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Kate (54,101) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh in my post where I addressed Bruno, Kate and Bill together, this part was for Kate: "You are right, there is nothing much we can do. I just get frustrated you know? I thought moving to Sony would mean a lot of changes for the good. Anyways, nice to meet you." I must have forgotten to add the name before the part. (Wednesday 3 June 2015; 10:49)

Alternate version (54,100) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Um the alternate version is fan made and that channel is not Mariah's. Instead of spreading it, shouldn't it be reported? Isn't it taking away from Mariah's streaming points? (Wednesday 3 June 2015; 10:42)

Name play or play on the names / demise of the puppy (54,097) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't know if any of you noticed this, but I found it cute that they basically played on the names of each of the suitors when naming their Match.com user names. For Jussie Smollett it was "Smoll World" (with the changed spelling), then for Jeff Beacher it was "Love the Beach" which again is a play on his last name, for Tyson it was "Model Citizen", while not a direct play on his name it's creative because he is a model. So I enjoyed that bit. In other news, Brett tweeted that the adorable puppy in the video, Princess Charlotte, has passed away. Quite tragic. The puppy was adorable. (Wednesday 3 June 2015; 5:04)

Hire us (54,096) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Darn it Mariah, do it already. I totally agree with Tiina, I think a lot of people here really come up with great ideas that her own team of professionals seem to lack. Mariah really needs to either hire her fans or take ideas from fans via social media regarding single choices, video ideas and so on, and please get a good stylist. Tiina, I'm with you on the "not lowering my expectation". I could make do with the lack of stunts if the story actually flowed well. The shots Tiina and I came up with would actually have a good story flow and wouldn't cost a lot more either. Just a few more shots. Which would tie the story in together. Plus the song and the video is giving out different meanings. I would skip going with Jussie at the end. The song is about learning to love oneself. Why run with Jussie when the boy got the door slammed on him haha. The party scene mentioned by me or the scene Tiina said of MC driving away herself would have been better. (Wednesday 3 June 2015; 4:47)

Bruno Ávila, Kate, Bill from UK (54,095) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The older man is Jeff Beacher. You are right, there is nothing much we can do. I just get frustrated you know? I thought moving to Sony would mean a lot of changes for the good. Anyways, nice to meet you. Bill, you are hilarious. Haha your idea of what's dangerous for Mariah now made me laugh embarrassingly loud. I was reading somewhere else that "not touching herself is dangerous for her". But yours is funnier. (Wednesday 3 June 2015; 4:39)

Ardis (54,068) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I have always enjoyed your posts and I respect your opinion. I am however assuming that your last post was directed at either me or Tiina or Licia. I can only speak for myself and this time around I didn't expect something just because I thought this is MC's next comeback. I had high expectations because Mariah herself fed us the high expectation. I don't think I need to repeat her and Brett's remark about the song-video combo, the press release of the hotel owner talking about her stunts, Mariah herself talking about how Brett and her had discussions about the stunts. Holding off a video for over a month fueling expectations that maybe the video is that great that they are waiting for the song to fall so that they can re-ignite it. I don't blame myself or any others disappointed by the video for having high expectations. We are all entitled to have our own feelings towards the video/song. Neither I, nor anyone else who didn't like it tried to tell others that they are wrong to love the video. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 19:25)

Licia (54,065) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Dahlin' the struggle is real. I get how you feel. I wonder why they left out the gorgeous shots of her getting ready and sitting on the chaise lounge like the first teaser (although she did write it's not the real video) but she looked gorgeous in them. I think I wouldn't have been this disappointed with the video if MC and Brett didn't yell over the phone/radio that it will blow our minds haha. Also please tell me I am not the only one who thinks that the shot of MC in her closet (during the "name hold weight like kilos" semi-rap part where she is bouncing and awkwardly looking at the came) was really awkward. I was like whose bright idea was that? Until she popped the champagne bottle or threw herself at one of the closet doors, she looked like she is feeling awkward. But the woman looks sexy and beautiful to the power infinity, I'll give her that. She looks younger than her TEOM days. Gorgeous girl. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 19:01)

