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Burn, baby, burn: Mariah Carey torches wedding dress in new film clip

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Just in case you thought Mariah Carey wasn't over Australian billionaire James Packer, the self-anointed diva has used the film clip for her new single I Don't to torch her wedding dress.

In the film clip, Carey dances around an open-air bonfire before hurling what appears to be the $320,000 Valentino gown into the flames.

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In her latest video I Don't Mariah Carey burns what appears to be her $320,000 Valentino wedding gown.

As the dress becomes a smouldering mound of ashes before our very eyes, Carey sings: "I used to love you ... But I don't, I don't."

It's undignified and, quite frankly, completely over the top.

And just in case viewers hadn't quite figured out the dress is a metaphor for Carey and Packer's former relationship (they have), the pop star continues to throw down more not-so-subtle digs at Packer.

Cliches and terrible rhymes abound. Lines like: "You kept playing with my mind" and "When you love someone you don't treat them bad ... you messed up all we had."

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Taking aim at an ex-lover in private - even making the mistake of doing so publicly when you're in your early 20s - is one thing. But Mariah is 46-years-old. A "diva" should know better.

To make matters worse, people will see the 'I Don't' film clip as the latest in a string of vanity projects heralding the slow decline of Mariah Carey's stardom.

And that's not even to mention the disastrous New Year's Eve performance in Times Square.

But that hasn't stopped Carey, who took to Twitter not long after the single dropped to tell fans 'I Don't' is quickly becoming a "favourite" of hers and she'll be sure to release more albums in the future.

Strap in, folks. It's going to be a long and bumpy ride.