It's a Wrap

"It's a Wrap" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey for her twelfth studio album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009).

In early 2023, "It's a Wrap" went viral due to a TikTok dance challenge and was released as a single on February 10 that year as part of a digital extended play.

[b] She married American entertainer Nick Cannon shortly after the album's release and decreased its promotion to focus on her personal life.

[12][d] Universal Music Group cancelled Angels Advocate for unknown reasons[14] and the remix was included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Carey's fourteenth studio album Me.

[22][23] Carey continued promoting the song with additional TikTok dance videos featuring her children and Kim Kardashian, which collectively received over 35 million views.

[25] Along with The Weeknd's "Die for You" and Lady Gaga's "Bloody Mary", "It's a Wrap" was one of several songs to appear on music charts in early 2023 due to viral sped-up versions.

[27] On March 6, 2023, the sped-up version reached number 36 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart, which measures "the 40 fastest-moving tracks by sales, streams and airplay".

[32] Stewart, Wright, Leon Bisquera and Monte Neuble play the keyboards and Hammond B3, Alex Al performs the bass guitar and Ronnie Gutierrez provides percussion.

Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot and Mesfin Fekadu of the Associated Press described Carey's vocals as containing grit and attitude, respectively.

[30][32] Writing in Between the Lines, Chris Azzopardi dubbed "It's a Wrap" a "fierce-girl anthem"[39] and The Boston Globe's Sarah Rodman labeled it a "saucy kiss-off".

[31] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times and Michael Cragg of MusicOMH remarked the song recalls a girl group aura.

[40][41] The Gazette's T'Cha Dunlevy felt the recording had a sense of swing[35] and The Village Voice's Clover Hope described it as retro.

"[12][43] News.com.au writer Cameron Adams considered it a "2014 celebrity update" of Charlene's "I've Never Been to Me" (1977) and thought the new lyrics resembled dialogue from Carey's 2001 film Glitter.

[43] Writing for Billboard in 2017, Everett Brothers deemed it "the most refreshingly creative song [she] has written and performed in recent memory".

[47] Carey reprised the track for the 2009–2010 Angels Advocate Tour in a choreographed routine with a male backup dancer acting as the man she dismisses.

[48][49] Azzopardi felt "It's a Wrap" sounded better on stage[39] and The Washington Post's Chris Richards thought the live version gained a verve comparable to "Honey" and "Heartbreaker".

[50] Rodman remarked Carey "dug giddily" into the performance[31] and The Press of Atlantic City's Scott Cronick described it as a highlight.

Mary J. Blige singing into a microphone on a stand with sunglasses on
Mary J. Blige features on the song's remix.