Mariah Carey returns with new album, performs on 'TODAY'

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TODAY — Mariah Carey is back! And she wants everyone to know it, based on the title of her new album: “Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse.” And on Friday, fans found her on TODAY — lighting up the plaza with performances, then sitting down to chat about herself and “Me.”

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The title, she said, came from a self-portrait she did as a 3-year-old. Her mom saved the image all these years, and now it graces the back of the new album, which she says is a “cohesive body of work” from start to finish.

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“What it really is, is from that little girl and who she was and all that it has taken to kind of feel like a complete person,” she explained.

Click here to watch more videos from Carey’s appearance on ‘Today.’