Published 16:45 IST, January 29th 2021
Shawn Mendes gets sweet response from Mariah Carey, expresses he is grateful to her
Mariah Carey decided to re-create Shawn Mendes' photo to give him a sweet response after the latter expressed his gratitude to her in the caption of his IG post
American songstress Mariah Carey expressed feeling grateful for a lot of things, including some 'old Shawn Mendes songs'. Yesterday morning, Mariah re-created Shawn's original picture from day-before-yesterday, wherein the latter is seen shirtless, basking in the sun with his arms out after a sunny jog and revealed being grateful to 'old Mariah Carey's songs'. Thus, Mimi too decided to respond to the Mercy crooner by spreading out her arms in a similar picture and tweaked Shawn's caption, a little.
Shawn Mendes and Mariah Carey get into a fun banter on Instagram
On January 27, 2021, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes took over social media with a shirtless picture of himself on a bright sunny day, as he closed his eyes and embraced the warmth with his arms wide open. Sharing the selfie on his Instagram handle, Shawn wrote, "Grateful! The sun, coffee, my health, my family, old Mariah Carey songs, music, humans!!!". In no time, his picture caught the attention of millions of fans as well as his singer pals like Sam Smith, Charlie Puth, Ashe and John Ryan to name a few.
While Charlie asked him, "Which Mariah song in particular?", Sam commented on his post suggesting, "'Always be my baby’ @mariahcarey". In a day, the singer-songwriter's IG post garnered over a whopping 4.3 million likes and more than 31k comments.
Check out Shawn Mendes' Instagram post below:
Later, yesterday, i.e. January 28, the Vision of Love hitmaker decided to give Shawn a response, but in a rather unique way. Thus, Mariah too posted a selfie of herself on Instagram wherein she is seen recreating the 22-year-old's pose with her arms spread out in a black sweatshirt and her million-dollar smile. Sharing the picture with a similar caption on her Instagram and Twitter handles, the 50-year-old wrote, "Grateful! The sun, tea, my health, my family, old Shawn Mendes songs, music, humans!!!"
Take a look at Mariah Carey's Instagram post below:
The Stitches singer had a good laugh when he came across Mariah's tweet on the micro-blogging platform. He re-tweeted her photograph along with a laughing emoji and a couple of red-heart emojis. Take a look:
Updated 16:45 IST, January 29th 2021