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B'Day (108,472) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Your lamb card is revoked for using the B word. Happy anniversary Mimi. Please feed us some new music. (Thursday 27 March 2025; 19:29) this is a reply to message 108,465

B'Day (108,465) by Edward from USA Happy birthday, Mariah. Long live the queen. (Thursday 27 March 2025; 12:44)

Loverboy (108,224) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm cackling because what a thought hahah. Mariah was wildin' out on some of her lyrics. People think Ariana was wild with 34+35, they need to look into Mariah' s Thirst Catalogue of Spicy Jams. (Monday 17 February 2025; 15:25) this is a reply to message 108,218

Loverboy (108,218) by BFF from United States I have always wondered something about one of the lines in "Loverboy". When Mariah sings "When he invites me over, I come every time," did she mean she goes over to hang with him every time she is invited or does she mean that he brings her to orgasm every time? She was dating Luis at the time the song was recorded, so if it's the latter, he must have been loving her down. The songs lyrics give me the same vibe as the "Honey" lyrics where I am unsure if Mariah's being intentionally provocative or doing her coquettish "I'm Mary Poppins" shtick and playing dumb about the double entendres lol. (Sunday 16 February 2025; 15:22)

Tanaka and our other Mimi (108,205) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You're too sweet, I'm doing good just traveling so unable to keep up too much. I will be back soon. (Thursday 13 February 2025; 03:55) this is a reply to message 108,200

Tanaka and our other Mimi (108,200) by Bobby A from United States Tanaka did provide a sense of guidance for her performances and personal life. It was like he was the rock she could lean on to guide her on a daily basis and tell her no to some business ventures or performances. Also, Mimi we miss your sound and beautifully written analysis on the board. Where are you? I pray all is well in your world. We would love to read your comments about MC's Vegas shows and MC16. (Wednesday 12 February 2025; 19:17)

Sabrina Carpenter (108,052) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter One of my collab wish would be SC. I know Mariah loves Olivia Rodrigo (I don't follow her music much) but SC is more like Mariah, image and personality wise. Hyper feminine, cheeky, sensual but not tacky, great sense of humor etc. A fun, catchy summer or spring pop song with them on it would be fun and SC has great visuals. (Saturday 25 January 2025; 06:05)

Manifestation (108,048) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya I know GML is a fan favorite, unpopular open but I don't really listen to it haha. But I'm good with a mix of songs but I do feel at least her 1st and 2nd single should be upbeat and more catchy. And a good investment on the visuals. Bring in them celeb connections. (Friday 24 January 2025; 18:36) this is a reply to message 108,047

Manifestation (108,047) by BFF from United States I want to manifest Mariah working more with Blood Orange (Devote Hynes). I loved "Giving Me Life" on "Caution", and I loved his work with Solange Knowles on the "True" EP. I think the production on his songs (I guess you'd call his style alt-R&B/chill wave) and a more detached vocal would work well with Mariah's current voice. (Friday 24 January 2025; 16:50)

Manifestation (108,034) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm going to pull an RA and put it out there that I'm manifesting a March release or announcement in March from MC. Her new post kinda seems like she's ready to kick off a new era, she's also receiving an iHeartRadio Icon award in March. I had given up hope on a new album so I'm being cautiously optimistic. Also I hope whoever presents the award (and if there's a tribute) it's someone relevant. (Thursday 23 January 2025; 14:51)

Missing studio pics solved (107,998) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You're spot on, also why would Mariah join RocNation if she had problems with Beyoncé? We know people are put in tje "I don't know her" bowl as soon as Mariah doesn't like them. (Saturday 18 January 2025; 16:04) this is a reply to message 107,993

Missing studio pics solved (107,993) by Shezz from Pk What could Beyonce have possibly stolen from Mariah though? Doing a visual album? 15 music videos? She was already in her "mediocre and barely any videos" era she sure as hell did not have 15 planned for Miamtec (hopefully). Something doesn't add up there. Plus we know if you do Mariah wrong you don't exist for her. And Beyonce and her kids came to Mariah's Christmas concert, took pictures backstage, they hung out at the Grammy party with videos of them meeting each other very warmly. The only thing could have been the idea for a surprise release. Which would never have worked for her. (Saturday 18 January 2025; 04:38)

