Nick Cannon Clarifies Mariah Carey Valentine’s Song

If, like me, you were single on Valentine’s Day, then has Nick Cannon got the musical gift for you! Yes, for some reason, Nick decided to drop his new single, “Alone” — and it’s all about his ex-wife, Mariah Carey.

For context, Nick and Mariah got married in 2008 and announced their split in 2014. Although rumors of Nick cheating were floating around, both Nick and Mariah have attributed the split to them growing apart.

Mariah has been with her boyfriend, Bryan Tanaka, for five years, while Nick is currently expecting baby number eight with model Bre Tiesi.

So, Nick decided to drop a song on Valentine’s Day that samples Mariah’s “Love Takes Time.” Lyrics include, “I been lying, I say I’m cool when I know I miss it,” “I want you back,” and, “I stay alone, try to play it safe, but these memories, I cannot erase” — which many understandably took as a plea to get Mariah back.

The lyrics also appear to reference the five mothers of Nick’s children:

“I did a song called ‘Alone’ and it sampled one of my favorite Mariah Carey songs, ‘Love Takes Time,'” he explained in the clip. “So, I think people put the two and two together. They tried to say — everybody saying that this was my song to try to get Mariah back. I know that’s impossible.”

“I had probably the greatest situation with my dream girl and I messed it up,” he continued. “The song was not really about trying to get her back. It was taking ownership of what I did as a man and owning my flaws and expressing it through song.”

“I’m just out there trying to spread that little Kanye West energy,” he then added, before referring to the roses that Kanye sent Kim on Valentine’s Day. “Kanye, I need you on the remix to my record.”

“I salute everything Kanye [is] trying to do. Get your woman back,” he continued, before briefly debating with some audience members who shouted “No!” in response. He then added, “Kanye pull up in the Toyota with the roses, I pull up in the minivan with some butterflies. It’s going down. We’ll both be wearing Skims and glitter, like, ‘Hey, take us back.'”

If Spotify is anything to go by, then Nick’s new song has yet to sweep the nation: