She wrote in a caption to her 13.1 million followers, ‘New year, new beginnings..taking a picture from my “bad side”!’

Carey smiled softly with the camera facing the left side of her face, where she has a signature mole between her lips and jawline.

In her first post of 2024, Mariah Carey wrote in an Instagram caption, ‘New beginnings..taking a picture from my “bad side”!’

Carey, who shares 12-year-old fraternal twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-husband Nick Cannon, wore her long, sandy-blonde locks in rippling curls.

The tresses were neatly arranged in partial up-down style, with a long bang left out on one side.

The beauty stunned in a pink-toned palette of soft makeup that highlighted her cheekbones, eyes, and pout.

The single picture has so far racked up more than 158,000 likes from the hitmaker’s devoted fanbase.

And taking to Instagram’s Stories feature in the hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, she shared even more content.

The mother-of-two sat patiently at an intimate bar as a personal bartender prepared a cocktail.

‘Happy New Year. 2024 is gonna be great,’ she said with calm confidence as the person recording her in the clip got closer.

The living legend introduced the barista as she noted, ‘I’m here with Kacey and she’s teaching us how to make incredible secret treats.’

And taking to Instagram’s Stories feature in the hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, she shared even more content

The mother-of-two sat patiently at an intimate bar as a personal bartender prepared a cocktail

The living legend introduced the barista as she noted, ‘I’m here with Kacey and she’s teaching us how to make incredible secret treats’

A source recently told Page Six that Mariah and Bryan went their separate ways because he wants to have children and she does not; pictured in 2018

In December, Mariah’s longtime beau Bryan confirmed their split after a swirl of breakup rumors surfaced. Bryan, 40, posted an Instagram message officially announcing that he and the pop star ended their relationship after seven years.

He maintained that the split was ‘amicable’ and ‘mutual’ and expressed his ‘overwhelming sense of gratitude for the invaluable time we’ve shared.’

‘Dear friends and fans,’ he began his lengthy message: ‘With mixed emotions, I share this personal update regarding my amicable separation from Mariah Carey after seven extraordinary years together.’

He insisted: ‘Our decision to embark on different paths is mutual, and as we navigate these separate journeys, we do so with profound respect and an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the invaluable time we’ve shared.’