After multiple editing delays, Mariah Carey has finally dropped the music video for “Type Dangerous,” her first original solo song since 2019’s “In the Mix,” the theme song to the short-lived ABC sitcom Mixed-Ish. The video for the new single was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously worked with Carey on her videos for 2003’s “Boy (I Need You)” and 2013’s “#Beautiful.”
Co-produced by Anderson Paak and based around a sample from Eric B. & Rakim’s debut single, “Eric B. Is President,” from 1987, “Type Dangerous” is a midtempo R&B track that finds Carey shading her past lovers, including Tommy Mottola, whom she divorced in the late 1990s and not-so-diplomatically refers to as “an evil king” in the lyrics. The song is the singer’s first solo Top 10 hit on the R&B chart since 2008’s “Touch My Body.”
The special effects-laden video for “Type Dangerous” sees Carey working her way through a series of bachelors, dismissing them one after the next. Divided into seven chapters, each one depicting a dangerous type of suitor, the clip ends with a guest appearance by YouTuber Mr. Beast. The video also features a reference to Carey’s alter ego, Bianca, who made her debut in the video for 1999’s “Heartbreaker.”
Watch the video for “Type Dangerous” below:

“Type Dangerous” is the first single from Carey’s forthcoming 16th studio album, the follow-up to 2018’s Caution.
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