Foo Fighters paid tribute to Mariah Carey at the MusiCares charity gala in Los Angeles by performing two songs from the singer's unreleased 1995 grunge-influenced album. The band, fronted by Dave Grohl, was joined by Taylor Momsen for renditions of "Love Is a Scam" and "Demented", with cameras showing an enthused Carey singing along in the audience.
The songs came from "Someone's Ugly Daughter", an album Carey secretly wrote and recorded while making her acclaimed "Daydream" record. In her 2020 memoir, she revealed that her label objected to the material, leading her to recruit friend Clarissa Dane to rerecord the vocals. The project was eventually released under the name Chick, but Carey's original versions have never been officially issued.
The MusiCares event, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, featured a range of artists performing Carey's catalogue. Kesha, Jennifer Hudson, Laufey, Maggie Rogers, Charlie Puth and John Legend were among those who took part in the annual fundraiser.
Carey has previously described the album as a creative escape, writing on social media that it was "just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days". In her memoir, she explained how she adopted an alter-ego "similar to the breezy-grunge, punk-light white female singers who were popular at the time", adding that the sessions allowed her to "break free, let loose, and express my misery".
The performances sparked renewed interest in the unreleased recordings, with fans joking on social media that the album should finally see a release. One user wrote that having it in the 1990s "would have given me serotonin, a house, the ability to not be so self-critical".
