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Mariah Carey<\/strong><\/a> tapped Anderson .Paak<\/strong> for a flirty new song and music video from her latest album, Here for It All.<\/p>\n The black-and-white visual for “Play This Song” shows Carey, 56, and .Paak, 39, getting cozy in a lavish mansion as they sing lyrics like, “And I know you miss me, babe \/ Don’t pretend like you don’t feel the same.”<\/p>\n Throughout the video, the duo hold hands and dance together, all the while looking quite close. At one point, .Paak drops kisses on Carey’s knuckles as she flashes him a smile. Later, Carey grabs his face, seemingly to wipe something off his cheek.<\/p>\n Carey dropped the track on Friday, September 26, after teasing the collaboration during an interview<\/a> with Gayle King<\/strong> on CBS Mornings earlier this week. The Grammy winner explained that she \u201creached out\u201d to .Paak about the duet first.<\/p>\n When King, 70, asked why Carey wanted to work with .Paak, she replied, \u201cHe\u2019s brilliant. \u2026 He\u2019s a really great artist.\u201d<\/p>\n Mariah Carey\u2019s Dating History: From Derek Jeter and Eminem to Nick Cannon and Bryan Tanaka<\/a><\/p>\n King went on to ask Carey about photos that have shown her holding hands with .Paak, to whom she was first linked late last year, but the \u201cFantasy\u201d singer mostly played coy.<\/p>\n \u201cHe just likes to hold my hand. He just grabs my hand. I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s doing,\u201d Carey said with a laugh. \u201cHe\u2019s [in] a hand-holding club. That\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n When King pointed out that .Paak was spotted hanging out with Carey at Christmas \u2014 famously her favorite time of year \u2014 the Glitter star hinted that their relationship isn\u2019t strictly platonic.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, they better know that it\u2019s something special,\u201d Carey. \u201cIt\u2019s Christmas. \u2026 He enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n Mariah Carey\u2019s Debut Album Turns 35: Revisiting Her Record-Breaking Debut<\/a><\/p>\n After King asked whether Carey enjoyed her Christmas celebration, she responded, \u201cI did! There\u2019s a hot tub there. It was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Us Weekly confirmed that Carey and .Paak are seeing each other after sparks flew last year while they were working together.<\/p>\n \u201cMariah and Anderson are dating. They met working last summer, and he has always been a huge fan and looked up to her,\u201d an insider exclusively told Us in March. \u201cTheir dates have been very far apart because of schedules, but it\u2019s been going on a few months.\u201d<\/p>\n A second source told Us that the duo are \u201cfull-on dating,\u201d adding, \u201cTheir relationship started in the studio as they were working on new music together, and it quickly turned romantic.\u201d<\/p>\n While Carey was \u201cnever anticipating\u201d a romance, the second insider said she was \u201cpleasantly surprised\u201d with how charming .Paak \u2014 who \u201cwon [her] over quickly\u201d \u2014 was. \u201cThey have a lot in common and it\u2019s going really well,\u201d the second source told Us, noting that they both have children who are teenagers and have \u201cbonded over parenthood and raising kids in today\u2019s day and age.\u201d<\/p>\n Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon: The Way They Were<\/a><\/p>\n Carey shares twins Moroccan and Monroe, 14, with ex-husband Nick Cannon<\/strong><\/a>, whom she wed in 2008. The former couple called it quits in 2014 after six years of marriage.<\/p>\n .Paak, meanwhile, shares Soul Rasheed and Shine Tariq with estranged wife Jaylyn Chang<\/strong>. He filed for divorce from Chang in January 2024.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, an insider told Us that Carey was hoping her new album \u2014 her first since 2018\u2019s Caution<\/a> \u2014 would remind fans that she has more up her sleeves than Christmas music.<\/p>\n