Did Eminem Go Too Far With His Mariah Carey Dis Track?
July 31, 2009
Lyrics of 'The Warning' are a scathing attack on Carey and husband Nick Cannon.
By Jocelyn Vena
Eminem
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First Eminem wrote a song, "Bagpipes From Baghdad," directed at Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. Then she seemed to respond to his track with her own, "Obsessed," although she has denied the song and the video were directed at him.
Now, this week, Eminem has released a scathing dis track, "The Warning," directed at Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon, during which he alleges and describes what was his one full sexual encounter with Carey, labels her a "liar" and other ugly names, and threatens to reveal personal pictures and phone messages he has of the singer. (Carey has denied ever having a romantic relationship with Eminem, while he has insisted there was one.)
Eminem has a history of blistering disses, but the song raises the question: Has he taken the feud too far? MTV News headed to Times Square to get fans' opinions on the matter.
"I think Eminem has gone too far on this one," Cherie Gardner said. "Even if it is true, I think that's a bit too far."
Another fan, Heather, agreed that the track is Eminem being Eminem, but perhaps to an extreme level. "I think if he did anything else, it wouldn't be his kind of signature thing," she said. "Although the part about murdering [her], that probably is a little too far."
Meanwhile, Jamie Gilcrest was fluctuating about whether or not the track went too far. "Maybe it is a little inappropriate because he is kind of being an a--hole to her," he said. "But he's just getting his feelings out there, so I think that's pretty cool."
But other fans think that this latest feud is stemming from a financial place, not an authentic place. "The dissing thing back and forth, that's kind of played out," Justin Price said. "You know what I'm saying. Like Jay-Z's beefing with the Game. Everyone's got a beef to sell stuff. Eminem is actually better than that."
Yet Antwone Wright is quick to point out that this beef is a bit different from when two rappers beef. "Obviously it's going to be different than 50 Cent dissing Ja Rule, because I don't think that 50 cent and Ja Rule ever slept together! But you're trying to dis your girlfriend, I think I would consider that acceptable."
Another fan thinks that the track is just Eminem being Eminem. "I don't think he's gone too far. He's Eminem," Katherine Schneeberger said. "That's what he does — be outrageous — so I don't really think it's too far."
Related ArtistsKanye West Denies Ever Saying He’s The ‘New King Of Pop’
July 31, 2009
'Not only did I not say that, I haven't said anything,' West writes on his blog.
By Jem Aswad
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Earlier this week, rumors spread that Kanye West had declared himself "the new King of Pop," in the wake of Michael Jackson's death late last month. While those rumors — which stemmed from an erroneous blog posted just days after Jackson's death but spread into the blogosphere this week — were never true, they were apparently not completely debunked. After Kanye heard about them, he fired off one of his characteristic all-caps blog entries, which was posted on Friday (July 31).
"I was just listening to Wendy Williams' [radio show] and heard some quote about me saying I'm the new King of Pop," he wrote. "Not only did I not say that, I haven't said anything. It makes me feel bad that obviously I made people feel that I would be corny enough to say something so whack after the passing of an idol, a legend and, more than that, a human being with feelings and family.
"It scares me to think what people will believe, without even a source," he continued. "Any random person can type something on the Internet and then the world believes it. I don't talk to press or do TV or do promotions of any sort. I've stopped chasing and buying into fame. Fame is like cigarettes with no surgeon general warning. It destroys most people as it did to the true and only King of Pop. We exploit ourselves and eat our own egos 'till there is nothing left. I have a feeling that this won't be the last false statement with my name on it, but this will be the last time I defend myself. I'm done."
Related ArtistsEminem And Mariah Carey Fans Take Sides Over Em’s Dis Track
July 31, 2009
'Em is just being Em, hate it or love it,' one fan says of 'The Warning.'
By Jocelyn Vena
Mariah Carey and Eminem
Photo: James Devaney/ WireImage/ Interscope
Soon after Eminem released his track "Bagpipes From Baghdad," which takes aim at Mariah Carey, there had been speculation that Carey's single and the video for "Obsessed" were a counterattack on the rapper. Everyone in Carey's camp denied the rumors, but it seems like Eminem responded with another dis track, "The Warning."
