Lea Michele & Darren Criss Christmas ‘Carpool Karaoke’: Watch – Billboard

Lea Michele and Darren Criss reunited Thursday (Dec. 22) for a really particular Christmas version of Apple TV+’s Carpool Karaoke.

In a bonus clip shared to YouTube, Criss takes the wheel as his former Glee co-star delivers her single “Christmas in New York,” from her 2019 vacation album Christmas within the Metropolis. “Rockefeller’s coated within the lights/ Households are taking part in on the ice/ From Harlem to the Battery/ Each nook’s bustling/ All of a sudden it’s Christmas in New York,” she sings over her pal’s hilarious commentary (“You’re flat, you’re flat… I sounded higher”).

Subsequent, Criss dusts off “Christmas Dance,” an unique tune from his personal vacation album, 2021’s A Very Darren Crissmas. “So play a music that makes us make out when it snows/ A holly jolly one that everyone is aware of/ It goes, ‘Stand up, get down, effectively come on it’s Christmas’/ Rocking round, effectively come on it’s Christmastime/ Time to actually take an opportunity/ Can I ask, could I’ve this Christmas/ Could I’ve this Christmas dance?” he croons earlier than instructing Michele the step-by-step dance strikes on the music’s bridge.

Whereas filming the episode, Michele and Criss jammed out between takes to the Glee favourite “Don’t Cease Believin’” by Journey, which they posted in an lovely video on the previous’s TikTok. In October, the American Crime Story actor additionally visited his pal backstage at Humorous Lady on Broadway, the place she’s at the moment breaking box-office data as main woman Fanny Brice.

Watch Michele and Criss go caroling round New York Metropolis in Carpool Karaoke under.