Mariah Carey was on Larry King last night. No, not on Larry King (gross!) but on his show. She explains what a “diva” is (the term originated in reference to opera singers and Mariah should know, being the daughter of an opera-singing mother) and also that belting all the time would be boring, as in it is her choice not to sing as strongly as she used to. I love the part where she sniffs her own cleve. Jezebel has the clips.
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Mariah says “diva” has lost its meaning; totally misses irony.
Pop’s Dissociative Identity Disorder
Much has been written about a disturbing trend in Pop music where a singer adopts an alter-ego that is a little more fearless, a little more sexy and completely without boundaries. This is the sort of thing that plays directly into the hands of fans that love to attach epic mythologies to their divas where none before existed. For the rest of us, it’s at best pure comedy and at worst completely tiresome. Seems Lola didn’t get the memo.