I know every word to this like it's an actual song. Queen of improvisation.

Mariah's ear and talent for melody and music in general is just sooooo insane. I cant even know what to say. She's a gift from God.

She can literally sing the phonebook

they said she lost her voice... i said BITCH WHEREEEE???!

Proof she is still technically better than most everyone else in the industry. love mimi

Those are lucky Lambs who were there.

Her improvisation skills are beyond extraordinary 😭

Her voice is so unreal. This sounds like a professional recording. The change in volume, the transitions, everything!!!!!! I live for this

She's much more than an extraordinary vocalist! She's a huge musician!

I'm sooo ready for a Mariah Carey Jazz album, even if she jazzed her old hits up. I'll take that too. Real talent right here.

The was one of the most agile live riffs at 1:23 that I've ever heard in my whole life.

Who's still listening to this performance on repeat in 2024? I'll never get over this performance.

that run at 1:23 is utterly unbelievable. that is like human autotune. unbelievable.

She still has such a warm and beautiful tone. Amazing!

Anyone here in 2024?

Mariah can freestyle. She can siiiiiiiing! My wife is from Long Island like her. I’m from the Bronx. I’m in the U.S. Army, & I just returned from being stationed overseas for almost half a decade. Hearing Mariah reminds me of home sweet home, New York.

"MARIAH CAREY HAS LOST HER VOICE" yeah sure. She has never lost her voice and she never will. That voice is a gift from God and Mariah is a genius of music. So read, haters, she will never let her voice go, because she knows how to bring it back after a bad day. Singers have bad and good days, just like everybody. Bravo, Mariah!

AND RIHANNA SAID, MARIAH CAREY'S VOICE IS UNREAL! YESS THATS TRUE!

Those melismatic head notes at 0:30 and 1:24 SLAY and I just can not.

she never lost her voice. it's always there from the begining until now. it never goes anywhere.

I can't stop replaying at 3:31 ~ "Letting GOOO" Love it!

I was there and still can't believe I was there. She is the absolute BEST! Soooooooo good! Incredible!

Only a real musician/vocalist and a real songwriter can do an impromptu like this with so much musicality and depth. Yes, she was literally joking with those words, but you can feel how deep of a person she is. Her voice is her instrument. She is the Queen :)

Just put Mariah in a acoustic battle against any singer and you will see how she will murder them ! Her range alone and tone and also control in the lower register will be enough to put them to shame 🔥

Love how fast and accurate her runs are.

3:32 that transition into whistle was just absolutely insane

Mariah can write her own songs

And singing words off the top of her head. Wow. She’s able to sing without skipping a beat, getting tongue twisted with the words, stringing everything along so smoothly. She truly is a musical genius

her voice is so good here omg i can literally see why people would think she "lip syncs" because she can almost always sound like her own studio recording voice. omg

This is the MARIAH CAREY we all love and made her a LIVING LEGEND. Just pure talent and here runs makes people love her and adore for who she is as an artist. INCOMPARABLE ARTIST ON EARTH!

The riff she does after " i see you filming me wtf" is my favorite riff ive ever heard her do....the precision, tonal quality, clarity, and tje way it complements the chords being played is just...wow.

1:17 "oh somebody tell me why" good lord... for some reason that part along with countless other parts sends chills down my spine... the emotion.. the pain... the authenticity in her voice... this is when nick was really hurting her... come to find out this song was about their relationship.. nobody even knew lol it all makes sense now though...haters that doubt her need to come visit youtube & watch this.. this is truly phenomenal... just a total moment of mariah in her essence.. singing her heart out & pain away.. this woman is an angel...

The run at 0:33 is absolutely mind-blowing... who else on this planet could descend like two freakin' octaves so gracefully and effortlessly?! This whole performance is, as Mimi herself would say, a "tour de force dahhhling"! ;)

I actually play this in my car. No lies. It's so ridiculous that after 23 years Mariah's voice continues to evolve into a different instrument with each era. The runs she's doing these days were never present before. She did lots of runs but they were all unique to certain eras. Her runs are so smooth....there is NOBODY that sings like that without sounding like they're doing too much. Sing Mariah!!

