James Corden sparked a backlash after joking on After Hours with James Corden about a viral Tartan Army Miami singalong. His line about singing in a car landed as a comparison to his own Carpool Karaoke setup, and viewers moved fast to call him out for making the moment about himself.
The clip he discussed showed four members of the Tartan Army driving through Florida while singing a Scotland-themed version of Will Smith's Miami. Corden said, "When I look at that I think, 'yeah it's not as easy as it looks is it. Singing in a car, you think you know what to do but it's tough'."
Florida clip, Scotland lyrics
The fans were dressed in Scotland football strips, tartan hats and sunglasses, and the song rewrote Miami lyrics to reference Scotland, Brazil and the Tartan Army. That gave Corden a neat setup for a joke, but it also put his own singing format into the frame at the exact moment the clip was getting attention online.
Carpool Karaoke is one of the best-known features from Corden's Late Late Show run, so the comparison was never going to stay neutral for long. Once he linked the fans' car performance to his own style, the story stopped being about the supporters alone and became a referendum on whether he had turned a Scotland clip into a Corden clip.
Viewer comments hit back
One viewer wrote, "Nah it canny be especially when there's one take, no auto tuning or a superstar to help you out." Another said, "Yeah, but they were driving their car, not like you." A third added, "Shock... made it about himself in six seconds."
One Scottish social media user wrote, "James jealous that the Tartan Army are more entertaining in a car than him," while another said, "Think they sound better than big Jamesy boy!" The reaction was immediate and pointed: Corden laughed at the fans' singalong, but viewers said he turned the moment back onto himself.
Ian Kamel's Miami joke
Comedian Ian Kamel also leaned into the segment, saying the sun burns the Scottish fans were about to get in Miami would be studied by medical science for the next 100 years. He also said the Scottish fans were going to "die" from the Miami heat, which kept the discussion in the same comic register even as the online reaction sharpened around Corden.
For now, the only clear consequence is the one already visible in the comments: the clip that started as a shared bit of World Cup-era fan content now carries Corden's name as much as the Tartan Army's. If he returns to the topic, the next question is simple — whether he lets the fans keep the joke, or makes another pass at it and invites more of the same pushback.
