34You know, they're based on a lot of vocal impressions,
20:36and a lot of that for me as a young person
20:38was hero worship.
20:40So I loved Al Pacino growing up.
20:42Young Al, right?
20:43Godfather Al, all day afternoon.
20:46Like, I'm dying here.
20:48Everybody's coming down on me here.
20:50That Al, so...
20:51That's fantastic.
20:52Thanks for remembering.
20:54I'm dying here.
20:56So I get this audition for a cartoon show,
20:59and I do that voice for them,
21:01and they say, well, we want it to be gravelly.
21:03So, to me, another hero of mine who was gravelly
21:06was Bruce Springsteen.
21:07Wow.
21:08So, fun fact, you take Bruce Springsteen on one end
21:12and young Al Pacino on the other.
21:14Right in the middle there is Moe the bartender.
21:16Oh, my God.
21:18He's a master.
21:19That's it.
21:20Of them two people.
21:21That's unbelievable. That's fantastic.
21:23Moe was born.
21:24Moe was born.
21:25Yeah, he never made it as good as Springsteen and Pacino.
21:27Yeah, he did.
21:28He's a legend. He's a legend.
21:30I want to talk about your new series, The Artist.
21:33Yeah.
21:34How do we set up the series?
21:35And can we say who you play? We have to.
21:37I play Thomas Edison very oddly in this thing.
21:40Not a great career where you go...
21:41Do you ever think in your life you go,
21:43I'm going to play Thomas Edison? That's fantastic.
21:45It was not on my bingo card.
21:47I kind of felt like I should have a different voice,
21:50so I sort of used the Superintendent Chalmers voice
21:52from The Simpsons for it. It seemed to work.
21:54And it worked perfect.
21:55Yeah, this show is like Downton Abbey on Acid.
21:59Okay, all right, yeah.
22:01It's really, really wild.
22:02I like it very much.
22:03Yeah, you have some great co-stars in it as well.
22:06Yeah, I'm Andy Patinkin and Janet McTeer
22:09and Zachary Quinto and Clark Gregg.
22:11Really, I'll tell them you applauded.
22:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:16They watch, or some of them watch, yeah.
22:18They'll know. I want to show a clip.
22:20Here's Hank Azaria in The Artist.
22:21Take a look at this. Thomas Edison.
22:22That's two cellos and a clarinet.
22:25Or two clarinets and a cello.
22:26Norman, I need a word.
22:28I'll have you know that I heard of Bert.
22:30You are a genius, sir. You are a genius.
22:32There's a rumor that this painter or this artist
22:34or whatever it is that the Rockefeller is calling me...
22:35Mary, can you just give us a moment, please?
22:36He might be a murderer.
22:40Who's a murderer?
22:42Oh, hello. Um, oh.
22:50Thomas. Thomas Edison.
22:52I can't put... I can't put...
22:53Yes, I know. I just didn't recognize you
22:55because you've grown really old really quickly.
23:02Congrats on the show.
23:04She's amazing. They're both amazing.
23:05Unbelievable.
23:06Mandy and Janet.
23:07Unbelievable.
23:08They... They... It's Emmy bait for them.
23:10Yeah, it is. It really is.
23:12You were doing Springsteen earlier,
23:14and I know he's one of your favorites.
23:16He's one of my heroes, too.
23:17I've seen you with him.
23:18I love Bruce. On the show, yeah.
23:20I love Bruce Springsteen.
23:21But you're in a Bruce Springsteen tribute band.
23:23I am currently in a Springsteen tribute band.
23:25How does one... Easy street band.
23:26We play all over the country.
23:29Now, how do you end up...
23:30How does one end up in a Bruce Springsteen tribute band?
23:34Well, Bruce, I'll tell you.
23:35Thank you, Bruce.
23:37I was turning 60 years old a couple of years ago,
23:39and I was, as the kids say, feeling a certain way about that.
23:42Yeah.
