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Wendy (67,064) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Wendy covered Mariah's Empire debut. She praised Mariah a lot. From her looks/outfits/hair to her character. She also said that like many other people she hopes that Kitty can somehow become a recurring character and Mariah should consider it. I personally don't think that's necessary, I mean down the line, sure 1 more episode maybe but that's it. But it's nice to see that her appearance made such an impact that a lot of people want her back on the show. Really happy for that. Mariah consider "How To Get Away With Murder", AHS, and she should go for "Scream Queens". It'll be perfect. Scream Queens is so extra, I love it. Mariah will fit in perfectly. (Friday 7 October 2016; 8:02)

Re: Empire and new music (67,059) (67,063) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Keep in mind that reports show that all shows were down on ratings that day while some Southern US stations apparently covered the threat of the hurricane. Empire also topped the Nielsen Social Content ratings and much ahead of AHS (which has a huge following). So yes. As for the new song, I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet. Before the last leg of Vegas Mariah said we are likely going to hear her debut multiple songs, one each night, replacing "Infinity" but at the end of the day she only replaced it with ILT, that too only for the last few shows. (Friday 7 October 2016; 7:38)

Re: Upcoming schedule (67,045) (67,056) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Update: I missed out on "Mariah's World" in the list. SSFT Latin America Make a Wish Foundation event Hawaii leg of SSFT tour Mariah's World MAC launch Beacon shows Agent Provocateur (is this actually happening?) Lego Batman Her Valentine's Day movie (Hallmark) Am I missing something? (Thursday 6 October 2016; 16:59)

Upcoming schedule (67,045) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Mariah's schedule seems to be jam packed. First of all check out this new leaked photo of her collection with MAC. Bye bye money, hello broke life. Love the packing. Gold and glitter, so Mariah. I also love the butterflies on the lipstick. Can't wait for the reveal. I was thinking of listing her upcoming appearances/projects. As far as I know: SSFT Latin America Make a Wish Foundation event Hawaii leg of SSFT tour MAC launch Beacon shows Agent Provocateur (is this actually happening?) Lego Batman Her Valentine's Day movie (Hallmark) Am I missing something? (Thursday 6 October 2016; 10:35)

Empire thoughts (67,044) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I thought Mariah did fine in Empire. She looked great, her song got a lot of attention. The general public seems to love her appearance and the song so I guess as a lamb I am always way more demanding (but that's maybe because I know her whole catalogue and not just chart toppers). But since the GP is on her side, I'd gladly take that and celebrate. I do wish her role was a bit longer and they somehow found a way to make it a little more substantial. Let's say they included scenes of her writing the song with Jamal or coaching him somewhat. When they said "Kitty helps Jamaal overcome his obstacles", I thought there will be some mentoring moments. That would pave the way for her character to return. But overall I'm happy to see the general public responding so positively to her character. It's really nice to see them going gaga over her. It has been way too long since we got a reaction like this. I hope she takes chances and gets on some more well known TV shows. (Thursday 6 October 2016; 10:28)

Re: Demi (67,037) (67,043) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What really got Demi in hot water was the comment about how she said Taylor Swift and her squad members have "unrealistic bodies" which is honestly such a stupid comment, I don't understand if this girl even has a brain. How can it be "unrealistic bodies"? Just because they are skinny? It would have been unrealistic if they used photoshop in photos to make it look like something they aren't. So is Demi suggesting that Taylor and her friends somehow found a way to "photoshop" themselves while they are walking around in real life? Demi is really stupid. To say their body type is unrealistic is her just hating. There is no "normal body" type. Some people are skinny, some chubby, some on the meatier side. None of them have a "wrong body type". Demi deserves all the backlash she gets. I am not even a Taylor Swift fan but Demi basically is just thirsty. This girl basically inserts herself in situations where she is not even a factor and then she plays the victim. In her head she is defending her "friends". I have never seen Katy or Ariana or JLo referring to Demi as their friends, neither do they need her to defend them. They are all more relevant than her, even JLo is more relevant than Demi and she is twice her age. This "break" won't last for more than 24 hours because the woman lives for attention. She'll come back with a nude spread talking about how she won't let haters affect her career. Then she'll call herself a feminist and bash some other artist to get attention to that interview because lord knows no one is checking for Demi interviews only for her boring answers. Demi dug her own grave when she came for the queen of the music industry, Miss Mariah Carey. (Thursday 6 October 2016; 10:22)

