Pakistan, July 10 -- James Corden is gushing over his duet with Rihanna, which happened after he tried for years to get his Smurfs costar to do Carpool Karaoke for his The Late Late Show.

Corden, who left the show in 2023, has now finally sung alongside Rihanna for a song in the new Smurfs movie.

At the world premiere of the Smurfs movie in Brussels, Corden told Entertainment Tonight that he "tried for eight years" to get the Rude Boy hitmaker to appear on Carpool Karaoke.

Rihanna, 37, always told him she'd do it when she had a new album to promote. However, she put out her last album, Anti, in 2016.

"I tried for eight years to get Rihanna to do a Carpool Karaoke. The closest we got is an animated Smurfs feature," Corden shared. "She ...