[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- taraji p. henson, miley cyrus, musical guests billy joed

miley cyrus. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 753! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, thank you very much, everybody. please. welcome. welcome, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show," baby. this is it. [ cheers and applause ] you're here. what a show tonight. guys, here's what people are talking about. big story today. the white house is scaling back th

control. when asked what people should do for birth control now, the white house said, "think of trump." [ laughter ] >> steve: wow. [ applause ] >> jimmy: but i saw that trump hosted a hispanic heritage event at the white house today. trump said, "all day, these people have been calling me by a wonderful spanish name, el moron. [ laughter and applause ] i think it means the magnificent." [ light laughter ] trump gave a speech at the event and i noticed that he really seemed to enjoy saying the words puerto rico. watch this. look at this. >> we are also praying for the people of puerto rico. [ laughter ] we love puerto rico. puerto rico. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: give it up for president scarface, everyone. [ applause ] "puerto rico. puerto rico. say hello to my little hands." [ laughter ]

listen to this. i read that trump spent two hours fuming inside the white house when he heard that rex tillerson called him a a moron. when people heard trump screaming for two hours, they assumed his tie got caught in the paper shredder again. "oh, my god. [ laughter ] oh, my goodness. i only have three feet left. thank god my tie's nine feet long." [ light laughter ] let's get to some sports here. i saw that the red sox spent over $15,000 on alcohol after making the playoffs. $15,000 worth of booze, or as people of boston call that, pregaming. [ laughter and applause ] "let's get the real pahty stahted." finally, there's this video of a woman in the uk who got to pop a balloon to find out the gender of her grandchild. that's the way she found out. but she didn't seem to excited with the results. look at this. watch.

boy or girl? [ pop ] >> [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] oh, you [ bleep ]. >> mum! >> jimmy: okay. guess we won't be naming her after you. [ laughter ] we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, welcome, everybody! guys, it is friday. it is the final night of miley week. what a week. we've done so many fun things -- [ cheers and applause ] -- with miley. she can do it all. [ cheers and applause ] she stars on "the voice." she couldn't be nicer or more talented. she al

>> jimmy: i love her. she's so great. [ audience aws ] but i have to keep those emotions in check because tonight it's going down. we're putting our friendship aside and going head to head in a lip sync battle. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: later in the show, we'll be talking to miley, and then, i'm very excited about this. we're going to air a special performance from madison square garden. the great madison square garden. it's miley and billy joel performing "new york state of mind." it's unbelievable. [ cheers and applause ] it's amazing. if that's not enough, the star of "empire," taraji p. henson is here. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: look at this. >> steve: i love taraji. oh! >> jimmy: yeah. [ cheers ] stunning. how can you not love taraji?

guys, like i said, today is friday, and that's usually when i catch up with some personal stuff. you know, i check my inbox, i return some e-mails, and of course i send out my thank you notes. [ cheers and applause ] i was running a bit behind today, so it thought if you guys wouldn't mind, i'd like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. is that cool with you guys? [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. you guys are the best. james, can i get some thank you note writing music, please? ♪ [ laughter ] he's in a great mood, that guy. always in a great mood. >> steve: so happy. so happy to be here. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, waterfalls, for letting me know what it would look like if a a cliff had permanent snapchat rainbow barf face. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ thank you, sitting in an exit row on an airplane. i have no training whatsoever, but sure, i'll be responsible for the lives of everybody on

[ cheers and applause ] i don't know how to open an emergency door. >> steve: will i get more leg room? ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, tree houses, for combining the coziness of cabins with the danger of falling to your death. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ thank you, people who ask you to take your shoes off when you enter their house. let me just be the first to tell you, your house is not that great. [ laughter and applause ] it's fine. >> steve: i get it. >> jimmy: i get it. get new carpeting. >> steve: i'm good. >> jimmy: get new carpeting, i don't care. that's your problem. ♪ thank you, scarves, for giving me an easy way to make a a dramatic exit. [ laughter ] [ applause ] "good day! good day to you, sir!" [ laughter ]