Kate (54,062) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't know if you were here when there was a major showdown going on about how in the past few years, every time a single was announced, it was touted the next #1 and then every time it flopped it got dubbed as a buzz single. I will leave the technical definition at the end of the post. To clarify my previous post. When "Triumphant" was released, it was going to be the start off a new era, it was the return of MC. Dubbed the summer of MC. If the song was a success, the album would have been released shortly. But it flopped, and immediately MC and fans alike started dubbing it as a "buzz single" and "a song for Nick". The song was dropped from the album. Then came #Beautiful (which went fine until the accident). Then TAOLG, which was again going to kick of the new era (with all the first time ever Facebook event, Mariah on the bathroom floor because the wrong version was released) after the delay post #B. It failed to make any impact and no effort was made to push it and it got dubbed as "a single for the fans". Then came YM(E) and it was again going to be Mariah's 19th #1, up until it was released, which again failed to make an impact (excluding dance charts) and it was dubbed "a song for V-Day only, MC is now making V-Day anthem after conquering Christmas and also it's a song to tide us over till the proper single named Thirsty, which will be the 19th #1". Thirsty came and went, no video, no promo. MIAM was dead. Your point about singles being released to promote is right, but not all singles are buzz singles. When I say proper single, I mean it as the opposite of buzz single. Technical definition in music, a buzz single or advance single is a track or promotional song, released by the label (typically) preceding the album's release. The song(s) are released in order to bring attention to an album's release. Buzz singles are not typically issued to radio as promotional singles, but this will not prevent radio stations from playing the songs. Buzz singles are not always included on an album. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 18:55)

This single is just for Vegas, no sorry (54,053) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I see we are already trying to call this a "single only to promote Vegas". I said this before, I ain't having none of that. This was a proper single. No more "this was for the fans, this was for Nick, this was for V-Day, this was a buzz single". Everytime a single flops the single automatically is dubbed a buzz single. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 16:42)

Blow our minds (54,052) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter One of the reasons why I thought this video might be killer was the comment MC and Brett made that "it will blow your minds". Then came the article about how she is shooting the video and expect to see her in dangerous positions. Knowing their history and hearing their confidence made me feel like we will get a comedy-action like video. Something Brett excels in. Hello Heartbreaker anyone? It had a story, it had comedy, it had action, it had dance moves. There is absolutely nothing missing in the Heartbreaker video. Anyways, they hyped up the video only to give out a video, which while it is better than her last few efforts, still falls flat. Especially if it was the last weapon to push the song on the charts. This is basically still a "glamor shot/behind the scenes magazine shoot video" that Mariah can't seem to get out of. YM(E) was a low budget glamor shot behind the scenes, and this is a high budget or mid budget one. Just saying. The biggest change is Mariah tried real hard not to touch herself and it was evident that she was struggling to do so. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 16:41)

Video (54,047) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think she could have turned it into a mini movie. Even TMB had a little dialogue moment before the video. I think the video could have been like: first scene - MC fighting with her lover and she tells him to leave. She falls/collapses on the floor crying. Next scene: like Tiina said, MC signing up on the site debating with herself about the details. Then there can be cut scenes of her getting ready, put in the videos of different guys coming, when she shoos away the last suitor, she sings "infinity loving me more and more" twirling around hugging herself. At the end she drives off again taking Tiina's idea, with the dog. Scenes with a few friends partying/celebrating with her would have been great too. I mean just a rough idea. I could polish it more but really what's the point now. I loved the shot of her twirling around on the roof. I am disappointed there were no scenes of the alleged stunts. If this video was expected to re-ignite interest in the song, it either needed controversy or a kick-ass video. Something along the lines of "Honey". (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 15:24)

MV (54,036) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am glad the video is out and I think Mariah looks gorgeous but, the video is a big disappointment for me. Don't get me wrong, I loved the shots and all but I was rooting for a storyline. This just seems like different haphazard concepts put together. The Vegas show shots, while gorgeous, dominated most of the videos, I would have instead preferred other shots. She could have saved the Vegas show one for a "live" version or alternate MV and use lesser footages of the show. I felt like the initial closet shots were so awkward. I mean MC looked awkward, during the "name hold weight like kilos". I was hoping she might dance around to it a little or even sit with like a bag of Fritos or whatever, you know, like playing out the verses she is singing. Plus why does she drive away with Jussie? I thought she was going to be loving herself more and more? MC-Brett was the team behind iconic videos like Heartbreaker and WBT, heck they even put in a storyline in Obsessed despite it being mainly dominated by glamor shots. Anyways, I feel bad being negative, but it is what it is, if other fans are happy, then good for them. Ending on a positive note, MC looked gorgeous in every frame. Waiting for someone to upload HQ screenshots. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 10:32)