Is it sad that I sing a long to THIS like a real song? I know every word and run lol

This video never fails to make me happy!

She has a BUILT IN autotune. SHe is her own machine.

this is why I love Mariah... she is a true musician and artist to give an impromptu live performance. Only the greats can do this. #legend #diva

I play this video every time someone attempts to discredit Mariah and say that she can't sing anymore. The truth is nobody is going to sound exactly the same 30 years into their career but when you listen to this impromptu concert with those lightning fast runs, improvisation and ridiculous agility there is no doubt that she is and will always be the world's greatest vocalist (as of 2018 her live vocal range is still 5 OCTAVES at least... who else can do this 3 decades after getting signed?).

Her best live performances are CLEARLY when she is relaxed. This was stunning. Yes her vocals aren’t as reliable as they were when she was younger but I think a lot of her vocal mishaps are actually due to nerves, caused because her voice can be unreliable and her songs require superhuman control/range/agility.

When she sang"I see your iphone, please turn it down, and that was my bad side as well" it gave me chills. I love it when she sings like this. She will always be the queen

"she lost her voice" exfuckingcuse me while I laugh my ass off for 12 days. she sounds extraordinary

None of these basic singers of today got ANYTHING on Mariah's supreme musicality

The shift to whistle is everything 😍😍😍

Wow, she's probably the best talk-singer I've ever heard!!!! How the hell does she stay on key when speaking??? I want her to sing live like this more, SO GOOD!

Best female vocalist ever!

Omg her runs her whistle her belt she is a amazing

this is awesome, this women is unbelievable , there will never be another Mariah.

I think the people that believe that she is bad and don't care about her lambily are just delusional, and stupid. It's clear that she making music after 24 years of career for all of us. She stay here because all of us. I think she is the most funniest person/artist I've meet in my life. She is fun and sweet with her fans. Seriously people, she is one of the most beautiful person in this business, and has the most beautiful voice too. God bless Mariah!

This is actually so good like can we have more please. Who said she can't sing anymore? I heard an awesome whistle, and she slaaaayed

2:52 that Trey look at Mariah says It all « she still got it » ❤️

Her head voice has gotten so much better! Those runs were out of this world! Vocal Range of this performance: Lowest Note: C#3 (0:36) Highest Belt: D5 (3:28) Highest Head Note: G5 (1:51) Highest Whistle: E6 (3:33)

when she started doing fly like a bird, i lost my shit. she really needs to do her older songs asap. but anyways, this whole performance was just filled with her amazing personality and amazing vocals, and i'm in love.

Mariah is so real...but when she opens her mouth and sings her voice blows peoples minds...its incredible and it truly is a gift from above.

"But I stayed and I stayed and I staaa-yyyy-yeed!"

Mariah is amazing! She's a true artist, singer, songwriter, producer, she improvises, she's a poet! What a gifted woman! I love this because she was just jamming and improvising!

Mariah doesn't only have a God given voice, she has a MUSICALITY that just takes her effortlessly through music. Sure, a lot of other singers can sing, but I don't think they can do this.

She' s superhuman. The best vocalist ever. Love Mimi ❤️

Her improvisation and voice is so beautiful and she is funny too! That is a REAL musical gift and also coming from the pianist too.

she can turn anything into some type of song

Mariah is from another planet. Her talent is insane 😮

Blonde lady @ 3:42 is me everytime MC comes on the stage and slayssss

What artistry!! Amazing!!

And people said she lose her voice... Her voice change but she´s still be one of the best singers in the world!

love her giggles its so contagious lol

wow, she is a sheer vocal master.

This deserves a Grammy

1:23 That was too amazing!

she's pissed off and can STILL sing! 1:46 she instantly heard the note change and adjusted with absolute ease. she understands music expertly.

Her musicality. If only she wasn’t so shy and humble. Can you imagine if she ad libbed when she was with Whitney. Whitney was always trying to get Mariah to ad lib on When You Believe. Also imagine divas live when celine kept up with aretha and then some. Mariah didn’t want to jump in out of respect

The audience reaction is almost as priceless as this performance :) That blond sitting down is like in some kind of permanent awe. I bet her face stayed like that the whole night.

