Mariah Carey and Anderson .Paak are on good terms at the premiere of his movie, K-POPS!

It takes a lot for Mariah Carey to leave her house to promote someone else – and it should! Our Butterfly Queen doesn’t expend energy for just anyone. So when she does actually show up, that person must mean something.

Anderson .Paak is not Mimi’s boyfriend. If they were dating, it’s now over, now that her album has been released, though most people are convinced in the aftermath that it was all for the music. Whatever questions there are that remain about their relationship, what’s not up for debate is that they obviously still admire and respect one another, so much that Mimi attended the premiere of Anderson’s movie, K-POPS!, last night.

K-POPS! premiered in 2024 at TIFF which is where I screened it. It’s cute, Anderson stars with his son, Soul, and they shot it in Korea and several Korean stars make cameos. Also an original soundtrack is on the way with K-pop collaborators.

In addition to Mimi, other celebrities in attendance at the premiere included Janelle Monae, Atsuko Okasuka, and Kevin Woo, the singing voice of Mystery Saja from Kpop Demon Hunters who also has a role in this movie. And Jee Young Han who is the female lead.

K-POPS! will be in theatres this weekend.