Missing studio pics solved (107,997) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter See this is more of what I can believe more than the post that came after you regarding a full on T Swift theft moment. I don't think Taylor Swift had any plans of stealing song concepts from Mariah. If it's similar visual I get it but I don't think Mariah would ever use MC 1989 like TS used TS 1989 on her cover since MC doesn't acknowledge time hahah but it could be she just wrote "MC Demo" and used Polaroids and has nothing to do with actual musical direction of the song. I also remember the vault controversy that came up so your theory kinda lines up. Also stated in the other post is SIO being a similar song to Mariah's song - they couldn't be farther apart - MC is a beat heavy RnB song about a cheating lover, T Swift's is a full pop song talking about what people think she's like. I am no Swiftie but in 2014 Mariah would be the farthest thing from a completion to Mariah for her to try to create comparisons, they don't even have a single song that sounds alike but there are other common titles that weren't single just like many other artists might have common singles. (Saturday 18 January 2025; 16:03) this is a reply to message 107,992

Missing studio pics solved (107,992) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia The album concept that was stolen was for the "The Demo" album. Look it up on Google. The album cover would be a polaroid photo of early Mariah in the 80's. Curly hair. The writing on the album cover and back would just using black pen. All the songs would be Mariah's songs from the demo. Mariah claimed that one singer stole the visual concept using polaroid photos and using the 80's year on the album title too and that album was released at the end of 2014. Not Beyonce. So Mariah scrapped the demo album and decided to release No 1's to Infinity in early 2015. (Saturday 18 January 2025; 04:22)

Missing studio pics solved (107,964) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hahah I wonder if ISIL video was an attempt to make a [Breakdown] sequel. It has the similar story setting in Vegas, Mariah's a show girl, she's heartbroken, it's a beat ballad and so on. Although Breakdown song and video remains one of her best to date. I also didn't get the point of her blowing up the car haha. It's all too much. Mariah is an arsonist on the low with setting her car on fire and then her dress in "I Don't". (Saturday 11 January 2025; 06:04) this is a reply to message 107,959

Missing studio pics solved (107,959) by Bobby A from United States I don't think I Don't is MC's worst video as you are eluding to it being. Imagine 13 videos of I Stay In Love directed by Nick. I hate that video. I have only seen Daisy Duke travels to Las Vegas, but her car breaks down in the desert one time. Lol. I was not impressed with that video treatment. What were MC and Nick thinking? (Saturday 11 January 2025; 02:20)

Missing studio pics solved (107,963) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Refresh my memory please, did Taylor ever drop a demo version for that first? I can't remember, I didn't use to keep up with TS back then. But I remember her name being in the mix along with Beyoncé about who Mariah could be referring to. I know even later down the line people said she copied Mariah's "from the vault" visual. Where originally Mariah did some "from the vault" release and then Taylor used a similar visual for her re-record series? But Covid wiped out my memory so clearly I am missing chunks. (Saturday 11 January 2025; 06:00) this is a reply to message 107,958

Missing studio pics solved (107,958) by Matty from Vancouver Canada I always thought it was going to be a 1989 concept and Mariah was going to drop her demo, with the original version and then a newly recorded version exactly how she wishes her debut was produced. (Saturday 11 January 2025; 01:33)

Missing studio pics solved (107,962) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha I think even as a lamb that would have been too much for me. It baffles me why a story teller like Mariah has such weak videos. Speaking of JD, I am reminded of the Facebook TAOLG release and how it ended up being the wrong version and Mariah wrote her iconic "I'm on the bathroom floor" meltdown post. (Saturday 11 January 2025; 05:56) this is a reply to message 107,957

Missing studio pics solved (107,957) by Edward from USA Are you sure you're not secretly related to Celine Dion? I agree, Mariah couldn't have pulled off something like that. Imagine 13 "I Don't" type of videos and then, for the grand finale, a half-naked mermaid moment. That would've been career suicide. Thank God she had JD to guider her. (Saturday 11 January 2025; 01:15)

