Fortnite celebrates Christmas on a few different days, bringing back its Winterfest event and opening gifts and the like, but also with something… unique, shall we say.

There’s now a giant block of ice in the middle of the Fortnite map that’s melting/breaking more slowly, and if you’ve been paying attention or know anything about particularly carol-sounding divas, you’ll know that there’s a giant Mariah Carey inside. No, I’m not kidding.

Data analysis has already confirmed that this is exactly the person in the ice block, and we have already taken a look at his skin.

Mariah Carey’s skin is set to come to Fortnite tomorrow, Friday December 20th, so it looks like the ice block will be destroyed beforehand, resulting in a giant… Mariah Carey on the map with her famous catchy Christmas song in tow , All I want for Christmas is you.

Mariah Carey herself appearing in Fortnite may be pretty random, but that game just added Skibidi Toilet (back blind for Mariah Carey to wear when she has a shootout with Eminem and Snoop Dogg tomorrow). But the ice block is a specific reference to a specific meme in which she broke out of a block of ice, essentially in the same way as here.

We know that at the same time there will be a Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas” emote that features the song that you may or may not be sick of already. It is unclear whether it is free or not. Some leakers say you may only be able to use it near them on the map. I wonder if this might be a temporary thing if Epic didn’t want to play for the rights to the (very popular) song indefinitely, but who knows.

Mariah Carey is added to the following list of musical icon skins that Fornite has already added:

• Marshmello
• Major Lazer
• Travis Scott
• J Balvin
• The child LAROI
• Eminem
• The Weeknd
• Billie Eilish
• Metallica
• Karol G
• Bruno Mars
• Ariana Grande
• Lady Gaga
• Snoop Dogg
• Ice seasoning
• Juice WRLD

Yes, it’s become quite a long list. I think musicians are the largest category of icon skins over actors, athletes and streamers. Since the Fortnite Festival began, a few more have been added. I would say that Mariah Carey is one of the few “past generations” added here outside of Metallica. Maybe Snoop, I guess? But he is still everywhere.

I will post further updates on ice block melting as they occur. Check back here.

Update: 8:40am – Okay, I thought this was a giant Mariah Carey, but it could be that she melts down into a normal sized Mariah Carey? Less cool. Supposedly it will be completely melted by 3 p.m. ET.

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