“I don't like bad lighting”

Mariah Carey received the Icon Award from the iheartradio Music Awards 2025 and gave the fans a classic Mariah Carey moment.

When the star entered the stage in the Dolby Theater to accept her award and keep her speech, she quickly called on the lighting at the event location.

“Is the lighting okay because I don't like bad lighting,” said Carey and gave the production time to bring it together.

Carey then asked the audience whether she liked her ensemble and whirled for everyone in the theater when she cheered for her.

“As a child, I heard my favorite artists on the radio and dreamed of being in the air myself,” said Carey. “Well, for those among them who may not know what air waves are, think it as non-WLAN streaming.”

She added: “Even now I am excited when I hear one of my songs playing on the radio. It never stops being magical. “

During her acceptance speech, Carey also pointed to her ex-husband Tommy Mottola after thanking the President of Ihearttradio, John Sykes, her first manager.

“He was my first manager,” she said. “Some people think it was this other guy, but it wasn't. It was John. ”