Wonderful, you can still feel that she tries to go to her old register 3:28. It must be hard for her to think " i used to hit those notes" she skipped it brilliantly with that whistle note, but I like when she risks it an when she sounds this good

she can sing a McDonald's menu and still make it sound amazing. haha even when she's messing around she blows my mind away!!! love you mariah!!

That little note 0:30 was such a dream. This woman doe!

Here in 2017, been listening to this for the past 2 hours as I read through all the comments. She just never ceases to surprise the fuck outta me even though I've seen this a thousand times before.

Her voice sounds perfect here

You know, it's funny... listening to this 3 years later... it still feels like some angel decided to sing magic songs with fairy dust being poured into people's souls giving us all goosebumps. Magic is what this is. She should do more improve like this. My God.

And wheres The Haters TO SAY thats Lipsync ? WHERE !!!! ????

She is extremely witty . smartest people has the best sense of humour. I always loved her comebacks.

She literally connected two songs on the fly... This woman isn't human!!! And her backup singers and pianist are so professional as well. You have to be THAT good to be able to catch up with Mariah!

And who is that on KEYS?!!!! KILLING!!!

What an insane freestyle!! That's made her a songwriter

God, I love this woman. There are many good singers out there, but there's no one quite like Mariah!

So where"s the haters that claim she can't sing? Lol she killed the shit out this impromptu performance

My personal description of The Song Bird Supreme's voice today is first a roaring lower register with GREAT resonance, resonance she lacked in the 90's, even in her prime (94-96). Her mid range voice is weaker yes, but i cant quite explain it some days it's weak yet strong enough to compliment the song or some days it can be strong, thick and raspy which creates great emotion. Her mid-range is most likely where her nodules lie. Her upper register is shrill, more of an effort but if you're a real mimi fan you applaud her for her risk she takes in this range, right when you think shes gonna crack.. she doesn't its amazing. THE MONEY of her voice is not whistle anymore its her falsetto which she has developed so well over the years. Her falsetto has a unique airy tone that can create complex melisma, its absolutely mind blowing those runs she can do. And Finally her whistle, she has better control over it now, but i dont think its anything special as it was in the 90's. Yet i do find it more precise than ever, and does have the signature "ring" it's always has. SO that's my opinion, I LOVE YOU MIMI!

i come back to this video a few times a year and every single time it gets me. mariah is not just an incredible vocalist, as she continues to prove time and time again. she is a true MUSICIAN. perhaps the greatest of our generation. it takes a true musical gift to be able to ad lib these notes and these key shifts and these runs. for example, what she does at 2:40 is beyond words. it's subtle and if you're not musically trained or really paying attention, you'd miss it. but within about 2 seconds, she is able to find both the key and the starting note of a completely different song and modulate it to the key that big jim is playing on the piano. her ear and her vocal control is absolutely awesome. she has truly been blessed, and the fact that we get to witness her raw gift in this video is something i'll cherish forever. thank you so much, mimi. you bring me to tears.

Everytime I go back to this I just cant believe how good she is damn this audience is sooo lucky

Mariah is SANGIN'! I know she's turned out some disappointing live performances lately, but this proves it. She's still got them CHOPS! *bows down*

Her tone is gorgeous!

As long as KZfaq exists I will forever come back to this……this woman, Michael, Prince, Patti, Tina are all the BEST “freaks of nature “

a true singer/ vocalist can sing in any circumstance

Just beautiful! Those runs gave me liiiifeee. Channelling that Kim Burrell lol

This is exactly the reason why she's still number 1 to me… Love Mariah!

Her voice in 2013 was such in a great shape!

The ad lib was so good !! Especially when she said they got her bad side😂😂😂😂

Hey Mariah. I've been your follower since early 90's and I will always be. To me, you are the most unique singer on the planet. Your voice chills me to the bone. I'm never gonna stop listening to your music. My dream is to meet you one day and hug you. God bless ya. Tom

this is why we love MC. :)

that belt into the whistle note was literaly flawLESS...

I swear she makes me cry idk why!! This pregnancy has time too damn emotional… man I love Mariah!! One day I hope to see her live!! I don’t think I would be able to handle it!!

DAMN! The runs in this performance were amazing.