♪ thank you, chuck e. cheese's, for being a great way to introduce your kids to gambling. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: yeah! >> jimmy: "mommy, i got the itch." "okay, that's good." >> steve: the beast is calling. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: the beast is calling. ♪ thank you, taco bowls, for fooling me into thinking i'm eating a salad instead of one enormous taco. [ laughter and applause ] there you go. those are my thank you notes. miley cyrus and i are having a a lip sync battle after the break. stick around, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪

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wrap up miley week. please welcome the one and only miley cyrus! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ yes! yes! oh, really! gosh! >> thank you. i came prepared. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: miley, here's how we're going to do this. you and i are going to take turns lip syncing sections of well known songs, each one of us trying to lip sync better than the other. we don't know which songs the other person's picked. >> nope. >> jimmy: only the person performing knows which song is coming next. we'll do two songs each and since i've done this before, i'm going to start us off. miley, please take your place over there by the roots. >> nowhere i'd rather be. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: the inspiration for my first song is darci lynne farmer, the young ventriloquist who just won "america's got talent."

[ laughter ] >> what? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, petunia. >> hi. hi, jimmy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: petunia, what song are you going to be performing tonight? >> jim -- jim -- jimmy i've been under a lot of -- i've been under a lot of pressure lately, and this song really helped me get out of a really dark place. this is "issues" by julia michaels. [ light laughter ] ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm jealous i'm overzealous when i'm down i get real down ♪ ♪ when i'm high i don't come down but you don't judge me ♪ ♪ cause if you did baby i would judge you to cause i got issues but you got them too ♪ ♪ so give them all to me and i'll give mine to you

bask in the glory of all our problems ♪ ♪ cause we got the kind of love it takes to solve them ♪ ♪ yeah i've got issues and one of them is how bad i need you ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> that was nice. ♪ >> jimmy: come on. [ cheers and applause ] >> you haven't seen my competitive side. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. you know what's up. >> thank you, jimmy. you know, sometimes a new song comes out, and you just can't get it out of your head, and this is that song right now. here is "feel it still" by portugal the man. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ can't keep my hands to myself think i'll dust them off put them back up on the shelf ♪

♪ in case my little baby girl is in need am i coming out of left field ♪ ♪ ooh woo i'm a rebel just for kicks now i been feeling it since 1966 now ♪ ♪ might've had your fill but you feel it still we could fight a war for peace ♪ ♪ ooh woo i'm a rebel just for kicks now give in to that easy living ♪ ♪ goodbye to my hopes and dreams stop flipping for my enemies ♪ ♪ we could wave until the walls come down ooh woo, i'm a rebel just for kicks yeah ♪ ♪ your love is an abyss for my heart to eclipse now might be over now but i feel it still ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: splits? splits? oh, come on! oh, come on! >> thank you. >> jimmy: splits. you can't do splits. >> thank you! >> jimmy: you can't do splits. i can't do -- come on. pup --pe

[ light laughter ] my final song tonight is by one of my all-time favorites. she's a legend. courtney love. her great band, hole. this is "violet." [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ and the sky was made of amethyst and all the stars were just like little fish ♪ ♪ you should learn when to go you should learn how to say no ♪ ♪ might last a day yeah well mine is forever might last a day yeah ♪ ♪ well they get what they want and they never want it again

well they get what ♪ ♪ they want and they never want it again go on take everything take everything ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i want you to go on take everything take everything i want you to ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> okay, jimmy. it's okay that you're going to lose. [ audience aws ] >> jimmy: oh, get a life. here, this is for you. >> thank you.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. welcome back, everybody. our first guest is an academy award nominated and golden globe winning actress starring in the blockbuster series "empire." you can see the all-new season wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. on fox. please welcome the very talented, the gorgeous, taraji p. henson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i love you. >> hey, i love you. >> jimmy: we love you. welcome back! you look gorgeous, as always. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i love the new hair. >> i did it all for you, jimmy. >> jimmy: thank you, i appreciate that. i mean, look at this right here, you have this cover here