Empire outfits (66,998) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Although I still need to know why Mariah is wearing a bodysuit in the studio, I have to say the scene of her rehearsing in that fitted gown on stage, she looks fabulous. Beautiful woman, loved the hair and outfit. I laughed out when she needed 2 people to help her get down from the stage but she did look beautiful. I hope this shuts the fat shamers and photoshop rumors. Yes she does use photoshop but in most of her recent shoots (the Vegas shoot, the SSFT Europe promo poster, the Complex shoot and the Other one with the pink background) they might have airbrushed her skin but her body size was not shrunk down. That's exactly her real size. (Tuesday 4 October 2016; 11:24)

Re: Infamous/Dangerous sneak peak (66,992) (66,997) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha I can't with Mariah plugging her own show in Empire. She knows Stella and the crew suck at promoting so she has taken it upon herself to get the word out there. Is Mariah taking Jussie to the Latin America leg though? (Tuesday 4 October 2016; 11:18)

Re: Infamous/Dangerous sneak peak (66,987) (66,988) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter No I don't think Jussie is in the stage part. From what I've seen in the clips Cookie and Jussie visits Mariah while Mariah is rehearsing with her band. There Mariah tells him how she has an idea about a song perfect for them to sing, you can check it out here. I'd love for them to have Mariah sing a snippet of her own song while she's "rehearsing" and then turn around to see Cookie and Jamaal. (Monday 3 October 2016; 19:53)

Re: Infamous (66,976) (66,986) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She said "a little more touch my body". As in "a little less conversation and a little more touch my body". Which is not incorrect. We don't even know if she referenced Mariah. We were just joking about it. It could just have been a coincidence. (Monday 3 October 2016; 19:12)

Re: Infamous (66,979) (66,984) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha true. Now that Ariana has stopped blatantly copying Mariah, I wouldn't mind them singing on stage or whatever. They can easily squash this "feud". Ariana has been a Mariah fan always and Mariah has apparently praised Ariana to Nick. (Monday 3 October 2016; 18:31)

Extended sneak peak (66,983) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter This is an extended version of the sneak peak Mariah tweeted. Explains why they decided to auto tune the rap verse. Love the little flirtation between Andre and Mariah. Andre is one good looking dude. (Monday 3 October 2016; 17:27)

Re: Infamous/Dangerous sneak peak (66,981) (66,982) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Saw the clip, I was worried about the acting before but she did fine. So I'm relieved. I like that they included a "coaching moment" and didn't just dive straight into them singing the song. I hope they give her a good amount of screen time since they have been using her name to promote the show since even before the season aired. (Monday 3 October 2016; 17:18)

Re: Infamous (66,964) (66,970) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter With Ariana referencing TMB in her song "Into You" and Mariah referencing "I'm so into you" in "Infamous", you better be prepared to get your scalp snatched by a duet between these two. I'm telling you, these are hints, breadcrumbs being dropped. Haha I'm kidding by the way. By the way we might be getting another single. "Might be" is the key word here, because Mariah said she is working to get a few things out before she embarks on her Latin leg of the SSFT shows. (Monday 3 October 2016; 11:21)

Re: Sheila, don't conceal it (66,939) (66,940) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Edward, that face no flaw. (Sunday 2 October 2016; 4:18)

