Mariah Carey teases her sexy collaborator with a playful dance routine in a fun and sweet simplistic video for her new popping duet with R&B throwback crooner Miguel, "#Beautiful," the lead cut from her forthcoming as-yet-untitled fourteenth album, and the long-awaited follow-up to her 2009 recording "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel." The pop/R&B diva, the best-selling female artist of all time with more than 200 million albums sold to date, recently told Billboard her new album "has more raw ballads than people might expect."
"#Beautiful" is a mid-tempo and stripped down pop, an nod to the old school-flavored and soul track, and blends the two singers' vocals into a sticky-sweet ballad. Carey and Miguel embark on a motorbike cruise during the night, as Miguel begins it and boldly crooning about her beauty. Carey does not enter the song until a third of the way through, she matches Miguel's glorious tone with the confidence of someone who knows she can lift her verse to equal whatever comes her way. "#Beautiful" ends at the exact moment it should with a textured layering of both singers' vocals which gradually fade as the song draws to a close.
The retro-tinged, breezy guitar-driven number is gritty and vital, filled with a crawling, dirty bass line, a seductive, immediately embeddable guitar melody and just enough tambourine to get the engine running. The song's lyrics called for Carey to be dressed in sexy attire, and her big vocals combined with Miguel's signature eclectic rock and roll sound results in "#Beautiful" having an old school vibe to it reminiscent of the Stax Records/Motown Records era. Miguel's soothing R&B pipes and Carey's 1991-sounding ethereal vocals make "#Beautiful" such a winner!
Filmed out in Los Angeles, the visual takes us on a motorcycle ride with Miguel behind the wheel and Carey riding shotgun suited up in some beautiful leather attire. Director Joseph Khan seamlessly superimposed the pair onto the countryside backdrop along with shots of Carey seductively propped on a big bike in front of a giant tree for a very light and breezy feel and mood for the video that matches the sweet ballad. The 43-year-old superstar isn't messing around in what's probably her hottest music video yet and looks as young and fresh as her 1997 "Honey" video days in the playful dance routine she does for the younger 27-year-old neo-soul singer.
"#Beautiful" is a mid-tempo and stripped down pop, an nod to the old school-flavored and soul track, and blends the two singers' vocals into a sticky-sweet ballad. Carey and Miguel embark on a motorbike cruise during the night, as Miguel begins it and boldly crooning about her beauty. Carey does not enter the song until a third of the way through, she matches Miguel's glorious tone with the confidence of someone who knows she can lift her verse to equal whatever comes her way. "#Beautiful" ends at the exact moment it should with a textured layering of both singers' vocals which gradually fade as the song draws to a close.
The retro-tinged, breezy guitar-driven number is gritty and vital, filled with a crawling, dirty bass line, a seductive, immediately embeddable guitar melody and just enough tambourine to get the engine running. The song's lyrics called for Carey to be dressed in sexy attire, and her big vocals combined with Miguel's signature eclectic rock and roll sound results in "#Beautiful" having an old school vibe to it reminiscent of the Stax Records/Motown Records era. Miguel's soothing R&B pipes and Carey's 1991-sounding ethereal vocals make "#Beautiful" such a winner!
Filmed out in Los Angeles, the visual takes us on a motorcycle ride with Miguel behind the wheel and Carey riding shotgun suited up in some beautiful leather attire. Director Joseph Khan seamlessly superimposed the pair onto the countryside backdrop along with shots of Carey seductively propped on a big bike in front of a giant tree for a very light and breezy feel and mood for the video that matches the sweet ballad. The 43-year-old superstar isn't messing around in what's probably her hottest music video yet and looks as young and fresh as her 1997 "Honey" video days in the playful dance routine she does for the younger 27-year-old neo-soul singer.
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