This Marilyn Manson x Mariah Carey Christmas Mash-Up Is… Surprisingly Decent

Mariah Carey's 1994 festive banger All I Want For Christmas Is You is pretty much inescapable at this time of the year, and while it's undeniably a catchy hit that even metalheads can appreciate, it's nevertheless lacking in the goth department.

Thankfully, YouTuber Bill McClintock has put this to rights, combining Mariah's Christmas mega-hit with Marilyn Manson's 1996 classic The Beautiful People, taken from his spectacular second album Antichrist Superstar. Somehow, lyrics like, 'There's no time to discriminate / Hate every motherfucker that's in your way' and, 'The worms will live in every host / It's hard to pick which one they hate the most' seem to work bizarrely well over the jingly loveliness of All I Want For Christmas Is You.

While both songs are absolutely colossal in their own right, Mariah's single beats The God Of Fuck in terms of earnings: according to The Economist, it has generated a whopping $60 million for the singer since its release 25 years ago, and Mariah still receives over $500,000 in royalties every single year. This mash-up probably won't change that, but it's still a hell of a listen nonetheless:

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Earlier in the year, Marilyn Manson spoke of his work on the follow-up to 2017 studio album Heaven Upside Down, as that record’s arrival date (hopefully) edges closer.

“I’m in a mode in life where I wanted to tell stories with this record, and it’s sort of like a wax museum of my thoughts, a study of the chamber of horrors in my head,” he said. “All the romance and hope you can have in the world, here in the End Times where it can be a different kind of apocalypse for each person listening to the record.

“I tried to paint it with words, and Shooter [Jennings] with sounds, so you can see and hear all of your longing, your passion and despair.

“That’s sort of a dramatic explanation of it! But it is full of drama. I wouldn’t compare it to any of my other records, but you hear a bit of everything. It’s like I’ve focused everything into one spot, finally.”

Catch Manson supporting the one and only Ozzy Osbourne in the U.S. next year:

May 2020

27 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
29 Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
31 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union

June 2020

2 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
4 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
6 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium
11 Pittsburgh, PA KeyBank Pavilion
13 Bangor, ME Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
16 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
18 Hamilton, ON First Ontario Centre
20 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
24 St Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
26 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
28 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena

July 2020

1 Milwaukee, WI Amer. Family Ins. Amp — Summerfest
3 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
7 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
9 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
11 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
15 Portland, OR Moda Center
17 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
23 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
25 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
29 San Diego, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
31 Las Vegas, CA MGM Grand Garden Arena

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