Missing studio pics solved (107,956) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh my gosh yes you're right "it's all coming back to me now" hahah. I remember that, and I was thinking wait was MC really going to drop a surprise album like that's ambitious because look I love Mariah and she'll always be my #1 but she didn't have the pull to do a drop like that. Also if it was the other point of a "visual album", did we need 10-15 videos of Mariah looking beautiful and caressing herself hahah. it just didn't make sense to me at that time or even now. Beyonce's project was extremely ambitious and each of her videos were really well thought out (I may not love all of them but they were quite impressive nonetheless). So ya Mariah needs to spill the tea. (Friday 10 January 2025; 22:47) this is a reply to message 107,955

Missing studio pics solved (107,955) by Edward from USA At that time, the rumors were heavily hinting at Beyonce. She did two things no mainstream artist had done before: 1. She released an overnight, critically acclaimed, very successful surprise concept album and 2. Every track on that album came with its own video. Nothing else happening in music during that period was significant or relevant enough for Mariah to go on panic mode, confiscating portable electronic devices and putting blinders in the studio. I was just 10 back then though, so maybe I missed some major events, so don't quote me on it. (Friday 10 January 2025; 19:05)

Missing studio pics solved (107,951) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh yes the greatest mystery that was never solved. I remember Taylor Swift and Beyoncé's name coming up as the people who stole the concept but I can't remember what the theories were. One I think had to do with T Swift's 1989 having the retro polaroids promo strategy (I honestly can't remember what the theory was because I don't remember MIAM having similar strategy). If anyone remembers do share. (Friday 10 January 2025; 16:20) this is a reply to message 107,948

Missing studio pics solved (107,948) by Shezz from Pk I last remember seeing studio pics for MIAMTEC. Did she have any for Caution? I think Caution didn't have any studio pics posted. I think she stopped for two main reasons - first being around MIAM when she claimed her entire concept was stolen/lifted by another artist (who was that?). And secondly because she really doesn't want to get the lambs all worked up about an album that's been delayed over and over for whatever reason. Robert Anthony, when do you think she will drop a single (and when do you think she should)? I love hearing your theories and manifestations. (Friday 10 January 2025; 15:25)

Missing studio pics solved (107,949) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree with Edward on the two points. - I think we are seeing no photos because she hasn't been in the studio much or at all really. We've been hearing the same "I have 10 songs but I haven't recorded the vocals yet" for like 2 years now. - I don't know what she is waiting for. Any idea she has now may not be relevant in a few years time because the music industry is constantly evolving and music trends change. Plus unfortunate as it is, age is a factor and the longer she waits the smaller her target audience becomes. We don't need another "starting from scratch after scrapping all ideas" which will mean we'll get an album in 2030 haha. (Friday 10 January 2025; 16:10) this is a reply to message 107,947

Missing studio pics solved (107,947) by Bobby A from United States Edward, do you really think it's deeper than Poo Bear having a big mouth? I just can't believe MC is just writing songs in her journal and not going into the studio to lay down vocals. Maybe you are right, MC hasn't posted any studio pics because she just hasn't been inspired by anyone or even her own vocal capacities now. I hope everyday that she would post a studio pic in the booth with any producer. I would even a take a JD studio pic at this point. My original post was prompted by watching some studio videos of Robin Thicke finishing up his new album coming out in February or March. (Friday 10 January 2025; 01:02)

Article: Mariah and Anderson .Paak seen holding hands in Aspen (107,853) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Do we really want Mariah X Bruno though? I mean don't get me wrong, I think Bruno is very talented and they'd complement each other vocally, but Mariah literally publicly shouted out Bruno and asked for a collab and he never responded. Leaving our queen on seen. (Wednesday 25 December 2024; 17:51) this is a reply to message 107,852

Article: Mariah and Anderson .Paak seen holding hands in Aspen (107,852) by Bobby A from United States First, I would like wish everyone a Merry Christmas today. I hope your day is filled with joy and love. Love is what we need more in this world. Second, I think Mariah and Anderson make a cute couple. Maybe Anderson is the type of man MC needs in her life. Any male who can write and sing a song like Leave The Door Open understands how to get a woman's attention. Plus, I wouldn't be suprised if Anderson is helping MC create a new sound for her next album. AP has won 5 Grammys. He is a well sought out songwriter and producer. Let's hope he is the one who can finally get MC and Bruno Mars in the studio in 2025. (Wednesday 25 December 2024; 14:29)