Expectations (54,029) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Reading Licia's post about how Beyonce's fans will accept anything Bey puts out, I realized truer words have probably never been spoken. Mariah has a hard time pleasing fans. Just to be clear I'm not calling out anybody in this post, so if any comment resembles that of another poster, it's a coincidence. Basically from the very start MC has such rich songs that every time she goes a down the fun-songs route, some one or the other will get pissed. Beyonce can sing about surfboards and being "fresher than you" and her fans will have that song burning out the charts but MC sings about how someone is "acting corny like Fritos" and we all have a meltdown. (I personally love that line, it's very clever.) I also agree that if Bey puts out an album of farts, we can expect it to go to iTunes #1 within 30 minutes. Same happened with Taylor Swift. Her team accidentally put up a few second clip of just static noise and it shot to #1 on iTunes almost immediately. Unfair. Beyonce can keep repeating "smack it smack it in the air" or go on a 10 minute loop singing just the 2 words "feeling myself" on and on, and it's a hit. MC releases a deep song called TAOLG, it's thrown out of the window. Ain't nobody got time for deep songs. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 4:00)

B and Tiina (54,028) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I laughed so hard at B's "Mariah didn't release underwhelming songs about her surfboart" and Tiina's "I also don't understand why she's decided to just sing about screwing now". Haha, you guys are awesome. (Tuesday 2 June 2015; 3:43)

Lee TS (54,017) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Woah, you might be on to something there. Not missing RaeRae, but she is noticeably absent from the start of this era. (Monday 1 June 2015; 21:07)

Tiina / Beyonce (54,003) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Tiina, I can't even pick one line in your last post that I don't agree with. Great post really. The ridiculous number of Grammy awards, the cringe-worthy hot-for-now lyrics, the rehearsed-to-perfection moves. Makes me more sad for Mariah now. All that talent and yet so underrated, I'm glad I found Mariah. Her worst/weakest songs are 1000 times better than what the hottest current stars put out. I almost feel bad for people who never got to hear the gems in MC's discography. Her most popular singles are definitely great but there are greater songs hidden in the albums that most people will never get to hear. (Monday 1 June 2015; 15:53)

Britney and MC (54,002) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I would like to see this happen. It's mean to say MC shouldn't duet with her because Britney is struggling in her career. I'm sure most of you will roast people if they say people shouldn't duet with Mariah because MC's career is struggling. I think Britney and MC would make an amazing song, their sounds are so different with Britney being full on bubblegum pop and Mariah being the R&B hip hop queen. I vote yes for this. (Monday 1 June 2015; 15:37)

Jeff Beacher. (53,999) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So according to Jeff, the video was supposed to be out last week. Mariah also said the video was supposed to be out right after Memorial Day, which means from her side the video was done. Plus she also went to Ellen to give a teaser, which I am sure was to hype it up because it was going to be released shortly. I am sure Brett didn't take long to finish it either. So it has to be someone from Epic blocking it. I don't know whose bright idea it was to not release it yet. What a waste to a video that was getting a lot of hype. After spending so long being anxious over the video and venting, I am now literally that emoticon, the one laughing but with tears falling down the eyes because I have gone a little cuckoo by now. (Monday 1 June 2015; 15:00)

MC (53,998) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Gosh, look at MC's figure in this dress. Gorgeous. Hands down one of the best fits she has worn in months. (Monday 1 June 2015; 14:52)