and you go, "oh hi, everybody i'm gorgeous." and then you go, "i'm also fierce. what's up? what is up?" >> or i bite really hard. >> jimmy: double -- double cover. double cover. sexy, badass and brave. >> are they talking about me? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yes, they are. yeah. do you feel that way? >> some days. >> jimmy: yeah, i think you are. that's a great description for you. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i saw a photo from you from your high school. where did you go to high school? >> i went to high school in oxon hill, maryland. oxon hill high school. >> jimmy: okay, and -- and this is normally, high school photos are pretty lame. mine -- >> they can be. >> jimmy: mine was terrible. i have a -- i have -- i grew a a mustache. just -- started a mustache. it was really, like -- >> i have a feeling you're going to show my picture, i think it's only fair that you show yours too. >> jimmy: oh, i don't have mine, sorry. [ light laughter ] but, i do have yours. >> i'm sure you do. >> jimmy: but look at this. you're a babe. [ cheers and applause ] i love you. look at the style! look at the style. look at that. look at the style! look at that.

a professional picture right there. >> act -- actually, it is. >> jimmy: it is, right? >> yeah, because i didn't like the photographer they were using for the -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh my, in high school? >> in high school. i didn't like it. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i -- i -- just saw the pictures and i was like, "eh, boring." so, i wanted to shake it up a a bit, so i went and found my own photographer. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: you really did? >> i did. >> jimmy: you look fan -- what a good style. >> i did my wardrobe and all my different changes. >> jimmy: yeah, i mean, you had -- you had the glasses. matching, the top with the shoulder pads. >> the dolphins door knockers. i had my name -- the correct spelling of my name in case you didn't, you know -- >> jimmy: of course, yeah, so, yeah you aren't -- >> taraji wasn't the very -- it isn't the easiest name. you know. >> jimmy: no, it's not easiest, no, but you had style back then. you still -- >> thank you. >> jimmy: congrats on "empire" now, season 4? >> yeah. >> jimmy: already? [ cheers and applause ] >> i know, right? >> jimmy: what is happening? i can't believe it's four seasons already. >> time flies. >> jimmy: how's terrence doing? you got to tell him i said hi. >> he's good. i will, i will. >> jimmy: what's -- what's happening this season? what do we got to know?

so, terry can't remember anything -- >> jimmy: okay. >> or lucius -- he can't remember anything. >> jimmy: from the explosion. >> from the explosion. he's this really nice guy, named dwight now, and cookie's kind of over it. >> jimmy: she's over it, she doesn't want it -- >> she's over it, she wants -- she wants the roughneck back. that's who she fell in love with. and now he's all so -- >> jimmy: that's right, cookie. >> nice and gushy, kumbaya. she's over it. >> jimmy: no, no, no. but you -- you in real life, you are kind of a kumbaya type of -- >> i'm very mushy. >> jimmy: you are, but you're also, don't you -- aren't you very, like, zen? don't you meditate? >> i do, i do, meditate! >> jimmy: i'm getting into it, i'm getting into it. what do you do? what's your -- what's your routine, can you tell me? >> well, the thing is, a lot of people think when you meditate you have to "ohm" and burn candles and that's one way to do it. but a meditative state is just allowing your thoughts to run through until you quiet your mind. you can do that just sitting in a chair looking off into the abyss. like you don't have to "ohm." [ light laughter ] i think people get -- people get overwhelmed when you say meditate because they think it's a whole ritual. it's whatever you make it. so, i literally, i'm in the house, i'll turn the music off, no television, and i'll just