Passion (107,835) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh I can't even know what to say. Remember when Cardi B and another high profile person was rumored to be on that track? I think it would have absolutely slapped if she had Ariana or Rihanna on it. Like can you imagine the bad bitch energy? And then have a video with all her bad bitch girl boss friends featured in it for replay value like Rihanna, Ariana, Kim K, Naomi, Donatella Versace (ahaha if that's not the most random group of people but imagine the potential). ANN was a huge missed opportunity. The kids would have eaten it up. It's got such fun one liners and it's catchy. The "parlez vous Francaise I sad no" bit could have been viral also "snakes on the grass it's time to cut the lawn, Ed scissorhands aka I cut you off". (Monday 23 December 2024; 19:53) this is a reply to message 107,831

Passion (107,831) by Shezz from Pk Steflon Don has been like a thorn in Mimi L.'s paw since 2019 and I love her for it. It's hard to get over what the remix of A No No with the rumoured high profile features could have been. Instead we were given Teflon Pan. (Monday 23 December 2024; 16:28)

Passion (107,834) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter We love everybody hahah but we love relevant/established artists more. Don't even get me started on how I am forced to listen to the Shawni remix because that's the version that has the whistle outros that I love. Like MC would say "Why are they torturing me?" (Monday 23 December 2024; 19:48) this is a reply to message 107,829

Passion (107,829) by Carlos from Brazil Mimi L. not you dragging Steflon Don hahaha I almost passed out. (Monday 23 December 2024; 14:46)

AIWFCIY (107,833) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Wow she's going full steam ahead to get back the longest running #1 record. (Monday 23 December 2024; 19:46) this is a reply to message 107,828

AIWFCIY (107,828) by Pedro from Brazil According to early predictions, AIWFCIY is expected to hit #1 for an 18th week, leading Brenda by nearly 20 points. (Monday 23 December 2024; 13:21)

Passion (107,822) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm dead, not an another cookie and beverage. Hahaha. Ya I really love that her recent collabs have been with young female artists. Especially her accepting Ariana (who has always fangirled over her). Previously Mariah had an image that she's jealous of younger female artists (which I'm sure is annoying for her because she really lives in her own world and has only ever reacted because people keep trying to compare everyone to her or as her new replacement). So I'm glad she's now confident enough to embrace her role as "mother" (the gen z version for icon, not a real mother haha) and has harmonized in whistles twice with Ariana, worked with Latto (even after Latto originally said she didn't know about Fantasy) and so on. I love her in women empowerment or bad bitch type songs (yall know what I mean) so I would love some more of those with female collabs and ofcourse some fresh male collabs too. And when I saw collabs I mean relevant people not Steflon Don and all the other people she collaborated with that adds no value to me. (Sunday 22 December 2024; 19:41) this is a reply to message 107,820

Passion (107,820) by Shezz from Pk I love that her last 3 collaborations have been with female artists. That was always rare for her, it was always mostly male rappers if anyone was on a track with her. I would love to know what is going on. Why does she have so many plans simultaneously with not much coming to fruition. I am sure it is a lot more complicated than we know. Legal issues, label issues, health issues, vocal issues - we are being forced to speculate. I'm almost to the point where I wouldn't mind another cookie or beverage. Almost. (Sunday 22 December 2024; 07:30)

Passion (107,819) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter We love a positivity so go RA spread that cheer. I however feel similar to what others mentioned. I think making new music is really at the bottom of her priorities right now, let alone bringing the TEOM energy. It could be that she isn't currently on a label and doesn't want to release a solid body of work until she has logistics in place. She also seems more excited about her biopic rather than an album. We've been hearing she's got 10 songs ready for a while now and she has yet to lay vocals. TEOM Mariah wrote 4 bangers in a span of less than 48 hours. She was hungry back then she had something to prove, I think right now she has fully embraced her "legend" status and "retired until Christmas" status. Music will always be special to her and sometimes her inner Mimi comes out hungry to make a splash that's why she tried jumping on many hot remixes in recent times, but I don't know why she always jumps in by the time the momentum is gone. I will ofcourse always be hungry for new Mariah music so I hope she releases a full body of work soon (unpopular opinion I could not care less about her alt rock album). I would love a collab album with some fresh and current stars especially female artists. (Saturday 21 December 2024; 23:23) this is a reply to message 107,817

