Mariah Carey-Hero 1999(Live at Japan)

[@eb-zw3sk]

Yes, she was struggling, but "the waaaayyyyy" (from 3.07 to 3.10) transformed into a downward run is a stroke of pure musical genius and extraordinary vocal skills. Amazing!

[@paulofonseca7212]

Ela cantou essa música 100% live, mas a edição cortou alguns pedaços e colocaram a versão de estúdio

[@SomewhereOnTheOutside]

"Just hold on" 2:54 I love how she lowers and raises her body in sync with her voice that lowers and rises.

[@justdreamlol]

She was picking up a flower that's why 😅

[@martygonzales615]

The way she dodge high notes is so amazing. The different tone she mades is like no other.

[@darkcadence938]

She is a good musician and know how to arranged melodies especially when she tired

[@aureliolio5306]

3:07 - 3:10

[@tangled55]

That "just hold on" at 2:54 is AMAZING.

[@justtennischannel2]

♥ Only 3 vocal legends, Whitney, Mariah, and Celine, can morph the performance because their voices are the instruments. ♥

[@jsbg7323]

"I like when I hear you sing..." what a beautiful soul

[@waluigi800]

2:39 the playback on "Lord" blends so well with her voice

[@fervidamidthedandelions3405]

0:23 "heart" does too.

[@3stysongda840]

Fervid Amid the Dandelions I didn't notice "heart" is also playback😂

[@oodd5927]

Japan is so good at TV editing 😂

[@alifishakayob3633]

Lol 3:13 "comes" is also playback.

[@oodd5927]

SHE NEED TO LIVE IN JAPAN LMAO

[@cinkey8]

I like this version, His tone is beautiful and the climax lower wow.

[@mariakorrey1875]

cinkey8 Omg LOLOLOL Mariah slayed so much you thought she became a guy?

[@DannysKomedy]

Maria Korrey lmao

[@dpeters1954]

Her

[@dpeters1954]

@@DannysKomedy 😂😂😂

[@itssteven4184]

@@mariakorrey1875 What do you mean?? Mariah is always a guy.

I guess this was the last time she sang this song in the original key. Don't know why she made the key higher here when she lowered it during the incredible Daydream era...

[@0rsoBartholomew]

She sang hero in the original key also during the Pavarotti and Friends, but in a better way.

[@mariakorrey1875]

I think she lowered it so she can do more vocal acrobatics

[@OmarHawari]

​@@mariakorrey1875 Exactly I think she lowered it so she can hit the G5, otherwise it's risky for her to sing a G#5

[@thekarlberonio2139]

@@OmarHawari im confused. Why is that?

[@OmarHawari]

@@thekarlberonio2139 because the G#5 is higher thus harder

[@alanramos9302]

I love how she made a descending run in the "the way"..

[@marluda5552]

Is very odd how she didn't lower the key considering she did struggle, but her tone, agility and power is still impressive. It's even odder how nowadays she doesn't have that elasticity or power, but attempts the higher notes?? I know the key is lower now, but even still.

[@marluda5552]

Also Mariah is majestically beautiful here. I still love her look during the Rainbow era.

[@ask4kobebeef]

She wanted to sing like this until she couldnt. :(

[@akosiiannn]

700gsteak lmfao. shut up

[@jestiny]

@@akosiiannn 💀💀

[@sct2741]

Even though the lower track is lower, I think this key is easier to sing, I don't know how to explain it, but this key is easier 🌟🌟

[@3stysongda840]

This is fully live performance with few notes being dubbed. (I thought some parts are lipped many years ago, but now I changed my mind.) 2:39 E5, one of the parts that many people discuss, is dubbed, the original B4 can be heard if we wear earphones, though it is nearly inaudible.

[@musicislyfe1672]

She gave a verbal cue in the beginning after "there's a hero" there's a verbal letting out of air she was pissed

[@jackwalker7086]

Mariah on her worst day destroys most on their best 😍

[@DarrenHazel]

Jack Walker not really

[@butterflylouka]

Jack Walker Definitely not in this performance

[@mcfanrobinhood]

Destroys all

[@Guest-wb8gx]

She was tired here, look at her preformance with that guy with the different language

[@Oemg35]

But the question remains why did she not use the other hero track with the lower key

[@joseluizmarques9516]

I don't know a singer with such respect for her fans as Mariah. ALWAYS showed affection for all of us. A great artist, an unparalleled talent. Until today!

