Mariah Carey tapped Anderson .Paak for a flirty new music and music video from her newest album, Right here for It All.
The black-and-white visible for “Play This Track” reveals Carey, 56, and .Paak, 39, getting cozy in a lavish mansion as they sing lyrics like, “And I do know you miss me, babe / Don’t fake such as you don’t really feel the identical.”
All through the video, the duo maintain palms and dance collectively, all of the whereas wanting fairly shut. At one level, .Paak drops kisses on Carey’s knuckles as she flashes him a smile. Later, Carey grabs his face, seemingly to wipe one thing off his cheek.
Carey dropped the observe on Friday, September 26, after teasing the collaboration throughout an interview with Gayle King on CBS Mornings earlier this week. The Grammy winner defined that she “reached out” to .Paak concerning the duet first.
When King, 70, requested why Carey wished to work with .Paak, she replied, “He’s sensible. … He’s a extremely nice artist.”
King went on to ask Carey about pictures which have proven her holding palms with .Paak, to whom she was first linked late final yr, however the “Fantasy” singer principally performed coy.
“He simply likes to carry my hand. He simply grabs my hand. I don’t know what he’s doing,” Carey mentioned with amusing. “He’s [in] a hand-holding membership. That’s what it’s.”
When King identified that .Paak was noticed hanging out with Carey at Christmas — famously her favourite time of yr — the Glitter star hinted that their relationship isn’t strictly platonic.
“Nicely, they higher know that it’s one thing particular,” Carey. “It’s Christmas. … He loved it.”
After King requested whether or not Carey loved her Christmas celebration, she responded, “I did! There’s a scorching tub there. It was good.”
Earlier this yr, Us Weekly confirmed that Carey and .Paak are seeing one another after sparks flew final yr whereas they have been working collectively.
“Mariah and Anderson are courting. They met working final summer season, and he has all the time been an enormous fan and appeared as much as her,” an insider solely informed Us in March. “Their dates have been very far aside due to schedules, but it surely’s been happening a number of months.”
A second supply informed Us that the duo are “full-on courting,” including, “Their relationship began within the studio as they have been engaged on new music collectively, and it rapidly turned romantic.”
Whereas Carey was “by no means anticipating” a romance, the second insider mentioned she was “pleasantly shocked” with how charming .Paak — who “received [her] over rapidly” — was. “They’ve rather a lot in frequent and it’s going very well,” the second supply informed Us, noting that they each have kids who’re youngsters and have “bonded over parenthood and elevating children in right this moment’s day and age.”
Carey shares twins Moroccan and Monroe, 14, with ex-husband Nick Cannon, whom she wed in 2008. The previous couple known as it quits in 2014 after six years of marriage.
.Paak, in the meantime, shares Soul Rasheed and Shine Tariq with estranged spouse Jaylyn Chang. He filed for divorce from Chang in January 2024.
Earlier this yr, an insider informed Us that Carey hoped her new album — her first since 2018’s Warning — would remind followers that she has extra up her sleeves than Christmas music.
“She is, after all, amazed by the renewed success of ‘All I Need for Christmas Is You’ annually, however she desires to remind the world that she’s extra than simply the Queen of Christmas,” the insider defined in June. “It’s been some time since Mariah has had a brand new hit, however everybody round her is assured that this shall be her most fruitful and profitable period in over a decade.”
Right here for It All is out now.
