It's no secret that Mariah's had a few shaky performances for E=MC2. Especially for Touch My Body. The song itself is almost impossible to sing live due to its breathy whisper register, layered vocals, and mile a minute lyrics. Because of this, Mariah was forced to use backing tracks to help the performances flow smoother.
During this morning's Touch My Body performance on Good Morning America, Mariah had a big scare. During the "oh yeah oh yeah" intro part of the song, the first verse played instead. Then all of the backing tracks jumbled together for the rest of the first verse, before the tracks were turned off.
Mariah kept her cool though, and breezily picked up where the vocals left off, at the infamous youtube line. But it wasn't long before another glitch happened. In the bridge, they accidentally played the final "Toooouch my Body" line a full line too early, but Mariah once again played it off, glancing at the back-up singers, coyfully singing warning them not to "sing my lines".
All in all, the performance was actually one of the most exciting MC performances in a while. You can tell they were going all out for the performance as they added new dancers, a smoother routine, and an "E=MC2" intro to TMB. But I guess the backing tracks finally bit her in the butt this time. I hope she leanrs and that it doesn't happen again, because she is supposed to be "The Voice" and she doesn't need people saying she's a fraud.
Regardless of what happened, you've got to commend Mariah for pulling it off like a pro, a la Beyonce when she fell, insteadof doing a little dfance and running off the stage like Ashlee Simpson did when she faced the same backing track catastrophe at SNL so many years ago.
Despite the mix up, Mariah stayed for the remainder of the show, and she performed 4 more songs, including Bye Bye and I'm That Chick (You Like).
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