nothing on, my thoughts are still running. i just don't try to answer questions and solve the world's problems. >> jimmy: like a walking medication? >> yeah. >> jimmy: really? >> it's a meditative state. you don't have to sit. it's just allowing your brain to calm. >> jimmy: but can you communicate with people? [ light laughter ] >> no. >> jimmy: like if people -- people go, "taraji, hey, hey, yo. are you like in a zone?" you're like -- >> you know what, sometimes in my meditative state -- no. >> jimmy: is it like sleepwalking? >> i'm not -- i'm not in a a trance. no, jimmy. >> jimmy: okay. >> but what it is, is that sometimes i will think about something enough that i will put it in the universe and it will come back to me. that has happened a lot. >> jimmy: really? >> yes, a lot. >> jimmy: i believe that. >> little things. little things like i was thinking about, oh, i can't tell you. i just -- i'm sorry. >> jimmy: all right. >> cut. take two. what was the question? [ laughter ] i almost gave up some information. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you are so cute. come on. i have -- oh, i love you so much. >> i love jimmy and i want to tell him everything, but i can't tell you this yet, jimmy.

cool. oh, i think -- >> when i come back. >> jimmy: i think i know. i think i know. >> yeah, i know. [ shush ] >> jimmy: i know. what -- what are these things? >> these are tibetan singing bowls. now this is something that i have to sit down and do. but the vibration of the bowl will put you in the meditative state, because -- >> jimmy: are you going to -- everyone's going to meditate? >> i'm going to tell you how to do the tibetan -- you have to be -- do it. to watch somebody do it is not the same. no, no, no, no. [ laughter ] watch first, young -- >> jimmy: dinner's ready y'all! [ laughter ] come on in. dinner. we got some grub. we got some grub. come on in, kids! come on in, y'all. [ laughter ] so wait, i'm doing it wrong? what do you do? >> well, you could -- [ ringing ] that's one way to do it. but it's -- >> jimmy: that really gets me -- really zenned out. i'm really -- [ ringing ] i'm so relaxed. [ light laughter ] >> patience. >> jimmy: sorry, sorry, sorry. [ ringing ] >> can you hear it? >> jimmy: is that real?

>> jimmy: is that coming from that? >> yes. >> jimmy: are you kidding me? [ laughter ] it is coming from that. [ ringing ] [ laughter ] i thought that was james playing the keyboard, or something like that. that was weird. that just freaked me out, man. that freaked me out. how'd you do that? >> try it. you have to be very -- it teaches you patience. you have to hold it, jimmy. you have to hold it. [ laughter ] [ ringing ] do you feel it? you're going too fast, jimmy. that's what she said. [ laughter ] ♪ [ bell ringing ] >> jimmy: i love you, man. >> i love you more. >> jimmy: taraji p. henson, everybody. check out the new season of "empire" sunday at 8:00 p.m. on fox. she's fantastic. we'll be right back with miley cyrus. stick around, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: every night this week, we've been blown away by this incredibly talented, kind, and funny person. it's really sad that miley's -- miley weekend -- ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, pal. >> ah! >> jimmy: ah, miley! all we

are you exhausted? >> no, you know what? i've actually got all my fans to petition for a #mileymonth. i want to stay a little bit more. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that would be the best ever. >> i would love nothing more. you know what? i got to tell you. i get to hang out with -- there's no one cooler than you. there's no one cooler than jimmy. there's no one nicer. [ cheers and applause ] and you know, and i -- i have been able to spend time with a a lot of people that are just beyond kind, better than you would expect, better than their reputations could ever be, and a lot of people that are, you know, very, very funny. there is no one funnier. you are officially now forever going to be in my phone as "the joke machine." 'cause you just go in, and there's no one that can make me laugh more than you. >> jimmy: see, we had a good time, man. >> yeah, we have a joke that jimmy's double chins aren't his chins. they're his six pack pushed up from his male spanx and so then he goes, "am i choking, or am i joking?" >> jimmy: "my spanx are too tight and they're pushing my belly button up to my neck, and i can't -- i'm just -- i'm choking." and they go, "are yoch