Re: Is it really decent or is it "Infamous" (66,915) (66,924) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I still stand by what I said about it being fine for the TV story line. But I also stand by what I said about this song not being Mariah at her full potential. And like I said before I'm not "devastated" by it not being the type I expect (although I didn't expect much from this as I just took it as a bonus song) neither will I have have mini meltdowns over it. I was severely disappointed with "Infinity" because they made it sound like the next big thing then it fell flat. But with this song, I have moved on. However that being said, I do feel like she could have used a better song for this opportunity. But hey what do I know, I'll gladly be slapped with a "I told you so" if this becomes a hit. After all when it comes to Mariah, I'll always root for her to win. As for Jussie having fans, in the words of Randy Jackson, "that will be a no from me". Empire is a very successful show but very few of the singles from the show actually charted. Yes the soundtrack was successful but the singles didn't really make a huge impact. If this song makes a huge impact, it will only be because of Mariah's name and the publicity they are using with Mariah in the snippets. It is however making some impact in Australia where it has become the highest selling single from Empire. As for having "Infamous" quality songs as album cuts, now that's a completely different thing right? This is why album cuts shouldn't be released as singles. Lastly, I also think maybe she should have released the song right after the episode aired for maximum impact. The publicity from the show combined with the anticipation of a new Mariah song would push fans and casual listeners to buy it. Releasing it 1 week in advance kinda kills the momentum. What's your take on the song though Ribbon? I'm sorry if you've already given your review and I missed it, I've been a little distracted. Did you like the song? (Saturday 1 October 2016; 19:28)

Re: Is it really decent or is it "Infamous" (66,897) (66,909) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh Edward do you read minds or what? I too think this is yet another missed opportunity. Like you, I am not "devastated" by the song because I didn't expect much. It was like a bonus this year. But for Mariah it's quite the missed opportunity because this song would have gotten noticed by at least the millions of viewers that tune in to watch "Empire" in the States and worldwide. Great publicity for her without even having to make much effort. For that reason only she should have put in more effort. This is the same with what happened last year when she could have used Bieber's fame to her advantage. Just the fact that Justin crashed into Mariah's studio got so much coverage, if the song would have been released it would have gotten a lot more attention because since last year, everything Bieber touches was selling like hot cakes. And when I said "release the song" I didn't mean the half cooked nonsense mess we got to hear but fine tune it to make it for of a Mariah and Bieber song. Plus where is the 19th #1 Bulochnikov was going on about? I'm so bored of the wasted opportunities. It's like she doesn't even care. Sorry about the messy post. (Saturday 1 October 2016; 14:47)

New song (66,896) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I long for a day when Mariah makes a song again where majority of the fans are on the same page and love it on the first listen. Like what happened when we heard WBT or ABMB or "Fantasy". I wsh we didn't have to try and make ourselves like a song just because it's released by Mariah. I've never really had to force myself to like a Mariah song before "Infinity". I even loved YME on first listen, I still love it. I mean to be honest I feel like all her efforts since 2015 have been weak and she doesn't sound like she is inspired. Saying "Infamous" is better than "Infinity" or "Why You Mad" is not enough. At this point you are just trying to justify her material by comparing it to songs that were not up to her standards (Infinity) and unfinished mess (Why You Mad), which really shouldn't be the way to go. (Side note, I'll say "Infinity" is better than "Infamous" because it's more memorable and catchier.) Mariah's benchmark should be the higher quality songs she has been making her whole life, her benchmark shouldn't be the "bare minimum quality" where we have to say "Oh well it's definitely better than Infinity". She should make songs that are either on the same level or above the level of her high quality songs. Also I feel like some of her recent songs kind of just sound like it ends abruptly. Is it just me or do others get it too? I mean you feel like it's going to build up to a bigger ending but instead it just abruptly stops, which makes it sound like she wasn't sure what to do next or just got bored or ran out of time so she stopped there. Here's to wishing she improves her next attempt at a lead single/album and chooses her collaborators wisely and uses them wisely too. For example #Beautiful was a step in the right direction. It was fresh, different Mariah yet classic Mariah, but she had such a small part on her own lead single and the song was too short. Then "Triumphant" (although I don't get the hate and I love it as it is) could have fared better if Mariah's part was longer and more prominent. So just choosing different collaborators won't work, she needs to utilize them properly too. (Saturday 1 October 2016; 3:08)

