Muni Long Says She Meant No ‘Disrespect’ to Mariah Carey With Impersonator Videos: ‘Don’t Be Delulu’

Muni Long is setting the record straight regarding her new Instagram videos featuring a Mariah Carey impersonator, which some Lambs have interpreted as shade directed at the Songbird Supreme.

Shortly after posting two clips promoting her new single “Delulu” — in which an actress dressed as Carey crashes Long’s rehearsal and gives notes, mimicking the icon’s distinctive voice and mannerisms — the Florida native clarified on her Instagram Story on Monday (Nov. 24) that she meant no offense.

“Y’all don’t be delulu,” she wrote. “I would never disrespect Queen Mariah!!!!!!”

Long’s post on Stories comes as many fans have been flooding her comment section to accuse her of shading Carey. “Career too young for this level of disrespect,” one person wrote. “Humble yourself everything doesn’t need a rebuttal.”

“Shading Mariah in MARIAH’S SEASON good luck girl,” added another fan.

But according to Long, she has nothing but love for the Queen of Christmas, adding on her Story, “Forever a Lamb.”

Billboard has reached out to Carey’s reps for comment.

Also in one of the impersonator videos Long posted, the faux Carey sings a version of “Delulu,” after which Long winks at the camera and says, “I just … don’t like when other people sing my songs.” In the second clip, the impersonator pushes Long off a ledge.

“AND YOU KNOW WHAT!? She could push me off of every ledge in sight,” the caption reads. “THANK YOU!!! I LOVE HA!!!”

The first of the videos is definitely a reference to Carey’s previous comment about Long, with whom she collaborated on “Made for Me” last year. At the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Long performed a cover of “We Belong Together” as part of a tribute to the legendary vocalist, who later told GQ this past September, “I didn’t even hear the cover. I didn’t know it happened.”

“I’m very honored and flattered that she did it,” Carey added at the time. “I love Muni Long, she’s a great person, umm, but I just don’t like people doing my songs.”

That’s seemingly why some Lambs assumed Long was coming for Carey with her new videos — but in the first video’s caption, she also made her fandom of the superstar clear. “THE DIVA!?!!!!” Long wrote. “Maybe…I can come around to people singing my songs if this who singing it!”

Check out Long’s videos featuring “Mariah” below.