Really, why is she supposed to say no? My brother will be there at the door ( Oh, he loves my music, baby, I'm sure)ĪW: Within the fiction of this song, are John Legend and Kelly Clarkson themselves or playing characters. He's responsibly concerned about his date's safety.
Clearly John has read the many news reports about assaults during Uber rides. ( Text me when you get home)ĪW: Kelly, what are you saying here? You don’t plan to text him when you get home? You refuse? Why are you supposed to say no? Don’t you know that it’s a good thing when a man asks this of you at the end of a date? Imagine: it’s holiday season, Murray’s three kids and husband are at home, and they’re like, “Can’t open presents without Daddy!” while Kelly is weighing whether or not to have half a Manhattan.ĪW: Kelly is the real Scrooge of the holiday season. JK: I hope my man got himself a Subway sandwich. A) justice for Murray, and B) there goes John’s good Uber score. How long is he going to wait for Kelly? Is this song taking place in real time? If so, Murray waits for at least four minutes for Kelly, and considering their predicament is never resolved by the end of the song, Murray is clocking in to wait a lot longer for Kelly. At least I'm gonna say that I tried ( Well, Murray, he just pulled up outside)ĪW: Poor, Poor Murray. JK: This is where the song jumped the proverbial shark.ĪW: Applying 21st century feminist phrase to an icky old song about date rape just doesn’t add up.
If I have one more drink? ( It's your body and your choice)ĪW: Using the phrase “It’s your body and your choice” about having another cocktail is a weird appropriation of pro-choice rhetoric. Though I do feel like half a drink is a strange measurement? What will my friends think? ( I think they should rejoice) JK: Yeah, I feel like this is common practice. But maybe just a half a drink more ( Oh, we're both adults, so who's keepin' score)ĪW: Correct me if I’m wrong, but plenty of adults keep score about how much other adults are drinking. Your Uber score doesn’t rebound from that. JK: Answer: UberX because you have 2 minutes to get outside for a pool before it leaves, and you know this whole back-and-forth went on for at least 17 minutes more. He's trying to make an honest living! Another question: did John call her a private ride, or did he cheap out and get her a shared car? JK: Can you just imagine Murray, dropping someone off, looking at his next fare, saying to himself, “Oh, got to go get John now,” not even realizing that he's about to pick up Kelly Clarkson, whose Uber was called by John Legend?ĪW: Kelly really does Murray dirty for making him idle outside. YouTube Icon YouTube Icon So, really, I'd better scurry ( Your driver, his name is Murray)ĪW: I want to know this Uber driver's whole story. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it."Īt least John and Kelly had fun with it! Here, we try to make sense of the song's more baffling lyrics. I co-wrote a fun reimagined version of the lyrics with Natasha Rothwell, and we can't wait for everyone to hear it. I'm particularly excited about the new version of 'Baby It's Cold Outside' featuring my friend Kelly Clarkson. In a statement about the song, Legend explained, “I've loved holiday music since I was a kid in Ohio singing with my family every Christmas around my grandmother's piano. It's never revealed if Kelly gets in her Uber or accepts the cancellation fee and continues to hang out with John.
#Baby its cold outside driver#
And while their Uber driver waits outside, they debate if they should hang out and drink longer. And Kelly and John's version tells the story of two people, who may or may not be Kelly Clarkson and John Legend as we know them, concluding a night of drinking. Regardless, this new version of Baby It's Cold Outside now exists.
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