Now fans are taking sides, saying Mariah needs to own up to her reported relationship with the rapper. "Eminem just OWNED Mariah," QUEST IS ABDC wrote on MTVNews.com. "Play with fire, you'll get burned. She needs to admit and face the truth about the relationship. If they ain't really have a relationship, Eminem wouldn't go this far. He's the TRUTH."
Meanwhile, jpowell06 wrote, "I like Mariah and all, but she kinda had it comin'. If you had a relationship with the dude, just say it and be over it. Don't deny it. Em is just being Em, hate it or love it. I think he went a lil overboard with the name callin', but I still love him, cuz he's always being real and tellin' it like it is. I wanna see what Nick Cannon gonna say about this one."
Despite the song's racy content, Liss2504 can't help but love Em for making "The Warning." "I love Em!" she wrote. "But dis is HARSH! I still love him!"
But there are a few fans who don't think too highly of Em's song. "Eminem has officially fell off," Bashmatic wrote. "When Rick Ross ... says he's not what he used to be, Em is as quiet as a mouse. Instead, he goes after an R&B singer. Never in the history of rap has this been cool."
Zoidburg took Mariah's side: "We will only be talking about this until Mariah's next single. Eminem don't matter!"
But there are still the fans who think the whole thing is just about publicity. "I think it's all for sales," Andrew told MTV News in Times Square. " 'Cause when you hear Mariah going at Em, everybody's going to wanna hear it."
Antwone Wright agreed, saying, "It's all a publicity stunt."
And some felt that the track confirms everyone's suspicions: Mariah's "Obsessed" was, in fact, all about Em. "I guess that was Eminem in Mariah's new video, because he sure sounds pissed off on that dis record," Asonye88 wrote. "If I was Mariah, I would leave Em alone! Dude is really crazy!"
Chelle06 added: "He went hard on this track, but this dude seriously got voice mails from, like, nine years ago. That sounds a lil obsessed!"
What do you think about Mariah and Eminem's back-and-forth? Did Em take it to far? Let us know!
Related Photos Related ArtistsWhat Was Michael Jackson Like As A Father?
July 31, 2009
Producer Teddy Riley recalls how MJ cared for his children in 'Michael Jackson's Human Nature,' airing Saturday at noon ET on MTV.
By Andrew Millard, with additional reporting by Edward Paige
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Most of us have memories of Michael Jackson being an electrifying performer. Teddy Riley remembers him as an amazing dad.
Riley became close to Jackson while producing tracks for his Dangerous and HIStory albums. That bond grew stronger while working on songs for 2001's Invincible, when Michael introduced him to his kids for the first time.
"I felt so nervous meeting his children," Riley recalled. "He brought them in and he said, 'I want you to meet Paris and I want you to meet Prince.' And they walk in, playful. And then he was like, 'This is Theodore'. He didn't say Teddy. They were like, 'Hi, Theodore!' And it was just the greatest feeling."
What struck Riley immediately was how much Michael loved his kids and how involved he was in their lives.
"He read them a book every day. When we were in Virginia during the Invincible [sessions], there was not one day missed reading the children something. So that showed me right there that he was an incredible father."
Parenting was a major topic of conversation between Jackson and Riley, who has a family of his own — especially when it came to methods of punishment. This was a sensitive issue for Jackson because of the physical abuse he said he suffered as a child from his father, Joe Jackson.
"He was like, 'I would never have them go through the same things ever in their lives,' " Riley said. "He was like, 'I think the best scolding for children was a time-out.' The best scolding for children was, 'Let's read a book.' "
Although Teddy respected Michael's hands-on approach with his kids, he did think he was kind of a pushover when it came to discipline.
"I have to say this, but his time-outs were not as bad as, you know, our time-outs," he laughed. "They don't go up against a wall and look at the wall for an hour or 10 minutes. He sent them to the bunks with no TV. For me, that's a good time-out. But the kids, they knew what it was."
For more intimate anecdotes about the King of Pop, tune in to MTV on Saturday at noon ET for the premiere of "Michael Jackson's Human Nature."
Related ArtistsWolfmother Return To Rock You, Because Led Zeppelin Can’t
July 31, 2009
Frontman Andrew Stockdale picks up three new bandmembers to help carry on the Wolfmother name for Cosmic Egg.