Expectation - Estelle and Jussie's Conqueror (66,887) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter When I heard it's going to be song about helping Jussie get his confidence back, I assumed it'll be a strong ballad. I also expected a strong chorus, something you can sing along to which lifts your spirit and give you goosebumps and then have a big climax. Basically I thought it would be great if it was in the line of this song by Estelle, which Jussie and Estelle sang on an episode of "Empire". A song like this written by Mariah could have been the next "Hero". Coming to "Infamous", I feel like this is basically the song Mariah talked about last year when she said she had written a song that she thought would go well for a scene between Lucious and Cookie but back then Lee wanted her to do an acting appearance. So I'm guess Mariah just reworked that same song (since it's less of an uplifting song and more of a romantic song) and then used it for this episode. I listened to the song a couple of times again today and I feel like I don't think it's bad as I thought it was, but it's still not sticking. I can honestly live with the song, but that auto tuned rap just makes me cringe every single time. Like Mariah would say "edit it out, edit it out". (Friday 30 September 2016; 20:13)

Re: Infamous (66,851) (66,860) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'll second that. The song is quite forgettable. I too was trying to remember it but couldn't. It's weird because that hardly ever happens to me with Mariah songs. I listened to it twice, might give it a few more spins and watch how they play it out on screen but I don't think I'll be adding it to my playlist. (Friday 30 September 2016; 1:55)

Re: New song honest review (66,843) (66,845) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter How will I ever live knowing I have lost all credibility in your eyes Andrew? (Thursday 29 September 2016; 21:17)

Re: Re Miley (66,832) (66,842) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "She still needs to go to an empty stadium, start from the very top, and work her way all the down having several seats." I laughed so hard at this and almost spit out my coffee. Dead. I do agree that the answer she provided didn't really match what the interviewer asked. (Thursday 29 September 2016; 20:48)

Re: New song honest review (66,825) (66,841) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You have to understand this song is for a cheesy TV show and set for a cheesy story line of helping Jamaal get his confidence back and reuniting Cookie and Lucious back together. So if you think in context of that, it fits. If you take it out of the context and think this is where her new music is headed then it's a different story for this song, I didn't have high expectations, you should listen to the other songs on Empire, take their signature song "You're so Beautiful" or their other song "Keep your money", you'll see how cheesy it gets. Basically the song was probably crafted intentionally to be cheesy because it's for a cheesy scenario in a cheesy TV show. That being said, I like the melody, the piano, I like that she used her natural voice so she can replicate it on stage but I don't think it's a strong song overall. When they described it as an uplifting song, I was thinking the chorus would have be stronger and give me goosebumps haha. I also absolutely hate the sudden T-Pain moment. I don't know why that was necessary and why Mariah thought it was a good idea. They could have instead just gotten Bryshere/Hakeem to rap, but all in all that part should have just been scrapped off. The sound of the song is also nothing fresh or exciting, but I can over look that because this I'm taking this song in context with the show and I can understand how this will work as a soundtrack for a show/movie. (Thursday 29 September 2016; 20:32)

Re: Learning from mistakes (66,784) (66,790) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya but her team can only do that if they stop vacationing and actually work. Bey's team is not out and about following her all over the world on vacations with their entire family and extended family. Stella on the other hand is too busy posing on other people's private jets, pretending it's hers to really sit and chalk out a game plan to get Mariah's image in check. (Wednesday 28 September 2016; 22:04)

Re: Now Miley is attacking Mariah (66,768) (66,789) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Miley has already been inducted into the "I don't know her" hall of shame. Once people go there, they officially lose out any potential of topping charts. Demi's "musical efforts" went completely unnoticed even after it was heavily promoted. Ariana still didn't get a #1 hit even after she basically was all over the place and her recent album didn't get much attention. JLo is not even considered to be a "singer". So ya Miley should have stuck to people of her own level but she "reached for the stars" (sung a la "Triumphant"). (Wednesday 28 September 2016; 21:52)

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