A shock “Oh Santa!” reunion occurred in New York Metropolis Saturday evening (Dec. 9).
Mariah Carey, bringing her Merry Christmas One & All! Tour to city, was joined by Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson at Madison Sq. Backyard, the place the pop trio debuted a festive reside collab of “Oh Santa!” on the stage.
Carey’s model of “Oh Santa!” that includes Grande and Hudson was launched in the course of the vacation season in 2020, and was included on her Magical Christmas Particular that yr. The three stars commerce verses and harmonies on Carey’s Christmas tune.
“I wrote ‘Oh Santa!’ for my album Merry Christmas II You, which was form of the follow-up to my first Christmas album — now we have a number of [laughs] — and so I feel it was all in regards to the precise occasion, after all, of doing ‘Oh Santa!’ with Jennifer and Ari, nevertheless it was additionally like, how do I see this as a producer?” Carey informed Billboard in December 2020. “How do I see these vocals having completely different textures, what are they? As a result of initially, I used to be mixing with myself, which that’s form of one among my favourite issues, nevertheless it was cool to have the ability to work with the completely different vocal textures and mess around with it and reimagine it. In order that’s what occurred. And visually, within the particular, it actually does really feel like a lady group second. I feel all of us had fun with it. That was the enjoyable half about it.”
Watch a fan-captured clip of Carey, Grande and Hudson’s shock “Oh Santa!” efficiency at Madison Sq. Backyard under.