Me I am Mariah. The Misunderstood Chanteuse (53,995) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah is definitely one of the most misunderstood public personalities in the world. Not just her behavior but her craft too. First of all the diva rumors/semi-truths. We know she likes the finer things in life and there is nothing wrong with it, she earned it, she can do whatever she wants with her money. People blow it out of proportions. Second, "MC is jealous of other female artists". People always focus so much on 2-3 female artists she has supposedly shaded but they don't speak a word when MC continuously praises other mainstream stars. In AI, while commenting, MC said Rihanna (who is so close to taking MC's record) is a worldwide superstar, she always praises Beyonce. Third, the music. I see a lot of people in comments sections of articles writing "can't stand her screeching voice" and all. Non-listeners probably think MC is always singing only in her whistle register or she always sings high haha. I think MC really uses the whistle register as a great icing rather than just showing it off. Like "Emotions was a song where she showed off her whistles" but in most songs MC uses it perfectly in places which adorns the songs beautifully. People didn't listen to songs like "Looking in" or others which are quite subtle yet delivers powerful messages. MC has such a diverse range of sounds and songs, but people generalize her songs based on just a view that they heard. There are a lot more, these are a few examples. (Monday 1 June 2015; 10:56)

Tiina / Beyonce (53,992) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I completely agree with that point of view, infact I have always been thinking that. The "pseudo-feminism" thing. Always trying to come up with songs saying how women should embrace their natural beauty and body and then going ahead all over social media, photo shopping her "candid" photos all the time. Creating crazy thigh gaps that are so cringe worthy because we know she is naturally curvy (and might I add that the glorious curves are what really makes her sexy). Lightening her skin so much over the years. Why go out of your way to make yourself look like something you are not while telling others to do the opposite? Mixed messages all around. Then she had this image that she wants to keep her private life private (which I am fine with) but now she is so overexposed. Selling out her wedding videos and starting divorce rumors to sell tickets. (Monday 1 June 2015; 10:25)

B (53,981) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I chuckled at you JLo remark. Wanted to add to the list, Shania Twain was supposedly there with her husband. (Monday 1 June 2015; 1:22)

Abraham (53,979) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh wow how did I forget about those two songs. Plus I seriously think those are just two of many songs she has stashed away in a bid not to let IDJ waste them. She mentioned the secret album twice, I think it's ready and good to go. I honestly think MC needs damage control commercially real quick with at least a top 20 song. Since 2010 Mariah has been plagued with one commercial disappointment after another and with the exception fo #B all her other efforts have been damaging her career real bad. I don't think they should waste time releasing or re-releasing a Christmas album right now. They can do that next year. For now, she needs to focus on her commercial success. She'll always stay the queen of Christmas, why even bother trying to milk it dry? (Monday 1 June 2015; 1:20)

Lee TS (53,978) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh, Lee dahlin' please let's not even joke about Mariah making a duet with Ariana. I mean Ariana isn't a bad singer, but I just don't want MC to be around her. I'd like to come up with a good explanation, but at this moment, I am a little blank, but pretty please ok? I'd like her to have one with Taylor though. They can both write and have somewhat contrasting sound that'll be interesting to hear. I also wouldn't mind something with Beyonce or Rihanna. (Monday 1 June 2015; 1:12)

Baby (53,977) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter First of all, I don't think I ever called Mariah lazy. I said I agree with J.D. in a way. Has to do with her not being as sincere as she was before. Coming uber late to appearances, not coming at all sometimes (hello Rockefeller) and all that. I'm always one of the first to defend MC when it comes to her craft. So no it's not loopy, and I didn't expect Mariah to suddenly churn out 14 songs in 2 months to release within this year, I said she already has a huge stash of material, apparently a full secret album she has ready and she can just drop that. Because the way all her latest efforts are going, she is adding one commercial flop to her name or another. Plus what promotion are you even talking about right now? I don't see any happening at the moment, do you? And no, sorry my expecting Mariah to release a full album has nothing to do with her work ethic, I just don't think she spent 4 years writing only the songs included in MIAM. I'll repeat again, since you seem to read only what you think you see, I said drop the album you already have hidden. Not a new one. Why I said that? Because commercial success matters and "Infinity" can't seem to even cut it to top 100 anymore so there, she'll be left with yet another flop. Now isn't the time to take it slow because like it or not, the older she'll get, the lesser chances she'll have of redeeming herself. (Monday 1 June 2015; 1:07)

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