July 21, 2016
FLOTUS Carpool Karaoke Raises Funds for Let Girls Learn
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On Wednesday, July 20, First Lady Michelle Obama performed both "This Is For My Girls" featuring Jadagrace and Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" with James Corden on Carpool Karaoke.�
"I've been in a car maybe months ago with my daughter who learned to drive, and we rocked out with her. But that was the only time in seven and a half years that I've been in the passenger seat, listening to music, rocking out like this," said Obama.
Before the riding, Michelle Obama gave Corden a tour of the grounds, admitting that she doesn't often get to sit in the front seat and discussing her post-White House plans.
"Seven and a half years, that's enough luxuriating," said Michelle Obama. "I can make my own grilled cheese sandwich. I can make a mean grilled cheese sandwich."
The First Lady performed Wonder's song admirably before joining Cordon in "Single Ladies," complete with the dance moves. Then they did a singalong of "This Is For My Girls," the anthem made by Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Rowland, and Missy Elliott for Obama's Let Girls Learn initiative. Later, Elliott appears in the backseat to sing her verse from the song. She sticks around for just long enough to "Get Ur Freak On" with the FLOTUS and Cordon.
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"This Is For My Girls" was released by Motown and AOL Makers as the anthem of the Let Girls Learn campaign. Let Girls Learn is an initiative started by the President and the First Lady which helps more than 60 million girls around the world stay in school.�
All proceeds from US iTunes purchases of "This Is For My Girls" supports the Peace Corps Let Girls Learn Fund. All partners on the song including Diane Warren, Apple, Motown, the artists and their respective labels, have donated their proceeds in support of Let Girls Learn.