23:43So I decided to throw a reverse surprise party
23:47where I told all my friends,
23:48most of whom are Springsteen fans...
23:50Yeah.
23:51...that I had a Springsteen tribute band coming.
23:53I did not tell them that I had been working for months
23:55to front the band.
23:56Yes.
23:57And I just got out in front of everybody,
23:58and we played for an hour and a half.
23:59No way.
24:01Yeah.
24:02And we raised...
24:03You raised money?
24:05We raised...
24:06I said no gifts, but donate to my foundation if you like.
24:09We raised, like, 30K that night.
24:11Hey, good for you.
24:12And now we travel...
24:13All goes...
24:14Net proceeds all go to charity.
24:16And has the Springsteen universe...
24:20Do they know about your tribute band?
24:23We...
24:24A good friend of mine is a dentist.
24:26Okay.
24:27And I get a video from him one day.
24:30Uh...
24:31And...
24:32Bruce is in a dentist chair.
24:36And he goes,
24:37Hey, Hank!
24:38I'm, uh...
24:39It's Bruce Springsteen.
24:40As if I didn't know.
24:41I'm sitting here with a terrible toothache.
24:44But while I have a terrible toothache,
24:46I've been fantastically entertained by your version of Prove It All Night.
24:50Which I gotta say, was pretty darn good.
24:54Come on!
24:55And, uh...
24:56I know.
24:57I quietly cried to myself for about three days.
25:00Yeah, you have to start crying, of course.
25:02I absolutely did.
25:03And so, yeah, he's seen it.
25:04Oh, my gosh.
25:05Yeah.
25:06He's the greatest.
25:07I mean, I hate to ever put anyone on the spot,
25:09but we always have a microphone.
25:13We're the best band in the world.
25:15The roots are right here.
25:16No, no.
25:17Come on.
25:18You don't have to.
25:19No, no, no, no, no.
25:20Okay, okay.
25:21Come on.
25:22Come on, Hank.
25:23Come on, man.
25:24Come on to show.
25:29Alright, Roots.
25:30The latest band on TV.
25:32We got a little old school groups live going here.
25:36Alright, ready?
25:37Well, I've been working real hard
25:43Trying to get my hands clean
25:45Well, child, that just you wrote
25:47From my bro to Angelina
25:49To buy you a gold ring
25:51And a pretty dress for you
25:53Baby, just one kiss
25:55Well, get these things for you
25:57I guess to see our face tonight
26:00I guess to prove it all the night
26:03Prove it all the night
26:05There's nothing else that we can
26:08Say prove it all the night
26:11Prove it all the night
26:13I'll prove it all the night for you
26:16Come on, Jimmy!
26:19Hank Azari, everybody!
26:21The first three episodes of the Art and the Tree for Free
26:24On the network November 27th
26:27More tonight, girl, after the break
26:29Sing around! Come on!
26:30Prove it all the night for you
26:33Well, prove it all the night
26:36Prove it all the night
26:38They're broken into the game
26:41Yeah!
26:42Say, prove it all the night
26:44Prove it all the night
26:46Well, Hank, I'll prove it all the night for you
26:50Come on now!
26:54Easy, sweet, man, Jimmy Bells!
26:59Hank Azari!
27:00All right!
27:11Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated artist
27:15Who released one of the biggest songs of the year
27:17Called Where Is My Husband
27:19In January, she'll kick off her 2026 tour
27:25Called This Tour May Contain New Music
27:28Everyone, please welcome
27:29Ray!
27:43Oh, God!
27:45Yes!
27:46Come on, welcome!
