Watch Tori Kelly effortlessly perform Mariah Carey’s ‘Lead The Way’ [Video]

Tori Kelly just unleashed her inner Mariah Carey as she effortlessly belted out one of Mariah Carey’s iconic riffs while sitting down.

The 31-year-old singer-songwriter recently visited “The TERRELL Show” to promote her self-titled album, “TORI.” But during the interview, host Terrell Grice asked Kelly to show off her vocal skills by singing an impromptu rendition of Carey’s “Lead the Way.”

To the YouTuber’s surprise, Kelly easily delivered the vocals needed to complete the song, which was originally written for Carey’s “Butterfly” album but was eventually released as part of the soundtrack for the singer’s 2001 Hollywood film “Glitter,” according to The Mariah Network.

A fan captured the moment Kelly successfully sang the riff during the interview and shared clip on X, formerly Twitter, with the caption: “TORI KELLY DID MARIAH CAREY’S LEAD THE WAY RIFF WITH EASE [crying emojis] oh god, watch a biopic or a tribute to Mariah or babysit her; i don’t know what to do [crying emoji]”

TORI KELLY DON’T HAVE TO DO A RIFF LEAD THE WAY OF MARIAH CAREY 😭😭😭 oh my god please make a biopic or tribute about Mariah or babysit her I don’t know what to do 😭 pic.twitter.com/JGs5DZvHNh

— mia (@torisonedimple) September 6, 2024

The clip quickly gained traction on the platform, racking up more than 1.3 million views as of this writing. Many social media users praised the “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” singer’s vocals, while her fellow Lambilys praised her for always showing support for Mariah.

“Wow, that was a tough question! She ate it all!” one social media user said. wrote.

“One of the best singers of this generation sing this song Tori,” another said. added.

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“Tori never misses an opportunity to support. Mariah’s daughter fr,” another commented.

“Always said she was Mariah’s musical daughter. Tori is extremely talented,” a fourth user said. opinion.

“She’s just like us. She practices running after Mariah in her bedroom like we do, but she gets much better results, lmao,” a Mariah fan stated.

Kelly is currently on tour to promote her new music. Last week, when she had a concert in Manila, Philippines, she spoke to Billboard Philippines about her new album, saying that the album is “definitely just me having fun and drawing whatever I can.”

“I feel like with this album, there’s definitely some new sounds and styles that people haven’t heard from me, but I still feel like they’re very authentic to me. Because, like I said, I grew up in the early 2000s, you know, late ’90s. So I feel like my childhood self would be really excited about this kind of music.”

Tori’s world tour is scheduled to run through December. For details on ticket sales and locations, visit the artist’s official website.

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