Mariah Carey with a selfie stick is just fabulous
Never one to hold her tongue, Mariah Carey dropped several truth bombs during a Periscope interview livestreamed to thousands of viewers. "Since we're in Vegas, I wanted to play a game with you called 'I Bet'," I said while holding a selfie stick to record our Q&A on an iPhone via Mashable's Periscope account. "I bet I don't like this game already," she quipped, laughing. "I bet I don't, I can't, no."
Well, we played anyway, as you'll see in the video, to get details about her upcoming Vegas residency at Caesars Palace's Colosseum, where she will perform her 18 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 singles and a new song, "Infinity". The residency starts May 6.
Earlier in the day, Carey made an elaborate entrance at the residency's kickoff event by driving up to the venue in a pink 1936 convertible after 18 mobile billboards - each emblazoned with one of her 18 No. 1 hits - formed a procession ahead of her. "There's a new girl in town," Carey gleefully told the crowd after four centurions carried her to the red carpet at the April 27 launch event.
By the time she was backstage, she winked at me off-camera, signifying she was ready to be the playful on-camera Mariah Carey we've seen in the past. That personality has helped put her in the history books, claiming the title of top solo artist with the most No. 1 hits ever.
The five-time Grammy winner will be following in the footsteps of the venue's former headliners: Celine Dion, Elton John, Bette Midler, Cher, Rod Stewart and Shania Twain. (Mashable)
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