Mariah Carey's performance at LA Pride included screenshots from Grindr and social media is loving it
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- Mariah Carey used screenshots from the app Grindr during her LA Pride performance Saturday.
- Social media commenters seem to love the singer's reference to the app, with many saying she knows her audience.
- Carey sang a medley of her hits including "Obsessed" and "We Belong Together" in her performance.
Mariah Carey headlined the second night of "LA Pride in the Park" Saturday and surprised the crowd with screenshots from Grindr during her performance.
A video posted to TikTok by @thenorrisjay Sunday shows the moment Carey used screenshots from the popular LGBTQ dating and hookup app to lead into her song "Obsessed." The video has over 500,000 views and 83,000 likes as of Sunday.
The user captioned the video, "THE NOTIF SOUND," referring to the chime sound made when someone receives a Grindr message. The sound can be heard at the start of the video.
The screenshots show a conversation with one person saying, "Hi. Hey. Heyy. Hiii," and another responding to those messages with a GIF from Carey's "Obsessed" music video with the lyric, "Why you so obsessed with me?"
The video pans to the crowd's excited reaction, and the singer performing "Obsessed" while wearing a metallic bustier and sparkly skirt.
Commenters seemed to love Grammy winner's sense of humor.
"WHO TOLD MIMI ABOUT GRINDR LMAO," the top comment reads.
Other commenters agreed that she knows her target audience.
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The two-night concert took place at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Megan Thee Stallion performed on the first night.
In addition to "Obsessed," Carey belted several of her hits during her performance, including "It's A Wrap," "Rainbow," and "We Belong Together."
Following her performance, Carey took to Instagram to thank LA Pride.
"Thank you @lapride, you were amazing!! I love you so much!!," she captioned the post.
Carey has been an supporter and advocate for the LGBTQ community for many years and even dubbed her own version of the LGBTQ acronym during a 2016 GLAAD Awards speech where she was given the Ally Award.
"So we have L: legendary. G: gorgeous. B: beautiful — all of you beautiful people! T: tantalizing, and even Q for quality," Carey said.