Mariah Carey and her spirit fingers

Let Mariah Carey’s media campaign begin. Following the premiere of her new song, “#Beautiful (Ft. Miguel)”, the legendary singer called into On Air Ryan Seacrest to plug the record, which has been playing every hour on the hour on the show, and talk about her upcoming album.

Carey revealed that her album will be released in the first half of summer. Including productions by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Big Jim Wright, Hit-Boy, The-Dream, Mike Will and Rodney Jerkins, the set will also feature background vocals by American Idol finalists Angie Miller, Kree Harrison and Candice Glover.

Additionally, Carey stated that the “#Beautiful” video, due to debut on May 8th, will entail a persona grossly dissimilar from the diva we’re accustoming to seeing on American Idol. Listen to her Ryan Seacrest interview below:

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