"i'm actually choking." >> and i don't know what he's saying. i still don't. we've been doing it for a week, and i don't know. are you choking or joking? >> jimmy: i don't know. i don't know. >> me neither. in a whole week. >> jimmy: my shirts are so tight my normal shirts are spanx. >> yes, yeah. that's nice. yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i got to lose some weight -- you -- or not. i don't care. >> you look great, and you've been great all week. >> jimmy: no, like i'm not known for my looks. please. [ light laughter ] >> who here thinks jimmy is hot? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for doing that. >> i told them about it before. >> jimmy: i know, yeah. speaking of hot, come on. look at this. that's how you do an album cover. come on. [ cheers and applause ] you -- you -- you changed it all up this week because we had -- we had a plan going in, and then the tragic events happened in las vegas, so sad, and you go -- you came in and you did a great song. you did "no freedom --" >> yep. >> jimmy: by dido with adam sandler -- >> yep. >> jimmy: and everybody -- then you did "the climb."

with us, we did "wildflowers" because of tom petty's passing, but my dad has always told me, "life is a series of adjustments, and the best are the people that can adjust, the people that can fall and get right back up again." >> jimmy: yeah. >> and that's what we did this week. i think we adjusted to make sure -- something i put on monday when we first started miley week was, our goal to make everyone at home have fun, to laugh, to feel good, but to also be aware of what's going on. not be aloof to life. there's a lot going on, and we have to be more active, and that's why it was such a dream come true that you had hillary, and i got to give her my hug. this week has seriously been the most fun week, more than i could have ever dreamed. i got to do a little bit of everything that i love. i feel like we got to make the world a better place in so many ways. we got to make people laugh, but we also got to make people cry, and we got to -- we got to do everything that i would want to do on a miley week, and it was just -- it was just the best week. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i -- i have to talk

you're just fantastic. are you going to win this season? >> i am going to win this season, just like i'm going to win the "lip sync battle." >> jimmy: i can't believe you did that by the talking heads. you're doing splits. i know that -- >> it's my hip, i have a a chiropractor waiting for me backstage. >> jimmy: do you really, that was fantastic. that was fantastic. >> yeah, i can't walk. >> jimmy: just the best to do that. >> these are actually orthopedic, i just bedazzled them real quick. >> jimmy: "nbd." no big deal. no big deal. kenny and dolly. >> and dolly loved it, by the way. >> jimmy: she did? >> i sent her a photo of me with my camera from here just so you can get the full situation. >> jimmy: dolly parton. yeah, the full situation. >> she said, "i'm falling out of my chair." they loved it so much. >> jimmy: it was so much fun. >> everything we do is so much fun. >> jimmy: i'm sorry, i keep going on tangents. "the voice," i know our pal adam levine -- >> yes. >> jimmy: is on that show and he had a brilliant idea. >> as usual. >> jimmy: to do something. yeah, so he had -- he had a a genius idea. what was the idea? >> the idea was, you know, we want to get our ratings up. we want to make sure people are watching the best music competition show on tv.

[ cheers and applause ] >> yes. and so "we got to get the ratings up, we want everyone to be watching this show. so what we should do is we should go busking." and so i get out my phone, and i show him the week before, which is you and i in the subway busking -- >> jimmy: busking -- yeah, we did this idea. >> to "party in the usa." >> jimmy: yeah. >> he was like, i don't know if you watched "lion king" lately. pumbaa always has these, you know, ideas, but timon just hears them, and then says them like they're his own. >> jimmy: that's what -- >> he's my timon. i mean i'm pumbaa. so it's like -- i'm pumbaa >> jimmy: he's your timon. >> he's my timon. >> jimmy: yeah, i think it's a a great idea, adam. i think we should do that. >> adam's full of great ideas. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, he really is. >> it's in my contract, i say that. >> jimmy: we -- i got you a a little gift just to celebrate the week, and this is for you to take home. [ audience aws ] a lot of people don't know this, but you are hashtag the panda. and so i wanted to give -- >> my very own! [ cheers and applause ] shall we? ch

