Mariah Carey thought The Chainsmokers were One Direction

The Chainsmokers have revealed that Mariah Carey once mistook them for British boy band One Direction.

The EDM duo spoke about meeting the pop icon during a recent interview for SiriusXM radio show, The Morning Mash Up.

“I remember seeing her and I was like, ‘Oh my god, like ‘Fantasy’ and ‘Honey,’” Alex Pall began, “And she was like, ‘Dude, I love you guys.’”

In response, Pall and his bandmate Drew Taggart expressed their surprise that the pop icon knew who they were, to which Carey responded: “One Direction, right?”

The queen of shade later took to Twitter to twist the knife, retweeting a clip of the interview with the caption: “Of course I know you!! I love your song ‘that’s what makes you beautiful’!”

https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/1095850910406844416

Last month, The Chainsmokers shared that they could “die happy” after they teamed up with pop-punk legends Blink-182 to write “an amazing song.”

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