There’s something different about Mariah Carey on the cover of her latest album E=MC2. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe it’s extra four inches of leg or the missing ten inches of waist. Maybe it’s the color of her skin and the circumference of her thighs. Maybe it’s that the girl on the left should be filed under “moon landing,” “Tooth Fairy” and “Imagination Station,” and the girl on the right belongs under the heading “semi-aquatic sea mammals” and “pork products.” Unless the mass–energy equivalence is somehow part of the photoshop process, it’s safe to assume E=MC2 stands for Everything Mariah Computer-altered. Twice.

The real Mariah: