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Music video (52,264) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Mariah confirmed that the video won't be out tomorrow but there is a surprise. I don't know whether I should be upset that they didn't stick to the promise of the video and audio release on the same day (because I have been super excited about it) or should I be thankful that atleast the song will be out tomorrow and a surprise. When I heard she just shot the video 3 days before the release, I was worried that a rushed video is probably not a good idea. So maybe it's good that they are taking time. But on the other hand they did make an announcement about it so long ago, they could have shot the video earlier. Either ways, I want to be positive and start this era with positivity so I'll be happy that we are getting the song tomorrow and excited about the surprise and other events unfolding as the day goes on. Best of luck Team MC. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 20:49)

Shelly (52,263) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was thinking the same about "Wendell". After posting that, I thought that ok no I'll not call her that anymore. I disagree with a lot of things she says about MC but just because a person is bad doesn't mean we should be bad to them as well. Either ignore them or just be polite, that should be the motto I guess. As for Kelly, I don't think it's necessary for everyone to fan girl over MC all the time. I mean Kelly is established on her own rights and she is a mom and it's her day (her birthday) so I wouldn't be too upset about her not being uber enthusiastic. The fact that she is a major Mariah fan is quite obvious. She has always named her as an inspiration and she completely fan girl-ed over Mariah on AI. And MC also was very sweet with her. In her defense she did reply to only Mariah and no other celeb whom I'm sure did wish her on her birthday. For everyone else she just left a general message. It's Kelly's day, it should be about her not about her fangirling. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 20:41)

M (52,253) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The whole seating thing was a lie by the way. Andy Cohen had just written in his book that he had to switch places with Mariah for her better angle but he didn't say so negatively. He said he doesn't mind it because she is a big star. Wendy probably heard that and made up her own story. Because if Mariah would not need to switch places with Wendy, the spot reserved for the guest star is on the side Mariah actually prefers because she isn't comfortable with her left profile. So sitting in the original position reserved for the guests would have been ideal for Mariah whereas sitting on Wendy's side would leave what she considers her bad angle to be exposed to the camera. So that story is utterly and truly a lie. Moreover if a star of Mariah's caliber wanted to make an appearance on Wendy's show, I am more than sure Wendy would gladly make adjustments. No matter what she says. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 19:08)

Giselle (52,246) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I did see the recent episodes when I wrote my post, and trust me this is way nicer than what Wendy used to say about her a while back. She used to also support Nick but this time she said something like "You know how Nick seems to look like a nice guy while MC seems to be tough to get along with." It doesn't mean she said that Nick is a nice guy. Basically she just meant that Nick portrays an image that he is a nice guy. She keeps telling MC to leave Nick behind and move on. About the cuckoo thing, she used to be way worse about it. About Vegas being her last option, many lambs on this board have also said that Vegas is kind of Mariah's last chance to redeem herself. Because if Vegas goes wrong then it's going to reflect negatively on Mariah. Wendy did however say that she knows Mariah has the capability to redeem herself. I didn't say Wendy did a complete 180 and started showering Mariah with praises. I just said she is relatively nicer to her. I would be insecure too if my staff were leaking things about me to others. That comment wasn't made in a negative light. She did ask Mariah to fire everyone and start from scratch. She even declared in her other episode that Ariana cannot replace Mariah because she'll never be taken seriously. My basic point is people are warming up to her. I do agree about the fake lamb on her show. The guy Norman, is always agreeing on negative stuff about Mariah. I haven't heard a single time him saying that he doesn't agree with Wendy's bad comments about MC. Anyways, I shall stop wasting space on this board with Wendy's name. She is the last person we all need to care about. A non factor to say the least. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 17:50)

People being nice to Mariah (52,240) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It's good to see people are finally being somewhat nice to Mariah. I'm hearing from different places that radios are playing her more now and the hosts are being nice about her. Even Wendell has really toned down her criticism of Mariah and now actually praise her somewhat. Her new PR team and management is doing a good work. I'm so glad I discovered MC's music earlier on and I can get bored of current songs but I never seem to get bored of any MC song. She is truly a musical legend, an innovator and a good human being. Hoping this year will re-introduce her to the new generation because dahlin' if you haven't heard Mariah's music, you don't know what music is about. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 12:14)

Infinity / a message for Mariah (52,239) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter After what seemed like eternity, we are finally close to Infinity (ooh that rhymes). I cannot wait. I'd like to add another MC reference: I'm scared and I'm nervous, I don't wanna be hurt, this bad because I want infinity to be #1. Haha. As excited as I am, I'll admit I am very nervous because a lot of hype has gone into this one song/video. It's almost like a return for Mariah and everything needs to go well. Since we are a day away from the release, I think we might get a message from Mariah or some details. I just want to wish Mariah all the best. Since it's like a celebration for her 25th year and her rebirth, I just want to say that Mariah, I love you and I appreciate you and your music. Just stay strong, keep your head up high, go all out for this song and Vegas and even then if it doesn't work out at least you will never have to regret because you gave it your all. You are a true legend and you touched lives of millions of people around the world. You're music truly heals people and that's something no one can take away from you. You'll always be my icon. Hugs and kisses. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 12:10)