Passion (107,817) by Bobby A from United States I feel that she still has the passion for new music. If she did not, MC would not have agreed to collaborate with Latto, Ariana Grande, and Muni Long. She has been trying to get her voice stronger to record an album like she wants to record vocally. (Saturday 21 December 2024; 17:05)

RiRi and Mimi (107,803) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Rihanna fangirling over Mariah at the NY show and asking for an autograph, Mariah walking down the stage backwards to go sign Rihanna's boobs is giving me life. How iconic. I love that Rihanna is such a stan, I would love to see them collaborate. It'd be really interesting because they have such different styles of music but Mariah is always down to try something new. But Rihanna has basically retired hahah so that might not happen anytime soon. (Wednesday 18 December 2024; 17:06)

Spotify news (107,789) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Queen of setting and breaking her own records. (Saturday 14 December 2024; 21:05) this is a reply to message 107,788

Spotify news (107,788) by Edward from USA Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the most-streamed holiday song of all time and officially the first holiday song to break 2 billion streams. Congratulations, Mariah. The way I see it, Mariah will stay on top until the end of the year. (Saturday 14 December 2024; 17:16)

Could it be possible (107,746) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I want the latter to happen just to see this happen haha. "Brenda might knock Mariah right out of her stilettos and snatch her wig off or Mariah might have Brenda relocated to a nursing home for a couple of weeks." Jokes I think AIW has a good shot this year. Is she now competing with Old Town Road or Tipsy? Because I think Tipsy has the most weeks at number 1 right now ya? I could be wrong. I'm tired of these one hit wonders dethroning our queen, I would have been fine if it was one of bigger artists. (Wednesday 4 December 2024; 00:24) this is a reply to message 107,744

Could it be possible (107,744) by Edward from USA On the Billboard Hot 100, Kendrick Lamar holds seven positions with new songs from his latest album, GNX. These positions include spots 1 through 5 and 8 to 9. "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey and "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars hold positions 6 and 7, respectively, but are marked with descending bullets, indicating a decline. If Kendrick Lamar's "Squabble Up" does not remain at number one next week, it’s highly likely that Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You" will take the top spot as the holiday season continues to heat up. If my predictions are wrong and Kendrick Lamar stays at number one, Brenda might knock Mariah right out of her stilettos and snatch her wig off or Mariah might have Brenda relocated to a nursing home for a couple of weeks. (Tuesday 3 December 2024; 20:42)

Seriously? (107,735) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The key word/phrase is "majority of her success". So not all of her success is contained in the 90s. The list isn't for "who peaked in the 21st century". Mariah wasn't irrelevant in the 21st century. She had a second song of the decade, she had multiple #1s, she broke multiple records including becoming the the artist with the most #1's, she is probably the only artist who ended and started multiple years at the #1 position, 7 top 5 albums , 11 top 20 singles, multiple accolades and other stuff I can remember at this point of time. Also AIW single handedly is responsible for how now more and more artists make Christmas albums early on into their careers. And what do you mean she's not a pop star? Of course she is. Pop isn't only bubblegum pop, it's any artist/music that has been popular at a certain point of time, Billboard named her the greatest popstar of 1991. Anyways all of this to say I'm not saying she should top the list, could have been one of the honourable mentions. (Monday 2 December 2024; 22:10) this is a reply to message 107,733

Seriously? (107,733) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States Are lambs really upset or surprised that Mariah didn't make the Billboard 21st century pop stars list? She isn't a pop star and the majority of her success was in the 20th century. (Monday 2 December 2024; 09:08)

Billboards top artists for the 21st century (107,724) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She definitely has nothing to prove but it's a shame that Billboard didn't honor the artist that holds possibly the most records on their charts. Not having her in the top 20 is insane to me. She's literally made some of the people on that list become singers because they were inspired by her. You cannot spell MusiC without MC. Her rise then massive fall followed by the greatest comeback of all time alone should have cemented her on that list. (Thursday 28 November 2024; 03:35) this is a reply to message 107,721

Billboards top artists for the 21st century (107,721) by Bobby A from United States I saw the list and shook my head that MC wasn't on the list. MC has accomplished so much during her career. She doesn't need a magazine or award show to celebrate her already successful career. 2025 is going to be her 2005 all over again. I just know it. (Thursday 28 November 2024; 00:09)

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