Ariana Grande fangirls over “Mother” Mariah Carey in new Interview

Ariana Grande has been making the press rounds for her new album Eternal Sunshine, and she stopped by The Zach Sang show to discuss the new body of work track by track exclusively on Amazon Music. After playing “Yes, And? Remix,” Zach asked why Mariah Carey was the right choice for this specific remix and Ariana didn’t hesitate to lamb out over the “Queen Of Remixes”. She gushed about her “biggest inspiration” by calling her “mother” and “The Queen of My Life.” Sang also brought up Ari’s famous cover of Mariah’s #1 hit “Emotions” that was on her cover CD.

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Ariana also spoke on her being Inspired by Mariah Carey and Imogen Heap by saying,

“My idol is Mariah and Imogen Heap and I feel like I sit somewhere in between the two of them. That’s where my brain learned everything. From Imogen on the production side, and Mariah from the vocal and songwriting side. And both of them in a blender has always been my goal, I suppose … I loved watching Imogen. When I was a little girl, I fell in love with her. I wanted to have all of the technology she used on stage, and I wanted to wrap leaves in my hair and have a looping machine and a Tenori-on and all these weird things. I wanted to produce and loop and write, so I just studied and learned.”