Mariah Carey appeared at the OUT100 Gala last night wearing a long sexy gown with a cleavage-bearing leather corset and matching gloves. See the outfit inside and read Mimi's "diva" blowup at her sound engineer's error!
Posing alongside former Blondie singer Debbie Harry, and editor-in-chief of OUT magazine Aaron Hicklin, Mariah Carey attended the 19th Annual Out100 Awards Presented at Terminal 5 in NYC last night. And had her diva fan right there with her, of course.
She looked amazing in her leather-corset gown which she completed with lace gloves.
In addition to her show-stopping outfit, Mimi has another high-profile diva moment this week when she publicly blasted her sound engineer for uploading the wrong version of her new single "The Art Of Letting Go". With quips like "a mistake was made by a brand new sound engineer whose only task was to press the space bar", Mimi ripped her "employee" a new one right in front of her 14 million FACEBOOK fans. She wrote,
Hey Lambs, I have to tell you this, I can't do what I always do and say nothing at all. It is 3:30am (11.14), and I'm sitting on my bathroom floor, very upset by some news I just got from a close friend and employee. Lucky her, she was "nominated" to deliver this message to me after the long awaited 11.11 moment and the Jimmy Fallon show, knowing how upset I would be. Not because the world has come to an end or something, but because this 11.11 listening party was so important to me on a core level as a musician, who cares so much about how my fans hear my music for the first time that I didn't even allow a snippet to be released until 11 on the dot.
To cut to the chase, a mistake was made by a brand new sound engineer whose only task was to press the space bar and upload the song to Facebook, while my team, and an incredible group of people from Facebook, partied while listening to the properly mixed & mastered version of "The Art of Letting Go" on repeat from my iPod on my home speakers. Clearly, I was focused on answering your questions during the Q&A. There was no reason for me to wonder if the final mix we were listening to in that room together was different than what you were listening to!!!!! Like I always say, I am involved with every record I make, from the inception to the completion of the song. Every nuance of the beat or vocal matters to me. Even if the differences may seem slight to you, I had put time, effort and emotions into "The Art of Letting Go" and the real mix is how I intended for you to hear the song.
Rather than remove the old version from Facebook (the iTunes version is the real one), I just figured I would put up the real mix and allow you to listen to it back-to-back, should you choose to do so and tell me what you think the differences are.
I want you to hear it like you're hearing it for the first time with me, and I will answer any questions that you have, pertaining to the song. You know that I don't comment on gossip, I typically don't respond to things like this or go into so much detail to the world, but this is something I'm upset about and I wish I would have known sooner.There's no doubt in my mind that this sounds like a self absorbed diva on a "woe-is-me" tangent about a couple of ad libs or some other triviality, but the reality is this is me, focusing solely on the record, wanting you to hear it and experience it the right way. I love and appreciate you so much for taking the time to even glance at this 20-page "diva in distress" thesis. Thank you for letting me vent, this is another reason why Facebook rocks! You'll be hearing from me soon. Here is the REAL version of "The Art of Letting Go".
Listen to the original preview here.
Although we did notice subtle differences, we think DIVA Carey should practice what she preaches and embrace THE ART OF LETTING GO!
She snapped some pics with her diva-in-training Ms. Monroe before leaving out.
And look who else was at the OUT100 Awards--Laverne Cox of "Orange is the New Black". Work.
Photos via Getty/Mariah's IG
