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Ariana Grande and James Corden channel Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio with Titanic Late Late Show skit

Ariana Grande and James Corden paid tribute to the movie Titanic in a skit on the The Late Late Show.

Comedian Corden posted a video of the sketch on Twitter hailing Grande, 25, “insanely talented” for her performance.

In the video, they remade the soundtrack to the 1997 blockbuster in a live performance that spanned 13 songs.

Corden introduced the segment with: “Tonight we’ve got 13 songs, nine sets, one take and zero pressure — this is Ariana Grande in a soundtrack to Titanic.”

The pop star, who played the character of Rose, opened with the Styx hit Come Sail Away as she boarded the Titanic, which had been built in the studio.

With Corden as Jack, the duo then raced through a number of songs, including Timbaland’s The Way I Are, The Foo Fighter’s Learn To Fly, Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran, and Nelly’s Ride Wit Me while speeding through a number of the film’s most famous scenes. A rendition of NSYNC tune Bye Bye Bye was the backing for Jack’s watery death scene.

For the finale, the pair sang the film’s theme song — My Heart Will Go On, originally recorded by Celine Dion.

The skit comes days after the duo sent fans into a frenzy after teasing Grande's appearance on the show. Corden tweeted a print out of lyrics to Grande’s No Tears Left To Cry and God is a Woman, writing: “Learning these….”

Grande retweeted the image with the caption: “Sick what for.”

They later confirmed the news with the singer posted a picture of herself and the chat show host alongside the caption: “Yeee ! imma be on @latelateshow on Wednesday August 15 jus thought u should know #carpoolkaraoke.”

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