Mariah's tea disaster is the hottest meme of 2018 so far
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Mariah Carey, elusive chanteuse and patron saint of all things festive, had a triumphant return to the New Year's Rockin' Eve stage on Sunday night, where she effectively redeemed herself from last year's disastrous and technical difficulty-plagued performance, but perhaps more importantly, served up a diva moment so fabulous that it gave us the first meme of 2018.
During her New Year's Eve appearance, the songbird flawlessly performed fan favorites like "Vision of Love" and "Hero", but it wasn't Mariah's dulcet tones or her glamorous fur and crystal ensemble that resonated with her fans. Instead, it was an innocent request for hot tea between sets that stirred up joy in the hearts of her fans, "lambs" everywhere and captured the attention of the furthest corners of the Internet.
The viral moment (and we all know how much Mimi loves a "moment") happened when she discovered that there was no hot tea to keep her vocal cords limber, despite the fact that she was told that there would be hot tea. "Happy New Year! Just want to take a sip of tea if they'll let me," she said. "They told me there would be tea. Oh, it's a disaster. Okay, well, we'll just have to rough it. I'm going to be like everybody else, with no hot tea."
As might be expected, the Internet couldn't contain itself after hearing that Mariah was going to "rough it... like everybody else".
It also might be worth remembering at this point, that this is a woman who has a strict rule that she will not be seen in harsh fluorescent lighting without sunglasses and has an MTV Cribs episode where she works out on a Stair Master while wearing stilettos. With or without her hot tea, there's little doubt that Mariah will ever be like "everyone else", but it was still kind of her to pretend otherwise. Thankfully, however, Mariah finally got her hot tea, post-performance.
May we all live our lives in 2018 as graciously as Mariah Carey did while performing without tea this New Year's Eve.
(Time)
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Dumi from South Africa wrote:
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Thus MC for you, people don't realise that she is actually funny and takes a mick of herself.
(Tuesday 2 January 2018; 22:17)
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this_is_qhm from the Philippines wrote:
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Even early last year I probably would have not been pleased to see a headline like this, as it seemed like such a downgrade for Mariah's relevance to have gone from "diva extraordinaire" to "meme queen". But now, I couldn't care less if she's better known for her meme-inspiring antics than her singing or music. Beyond the fact that it does keep her in the news somehow, it also makes her more special than a lot of her contemporaries. She really is the only meme-able legacy act these days. Seriously. It doesn't matter what she's in - an interview, a live performance, a concert - she really (inadvertently) does and says a lot of meme-worthy stuff. Not JLo, Britney or even Madonna is able to do that these days. It may seem shallow, but that further proves her relevance. Whether most people are genuinely interested in her or just rooting for her to eff up or say something diva-ish, the point is that people are talking. I'd take that over indifference any day. Even if the music comes second or third in the conversation. I can't count how many times I've seen a Mariah meme on social media and in comments sections. And in the age of social media, as fleeting as it is, it still makes you a lot more memorable, relatable even.
(Friday 5 January 2018; 09:54)
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