The pop singer made it through her performance on « Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest » cleanly this year after bungling it last year. She sang her 1990s hits « Vision of Love » and « Hero » on Sunday night in Times Square…
NEW YORK — Happy New Year, Mariah Carey.
The pop singer made it through her performance on « Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest » cleanly this year after bungling it last year. She sang her 1990s hits « Vision of Love » and « Hero » on Sunday night in Times Square, where revelers braved frigid temperatures to usher in 2018.
After Carey sang « Vision of Love » she looked on stage for some hot tea she said she was promised, but it wasn’t there. She quipped, « Oh, it’s a disaster. »
Last year it really was a disaster. Carey had technical difficulties during a live performance of her hit song « Emotions. » She stopped singing, paced the stage and told the audience to finish the lyrics for her.
Dick Clark Productions called Carey’s claim it sabotaged her performance « absurd. » But they worked out their differences.
Members of ABC’s broadcast team congratulated Carey on making it through her performance the second time around. Seacrest asked Carey how she felt.
« I’m feeling a lot better than last year, » she said, « when I had to get my own police escort. »
