Mariah Carey's painfully awkward performance on Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest left everyone watching with one lasting question: Mariah, are you good?
The 46 year-old Grammy-nominated singer stumbled through three songs, rambling to the audience all throughout the performance. She said things like: "Well, Happy New Year! We can't hear, but I'll just get through the moment," and "I’m trying to be a good sport here.” I did not watch the performance live, but my dad told me he was cringing in his green armchair the entire time. Naturally, I had to see it for myself, so I took to the internet to find the cringe-worthy performance.
The clips I was able to find were, indeed, incredibly uncomfortable. Needless to say, I did my fair share of cringing. However, I couldn't help but feel bad for Carey. It became obvious after about 30 seconds in that she was having technical difficulties with her hearing-piece. Times Square on New Years Eve is a slew of wild spectators ringing in the new year, and doing so very loudly, so it is understandable why Carey wouldn't be able to hear her music without some special equipment. This equipment was malfunctioning, which would explain all of her ramblings to the audience.
After about two songs, Mariah couldn't stand the awkwardness any longer, and left the stage amidst a formation of fabulous feathers.
I think we can all agree, s*** does happen. Thanks for the life-lesson, Mariah.