[@ETCNK]

She sounds so beautiful on the original key

[@jrkungchannel974]

I love "the way"

[@sonilika9555]

2:42 OMG THAt tone scare me

[@flyingbaloon6358]

Was very intense 😂😂

[@thekarlberonio2139]

I love that one!!!!!!

[@relik_star2255]

2:38 well that clear E5 was unexpected. The playback kinda blended in with her live vocals

[@Solo-vh9fm]

Relik_star22 I think it’s dubbed (the studio vocals appear to random for it to be lipped). She likely did a B4.

[@relik_star2255]

Solo12313 yeah probably but like it blends really nicely

[@Solo-vh9fm]

Relik_star22 I agree, it reminds me of the “Hold on” attempts in 1998

[@martygonzales615]

It’s live, Mariah tends to hit random high not like that, even her vocals tired.

[@relik_star2255]

@@martygonzales615 i feel like its dubbed with studio E5 though idk

[@heinhtet2234]

2:38 Little MiMi fooling us. 🤭

[@Mugiwara2131]

I noticed that most of MC’s performances in Japan are live. I envy all of the lambs in Japan who were able to watched her performed live. 😢

[@mayorbloomburg]

That’s because they adore her there unlike here in the US where we scrutinize her for everything.

[@guyarthurorigin]

2:34 the ascending runs inspired many singers today.

[@alanramos9302]

Descending runs in the "the wayyyy"

[@daydream10.18]

Legend says Mariah still haven't brought a person up on that stage to this day.

[@kerokero88814]

😂😂😂

[@DJQTUBE]

He's still waiting in Zurich. :)

[@SomewhereOnTheOutside]

"Can I bring somebody else up at the stage... Co'mon." I heard and I understood it... Am I wrong? I'm brazilian.. help.

[@daydream10.18]

@@SomewhereOnTheOutside that's correct.

[@SomewhereOnTheOutside]

@@daydream10.18 Thx very much 😊😊

[@johnskarmeas]

i love when she does 2:54 on "hold on"

[@JohnDeLeon28]

I think this is my favorite performance of Hero. I like they way she sang in the climax in a downward run. Amazing!

[@DJQTUBE]

I have to agree 100%

[@billyhandika6469]

My queen looks so beautiful

[@musicboxtour5854]

I thought you hate her after 96?

[@rosemont2283]

@@musicboxtour5854 he stopped with his troll account a few years back

[@vg6761]

@@rosemont2283 what is it reject, compromise, accept xD

[@robertofs]

I love this performance, it's very raw and sincere. It doesn't sound dubbed, because her dubbed performances are flawless and here there are a lot of "flaws" like the run at 3:46. I believe this is completely live, and the notes she hits at 2:38 and 3:12 are surprising considering her voice's condition this night.

[@mariahcareyunited]

Both the notes you mentioned are sadly dubbed… but it does look like she hit the eb5 in ‘lord’! So if we ever find the undubbed we will probably hear an amazing ‘lord’

[@Xelth4]

@@mariahcareyunited are u actually sure it's dubbed? i dont think it's dubbed. She definitely didnt hit the eb5 in lord, it's lipped

[@takemyhand1988]

​@@mariahcareyunited this id not dubbed. Come on she's a mess during a lot of parts.

[@heeheeriah]

@@takemyhand1988 It's dubbed from Proctors Theater

[@SomewhereOnTheOutside]

​@@heeheeriahNot dubbed, lipped.. i think

[@gvidalq]

the bridge was a surprise :O

[@dpeters1954]

She looks absolutely pretty her skin FLAWLESS and hair silky shiny

[@tecknickolor]

2:55 issss perfect. 💗

[@SomewhereOnTheOutside]

I love how she lowers and raises her body in sync with her voice that lowers and rises.

[@die5487]

癡風迷也愛聽Mariah Carey唱歌😍😘🎤🎵🎶

[@PrinceRamoloto-k6v]

Her tone was incredible❤

[@qwert2020]

After watching her Music Box performances, it's really sad to see her how she struggles singing this song here, but it was smart from her to ask the audience to sing along since she couldn't handle the entire song by herself. She would have gotten really tired. Love MC

[@vg6761]

2:39 wtf just happened. That woke me the fugg up lmao

[@highstreetmanilabyronvalen4955]

thats what i love about the queen MARIAH CAREY when she struggle she sound extra ordinary unlike other vocalist

[@leinpacheco5365]

For me this is being smart. Mariah already proved herself since the 90's that she can SANG the phonebook.

