{"id":2448854,"date":"2019-09-17T21:56:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T03:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=886397"},"modified":"2019-09-17T21:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T03:56:57","slug":"hear-mariah-careys-uplifting-theme-song-in-the-mix-from-mixed-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/hear-mariah-careys-uplifting-theme-song-in-the-mix-from-mixed-ish\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Mariah Carey\u2019s Uplifting Theme Song \u2018In the Mix\u2019 From \u2018Mixed-ish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MariahCareyIntheMixVideoScreenshot.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mariah-carey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mariah-carey\" data-tag=\"mariah-carey\">Mariah Carey<\/a> has penned the new theme song, \u201cIn the Mix,\u201d for ABC\u2019s upcoming series, <em>Mixed-ish<\/em>, which debuts on September 24th. The ABC series is a spinoff prequel to <em>Black-ish<\/em>, which follows Tracee Ellis Ross\u2019 character, Rainbow Johnson, while she details growing up in the Eighties in a mixed-race family, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/watch-the-music-video-for-mariah-careys-mixed-ish-theme-song-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>The Wrap<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The song\u2019s accompanying video opens with the pop star in the studio and features scenes from the forthcoming show. Carey\u2019s kids, Moroccan and Monroe, also make an appearance in the clip. \u201cOh, they keep trying, but they can\u2019t stop us,\u201d Carey sings over the bouncy melody and R&amp;B grooves. \u201c\u2018Cause we got a love that keeps rising up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Carey hits her tingly whistle range before reprising the uplifting chorus. \u201cIn the mix, life turns around\/Round and round it goes\/It\u2019s a mixed up world, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d she sings. \u201cBut in the mix, we\u2019re gonna get by on our own, side by side\/That\u2019s all we need to be free\/I got you, you got me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a biracial woman in the entertainment industry, there was no way I did not want to be a part of <em>Mixed-ish<\/em>, especially after seeing the pilot, which I loved,\u201d Carey said in a statement, per <em>The Wrap<\/em>. \u201cI could not be more honored and proud to be writing and performing \u2018In the Mix\u2019 for [show creator] Kenya [Barris] and the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mariah-carey-in-the-mix-mixed-ish-theme-song-listen-886397\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariah Carey has penned the new theme song, \u201cIn the Mix,\u201d for ABC\u2019s upcoming series, Mixed-ish, which debuts on September 24th. The ABC series is a spinoff prequel to Black-ish, which follows Tracee Ellis Ross\u2019 character, Rainbow Johnson, while she details growing up in the Eighties in a mixed-race family, as The Wrap reports. 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