I didn't expect anyone to find a way to make a new Ariana Grande bop that samples Madonna's "Vogue", with a music video that references Paula Abdul, any gayer and/or appeal directly to me. But a remix arrived Friday of "yes, and?" that features Mariah Carey belting lyrics like "say that shit with your chest" alongside Grande. If these two ever perform the track live together, I might have a minor cardiac episode. (I'm exaggerating. But I will be very excited.)
"Mariah Carey sings alongside other powerhouse vocalists" is my favorite genre of pop culture. The original VH1 Divas Live concert is a religious work in this house, and it's worshiped as such. And while the jaw-dropping finale riff-off with Carey, Aretha Franklin, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan, and Carole King is rightfully iconic, the true vocal highlight is Carey's duet of "Chain of Fools" with Franklin.
Naturally, Carey's Oscar-winning duet with Whitney Houston, "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt, has been brutalized by yours truly countless times, as I squawk and warble it throughout the apartment. I've also spent a shameful number of nights chasing down YouTube bootlegs of the pair singing it on The Oprah Winfrey Show, a performance that is as awkward as it is glorious.
This also isn't the first time Carey and Grande have collaborated. Grande and Jennifer Hudson joined Carey for a rendition of her holiday hit "Oh Santa" in 2021, a Holy Trinity of vocals that should have catapulted that track to the top of holiday charts each year alongside "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
There's one more Carey collaboration that I'm clamoring for after watching this year's Grammy Awards. The lovefest between Miley Cyrus and Carey - two M.C.'s - was so nice to watch, when Carey presented Cyrus with her first Grammy Award. Carey joining a remix of "Flowers" sounds so right to me.
(The Daily Beast)
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