Luke / Bianca's return (52,238) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I would love the return of Bianca. MC was one of the first musicians to have an "alter ego" and a name for her fan base. She truly is an innovator. I loved the little Bianca/Mariah interview skit during the Rainbow era. MC is actually a good actress. She seemed genuinely amazed by how ignorant and rude "Bianca" is. Nowadays videos are really important for the song's success. This had better be a good video. I'm hopeful about it because MC and Brett are very confident about it. MC needs to completely stop doing videos that seems like a BTS for magazine shoots, of her only touching herself throughout the length of the video and sitting in one place. I'm not saying MC should be banned from touching herself haha but it should be done in moderation like in We Belong Together and It's Like That. We don't need another YM(E), which by the way could have been a great video because the backdrop was gorgeous. MC just needed to walk around man. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 12:01)

Music video (52,223) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter There is a rumor that MC shot the video or part of it at Las Vegas on the rooftop of Wynn and Encore. It's a rumor so I don't know about it's authenticity but rooftop plus dangerous stunts "rumors" are getting me really excited. The last videos with any stunts were Honey and Heartbreaker. Why do I get a feeling this video might include a helicopter too? (Sunday 26 April 2015; 0:33)

Kate (52,215) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh my gosh, I had completely forgotten about that horrid photo shoot. It did her no good. The shots were really bad minus the cover photo. And just today someone reminded me about the extreme low budget (or absolutely no budget) video for Auld Lang Syne. I know someone here said they like the video. Look, I love MC but that video was horrid (all caps). I can't imagine how humiliated MC must have felt shooting for that video especially when she is used to getting big budgets for her videos. I think "burden" is the best way to describe their feelings towards Mariah. After Reid left, no one gave a crap about her. I think at one point both parties were just releasing albums to get done with the contract. I feel bad for blaming the lack of promotions completely on MC. I mean, yes she might be blamed partially, but I guess it's not easy to go from being the star, to a "burden" where you clearly get the vibe that you are not quite welcome here and that they'd much rather spend money on new and fresher "talents" (if one can call them talents, that is). (Saturday 25 April 2015; 21:02)

Will / smiles on covers (52,214) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Off the top of my head: Heartbreaker, TGIFY (both original and remix), Loverboy, AIWFCIY, Oh Santa. That billion dollar smile is quite rare on the covers though. Oh and Memoirs. (Saturday 25 April 2015; 20:50)

Mariah on Infinity (52,204) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah talking about Infinity. (Saturday 25 April 2015; 12:05)

Epic / Sony (52,201) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I absolutely love the fact that Sony is backing up Mariah and that too quite strongly. From tweeting about her to staging social event reveals and keeping a the mystery around the new single. They are treating Mariah the way Mariah needs to be treated. IDJ on the other hand was treating Mariah like she was a burden. Which I think ultimately lead Mariah to lose confidence and give up on her projects. This is just a compilation album and yet it is getting more attention than her past few studio albums. I am so happy for Mariah. Epic seems to understand that they have a gem in their hands. Today's generation grew up listening to crap in the name of music. Mariah can change that. Only she (apart from the legendary King of Pop) has the ability to introduce this generation to great music even after so many years. (Saturday 25 April 2015; 10:43)

Stunts? (52,175) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Let me take a breath and regain my composure. Will Mariah be doing dangerous stunts for the Infinity music video? I can't wait. Got the info in this link. (Friday 24 April 2015; 12:44)

Album cover (52,152) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I wish MC would make a cover like this. (Thursday 23 April 2015; 18:52)

MC on shows (52,080) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So MC is definitely appearing on Kimmel and Kelly & Michael in May. We are slowly getting details of their promotion plans. With it starting from the major event planned for the release date of Infinity. I wonder what the event will be like. A meet and greet? First performance of Infinity? MC making a grand entrance (which she will make eitherways haha, I won't accept or expect anything less). (Monday 20 April 2015; 21:24)

Bahamas (52,074) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter MC looks gorgeous and all in Bahamas. But why isn't she rehearsing at Vegas yet? (Monday 20 April 2015; 17:26)

About Migrate (52,062) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I always thought that MC wanted Migrate to be released but the label made the wrong call, but a while back I was going through the archives on MCA (duh) and I found an article which kind of shows maybe MC never planned to release Migrate. I don't remember the exact details, but the interviewer was like "Migrate is not that unique or great or whatever" and Mariah went something like "ofcourse Migrate won't be released as a single". So that kind of made me like What? Mariah are you for real? Lol Migrate would have eaten the charts up. (Monday 20 April 2015; 11:14)