>> jimmy: oh, my god. i want to show a clip from an upcoming episode of the "the voice." here's a sneak peek at monday night. check this out right here. >> where are you from and how old are you? >> i'm from nashville. i'm 23. >> i heard the magic words. i'm from nashville too. >> oh boy. >> that's a fleetwood mac song. >> it is. >> are you full blown going down the rock path. >> yeah, i've kind of been doing this psych rock thing. >> psych rock. >> psych rock. >> psych rock, like psychedelic rock, yeah. >> miley is the most psychedelic person i've ever met. >> psychedelic from nashville. >> miley is psycho-rock. >> come on. >> oh, blake. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, blake! >> jimmy: oh, blake! >> oh, blake! >> jimmy: i love him. hey, we're doing a -- we're going to show this performance tonight of you at madison square garden with billy joel. >> this is how i got to start my magic week. this is the coolest thing ever. i got to sing "new york state of mind" with billy joel at msg. >> jimmy: how great is billy joel?

>> dude, okay, so, i just wasn't -- i just wasn't expecting him to be -- i think the way that he is in -- you know, we talked about this before. i've told you, i don't really care about awards, or a piece of paper, or a piece of metal. >> jimmy: yeah. >> when someone like billy joel gives you respect, or allows you to come and sing with them, that's greater than any accomplishment to me as a a singer, as a songwriter, just him recognizing, and i got to give him one of these, which i've never done before. >> jimmy: you gave him an album? >> i gave him a cd because this is the first time that i've written all the songs on my record, and there's no better songwriters than him and paul simon was there as well so i got to be a dork, and pass this out to just the greatest songwriters that -- >> jimmy: be a dork. you are my favorite dork. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: miley cyrus wraps up miley week with a special performance after the break with billy joel. stick around, everybody. miley! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. we are here with miley cyrus! [ cheers and applause ] miley, you've been our musical guest all week, and for your final performance, you wanted to do something special. so last weekend, you joined our pal, billy joel, on stage during his 44th consecutive

sold out show at madison square garden. we were there. we taped the whole thing and we want to show it to everybody right now. singing "new york stateof mind," from madison square garden, here is billy joel and miley cyrus! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ some folks like to get away take a holiday

from the neighborhood ♪ ♪ hop a flight to miami beach or to hollywood i'm takin' a greyhound ♪ ♪ on the hudson river line i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ ♪ >> how we doing billy? >> ladies and gentlemen, miley cyrus. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i've seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines ♪ ♪ been high in the rockys under the evergreens but i know what i'm needing and i don't wanna waste ♪ ♪ more time

i'm in a new york state of mind it was so easy ♪ ♪ livin' day by day out of touch with the rhythm and blues but now ♪ ♪ now i need a little give and take the new york times the daily news ♪ ♪ ♪ it comes down to reality and it's fine with me cause i've let it slide

♪ if it's chinatown or on riverside i don't have any reasons i left them all behind ♪ ♪ i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ it was so easy living day by day out of touch ♪ ♪ with the rhythm and blues but now i need a little give and take the new york times ♪ ♪ and the daily news who oh oh whoa whoa it comes down to reality and it's fine with me ♪ ♪ cause i've let it slide

if it's chinatown or on riverside ♪ ♪ i don't have any reasons i left them all behind i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ ♪ i'm just taking a greyhound on the hudson river line 'cause i'm in a ♪ ♪ i'm in a

state ♪ ♪ of mind new york state of mind ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> miley cyrus, girl's got pipes! >> thank you so much, everybody. [ cheers and applause ]

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it is the end of a a fantastic week of shows! [ cheers and applause ] and we have -- we have one last surprise from miley. she brought everyone in our audience a copy of her new album, "younger now"! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ yes! it's fantastic! i love this record. more than a high five. my thanks to billy joel. you can listen to the billy joel channel -- sirius xm channel four, through november 1st. taraji p. henson. and of course, miley cyrus! [ cheers and applause ] and the roots right there from philadelphia, pennsylvania. >> the best. >> jimmy: the be

thank you for watching. have a great weekend. i hope to see you next week. bye-bye, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- heidi klum, senator bernie sanders, music from imagine dragons, featuring the 8g band with anton fig. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: that's fantastic to hear. in that case let's get to the news. well, trump was right. we have started saying merry christmas again. [ laughter ] president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort was charged today with twelve counts, including acting as an