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By Marcus Barnes
Dressing up: Mariah Carey puts on a naughty nurse's uniform in the video for her new single Up Out My Face which features female rapper Nicki Minaj She may be turning 40 this year, but that won't stop Mariah Carey from flaunting her body in the name of her art.
The superstar singer rolls back the years as she dresses up as a naughty nurse in the video for her latest single Up Out My Face.
In the promo, directed by the star and her husband Nick Cannon, Mariah wears a revealing nurses uniform and high heels as she performs with female rapper Nicki Minaj.
Racy: The R&B; diva pulls some chewing gum teasingly from her mouth her new duets album is doe to be released on March 30The short white outfit shows off the singer's cleavage and curvy legs, while she plays up to the fantasy with a garter around her upper thigh - teasingly pulling some chewing gum from her mouth at one point.
In another scene she pulls a wad of money from her cleavage and throws it at the camera.
Starting out with the two ladies encased in boxes, like real life Barbie dolls, the video sees them claw their way out to throw a party together in a supermarket - a red and white theme predominant throughout.
Pulses racing: Nicki pretends to check Mariah's heart rate in the red and white themed video which was directed by the star's husband Nick Cannon
Womanly curves: Mariah adjusts the garter on her thigh - the new single is taken from her forthcoming album Angels Advocate Mariah's nurses uniform is amongst several racy outfits she is seen wearing during the song, taken from her forthcoming duets remix album Angels Advocate, due to be released March 30.
She also wears a red jacket, short PVC skirt and knee-high boots and a tight-fitting evening dress, all the while accompanied by Minaj who is a protégé of rapper Lil Wayne.
Set for release on the same day fellow R&B; star Usher puts out his new LP, Raymond V. Raymond, Angels Advocate will be Mariah's 13th studio album.
Box clever: The singer starts out encased in a box like a real-life Barbie dollIt features brand new remixes and duets of songs from her 2009 release, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.
Mariah released two songs this week, a duet of Angels Cry with Ne-Yo and Up Out My Face and she is currently on her Angels Advocate tour, which ends on February 27 at the Pearl Concert Theatre in Las Vegas.
Her husband recently spoke to MTV News about his and Carey's hectic schedule, saying that they are planning to start a family once things slow down.
Special treat: Mariah wears another skimpy outfit as she pays a visit to a beauty salon in the new video
Stripped: The singer says she enjoyed going without make-up in PreciousHe said: 'We absolutely plan to have a family. But we gotta prioritize, because that's a major, major priority.
'That's like the only priority in life, when you think about it, is starting and raising a family. We wanna make sure everything is out of the way and that we don't have any distractions.'
Meanwhile the ever-glamorous singer admitted she enjoyed dressing down for her role in new film Precious, which is released in the UK today.
She told OK! magazine: 'It was like removing masks, as opposed to putting them on.
'A lot of people didn’t recognise me, and I was actually happy about that.”
'I had to lose the entire persona with me as Mariah Carey. I hate speaking in the third person but that’s the only way to explain it!'
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