27:48Welcome, welcome, welcome back to The Tonight Show
27:52I want to talk about your tour
27:53Thanks for coming back on
27:54Thanks for chatting with me
27:56Hello
27:56Since the last time you were here
27:59It's been a couple of years
28:00You had a crazy couple of years
28:01You became a four-time Grammy-nominated artist
28:04Yeah, that's a big time
28:06Pretty nice, yeah
28:06You opened for Taylor Swift
28:09At the Heiress Tour
28:10Not too shabby
28:12And last year at the Grammys
28:14You became the first artist ever
28:16To be nominated for both
28:17Songwriter of the Year
28:18And Best New Artist
28:19In the same year
28:20That's a big deal
28:22No, it's a big, huge deal
28:24It's a huge deal
28:25Yeah, speaking of a huge deal
28:27You're on the cover of British Vogue
28:29Ray!
28:32Ray, talk to me!
28:34Talk to me!
28:35How are you feeling with everything?
28:36Yeah, I'm really happy
28:37Thanks for having me
28:38No, please
28:39I'm a big fan
28:41But I just love watching
28:42All this stuff happening
28:43You're on the cover of Vogue
28:44Yeah, that's insane
28:45No, it's all
28:46I don't know how
28:47Yeah
28:47It's all well-deserved
28:48Thank you
28:49I have a picture of you
28:50Sitting with Anna Wintour
28:52At a fashion show
28:54She's the queen of bobs
28:55Yes, the queen of the bobs
28:56Yes, she's the queen of everything
28:58Yes
28:59Is it intimidating
29:00Sitting next to Anna Wintour?
29:01I was extremely nervous
29:03Because I'm not the most chic
29:04Like, fashion-forward
29:05You know, fashion
29:06The fashion world
29:06People are just very sophisticated
29:08And so I was
29:09I was a bit scared
29:10But actually
29:10I was so pleasantly surprised
29:12Because she's actually so lovely
29:13And I asked her
29:15What kind of music
29:16She was listening to
29:17At the moment
29:18And she told me
29:18She's listening to Bad Bunny
29:19And I was like
29:20Oh, I love that
29:20Yeah
29:21Yeah, so she's like
29:22Put her ear to the ground
29:23She's really nice
29:24Earlier this year
29:26You got to write a few songs
29:27With Mark Ronson
29:28I did
29:28Who's our pal
29:29One of the best producers
29:30Out there
29:30And talented musicians as well
29:32He is
29:33Oh, he's the best
29:34Did he share any stories
29:36With you about Amy Winehouse?
29:38No, do you know what?
29:39He did
29:39When I was in his studio
29:40In New York
29:41He was so funny
29:43Not funny
29:44But I mean
29:45It was
29:45I don't know what it was
29:46I was on
29:48Rhymebrain.com
29:50Which is how I like
29:51You know, look for rhymes
29:51And he was like
29:54Rhymebrain
29:54Yeah, and he was like
29:55Oh, check this out
29:56And just got out of the
29:57Out of the drawer
29:58Like a glass thing
30:00And in it had a piece of paper
30:01Of Amy Winehouse's writing
30:03From Back to Black
30:04And I was like
30:05Shook to my core
30:06But also on that paper
30:08Was like her writing
30:09Her rhymes
30:10And she was like
30:10I can't remember
30:11What the words were
30:12But like, you know
30:13And, San, Can, Ran
30:16And she just wrote them
30:17All down like that
30:18And I was like
30:18Oh, my God
30:19That's so amazing
30:19That's how she writes?
30:20Yeah, I just stood
30:21We paused the session
30:22For about 45 minutes
30:23Just so that I could
30:24Just stare at it
30:25You were like
30:25I need a moment
30:25Yeah, I was like
30:26Please pause
30:26I need a moment
30:27Yeah
30:27That's wild
30:28It was
30:29And you
30:30Did you record
30:30In the same studio?
30:32We did
30:32We did
30:33Actually, she had a room
30:34In the back
30:34That she was
30:35Apparently, she did
30:36All her writing in
30:37Which I actually
30:38Was just like
30:38Scared to go in there
30:39Just because it's just
30:40Like, holy ground
30:42Do you know what I mean?
