After her promotional activities ended in Japan, Carey flew to Hawaii to shoot the music video. It was a 3-Day shoot. It was directed by Chris Applebaum ("Umbrella," "Unwritten"). The music video to "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" was premiered on BET's 106 & Park on Thursday, July 3 at 6:00pm ET/PT and on Yahoo! Music at midnight on the same day, and premiered on TRL on July 7, 2008. The Video begins with Mariah swimming under water with a dolphin. It then show short clips of T.I. spliced in with a view of the Capri islands. The next scene that starts the first verse off shows Mariah inside of a house singing of her love. It also show short clips of Mariah lying on a beach in a yellow bikini also performing the frist verse. The next scene, which is also the next verse features Mariah in a black bikini up a against a large rock also singing of her lover. The next scene, which is also the third verse, features rapper T.I. in a wooded area with flashing lights obscured behind the trees performing his verse for the song. The final scene shows Mariah again in a black bikini, sitting and lying down in shallow water performing the last section of the song. The video ends showing Mariah swimming with a dolphin, it also shows Mariah singing up against a huge rock, and lying on a beach performing the final chorus to the song.
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