By James Montgomery
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In August 2008, after nearly two years of touring in support of their breakthrough debut, Wolfmother returned to their native Australia for a triumphant homecoming show at the Splendour in the Grass festival. It would be the last time they'd ever share the stage together.
Three days later — amid constant media speculation that the band had broken up — Wolfmother's record label released a statement announcing that drummer Myles Heskett and bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross had left the group due to "irreconcilable differences" but that wild-haired guitarist/frontman Andrew Stockdale had decided to soldier on under the Wolfmother mantle, with plans to write and record a new album ... all by himself, if necessary.
For almost a year, Stockdale toiled away, writing and recording, playing guitar, bass, drums (and even a Fender Rhodes here or there) on what he hoped would become the new Wolfmother album. He battled writer's block, feared that the musical muse had abandoned him and thought about scrapping the project more times than he cares to admit. But he never did. Because he never could.
"I used to think musicians were like monks ... and music was like a religious path, because it tests you. It tests your ego, your jealousies, your competitiveness — all those things. How it's going to consume you. If you can keep writing songs. It tests you in so many ways," Stockdale told MTV News. "I decided to answer those challenges, for one, because I can't help myself, but also, because I'm the Wolfmother guy all the time. I'm the dude from Wolfmother. It confronts me all the time. I didn't want to justify myself to the press, or explain what happened, or what didn't happen, or who said what, or why. ... I didn't want to get involved in all that. So I thought the best thing to do was just make music and let that speak for itself."
And it does. Due in October, Cosmic Egg shouts very loudly, showcasing the added punch of three new musicians (rhythm guitarist Aidan Nemeth, bassist/keyboardist Ian Peres and drummer Dave Atkins) and taking everything that made Wolfmother's self-titled debut such a smash — namely, gut-busting riffs, incendiary solos and bong-glazed mysticism — and cranking it to the absolute maximum.
Tunes like "California Queen" and "Sundial" chug along on meaty chords, dive into sludgy breakdowns and sizzle with Stockdale's flame-kissed solos. "Far Away" and "Pilgrim" are moody, fog-machine ruminations on astral planes and mythic realms, floating on pealing organ lines and stony synths. And, of course, all of it is entirely intentional — because Stockdale loves a good challenge.
"For a while, I was thinking of not going forward as Wolfmother ... but then, eventually, I decided just to do it. It's a bizarre situation, because you're making new music, but you're also connected to the first record, and the new people are replacing people. It's not a new band with a fresh slate," Stockdale said. "But once we got started making this record, I thought, 'It's more of a challenge to continue as Wolfmother,' because there is a first record, there is something to compare it to ... and that makes you push yourself."
Emboldened by the struggle, and with a new album on the horizon, Stockdale is on a mission: to carry the Wolfmother name onward into the future — which is why you can't really blame him if he doesn't want to talk about the past anymore.
"The past is the past ... that's over. Even when we started, people were like, 'Oh, you sound like this, you sound like that.' Well, it's like, 'You can't go see Led Zeppelin tonight. You can't go see Black Sabbath. We're here, we've written these songs, so whatever,' " he hissed. "You know, like Jimi Hendrix ain't here, and it's all good and well for everyone to have these high standards and ideas, but, like, it's not real."
Related ArtistsKanye West Watches While Naked Woman, Performance Artists Pay Tribute To 808s & Heartbreak
July 31, 2009
West, unfazed by woman's confrontational performance, seems to enjoy 'Why Won't You Let Me Be Great!!!'
By Jim Cantiello
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NEW YORK — Just hours before surprising fans by joining Clipse onstage at the Diesel party, Kanye West was sitting in the small Performance Space 122, watching a group of downtown performance artists pay tribute to his latest album, 808s & Heartbreak.
In the new show, "Why Won't You Let Me Be Great!!!" (named after a quote from one of Kanye's fiery blog posts), post-modern dancers, video artists and cabaret legends reinterpret West's highly personal 2008 album in fresh, and sometimes controversial, ways.
The show kicked off with an experimental animated film called "Say You Will (Kanye West at the Scale of My Household)" by Karinne Keithley, who is also renowned for her performance of Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" on ukelele.