30:42So I just looked at it
30:43And I was like
30:44Mark's like
30:44Go in there
30:45And I'm like
30:45No, I'm just looking at it
30:47Yeah, yeah, yeah
30:47I didn't want to do that
30:48Yeah
30:48It was
30:49It's just surreal
30:50To even know
30:50That she was in that building
30:51I'm such a huge fan
30:52Of her art
30:54And I miss her dearly
30:55And just everything
30:56That she did for music
30:57And how she's inspired me
30:58In my career as well
30:59So
30:59Absolutely
30:59Yeah
30:59Your songs are everywhere
31:05They've been streamed
31:06Billions of times
31:07But do you remember
31:08The very first song
31:09You ever wrote?
31:11I do
31:12Do you know what?
31:12This is a funny story, right?
31:13Because basically
31:14What I did was
31:15At the time
31:16I thought what I was doing
31:17Was so naughty
31:18Because basically
31:19I stole a song
31:20From a TV show
31:21I was about
31:21Eight years old, right?
31:22Okay, sure
31:23So imagine
31:23I'm watching a kid's TV show
31:25And I took a song
31:27That was a full-on jazz standard
31:29And I put completely new lyrics to it
31:31I called it
31:31Nothing is as white as snow
31:33It's pretty awful
31:34I mean, the music's amazing
31:36But the lyrics are pretty awful
31:37And I was like
31:39Hey, Dad
31:40I've written a song
31:41An original song
31:42Do you know what I mean?
31:43And he thought
31:43I was this genius child
31:44And I actually stole the song
31:45From the TV show
31:46And took all the credit for it
31:49And he's like
31:49My daughter's a genius
31:50No, and he's telling everyone
31:52I remember the song
31:52It was like
31:53Snowflakes flood
31:54To the ground
31:55Not a single
31:56To be found
31:57And the place is covered
31:59In a blanket of white
32:00Something, but something
32:01But nothing
32:02Like, oh, nothing
32:03Maybe something
32:04But nothing
32:05Yes, nothing
32:06Is as white as snow
32:07That was it
32:08It was like
32:08Really cheesy
32:09Thank you
32:09Not bad
32:11But it's
32:12That is stolen material
32:14Stolen material
32:15But then
32:15Then
32:16This is what I found out
32:17This is what songwriters do
32:18Sampling is actually
32:20A songwriting art
32:21So actually
32:22I was kind of
32:24You know
32:24I was kind of
32:25On the right lines
32:26From that age
32:27Yeah
32:28You were sampling
32:29I was sampling
32:30From that children's TV show
32:32At the age of eight
32:33Why, you are a genius
32:34You're going to be performing
32:38For us later in the show
32:40You'll be singing the huge song
32:41Where is my husband
32:42Where is he?
32:46Have you figured out
32:48The answer to the question yet?
32:49Oh, no
32:50Do you know
32:50It's funny
32:51I really thought
32:51This song would speed
32:53Along the process rapidly
32:54But in fact
32:55No, it hasn't helped at all
32:57Oh my gosh
32:58I was just asking
32:58You know what
32:59I think it has helped
33:00A lot of other people's marriages
33:01Which I'm really happy about
33:03For them
33:03But not yours?
33:04No, not yet
33:05Okay
33:05Yeah
33:06You'll wait to the right moment
33:08Yeah, exactly
33:08Everything happens
33:09Everything in its right place
33:10It does
33:10Also, I've got a lot of
33:11You know, self-love
33:12For me
33:13It's the chapter of self-love
33:14You know
33:14Yeah
33:15Starts there
33:17It does
33:18I don't think
33:19You'll have a problem
33:20Next year
33:21You're going to have
33:21Another big year
33:22You have a new album
33:23Coming out
33:24Yes
33:24That we don't have a title
33:25We don't
33:25We do have a title
33:27No, we don't have a title
33:27Yeah
33:28I feel like you do have a title
33:30But you don't want to say
33:32What it is
33:32We kind of don't have a title
33:33This tour may contain new music
33:36Is the name of the tour
33:37The album
33:38We don't know yet
33:39But
33:40Do you know what?
