Mariah Carey enlisted the help of her twins, Monroe and Moroccan, while recording the theme song for Mixed-ish. Mimi and dem babies are filmed dancing in the studio!
Throughout Mariah Careys new track “In The Mix,” you can hear two little voices shout out “Yay us.” They belong to her very own twins, Monroe and Moroccan Canon, 8! The siblings joined their mom while she recorded the theme song to Mixed-ish — the spin-off series of Black-ish — which dropped on Sept. 17. The tracks accompanying music video showed Mariah and her musical protégés in the sound studio! Although most of the music video was comprised of clips from Mixed-ish, Monroe and Moroccans studio time with Mariah got a quick cameo at the end.
Monroe and Moroccan danced as they shouted their chorus into the recording mics, and Mariah hopped in for the dance party at one point. The songs importance to Mariah makes this family collaboration even more sentimental. “As a biracial woman in the entertainment industry, there was no way I did not want to be a part of Mixed-ish, especially after seeing the pilot, which I loved,” Carey said in a statement, obtained by The Wrap. “I could not be more honored and proud to be writing and performing In the Mix for [show creator] Kenya [Barris] and the show.”
Mixed-ish serves as the prequel story for Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish character, Rainbow Johnson, as she grows up in a mixed-race house during the 80s. Arica Himmel is playing the younger Rainbow in the new ABC series, which premieres on Sept. 24!
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