Miniature horse figurines, snail shells and sweater buttons twirled around while 808s opener "Say You Will" was performed by female vocalists who sounded like avant-pop group CocoRosie.
Then, show co-creator Neal Medlyn appeared onstage and spazzed out to "Welcome to Heartbreak." His dancing comprised of showing off his double-jointed thumbs and head-thrashing. What began as a silly display quickly turned into an eerie vision, as a naked woman emerged in the back of the stage and mimicked Neal's increasingly harrowing movements.
The nude figure stayed for the album's next track, "Heartless," and was joined by several other dancers in a routine "constructed" by Christine Elmo. At one point, she contorted to make her upper torso seemingly disappear, thus making her appear literally heartless (as well as stomach-less, arm-less, and headless.) The sight of disembodied legs and buttocks slowly walking towards the audience was one of many unforgettable snapshots of the night.
The evening became tense and uncomfortable when notorious (and buck-naked) performance artist Ann Liv Young confronted Kanye personally, shouting that she didn't think 808s was his best work, all the while grinding barbequed pork into her naked crotch (and then eating it). We all know Kanye is no stranger to confrontation and controversy, so perhaps Liv Young was paying tribute to that? In any case, the audience reacted with absolute horror during her "interpretation" of "Love Lockdown." To Kanye's credit, he barely flinched. (Liv Young rather shrewdly ended her performance by shouting, "I love your work with Common," before gathering her clothes — and pork products — and scurrying offstage.)
Thankfully, video artist Myles Kane defused the tension with a playful live-video-editing demonstration to Kanye's "Paranoid." Kane brilliantly manipulated video footage of "RoboCop" and a blaxploitation flick, even intercutting between similar — and sometimes nearly identical — shots from the two disparate films. (The mood became even lighter once Varsity Interpretive Dance Squad bounded onstage, performing charmingly literal choreography to Kanye's "RoboCop.")
The final stretch of 808s — beginning with "Street Lights" — is especially dark and reflective. Thus, it was fitting that "Why Won't You Let Me Be Great!!!" saved its most serious work for the end. Tony-nominated performer Kenny Mellman — of Kiki and Herb fame — delivered a gut-wrenching cover of "Street Lights" behind a piano while a woman's sweater was slowly unraveled. Then, Dance Gang's "Bad News" poetic choreography suggested that Kanye worked through his pain by evolving his art.
But it was Neal Medlyn's grand finale that made the biggest impression on Kanye. Medlyn's intensely emotional cover of album closer "Pinocchio's Story" (while video of fireworks looped behind him) prompted West to seek out Neal after the show was over to tell him it moved him to tears. Medlyn and West talked for five minutes as the crowd of downtown artists looked in awe. The man they had just paid tribute to was now paying tribute to one of their own.
Conceived by Medlyn, former "MTV Detox" producer Brendan Kennedy and the dance crew Catch, "Why Won't You Let Me Be Great!!!" is appearing at PS122 through Saturday.
Related ArtistsAlfamega Says ‘Round One’ Is Not A T.I. Dis Track
July 30, 2009
Rapper tells Mixtape Daily he won't release 10 Round K.O. mixtape because it will be misinterpreted.
By Shaheem Reid
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The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive
Yeah, we just dropped that Lil Wayne exclusive Thursday morning (July 30), but we had to come back with another one. Everyone wants to know the about this new plot twist in the T.I./ Alfamega saga. The latest development is a Mega song called "Round One" hit the Internet on Thursday. Because it comes less than a week after Alfamega sent several media outlets an open letter to his former boss, many are interpreting the track as a T.I. dis.
"Get your money up, let it pile up," Mega raps with a sped-up flow. "Every other song, I'mma switch the style up.
"Committing treason, get more than 100 lashes," he adds. "Drop your ass like Jay did Dame Dash's/ Let me cool down before I blow a head gasket/ Slappin' this bi---, put a ni--a in casket/ One phone cool do a ni--a something tragic/ Make your wife a widow and your son a little bastard."
But in an exclusive interview with Mixtape Daily, Mega shot down the assumption that he is taking digs at T.I.