TheOne (52,061) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to Vegas. I too am from Asia and as much as I want to go, I can't make it this time. You are right about the songs you mentioned and yes Migrate managed to chart on Billboard even without getting the single treatment and the same happened with Mine Again (in the R&B category). Mariah can come up with club bangers so effortlessly, without looking like she is trying hard and it just never fails to amaze me. There are many missed opportunities in her career and it will always bother me. I'm selfish when it comes to Mariah. I always want her to be on top and respected as the musical genius she is. I know she won't always be at the top, but hey a girl can dream. (Monday 20 April 2015; 10:33)

The 5 factor (52,028) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1995 - One Sweet Day (16 weeks at number 1), song of the decade. 2005 - We Belong Together (14 weeks at number 1), song of the decade. 2015 - Another hit? Come on Mariah take me higher. (Sunday 19 April 2015; 15:49)

TheOne (52,027) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter That is so sweet of you. Thank you so much for the compliment. And a belated welcome to the message board, I hope to read more of your posts in future. As for SIO, yes I know WBT was blocking SIO so SIO didn't get its chance and I also agree that had It been released a bt later, it definitely would have gone to #1. Nothing could have stopped it. Even Mariah knew that SIO was a hit because she said something like "no one could tell me that SIO wouldn't be my first single". But then they decided to start the era with a party mood and ILT was perfect for it. So yes. SIO and Migrate (had it gotten the single treatment) could have gotten MC 2 more #1's. I think any single from E=MC2 would have greatly benefitted from the huge boost of the success of TEOM, WBT and TMB. But then Mc decided to elope. Oh. The pain haha. But I am hoping for this year to be Mariah's year. (Sunday 19 April 2015; 15:30)

Lee TS (52,021) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You actually might be right. With all the tidbits we have heard recently about the song, it does sound like a revamped SIO. 1) Her singing fast on the verse. 2) A memorable hook. 3) A sad story line but funny lyrics (sad because MC was cheated on by her love interest in SIO). 4) The note at the end. It always bothered me that SIO didn't get a chance to top the charts. The song is and has always been a favourite of mine. Everything from the lyrics to the beat to the production, the video, the storyline was perfection. So this might be SIO's kid coming for vengeance haha. Ok lame, but you get what I mean. (Sunday 19 April 2015; 12:37)

Bill (52,005) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks Bill. I didn't make it. Found it on twitter. Giving you the link in case you want to use it somewhere. I really liked this version. (Saturday 18 April 2015; 16:51)

May (52,004) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hey there. I am glad you agree. I know a lot of people might be like no Nick is the best that could have happened to Mariah. I only learned to like Nick because MC seemed to be happy with him. But as time went by, MC seemed more and more miserable. Starting with the Barbara interview, where she says she "trusts him sometimes" and then saying that "he's nice when he is good". Then came a phase where she looked completely miserable, and it looked like she was super depressed and kept calling Nick "the abandoner". As for Nick dating other women. I am not opposed to the idea of him dating. Why shouldn't he? He is young and they are separated. They both deserve other shots at happiness. I might not have been clear in my post before, I was referring to a specific video of his that surfaced which showed three scantily clad women, taking turns twerking on him. That bothered me. I think he should be a little more respectable and that's not the behavior MC deserves, if he ever had the intention of working things out with her. There is nothing wrong with either of them dating other people. But none of them are in their 20s anymore, so keep the twerking and dirty dancing with half naked people at bay. Their kids shouldn't have to grow up seeing their dad or mom in that position. (Saturday 18 April 2015; 16:50)

For the record (51,999) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok so I just wanted to say this beforehand. Usually every time MC releases a song, the board divides into two parts, one loving the song, one not feeling it so much. So just saying, whatever MC puts out, always be happy we don't have to ever expect this from her. (Saturday 18 April 2015; 10:22)

Jody Lamb (51,998) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Welcome to the board. There is a very good chance some people will disagree with you, but don't let that stop you from voicing your opinions. Not everyone will think alike. I agree with you about Nick. I'm sorry, I can't deal with Nick. I would love for MC to have a happy ending, but I don't know if Nick is that person. She has spent the better part of last year being miserable in her personal life, feeling abandoned and drinking which led to her mumbling non sense in most of her interviews. It went on for a while but finally MC seems to have come to terms with her personal life and seems happy and healthy so I don't like the idea of Nick sashaying in and ruining it again. I also find it disrespectful that he was grinding around with women and being seen with so many girls right after they announced their separation. Some might say he has the right to live his life and yes he does but after that, I don't like the idea of him coming back to MC and making her miserable again. I usually would like for people to work out their issues but with Nick, it just doesn't seem worth it. He is a father now and father's don't go around grinding with various women. I have said this before, it's not like MC is a saint, she has her flaws too. But yeah as of now I'd like her to focus on herself and being healthy. (Saturday 18 April 2015; 10:12)

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