About the Elusive Chanteuse and my time with her in the city...

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She is one of my favourite artists and I like her songs, from 'Vision of Love' to 'Infinity', she sure can pack a powerhouse with that 5-octave voice. Sometimes I wonder, "Is she doing this for herself, her fans or for the money?", "Does she even know what she is doing?", "Why Toronto and Hudson's Bay?" but here's the true fact that I know from her:

1) Although she has a diva attitude, she is living her best life and we should not judge her based on that. She did had a tumultuous past before becoming huge. 

2) She knows that she is big; due to her success from the 90s and 2000s and not to mention her successful Christmas hits. She has nothing to prove, and made such a monumental moments in music history. 

3) She's well-liked around the world, even if you think she's not as popular as her decades prior, she is still selling out tours and racking up new fans via social media. Heck! Her new song 'Type Dangerous' landed on a spot on the Billboard charts!

and when I saw her at the Saks Fifth Avenue, (well... after the mayor and a few speakers spoke) she was there enlightening the crowd with her energy. As it exudes into the roaring crowd; which ranked up to the thousands. Also, the people were up on their phones, the projection on the infamous (now closed) building and the name comes up, it read 'Mariah Carey'. 
The crowd was exhilarant and beaming with joyous as she sang her first song, 'Here Comes Santa Claus'. 

And the famous 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'.... The fans were singing along, it was a good time!

As an added bonus, someone I know was at the store (at the time when she was in there) and saw her dress as she came down the escalator.  

My phone camera is blurry and I could not take good photos of the show. Instead when she left, there were fireworks blowing and streamers flying to the floor, crowds were screaming and while like that happened, she left. That was my first encounter with what was going to be the jungle on the concrete floor. 

Mariah Carey in a pink dress, singing with a microphone.
A clearer picture of Mariah Carey performing her two songs at Hudson's Bay at Queen Street.

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