Mariah Carey live on SMAPxSMAP

I always like when artists perform on SMAPxSMAP because the sets always look fly. Plus, sometimes members of SMAP will perform with the guest artists and f**k up their songs - which is always fun. Though given Mariah's catastrophic renditions of "Touch my body" over the past 6 months, they can't make her shit any worse.



Mariah needs to step her shit up. I can't believe how weak her live performances are these days. She's never been the strongest live performer, but DAMN! It's like her feet are glued to same spot. Did she even move!? If she did I must've blinked and missed it. The jury is out on whether that last "C'mon and give me what I deserve!!" line was live or not - but it sounded pre-recorded to me. It doesn't stop there though. Because Mariah also butchered her classic "Hero". As if her vocals weren't shaky enough, SMAP decided to run the shit into the ground with their dead pan backing vocals.



She was ducking out of the big notes and wasn't even sly about it. Plus, it sounded like she was having trouble keeping up with the track at the beginning. I've been wanting Mariah to perform one of my faves "Never too far" ever since recovering from her breakdown. But if she can't nail "Hero" or a song like "Touch my body", bitch has no chance with "Never too far". At least Mariah looked hot. She's been looking better than she ever has before over the course of her E=MC² promotion. Plus, at least she's performing and promoting her shit - which is more than what can be said for the likes of Janet Jackson. I damn near forgot she released a new album earlier this year.