Ariana Grande may be shining in her own right with her new album ‘eternal sunshine,’ but she’s seizing the moment to shine a light on her idol, Mariah Carey.
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Speaking during part 2 of her insightful sit down on the Zach Sang Show on Amazon Music, Grande was quizzed on collaborating with Mimi on the ‘yes, and?’ remix.
Gushing about the diva supreme, the songbird said:
“She is the queen of my life. The reason I sing. She is my #1 vocal inspiration. She is mother. That’s real mother.
It’s like the dream come true. It’s like, if you’re going to have anyone do a remix, it should be the queen of remixes and of 90s music and all music…and also the queen of my life. I love it so much, it elevated [the song] so much.”
On asking Carey to feel free with her contribution, Grande added:
“She did [write her verse]. I was like, ‘if it’s not too much to ask, please…go. Do whatever the f*ck you want.’
She did the intro, all the high whistles, she did the pre-harmonies, she doubled the hook, I was like [to my producer]: ‘Can you please make her vocals louder than everything else in the song? I want to only hear the harmonies. I want to only hear her adlibs. I want to be in the background, as quiet as possible. This is my heaven.’ It’s just so surreal.”
Later in the interview, Grande continued to gush about Carey as well as her other inspiration Imogen Heap:
“My idol is Mariah and Imogen Heap and I feel like I sit somewhere in between the two of them. That’s where my brain learned everything. From Imogen on the production side, and Mariah from the vocal and songwriting side. And both of them in a blender has always been my goal, I suppose … I loved watching Imogen. When I was a little girl, I fell in love with her. I wanted to have all of the technology she used on stage, and I wanted to wrap leaves in my hair and have a looping machine and a Tenori-on and all these weird things. I wanted to produce and loop and write, so I just studied and learned.”
Bonus: Check out That Grape Juice‘s throwback interview, in which she also opened up about Mariah:
Ari stormed until Hiss came and ate Nicki and everything in its way. That’s when Usher was supposed to eat, but the Country girls came through w/ Luke and Tracy Chapman and the other legend had died and shook up the chart. Then Beygone came and dropped those two songs because she wanted to be a part of the trend and Jack Harlow was dethroned again. However, it was Ari first who ate the year up, no hype no cult no press just music and a cute lil video. Her music is in a lane of its own right now; there’s just a lot of drama and cult chasing happening and it caught Republic and her team off guard. She’s still making her numbers though. Ariana Grande is vetted, she will always deliver. Stop tryna act like she’s not that girl in her own right. We don’t gotta be fans of these artists to respect their talented light. Even Beygone got s*** going for her. Just how she goes about it is disgusting. But Ari don really try nobody tbh she keep it real cute, esp for a rich white woman. Very proud of how far she’s come. Mother Mariah is not pressed and this is the unity we need. No more greed! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ but Mimi Where’s that album mommy we miss you storming the girls! The world misses Mariah Carey so much!
Hopefully next month she won’t be tryna diss Mariah like them two-faced b****** Megan and Cardi did the queen of Rap.
👑 🐝 proved with Renaissance Tour that she can outsing The so called “Holy Trineity” Whitney Mariah and Celine Dion. 🍯
don’t bring Whitney Houston name in your misery . That’s why queen b**** songs weren’t #1.
32 Gtammys vs what? 5 😆 🤣 😂
Whitney was and is the most overrated singer of all time. No Range, boring voice ‘and even more boring vocal techniques.
The hierarchy is as follows
1. Beyoncé (THE VOICE) 🎤 🐝
2. Mariah
3. Celine
4. Whitney
5. Xtina
Whitney won ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Mariah, Whitney and Celine!!
Shut da hell up, female chopstick💅🏻 you are too old to be Mariah’s daughter. Trying to shade she is old or something… smh… not everyone can have 19 number ones (Mariah’s voice)
Ariana can sing, but her music is childish. She will never have a catalog of songs like Mariah.
She’s giving “single white female” vibes. Even has the same hair color. Yikes 😳