"The song was recorded when I was with Grand Hustle," Mega said of the song, which was set to be included in a mixtape called 10 Round K.O. " My mixtape was already recorded before. I been hitting people on my Twitter this morning saying only fake people feed into fake beef. [The mixtape songs were] recorded when I was with Grand Hustle. I'm on a different thinking level. I'm not into rap beef. Beef gets more attention than the positive stuff. I don't wanna be put into that category of beefing with Tip, especially when he's down. I felt bad when he did what he did with me when I was in hospital chained to the hospital bed."
Mega said that an image circulating featuring Tip's and Mega's heads superimposed on the bodies of two pugilists was made by a fan. He insisted the mixtape has absolutely no dis records aimed at anyone in particular.
"It's just showing a different side of being lyrical," he declared. "It's really like the game 'Fight Night.' It was recorded it in the sense of 'Fight Night.' Every song has a different round. I'm not dissing nobody, man."
The mixtape was supposed to be released online soon. However, shortly after the initial conversation with Mixtape Daily this morning, Mega informed us that 10 Round K.O. will no longer be coming out.
"People are just going to misinterpret the project, and I'm going forward in another direction."
In May, Alfamega was kicked out of T.I.'s Grand Hustle family in the wake of an article on the TheSmokingGun.com that said Mega was an informant for the government in the 1990s in a drug case against a defendant named Ali Baaqar.
On Monday, Alfa released a video claiming that the DEA documents the Smoking Gun posted were false. "Somebody typed them up."
"I ain't no snitch, I don't work for the DEA or none of that," Mega said in his vlog, adding that he was pressured to lie in his testimony against Baaqar to avoid jail time. "From the time I did it, I was remorseful. It hurt me. I ain't snitch on this dude, I lied on this dude."
In the video, Mega says he lied out of "loyalty" to an unnamed person. He also claims that T.I. knew of his shady past. "Tip might sit there and fake with y'all. Shawty knew what it was the whole time. I been told him this."
Related Videos Related ArtistsNew Madonna Song, ‘Celebration,’ Leaks
July 30, 2009
Track is lead single from forthcoming greatest-hits album of same name.
By James Montgomery
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It's her final release on Warner Bros. Records, so Madonna decided to call her upcoming greatest-hits collection Celebration. However, the party got started a little early.
That's because on Wednesday night, the title track from that greatest-hits comp leaked to file-sharing sites across the Net.
"Celebration" is a sleek and slippery dance track that harkens back to Madge's early-'90s, "Vogue"/"Deeper and Deeper" heyday: "You wanna dance?" she coos over a pumping House beat. "I guess I just don't recognize you with your clothes on." The track was produced by legendary DJ Paul Oakenfold and is one of two new songs on the album, which is due in stores September 29.
At press time, MTV News' attempts to reach Madonna's spokesperson for comment on the leak were unsuccessful.
The song was scheduled to hit radio on August 3. According to a Warner Bros. press release, a video for the song was recently shot in Milan and was directed by longtime collaborator Jonas Akerlund, who helmed her "Ray of Light" clip as well as working on the documentary "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret," which followed Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention Tour, and a television special on her 2006 Confessions Tour.
The second song on Celebration is reportedly a collaboration with Lil Wayne called "Revolver," a Weezy-less demo version of which has been making the rounds on YouTube since May.
Celebration will include hits from Madonna's entire Warner Bros. career — in 2007, she left the label to sign a lucrative, all-encompassing deal with concert titan Live Nation — and although a full tracklist is yet to be announced, Warner's press release mentions songs like "Everybody," "Express Yourself," Vogue" and "4 Minutes" as making the cut.
The album will be released in a variety of formats, including a single disc, a deluxe two-CD set, and as a DVD, which will feature some of Madonna's best-known videos, including some never before available on DVD.
Related Photos Related ArtistsMichael Jackson Custody Case Resolution Expected Shortly
July 30, 2009
Katherine Jackson to get full custody of her son's three children, her lawyer says.
By Gil Kaufman
Paris, Katherine, Blanket and Prince Michael Jackson
Photo: Harrison Funk/ Kevin Mazur/ WireImage
Details are expected shortly in the custody case regarding Michael Jackson's children. L. Londell McMillan, the lawyer for the singer's mother, Katherine Jackson, said on Thursday morning (July 30) that he would have details later in the day about a custody agreement reached between Jackson and Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of Michael's two oldest children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris Michael, 11.
