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Mariah Carey saying the phrase "I don't know her" while smiling and shaking her head.
Mariah Carey saying "I don't know her" in response to a question about Jennifer Lopez became a popular Internet meme

"I don't know her" is a phrase popularized by American singer Mariah Carey in response to a circa 2003 question about her thoughts on American singer Jennifer Lopez, whom media outlets perceived as her rival at the time. Carey's reaction, in which she shakes her head and smiles while stating "I don't know her", became a popular Internet meme and GIF. Vanity Fair deemed mid-2016 "The Summer of Not Knowing".

When asked about Lopez, Carey identified herself as a singer and denied an ongoing feud. After stating "I don't know her", she employed the expression over the next two decades. Carey contends it is not an affront to Lopez because she does not know her personally; Lopez herself says they do not know each other. Шаблон:TOC limit

Background

Шаблон:Multiple image American singer Mariah Carey signed a record deal with Sony Music in 1988.Шаблон:Sfn Its president, Tommy Mottola, was far more personally involved in preparing her debut album Mariah Carey (1990) than with other artists'.Шаблон:Sfn The pair married in 1993 and separated in late 1996.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Mottola accompanied Selena (1997) actress Jennifer Lopez to the 1998 Grammy Awards and announced that she had signed a record deal shortly thereafter.Шаблон:Sfn Those in the music industry described her forthcoming album as a Latin version of Carey's work.Шаблон:Sfn Similar to the conflict instigated by the media regarding her relationship with Whitney Houston, Carey's feelings toward Lopez became a subject of gossip.Шаблон:Sfn In a 1999 interview with Mirabella, Carey answered questions about a purported rivalry: "She's a dancer, isn't she? She lip-synched Selena's vocals, you know. I don't think that as a singer, we're in the same category as artists."Шаблон:Sfn

In 2001, Carey left Sony and signed with Virgin Records in advance of releasing the soundtrack to the film Glitter (2001).Шаблон:Sfn Mottola remained connected to the movie through its production company Sony Pictures.Шаблон:Sfnm Carey alleged that during the recording process, Sony officials heard a sample from the 1978 song "Firecracker" that she used in the track "Loverboy" and incorporated it in Lopez's "I'm Real" (2001).Шаблон:Sfnm As the latter was released before Glitter, Carey re-recorded "Loverboy" to sound distinct from "I'm Real".Шаблон:Sfnm Sony denied that "I'm Real" used a stolen sample from "Loverboy".Шаблон:Sfn Following these events, Carey responded to Lopez's comments about sleeping eight hours per night in a 2001 interview with journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis: "If I had the luxury of not actually having to sing my own songs I'd do that too."Шаблон:SfnmШаблон:Efn

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Around 2003, Carey was interviewed by the German television program taff. Upon being asked about Beyoncé, Carey remarked that she loved her as an artist. After she was questioned about Lopez, Carey stated "I don't know her" while smiling and shaking her head. The interview was uploaded on YouTube in 2008 and her "I don't know her" comment originated as a GIF on Internet forums.Шаблон:Sfn It spread to Twitter and Tumblr in the latter half of the 2010s.Шаблон:Sfn By 2018, "I don't know her" became known as a popular Internet meme and GIF.Шаблон:Sfn Abby Ohlheiser ranked it at number two on The Washington PostШаблон:'s 2019 list of the most important viral reactions on the Internet since 2000.Шаблон:Sfn According to journalist Marina Hyde, "I don't know her" is Carey's most famous quote.Шаблон:Sfn Musicologist Lily E. Hirsch argued that the popular reaction to the phrase contributed a sexist and racist image of Carey as a diva.Шаблон:Sfn

Carey used the phrase to address Lopez throughout its rise in popularity.Шаблон:Sfn She reprised it during a 2005 MTV interview ("I don't even know her. We kind of just said hello once or twice"),Шаблон:Sfn a 2009 radio discussion ("I don't know the woman"), a 2016 TMZ exchange ("I still don't know her"), and a 2018 Watch What Happens Live appearance ("I don't know her. What am I supposed to say?").Шаблон:Sfn While discussing the sampling controversy in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, she described Lopez as a "female entertainer on [Sony] (whom I don't know)".Шаблон:Sfn Carey contends that the phrase is not an insult but rather an honest response because she does not know Lopez personally.Шаблон:Sfnm Lopez had not acknowledged the sampling controversy by 2004.Шаблон:Sfn In 2014, she said that "I don't have a feud against [Carey] at all. I know from back in the day, I’ve read things that she's said about me that were not the greatest, but we have never met. Like, we don't know each other."Шаблон:Sfn During a 2016 Wendy Williams interview, Lopez stated that they have "met many times" and accused Carey of being "forgetful". Шаблон:Sfn

Carey has used the phrase toward other singers such as Demi Lovato.Шаблон:Sfnm After the latter said she was rude to Lopez, Carey responded: "I don't know her either."Шаблон:Sfn Others adopted "I don't know her" for their own use. Due to the number of celebrities repeating it at the time, Vanity Fair labeled mid-2016 "The Summer of Not Knowing".Шаблон:Sfn Online stan accounts apply the phrase to defend their favorite artists against perceived rivals.Шаблон:Sfn It is used within the queer communityШаблон:Sfn and inspired "I don't know her"-themed club nights and clothing.Шаблон:Sfn The phrase has been used in political contexts such as a meme about Canadian prime minister Justin TrudeauШаблон:Efn and interpretations of US president Donald Trump's commentary.Шаблон:SfnmШаблон:Efn

Analysis

Most commentators considered the phrase an insult. Who? Weekly podcasters Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger described "I don't know her" as an example of shade.Шаблон:Sfn According to Mireille Lalancette and Tamara A. Small, the phrase "is used when another person is so irrelevant you pretend to not know them when you clearly do".Шаблон:Sfn Issy Sampson of The Guardian wrote about its appeal: "Claiming not to know someone means you don't sound bitchy – how could you be, you don't know them? – but it's a sly way of saying that someone's personality is unmemorable."Шаблон:Sfn VogueШаблон:'s Michelle Ruiz viewed the phrase as a more effective version of the catfight.Шаблон:Sfn Kenzie Bryant of Vanity Fair said it can be misinterpreted when used as a neutral no comment response.Шаблон:Sfn

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