Mariah Carey to ring in the holiday season with Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues Apple TV+ special
Christmas queen Mariah Carey is ready to ring in the holidays with a new Apple TV+ special.
The Elusive Chanteuse, 52, will follow up her 2020 special with this year's Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues.
She'll also debut her new track Fall In Love At Christmas with Khalid and Kirk Franklin exclusively in the special, according to Deadline.
A release date has not been set, but Mariah has teased some sort of holiday release for Friday, November 5th.
Holiday spirit! Mariah Carey will release a new holiday special with Apple TV+, Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues
Fans can expect an A-list cast of characters getting festive with Mariah.
Her first Apple TV+ collaboration, Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special, featured Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande and was directed by Roman Coppola.
Carey will act as executive producer alongside Tim Case, Charleen Manca and Matthew Turke of factual and music video producer Supply & Demand.
Renowned music director Joseph Kahn will direct, in addition to executive producing.
Action! A release date has not been set, but Mariah has teased some sort of holiday release for Friday, November 5th for the special, which is a follow-up to last year's Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Thank you, next: Mariah didn't waste a minute getting into the spirit this week, teasing her new project as soon as the clock struck midnight on November 1st
Mariah didn't waste a minute getting into the spirit this week, teasing her new project as soon as the clock struck midnight on November 1st.
She released a video at the stroke of midnight on November 1 in which she smashed a pumpkin and teased a holiday surprise coming on Friday.
'Ready? Let's go!' the superstar wrote in the caption of her Instagram post, adding an emoji of a pumpkin with an arrow pointing toward a Christmas tree.
The video opened to the sound of chiming bell as the camera zoomed in on Mariah's ruby-red crystal-studded heels.
The five-time Grammy Award winner, who was clad in a sparkly red gown that had a high back slit, swung the bat menacingly behind her feet before strutting towards the front door of a house.
Festive: Three pumpkins that were carved to spell out 'It's' 'Not' 'Time' were on display in front of the doorway along with a fake headstone, skulls and a cat statue
She opened the door and emerged in front of another doorway that was decorated for Halloween.
Three pumpkins that were carved to spell out 'It's' 'Not' 'Time' were on display in front of the doorway along with a fake headstone, skulls and a cat statue.
As a clock ticked, Mariah beamed as she slammed the bat down and smashed the middle pumpkin that read 'Not' to pieces.
The songstress's holiday classic All I Want For Christmas began to play in the background as the hitmaker murmured, 'It's time!!!'
Smashing pumpkins: As a clock ticked, Mariah beamed as she slammed the bat down and smashed the middle pumpkin that read 'Not' to pieces
It's definitely time: The songstress's holiday classic All I Want For Christmas began to play in the background as the hitmaker murmured, 'It's time!!!!'
The video cut to Mariah as she threw handfuls of fake snow in the air and squealed with joy while kneeling on the floor of a room covered with Christmas decorations.
The former American Idol judge was wearing a glittery Santa Claus bodysuit with chunky gold hoop earrings.
She dangled a peppermint Christmas ornament in front of a white dog as the pup licked the fake treat.
Mariah clapped gleefully as the video cut to a quick shot of a silver-wrapped present with the writing, '11/5' in red glitter.
Christmas spirit: The video cut to Mariah as she threw handfuls of fake snow in the air and squealed with joy while kneeling on the floor of a room covered with Christmas decorations
Decked out: The former American Idol judge was wearing a glittery Santa Claus bodysuit with chunky gold hoop earrings
Hint: Mariah clapped with glee as the video cut to a quick shot of a silver-wrapped present with the writing, '11/5' in red glitter
Sending her love: The mom of two then waved and flashed a giant diamond ring before blowing the camera a kiss
The mom of two then waved and flashed a giant diamond ring before blowing the camera a kiss.
The video concluded with a black and red graphic that read: It's Time!!! To smash that pumpkin and treat it as pie...cause we still gotta get through Thanksgiving!!!'
And Mariah left no doubt as to whose season it was when she shared the video on her Twitter page with the hashtag #MariahSZN.
'Christmas' and 'Mariah Carey' immediately began trending on Twitter and the video sparked fun reactions from social media users.
The official Guinness Book of World Records account tweeted: 'new record for the earliest celebration of Christmas' while Chart Data noted, '.@MariahCarey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' has re-entered the top 200 on US iTunes.'
One fan wanted to let Mariah know that he had not missed her reference to '11/5', writing, 'WE SAW THAT.'
New record: The official Guinness Book of World Records account tweeted: 'new record for the earliest celebration of Christmas'
Getting an early start: Chart Data noted, '.@MariahCarey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' has re-entered the top 200 on US iTunes.'
Eagle-eyed: One fan wanted to let Mariah know that he had not missed her reference to '11/5', writing, 'WE SAW THAT'
Holiday queen: Another fan declared, 'MARIAH INVENTED CHRISTMAS'
Another fan declared, 'MARIAH INVENTED CHRISTMAS.'
A few days ago, the star got in on the Twitter fun herself after National Review critic Kyle Smith tweeted a photo of a sign posted to a jukebox that read: 'Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You will be skipped if played before Dec 1. After Dec 1 the song is only allowed one time a night.'
Twitter user @ntferny quote-tweeted Smith's tweet, writing, 'is this the war on Christmas I've heard about?'
Mariah replied by tweeting a photo in which she was seen dressed in battle armor as she wielded a sword. The image was from her 2015 commercial for the mobile video game Game of War: Fire Age.
All I Want For Christmas is Mariah's biggest international hit and holds the record as the best-selling Christmas single by a female artist, selling 16 million copies.
Strict rules: A few days ago, the star got in on the Twitter fun herself after National Review critic Kyle Smith tweeted a photo of a sign posted to a jukebox that read: 'Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You will be skipped if played before Dec 1 . After Dec 1 the song is only allowed one time a night'
