Mariah Debuts New Music Video For "H.A.T.E.U"

Mariah Carey has always had a thing for gorgeous beaches and beautiful scenery, which is also obvious in her just released brand spankin' music video for her new single, "H.A.T.E.U.," the third single off the 39-year-old singer's latest 12th effort studio project called "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel."
The video for "H.A.T.E.U."(abbreviation of "Having A Typical Emotional Upset") was shot on the beach in Malibu last month by filmmaker Brett Ratner, a longtime Carey collaborator, whose videography with her stretches back more than a decade to 1998's "I Still Believe." Over the years, Ratner also helmed her videos for such as "It's Like That," "We Belong Together," "Touch My Body," and most recently, for her platinum selling No.1 single, "Obsessed," along with big-budget, big-screen releases like "X-Men: The Last Stand."
The video features the pop diva truly seems to be feeling the heartbreak, walking down a long wooden staircase, first in a deep-V black silk swim gear and then a white one, more elaborately cut, and wondering alone on the beach, singing forlornly to the camera, while obviously in pain after a breakup. It contained in the words of the song, and that serves as a distraction from the fact that there is no story to it to begin with. The video runs over a minute less than the length of the song's album version, closes with Carey writing "HATE U" in the sand with her finger, then spreading sand over it with an angry flick.
The song, "H.A.T.E.U." currently on radio, and its official remix is produced by Jermaine Dupri and features additional verses from OutKast's rappers Big Boi, Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman. The album was released in September this year and has not moved as many copies as was expected. It could only debut at No.3 on Billboard Hot 200 with 168,000 units, so Carey is remixing the entire album and is expected to come out in February 2010. Swizz Beatz and Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart will step behind the production desks, while the likes of Trey Songz, R. Kelly and T-Pain will lend their vocal. Undoubtedly, coming out with videos like this one will also help bring back attention on the album, and then again, that is something that only time will tell.