33:41I'm hoping
33:41I'm thinking
33:42Like definitely
33:42The first half of next year
33:44Okay
33:44Like just even the timeline
33:46Wise
33:46Yeah
33:47First half
33:47Then we will know
33:48Yeah
33:49Okay
33:49Deal
33:50This tour
33:53Is called
33:54This tour may contain new music
33:56It's hilarious
33:57But also look at all these
33:58Details on the poster here
34:00It also may contain
34:01Dramatic endings
34:02Love and passion
34:03At least one jazz cover
34:05Live string
34:06I mean it's fantastic
34:07You are playing two sold out shows
34:10Next door
34:10At Radio City Music Hall
34:12On April 15th and 16th
34:14Congratulations
34:15Thank you
34:16Literally dream venue
34:17Dream venue
34:19It's a gorgeous spot
34:20There's something so special
34:21About Radio City I think
34:23Did I read something once
34:24That you said
34:24Like eventually in the future
34:25You'd like to open
34:26A little jazz bar
34:28Yeah
34:28That was yeah
34:29Yeah
34:29So that's like my long-term plan
34:31Right
34:31So I want to do like
34:32The pop thing
34:32Or whatever I'm doing
34:33Now for like the next 10 years
34:34Maybe 15
34:35Yeah
34:36And then
34:36I want to open
34:37A little jazz club
34:39In like south
34:40Or just south of the river
34:41Um
34:42I'll call it like
34:43Rays or something
34:43Do you know what I mean
34:44Get a good
34:44Yeah
34:45I would love that
34:47With cocktails
34:47Yeah cocktails
34:48Just 200 capacity
34:50Like a little thing
34:51And just have like
34:51True musicians
34:52Just pull up
34:53Jam nights
34:54We'll have a license
34:55So we can be open
34:55Until 5 a.m
34:56Yeah
34:57That's my plan
34:57Good luck on that
35:00That's 15 years from now
35:01Yeah
35:01Thank you for being
35:03On the show tonight
35:04And thank you for
35:04Performing for us
35:05We're going to see Ray
35:06Later on the show
35:07Ray everybody
35:07This tour
35:09May contain new music
35:10Begins this January
35:11For tickets
35:12Go to
35:13Rayofficial.com
35:15Ray's performing for us
35:16After the break
35:17Stick around
35:17Come on back
35:18Just think now
35:20What if you could just
35:21Just make yourself away
35:23Just think
35:24Performing her hit song
35:37Where is my husband
35:38Once again
35:40Ray
35:41I would like a ring
35:49I would like a ring
35:51I would like a diamond ring
35:52In case you haven't heard
35:54I'd like a big and shiny diamond
35:56I could wave around
35:58And talk and talk about it
35:59And when the day is here
36:01Forgive me God
36:01That I could ever doubt it
36:03Till death I do
36:06Oh this man is testing me
36:10Ah yeah
36:12Baby
36:17Where the hell is my husband
36:19What's taking him so long
36:22To find me
36:24Oh baby
36:25Where the hell is my mama
36:27Hit it down with another
36:30Tell him if you see him baby
36:32He should
36:34Why is this beautiful man
36:36Wait if I meet again
36:37Oh why he already
36:38Tested my location
36:39I only feel he's taking time
36:40With other women
36:41That ain't me
36:41While I've been reviewing
36:42In education
36:43Till I got my hands on him
36:45I'ma tell him I'm too far along
36:46He can't be waiting
36:47And to the bait
36:48And praying to the Lord
36:49Giving him to my loving arms
36:51And it's not my frustration
36:52He must leave me
36:54Completely
36:56All my heart yearns for him
36:59So is he far away
