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Mariah's first live performance since disastrous NYE gig
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Putting it behind her. Mariah Carey sang on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, February 15, in her first live performance since her disastrous New Year's Eve gig. The Grammy winner, 46, wore a curve-hugging red dress with a plunging neckline as she sang her new single, "I Don't", about her headline-making split from fiancé Australian billionaire James Packer. The Mariah's World star sang the song with accompaniment from a live and rapper YG.
As Us Weekly previously reported, Carey's performance at Dick Clark's New Year's Rocking' Eve With Ryan Seacrest on December 31 was a catastrophe on an epic scale. The singer kicked off her set with "Auld Lang Syne", but as she transitioned into her next song, "Emotions", her vocal track didn't match what she appeared to be singing. She told the audience that she couldn't hear the music and said that they hadn't properly rehearsed for the performance. As she went into her third song, "We Belong Together", she appeared to give up, lowering her mic and muttering, "It just don't get any better."
In the days that followed, the singer and her team claimed that Dick Clark Productions had sabotaged her performance - an allegation that the production company slammed as "defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd". On January 8, Carey addressed the embarrassing incident on Twitter in an audio message.
"I came to New Year's Eve in New York in great spirits and was looking forward to a celebratory moment with the world," she said. "It's a shame that we were put into the hands of a production team with technical issues who chose to capitalize on circumstances beyond our control."
"It's not practical for a singer to sing live and be able to hear themselves properly in the middle of Times Square with all the noise, in the freezing cold, the smoke from the smoke machines, thousands of people celebrating, especially when their ear monitors were not working at all," Carey added. "Listen, guys. They foiled me. Thus, it turned into an opportunity to humiliate me and all those who were excited to ring in the new year with me."
(Us Weekly)
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this_is_qhm from the Philippines wrote:
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This was good. The NYE debacle side effects were obvious, but she did better than I expected (I find myself saying that a lot as of late). I Don't was 30% lipped while Vision Of Love was live through and through - which makes us wonder: Is VOL the only song she can sing thoroughly live anymore? Sorry to be a downer but it seems like we just keep lowering the bar for her live efforts that performances that we would have considered sub-par or meh in 2000-2010 are the ones we are so thankful to be able to praise these days. It's not about us, but I don't think it's healthy for us fans to always be nervous every time she gets up on stage, crossing every finger and praying that she can get through a performance with minimal issues. Mariah, if you're stuck with Stella, then at least minimize the alcohol and unnecessary late nights. It's bad enough that you're not as confident to use your sensitive instrument anymore, so the least you can do is not to dry out what's left of it. You can do this.
(Friday 17 February 2017; 8:51)
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