[@Javierepiceto]

before the climax was so epic :3

[@never152]

Never seen this. Thought I'd seen them all.

[@tevvvy687]

I watched this decades ago...this in japan live..HERO IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL RAW LIVE🎤🎵🎶👍👍👏...doing promo of CANT TAKE THAT AWAY ( that was dubbed though )

[@tevvvy687]

Climax "the WAYYYYYYY...." has been lipped for many years.....this LIVE lower register is GOOD!!!infact....

[@ziethunk1531]

On her worst she sounded much better than me on my best days :((

[@TomRussle]

She's so funny dodging the high notes by letting the audience sing it lmao

[@DJQTUBE]

...yet clever...

[@thekarlberonio2139]

Hahahhaa love it

[@highstreetmanilabyronvalen4955]

yet smart and compassionate

[@Heart_and_Soul]

⚜ TH🦋NK YOU FOR THE M🎧SIC ⚜🕊

[@nandingantonio7987]

2:39 E5!

[@yuh8946]

Sadly that's playback, it blended really beautifuly tho

[@3stysongda840]

@@yuh8946 It blended with her vocal well

[@axelito6342]

Red Segui it can’t be lipped ! You don’t just lip a single note for 1 sec is not how that works 😂! It’s live , just the nodules being strange as usual

[@ARlANACAREY]

Axelito it’s literally the studio version for 1 second LMFAO

[@Xelth4]

@@ARlANACAREY how do u know if this performance is dubbed and not just lipped? why arent these vocals the raw undubbed vocals that the audience witnessed and heard?

[@nandingantonio7987]

E3? 3:10

[@chris7235]

yup

[@tiagomagueijo1717]

2:41 is sooooo goooddddd

[@andrewgarfield9898]

Tone is beautiful. But it just seems so weird to randomly go back to singing it in higher key when it was even lowered in her prime years. She dodged basically the whole song

[@juliocarvalho7713]

Meu deeussss amooooo

[@emc2era988]

0:20

[@maurogentile7669]

This performance was so weird!!! Why did she sing it in the higher key but dodged all the high notes? I guess they couldnt find the track with the lower key

[@idontknowlol2420]

mauro gentile this is the original key why she did it no one knows but she sounds good here

[@Solo-vh9fm]

I’m guessing she was planning to keep it in original key permanently after the Pavarotti show but then after struggling with this and then her voice tiring out even more from other songs she decided to keep it low, it’s the only thing I can think of

[@never152]

Yeah maybe they just had the album version music.

[@jawn5661]

Maybe because at this point her voice was more comfortable with singing more parts in the original key rather than the lowered ver. idk sometimes when I sing too its like this where dending on the day my voice will need a different key but at the same time i would sing better parts of another key.

[@nandingantonio7987]

Back to the original key.

[@Solo-vh9fm]

Nanding Antonio ...that she just performed, which is difficult to do, not everyone has that ability to their credit.

[@jeonjungkookie1209]

That voice 😭😭😭😭

[@EthansTarot]

Ended 2006 Mariah

[@DarrenHazel]

DDRRREEEAaaams r hard to follow ow

[@StevenSenjaya]

but DOON'T YOU LET anyone, what

[@slssonesnsd5239]

@@StevenSenjaya just hooold onwon... And their will be tomorrow, and in time you'll find the waaay yeyheheheheheheheheiyei

[@joshsantiago4397]

The way she signed at 0:20 always takes me off 😅

[@Andieeandiee]

I heard " see lordd" was superb

[@Isagea7]

3:04

[@AwjayTV]

SHE'S FOREVER FAMOUS

[@BLBUNNY19]

Just imagine this would happen before 1998 or her prime 🤣🤣🤣

[@rexorcena2020]

❤

[@DiscothecaImperialis]

FYI She did a duet with Mizuki Ichiro in July 1999

[@milola8868]

I can't find any footage of it 😢😢😢😢

[@Plutonia-o6o]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@elenariverarodriguez8492]

Hibbie A, reminds me of Octopus Garden Song from Doodle Do

[@tinkyeinsteinruby8520]

She Sounds Like Chioma

[@samcarter2371]

Her strange behavior makes me think this was the onset of her breakdown that was in full swing a year or so later.