37:01Is he far away
37:02Is he okay
37:03Is he okay
37:03This man is testing me
37:05Ah ha ha ha
37:06Help me
37:06Help me
37:07I need you to tell me
37:08Baby
37:09Where the hell is my husband
37:11What's taking him so long
37:13To find me
37:15Oh baby
37:17Where the hell is my mama
37:19Get it down with another
37:21Tell him if you see him baby
37:24He should
37:26I'm doing
37:27I'm the acrobatics
37:28Unzipping my dress
37:29At 2am
37:29And I'm tired
37:30Of living like this
37:31He must be out
37:31To get it ready
37:32Trying to fix up his tie
37:33I'ma hop
37:33Oh hello
37:34This way
37:34Your wife is
37:35Till I get your heart going
37:37I'ma turn it up
37:37Too far
37:38Much
37:38I'ma love
37:39Get no one
37:39I pray
37:40Do the Lord
37:41I hurry
37:41How are you
37:42Belong
37:42Baby
37:43I just have a pressure
37:43He'll be
37:44Sleeming
37:45Completely
37:47Out of my heart
37:49Yes
37:50Forgive
37:51So is he far away
37:52Is he far away
37:53Is he okay
37:55This man is testing me
37:57Uh huh
37:57Uh huh
37:57I help him
37:58I need you to tell me
38:00Baby
38:00Where the hell is my mama
38:03Was it getting so long
38:05To find me
38:07Oh baby
38:09Where the hell is my mama
38:11Getting down with another
38:13So tell him if you see him baby
38:16To tell him I'm mean
38:19Tell him I'm mean with the
38:20Tell him I'm kind
38:22Tell him I go brown
38:24Now he's gonna go
38:25I'm feeling
38:25If he doesn't find me
38:26Now I'm gonna die
38:26I don't know
38:27To pity
38:27Oh my
38:27My
38:28My
38:28My
38:28My
38:28Oh my
38:29My
38:30My
38:30My
38:30Na na na na
38:31I want it
38:32I want it
38:32I want it
38:32I want it
38:33I want it
38:34I want it
38:35I want it
38:35I want it
38:36I want it
38:36I want it
38:37I want it
38:38I want it
38:38I want it
38:39I want it
38:39I want it
38:40I want it
38:40I want it
38:41I want it
38:41I want it
38:42I want it
38:43I want it
38:43I want it
38:44I want it
38:45This man is testing me
38:46Na na na na na
38:47Yeah
38:48No no no
38:49I want it
38:49But it's not something bad
38:51But that is my husband
38:53Would have taken him so long
38:55To find me
38:56Oh
38:58Hey
38:59Well that's my mama
39:00Getting down with another
39:03Now tell him that my grandma said it
39:05Tell him grandma said it
39:07Tell him grandma
39:07Your husband is coming
39:08So I want it
39:12I want it
39:13I want it
39:14I want it
39:14I want it
39:15I want it
39:15I want it
39:15I want it
39:15I want it
39:16Like a big and shiny
39:17Diamond
39:17Diamond
39:18Diamond
39:19Diamond
39:20Diamond
39:20Oh
39:21Where is my husband
39:26Come on
39:32That's how you do it right there
39:35Come on
39:36Standing on
39:37Why not
39:38Ray
39:38Oh my goodness
39:40That is fantastic
39:42Ray her world tour
39:46Kicks off in January
39:47We'll be right back
39:49Everybody
39:49Oh my god
39:51Stop
39:51I couldn't do that
39:52In the name of love
39:53Till I'm giving him a all
39:55And it just ain't enough
39:56He
39:56I'm getting done
39:59What am I
40:00The guy that I might perform
40:01Praise the lord
40:02Can he probably
40:03Listen to me
40:04Praise the lord
40:05My thanks to Michelle
40:06Yo
40:07Hank Azaria
40:08Ray once again
40:10And the roots right there
40:15From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
40:16Thank you for watching
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