McMillan would not comment on the terms of the reported deal in an interview with The Associated Press, but he told CBS' "The Early Show" that Katherine would get full custody of all three children under terms of an agreement that had just been reached.
"There is no situation better for these children than for them to be raised and reared in the loving care of Mrs. Katherine Jackson," McMillan said. He told the news program that the details of what, if any, role Rowe would play in the care of the children would be announced later in the day. Sources reportedly told "The Early Show" that Katherine will get full custody, and Rowe will have visitation rights but will not get any money in the deal.
Spokespeople for Rowe and McMillan could not be reached for comment at press time.
Following Jackson's death at age 50 on June 25, Katherine Jackson, 79, was named the children's temporary guardian. Rowe and the singer were married, but following their 2000 divorce, she gave up her parental rights and has reportedly not been involved in raising them since. Jackson's will called for his mother to take care of the children, and though Rowe was reportedly interested in taking a stronger hand in their care following his passing, McMillan denied reports that the former dermatology nurse was seeking a cash settlement to give up a custody fight.
Rowe received a financial settlement from Jackson when they divorced, agreeing at the time to give up parental rights. Those rights were reinstated in 2005 by a judge, and the former couple settled that custody dispute in 2006 under undisclosed terms, with Jackson retaining primary custody of the children.
"It's an agreement, an agreement for the best interests of the children. This is not a money deal. This is not about money," McMillan told CBS.
MTV News will have an update on this story as details become available.
Related Videos Related Photos Related ArtistsEminem Slams Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon In New Dis Track, ‘The Warning’
July 30, 2009
The battle that began with 'Bagpipes From Baghdad' and continued with 'Obsessed' continues.
By Shaheem Reid
Eminem
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage
When will it end? No time soon, apparently.
The battle pitting Eminem against Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon — which began with Em's "Bagpipes From Baghdad" and continued with Carey's "Obsessed" — took another turn Thursday night (July 30), when Slim Shady dropped a new dis track against Mariah called "The Warning."
Before he starts rapping, Em tells Carey, "Only reason I dissed you in the first place is because you denied seeing me. Now I'm pissed off."
He doesn't stop there. "You wanna hear something wick wack?/ I got the same exact [tattoo] that's on Nick's back," the Detroit MC says a few seconds into his rap.
"Oh gee, is that supposed to be me in the video with the goatee?/ Wow Mariah, didn't expect ya to go b---s out./ B---h, shut the f--- up before I put all those phone calls out/ You made to my house/ When you was wilding out/ Before Nick, when you was on my di--."
From there, Em goes onto graphically describe what he alleges was his one full sexual encounter with Carey, labels her a "liar" and other ugly names, and threatens to reveal personal pictures and phone messages he has of the singer. Eminem then plays bits of what sounds like it could be Carey's voice at the end of song: The unidentified woman refers to herself as "Mary Poppins."
"[If] you gonna ruin my career, you better get one," Em advises Nick Cannon.
In recent weeks, all three parties have denied any hard feelings: When asked about his angry blog post about "Baghdad," Cannon emphasized there was never any beef; Em has the song's lyrics were "misinterpreted"; Carey and Cannon both denied that the male-stalker character she plays in the new video for "Obsessed" — a character with a striking resemblance to Eminem — was supposed to be a parody of Slim Shady.
Carey has denied having a previous relationship with Eminem; Eminem has insisted there was one.
"My wife doesn't beef," Cannon told MTV News recently. "She's Mariah Carey. She's not beefin', she's a vegetarian. People keep saying ['Obsessed'] was directed at certain people. To be completely honest, she did the record 'cause she's a huge fan of this movie 'Mean Girls,' and there's a line in the movie where one of the girls is like, 'Why are you so obsessed with me?' She says that at the beginning of the song, and that's where the concept came from. But, you know, art imitates life."
Carey told MTV News, "Everybody started having their own speculations about who the stalker [in the video] was. I'm like, look, when I look at that stalker and me with the beard and the whole nine yards, I look like my cousin Chris. I do. I look like my brother and my cousin Chris. So basically, you know, all the speculation about who I'm playing in the video, it's not accurate."
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