Mariah Carey is the queen of the comeback single. It seems that every time she releases the first song from a new album these days, it feels like a comeback. Whether this is a generational thing, that we feel like she needs to work that little bit harder to maintain some semblance of success, I'm not sure. So for the sake of continuity let's call her new single '#Beautiful' another comeback after the poor performance of her last album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.
#Beautiful sounds like a car crash song title, but thankfully this is nothing short of pop perfection. Featuring American artist Miguel, who opens up the track for us, this is a soulful mid tempo ballad with no mention of the word "hashtag" (what a relief!). Miguel opens with smooth vocals, taking the helm for verse/chorus number 1, followed by Mariah belting out in a more appropriately controlled manner than usual. 'I like when you run red lights/ Don't stop till you thrill me/ Oh how you thrill me' she swoons over the low key r'n'b production. This is a classy pop affair, the classiest we've seen Mariah in a long time and one of Summer 2013's brightest tracks.
5/5
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