Multiplatinum-selling, golden-voiced baritoneJosh Grobanis once again ready to raise himself up and you!
with a new album,Harmony.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Harmonyfeatures you and Sara Bareilles duetting on Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now.
Credit: BB Gun PR
You also hosted the Tonys with her.
All right, lets hear the pitch for your buddy comedy.
JOSH GROBAN:Were turningThe Odd Coupleon its head withThe Cod Couple.
ABC
We work in a deli undercover as music-piracy litigators.
Youre offering a series ofvirtual live-streamed concerts.Between us, how lit are those backstage parties gonna be?
Well, the backstage parties are not so dissimilar from your aunts boozy Zoom brunch.
People love to shout outsong requests at concerts, especiallyFreebird!!!
But at yourshows, are people like,“Gira Con Me Questa Notte!!!
“or"Si Volvieras a Mi!!
!or"Au Jardin des Sans-Pourquoi!!!
They still shout Freebird!, but they want it in 10 different languages.
So if they got their way, it would just be Freebird all night.
But in German, it would translate to something like Soaring Eagle.
But shouting of any kind is discouraged.
When youre singing something really powerful and someone starts crying, what do you do?
So, I feel like probably option D, but more passively?
The house always wins.
How many escalator and hot-air balloon companies have asked you to singYou Raise Me Up?
Pretty much only Viagra at this point.
I would probably have enough to fill a nice 16-ounce artisan Mason jar three-fourths of the way.
Noelwas 2007s best-selling album.
Everyone couldnt have been more gracious.
Tell us how we can sell 5 million Christmas albums in two months.
Im saying, Beyonce, Beyonce!
I knew who it was from because it had glitter.
You played a maximum-security inmate inMuppets Most Wanted.
How hard has it been being typecast in Hollywood since then?
Seeing as how Ive doneMuppetsandSesame Street, I’m pretty big with the under-5 crowd.
There’s a pretty wide gap between that crowd and my other crowd.
But sometimes a kid will recognize my singing voice as beingthe guy in the box.
So quite literally I’ve been boxed in by the industry from singing in the box.
There are worse ways to be typecast, I guess.
You starred with Tony Danza in the Netflix comedyThe Good Cop.
Were you ever Danzad on the set?
I dont know what that means, but it just sounds like something thats a thing.
I was remindedwho was the bossconstantly.
I think to be Danzad means to be soft-shoed around.
He would shuffle around the setconstantly.
And by a little, I meana lot.
What was your first indication thatRising Starwas a… falling star?
When the real judges were Twitter.
We all felt judged.
It would be the everything bagel of music.
It would seem on paper like none of those ingredients should match, yet it would become the No.
1 requested bread for America’s…schmear?
I have no idea how to finish this metaphor.
I’m so sorry.
All I know is BTS would be trembling.
Youve been nominated for a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy.
Yeah, I think they call that EGOT adjacent.
But my gosh, it would be a huge honor to be EGOT adjacent.
Lets flip the script on that story.
When didyoudiscover David Foster?
This was before Wikipedia.
You’re suddenly rehearsing with Celine Dion.
Do you just stop her mid-note and say, “I can’t work under these conditions.
I need a 72-degree glass of Evian right now”?
[Laughs] No, who am I kidding?
I was totally scared s—less!
I mean, what a mensch.
You are double jointed.
What was the most awkward fan interaction youve ever had to wriggle out of?
The flip side of that is I will always win a thumb war with a fan.
Because my thumb is likeThe Matrix.
My thumb is Neo.
I will destroy your thumb.
Put that on a pillow.
I sing in ranges I have no business singing in.
I sing in styles that only my own mother would say, That was a great effort.
I do a really good country voice, but I don’t have thestoriesto sing country music.
Its hard to sing about getting a kale wrap fromErewhonin a twang.
What should I get my mom for the holidays?
I feel like you know all moms.
you could probably get a smaller room at Capitol records.
I’d say pick 10 to 13 of your favorite classic songs and don’t overthink it.
You don’t want to be disheveled.
And then release it around the world.
There aremetal covers of your songson YouTube.
You love System of a Down.
Whats the most metal thing you’ve done today?
I went out to check my mail without shoes on.
Its safe to say somedirtsgot trailed into the house and my feet are filthy.
You know what I mean?
Anyway, my fans get it.
