Mariah Carey is giving her 2009 deep cut “It’s a Wrap” justice with a new EP.
The four-track EP includes the original song, a sped-up version, a radio edit and a remix with Mary J. Blige, which appeared on 2014’s Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse (Deluxe Version).
On “It’s a Wrap,” Carey calls it quits with an unfaithful lover who has been out all night doing who-knows-what. And it’s not their first time creeping.
Carey sings in the first verse: “Yet another early morning / And you walk in like it’s nothing / Hold up, hold up, hold tight / Ain’t no donuts, ain’t no coffee / See, I know you seen me calling and calling / I should crack you right in your forehead.”
“It’s a Wrap” contains a sample from Love Unlimited’s “I Belong To You,” written and produced by Barry White.
The kiss-off anthem, lifted from Carey’s album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, has seen a resurgence following a TikTok challenge that she launched in late January.
Billboard reports “weekly U.S. on-demand streams of ‘It’s a Wrap’ have soared by more than 1,000% compared to where they were at the beginning of the month.”
On Spotify, “It’s a Wrap” is trending upwards on Carey’s profile. It’s among her trending tracks and has garnered more than 10 million streams at the time of publication.
It’s a wrap for you boy! 🎶#justiceforitsawrap #moaia https://t.co/ApFpIQlLjF pic.twitter.com/WhJLLxzhOV
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) January 15, 2023
Carey released Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel in September 2009. The album, which included the hit single “Obsessed,” debuted at No. 3 during the week of Oct. 17, 2009.
Perhaps Carey will include “It’s a Wrap” in her setlist when she performs at the Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 6.
Stream Mariah Carey’s It’s a Wrap EP below.
