Instead, the narrator announces that there has been a huge mistake — this is actually not the Honest Trailer for La La Land, but for Moonlight.
It’s a funny little nod to how both Moonlight and La La Land will forever be linked together, due to how the 89th Academy Awards ended.
One thing Honest Trailers is known for is the parody lyrics they give to movie songs, so when they change La La Land ballad City of Stars to City of Cars it seems like the song parodies are just getting started.
The Honest Trailer starts off by pointing out that director Chazelle’s previous movie — Whiplash — also featured a jazz musician who ends up alone with his music.