Ironic 2015 Update [German translation]

[Alanis Morrissette:]

An old friend sends you a Facebook request

You only find out they’re racist after you accept

[James Corden:]

There’s free office cake on the first day of your diet

It’s like they announce a new iPhone the day after you buy it

And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?

[Alanis & James:]

It’s like swiping left on your future soulmate1

It’s a Snapchat that you wish you had saved2

It’s a funny Tweet that nobody faves

And who would’ve thought? It figures!

[Alanis:]

It’s a traffic jam when you tried to use Waze3

A “No Smoking” sign when you brought your vape

It’s 10,000 male late-night hosts when all you want is just one woman, seriously!

[James:]

It’s singing the duet of your dreams, and then Alanis Morissette shouting at you

[Alanis:]

I'm not shouting!

[James:]

And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?

[Alanis:]

A little too ironic, and yeah, I really do think

[Alanis & James:]

It’s like you’re first class on a Southwest plane

Then you realize that every seat is the same4

It’s like Amazon but your package never came

And who would’ve thought it figures?

It’s like Netflix but you own DVDs5

It’s a free ride but your Uber’s down the street6

It’s singing “Ironic,” but there are no ironies7

And who would’ve thought? It figures!

[Alanis:]

Life has a funny, funny way of sneaking up on you

[James:]

And life has a funny, funny way of sneaking up on you...(unintelligible singing)...and everything blows up in your face

[Alanis:]

Okay...of helping you out

[James:]

And life has a funny, funny, funny way of sneaking up on you and everything's ok and everything blows...(unintelligible singing)...

[Alanis:]

Okay...James...we're good James. We're...it's finished now, the song is finished...

[James:]

And life has a funny, funny, funny way of sneaking up on you and everything blows up in your face

[Alanis:]

Thank you everybody!

[James:]

Ladies and Gentlemen! Alanis Morrisette! Stick around, we'll be right back!

1. On dating apps, you swipe left to reject and right to accept potential dates2. Snapchat is a messaging app where pictures and messages usually disappear shortly after sending unless you save them.3. Waze is a mapping/navigation app that uses real-time data from other users to keep you out of traffic jams4. Southwest Airlines is a low-cost airline that assigns you a seating area and then lets you pick any open seat within that area.5. Netflix is a movie-streaming service6. Uber is a ridesharing service similar to a taxi7. Alanis has often been criticized and made fun of because the situations she describes in the original version of “Ironic” are only coincidences and inconveniences that don't actually fit the definition of irony.

• Artist:Alanis Morissette