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Michelle Obama on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden Wednesday

The wildly popular "Late Late Show with James Corden" bit gets some presidential star power soon.

Ever since "Late Late Show" host James Corden introduced "Carpool Karaoke," it's been a viral hit, attracting all sorts of megastars like Adele and Selena Gomez to sing along with him while he drives in his car. But First Lady Michelle Obama may one-up all of his former guests — and it appears she may have some Beyonce on the mind when she does.

"Stop, what's your business today at the White House," a gruff guard asks Corden as he pulls up to the White House gates in a minute-long preview video posted on YouTube by the "Late Late Show."

Corden meekly replies that he's there for a tour, when suddenly Michelle Obama opens his passenger door and has a seat next to a gaping Corden.

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"I hear you're here for a 1:45 tour, and had a little time on my hands, so you want to go for a spin?" she says.

Corden asks Obama when the last time she got to do something like this was, and the answer is revealing.

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"I've been in a car maybe — it was months ago with my daughter who learned to drive," she said. "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."

The video then cuts to a brief clip of Corden and Obama both singing Beyonce's "Single Ladies" together, hand motions and all.

The episode will air this Wednesday, July 20.

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