Mariah interview with MTV's John Norris
One of the most anticipated tours of the year, just around the corner, in just two days.
Mariah Carey is set to kick off her "The Adventures of Mimi" tour down in Miami. Just
recently, MTV's John Norris sat down with the emancipated one herself to get the scoop
on what sort of adventures fans can expect.
John: You know what? I think it's so great that, yes, you can spend $150 to see
Mariah but you can also spend apparently $1950 to go see the show?
Mariah: When I was growing up, I had no money to go see the shows I wanted to see,
you know what I mean? I'm trying to just make it so people who are real fans can come
see the show.
Working again with American Idol's Randy Jackson as her musical director, Mariah plans
to bring other big names on the road with her too like Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes and
Jermaine Dupri.
Mariah: JD has said he's coming to the "hot spots". I'm like, "What do you mean?
You don't wanna come to the boring places, Jermaine?"
While Mimi's "Adventures" tour follows on the heels of her 5-time platinum "Emancipation"
CD, fans should be delighted to know that she plans to showcase many of her classics as
well.
Mariah: Something like "Make It Happen". You know, I'm doing it but I'm trying to
do it in a new way. I feel like this tour gives me a chance to do some of the
"dare-I-say-classics" and blend them with songs that I always wanted to come out.
Alright, we know what Mariah is gonna sound like on the show but how is she going to
look, you might wonder. Well, we caught up with her tour stylist, June Ambrose. We got
an exclusive first look for you. Now, we're told Mariah's various outfits are gonna take
her from tough girl outfits to some flowing, sweeping dresses.
For instance, Mariah's gonna sport this Bond-girled styled tux, she'd take it off to
reveal a black bodysuit. Also, she'll feature a Diana Ross-inspired ultimate diva look
and she'll even go to old school in a Hiphop-inspired cape with "Mimi" of course
inscribed on the back in crystals. Mariah's stylist explains that the different looks
are all supposed to tell a little bit of a story.
June Ambrose: It starts off really kind of like a black and white film and then
it turns into color. When she's emancipated, she goes from all these beautiful sunflower
yellows to powder blues to a really kind of adult, wine, burgundy, Diana Ross-kind-of-look
and then she goes into this flesh tone, goddess-like dress, like an angel, very nude.
And that's when she kind of strips away from everything - all the rumors, all the bad
times. And she's celebrating life and she's just a new person - she's born again.
(Mariah Daily)
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