A shock “Oh Santa!” reunion occurred in New York City 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 Square Garden, 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 Special that 12 months. 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 sort of the follow-up to my first Christmas album — we have several [laughs] — and so I think it was all about the actual event, of course, of doing ‘Oh Santa!’ with Jennifer and Ari, but it was also like, how do I see this as a producer?” Carey instructed Billboard in December 2020. “How do I see these vocals having different textures, what are they? Because originally, I was blending with myself, which that’s kind of one of my favorite things, but it was cool to be able to work with the different vocal textures and play around with it and reimagine it. So that’s what happened. And visually, in the special, it really does feel like a girl group moment. I think we all had a good time with it. That was the fun part about it.”
Watch a fan-captured clip of Carey, Grande and Hudson’s shock “Oh Santa!” efficiency at Madison Square Garden beneath.
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