Jimmy Fallon Recruits Ariana Grande And Megan Thee Stallion For A Covid Christmas Carol

Every year around this time, people begin asking the same question: Will any new contemporary Christmas song ever come close to achieving the status of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas You?" response The reply is likely no, as becomes clear while you imagine the sheer volume of new holiday music releases that drop yearly. Not several of these become standards, and fewer still even have a shot at becoming timeless.


Knowing this, Jimmy Fallon attempted to do something else — he aimed to prepare a definitive Christmas song for right now, alternatively opposed to going for timelessness. On the December 6 episode of The Tonight Show, the host recruited heavyweights Megan Thee Stallion and Ariana Grande — two of the absolute biggest and best in the game now — help to bring the song, "It Was a... (Masked Christmas)," to life. The results may save lives!


The premise of the song is that it's a good thing to remain careful of COVID-19 sort in attempt to protect yourself and your loved ones while in the holidays. Fallon sings, his voice frosted with Auto-Tuned, to wear a mask, get a vaccine booster shot, and mention hey to folks through the Zoom any time needed to avoid risky meet-ups. It is a chillingly bleak reminder that we're still in a pandemic, though the message is softened by two key characteristic of the video: several, several oversized and relentlessly cozy sweaters, and the presence of both Meg and Ari.


Grande plays foil to Fallon, accompanying him on the couch, waiting in line for a booster, and on a ski trip, and all while in, she's redoubling everything he sings in her own superstar manner. She gets her own melancholy verse — "Last year I was here / Don't tell me this year's the same" — before Meg enters in a full nurse outfit, complete with booster syringes (!) On her fingertips.


In one of the more comedic moments, she raps, "Put Purell on everything / Turkey, eggnog, candy canes," as those very actions are carried out. In one of the more viscerally upsetting moments, Fallon and Grande sing through masks with each other's mouths on them. There's also a dancing mask monster?


"I had so much fun," Meg mentioned on Instagram promoting the clip. Check it out above, then go and get your booster shot already.