Mariah Carey Finally Addresses Her Reaction to Muni Long’s ‘We Belong Together’ Cover: ‘I Just Don’t Like People Doing My Songs’

Mariah Carey isn’t the biggest instrumentality of artists covering her songs.

During an interrogation with GQ, the taxable of covers came up and Mariah told a communicative of Prince erstwhile telling her that helium didn’t similar erstwhile different singers did covers of his songs, successful regards to Carey’s rendition of his grounds “The Beautiful Ones.”

“I emotion ‘The Beautiful Ones’ truthful much,” she said. “And I remember Prince, helium didn’t similar radical to redo his songs. He said to me, ‘I emotion ‘Honey’ though.’ It’s like, ‘Prince likes ‘Honey’!’ [Laughs] But astir [my screen of] ‘The Beautiful Ones,’ helium said helium didn’t similar erstwhile radical did covers of his songs. And I was like, ‘Oh no, helium doesn’t similar it.’ But past helium told maine that helium liked ‘Honey.'”

And seemingly she feels the aforesaid mode due to the fact that she was past asked if she liked erstwhile radical covered her songs to which she answered, “Not really.”

She was past asked astir the viral reaction to her watching Muni Long covering her deed grounds “We Belong Together” during the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards wherever the legendary vocalist was being honored arsenic an manufacture icon and appeared to beryllium a spot uncomfortable during her tribute performance.

“I didn’t adjacent perceive the cover. I didn’t cognize it happened. No 1 told me,” she said possibly blaming her absorption connected the venue’s acoustics. “I conscionable didn’t cognize that she had done ‘We Belong Together’ [as a cover] ‘cause her opus was truthful akin to ‘We Belong Together.’ I had nary thought that she did ‘We Belong Together.’”

Adding, “I’m precise honored and flattered that she did it. I emotion Muni Long, she’s a large person, umm, but I conscionable don’t similar radical doing my songs.”

Muni took to societal media and gave her broadside of the story, telling her followers that she was paying homage and was asked to bash that circumstantial song.

“The radical that’s got a batch to say, you don’t recognize however this…paying homage and having ...