[@rosemont2283]

@@ii7670 ikr people be over analyzing it’s disgusting

[@marinadela1361]

Original key!!!

[@harrymorris5319]

0:33 2:38

[@usedtobe1197]

0:23 music box vibes

[@mariahcareyunited]

because it is- its lipped lmao

[@musicboxtour5854]

@@mariahcareyunited it's dubbed

[@talvez1907]

Instrumental original

[@3stysongda840]

Yes, she sang it in original key

[@tomryann86]

FYI instrumental original doesn’t has any background vocals

[@nandingantonio7987]

1:21

[@Martdiva1979]

... 1:03

[@84jdubb]

The way she sang this more powerful and masterfully than anything from 2018- on she just is so lazy with this song now

[@alfy80mc]

What show was this?

[@izadazmi1743]

Lord Know playback or live? Wow

[@cloudofreverie786]

izad Azmi everything was live but this was dubbed.

[@MCsVoice97]

Cloud of Reverie comes in last chorus is dubbed too ;)

[@fabio94gf]

And the little "heart" at 0:24 hahaa so funny

[@DarrenHazel]

Cloud of Reverie it’s not dubbed. It’s lipped.

[@lambtingz7906]

@@DarrenHazel it's very tricky tbh. At some point the performance sounds like it had dubbed studio vocals over it , and there's a possibility Mariah only did a B4 in 'lord' bc the B4 improv would fit with how she sang 'knows' then they just dubbed it with the studio E5.

[@jorgedeividdeoliveiraolive226]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️

[@tomryann86]

Is it me or she's already sick of the song already that she had to ask for audiences participants to sing along....

[@yanu7414]

The “lord” was lipped?

[@coltonisalamb]

Dubbed

[@Sttephy30]

The tone was great but that's about it. She's struggling. At-least she looked great.

[@TheJuanargentina]

All singers have weak and strong points. Mariah has given more than enough great live vocal performannces to prove she is one of the greats.

[@akosiiannn]

I don’t see and feel any struggle here. this is 1999-riah’s brand... dodging notes in exchange of creative runs, her musicality is great haha

[@mcfanrobinhood]

I see this more as changing the original, which I like. Her voice and tone is sooo soo beautifully

[@highstreetmanilabyronvalen4955]

sweetheart MARIAH SOUNDED 1 BILLION PERCENT AMAZING WHEN SHE STRUGGLE SINGIN COMPARE TO YOUNGE VOCALIST TODAY KATY PERRY? TAYLOT SWIFT? NAAAAH NOT EVEN CLOSE!

[@RizalPol-xr3kn]

Wkwkwkkwkw she couldn’t reach the high notes 😅

[@japanese_flashcard_channel]

Singing is not about high notes. Singing is about interpretation of the song. Singera choose notes which they think suits the interpretation.

[@longmirecorey]

Is it just me or does it seem like she is suffering from a sort of manic episode during this performance. Her antics and all over the place and kind of random.

[@vg6761]

Nope just you. Your biased view is leading to delusions and paranoia.

[@SomewhereOnTheOutside]

No, but she is nervous and tired. she starts sighing at 0:20, because the key is original from the studio...

[@LuongTran-ki9ok]

she cant even hit the high note, What problem with her voice?

[@3stysongda840]

Her voice was really exhausted then

[@DJQTUBE]

This was also during a very difficult time in her personal life You may find a few similar performances of other songs during the 1999-2001 timeframe (not all songs, just a handful). She was very tired at this time and was not getting adequate nutrition nor rest. I appreciate the performance and I appreciate her stylistic choice to "the way" in a descent of notes. Many artists do not have the range to have that option so kudos to Mariah for that and for giving her best at the time. I enjoy all of her performances.

[@Charlescarey994]

Many parts were lipped

[@Charlescarey994]

@@ii7670 Just information.

[@Fishriah_Ari]

They were dubbed with studio vocals

[@Xelth4]

@@Fishriah_Ari how do u know if this performance is dubbed and not just lipped? why arent these vocals the raw undubbed vocals that the audience witnessed and heard?

[@vg6761]

@@Fishriah_Ari they weren't dubbed because the lipped parts suffer the same distortion as the live parts and it has the same stadium echo.

[@coltonisalamb]

@@vg6761 it’s dubbed lol

[@anthony_logic_8269]

2:38

[@anthony_logic_8269]

3:13

[@anthony_logic_8269]

2:39