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Let’s be respectful (107,272) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter This isn't directed at anyone in particular so please don't come at me, but let's all try to be respectful during this time. We can all sit and speculate and debate whether Mariah should try and mend her relationship with her brother or should not bother. I know we are all coming from a place of care and love for Mariah but it's not our place to say what she should do with her relationships. We don't have the full facts of what went on behind the scenes, we don't know how much it impacted Mariah, yes she talks about it in her memoirs but she also holds back so we might not have the whole picture. I understand the need to have family around especially when you have a loss as big as this but at the same time what if the family member is someone who causes you to lose your mental peace and well being? All of this to say, let's not fight amongst ourselves for something that's very personal to Mariah. Let us just hope she does what gives her peace and that she has the support she needs during this time of such tragic loss. She's had such a complicated relationship with her mother and sister it must be a lot of conflicting feelings she's going through right now. Let's give her the space to process those. (Tuesday 27 August 2024; 17:58)

Article: Mariah's mom and sister both died on same day (107,267) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So sad to hear about this. Losing two immediate family members at the same time, Mariah must be going through hell right now. I'm glad to hear she got to spend time with her mother before she passed away. My heart goes out to MC, she must feel so alone. I wonder if she was looking sad and detached on her shows because she was worried about her mother. I hope she's surrounded by love. (Tuesday 27 August 2024; 13:57)

Article: Read an interview with Mariah Carey's dogs (107,216) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Not Mariah's dogs being on a "Vogue" cover before her. (Friday 16 August 2024; 00:28)

New interview (107,146) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah looks absolutely stunning in this new interview. She looks gorgeous although a little stiff but overall it was a good interview. The interviewer was respectful and did her research. The interviewer's energy got Mariah to relax which is nice. I think she saw us crying over her saying she will release an album "soon" lol so she said she won't use that word. She says she's working on new material but Mimi come on, by the time you will release it the "trend" will probably be backdated. Just give us what you did so far. She also said she's working on multiple projects , one of which maybe a musical. While I love that the woman's still working hard I wonder how this is impacting her focus on music. (Wednesday 7 August 2024; 21:26)

Return to roots (107,145) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter No ballads for me too. Also people will call it a WBT clone if she's back with another ballad. I need something fresh, something uplifting, something radio friendly and easy to sing along to. (Wednesday 7 August 2024; 20:58) this is a reply to message 107,138

Return to roots (107,138) by 123 from USA Ballads don't chart anymore. You only named one artist, Adele, and she is a slight exception to the rule, but it's usually just her lead singles that are successful. Her follow up singles don't do much but she still quietly sells 30 million records. Other than Adele who else is charting with ballads? Everyone on the board always complains that she needs to do something new and work with new producers and now you are saying she should go back to only doing ballads. She never stopped doing ballads. Every time her labels try to launch her albums with ballads as lead singles they flop. [Through the rain], Your [sic] Mine, and [With you] are her signature ballad style and they flopped in the [States]. Also with Boys to Men [sic], [4 seasons of loneliness] was their lead single in 97. It went to number 1 after its second week and then disappeared. It was their last number one. All other follow up singles were ballads failed to hit number one. Their 2nd single peaked at number 7 and was their last top 10 hit. Those are facts. Portrait is another excellent example. Most people felt like it was out of place on Caution and didn't really care for it, but the Hopefull Child Remix is light years better and got a lot of love from the lambs. (Wednesday 7 August 2024; 16:31)

Back to Mariah (107,066) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Underneath the Christmas Three is genious. (Wednesday 31 July 2024; 23:48) this is a reply to message 107,061

Back to Mariah (107,061) by Shezz from Pk I think that will depend on how MC16 fares. It would take something close to a miracle for it to be successful, even if it is a great album, which I have a feeling it will be. She will keep dabbling in music, maybe not an entire album. And of course there's always the possibility of Under the Christmas Three, which might come when she's 60 now. Wow. That sounds surreal. (Wednesday 31 July 2024; 17:56)

Back to Mariah (107,065) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes definitely seems like it. At this point Mariah doesn't seem too inspired or enthusiastic about music and/or she doesn't seem too confident about the work she's done recently and hence not releasing it. She seems to have fully embraced relying on her Christmas and past catalogues by touring etc. I don't see the fire in her although I see glimpses when she's jumping on these remixes to stay relevant. But that won't do much if she doesn't manage her own promos properly. So yes unfortunately MC16 will probably be our last if we even get it . (Wednesday 31 July 2024; 23:48) this is a reply to message 107,057

Back to Mariah (107,057) by Edward from USA Do you guys think MC16 will Mariah's final album, and how would you feel if it were? (Wednesday 31 July 2024; 14:16)

Mariah looks great (107,050) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't think Mariah should have a makeup line. I'll tell you why, celebrity makeup lines are already oversaturated and people are sick of it. Plus to be successful in this saturated market you need to really set yourself apart, like Rare Beauty with its connection to promoting self. Love and pledge to donate to mental health causes or like Fenty beauty that was one of the first brands to break the ceiling with shade range. These brands are also successful and will have longevity because their owners Riri and Selena invest a lot of themselves on promoting them. Mariah won't invest much in these in terms of money or time and she'll just slap her name on something and it'll flop and we'll never hear about it again. Her single MAC collab did really well (which btw call me delulu but I hope the OG MCA peeps remember I had made a case for it here and then bam Stella announced it a while later). But that was a one time. Thing and MaC handled the promo. If MC were at all to enter the beauty world I'd say she should try skincare because she always said she has her own mixture and she looks 33. But hopefully it's not a JLo situation where it broke everyone out. I'd say Mariah should just steer clear of this and focus on music. (Wednesday 31 July 2024; 04:51) this is a reply to message 107,039

Mariah looks great (107,039) by Robert-Anthony from United States We are now in uncharted territory with MC's career. I am about ready to put my focus and attention on another female artist for awhile as we wait for this long over due MC16 album and Butterfly Lounge project. If it wasn't 6 years since Caution, I would not be so bitter right now because of no album news since April. Here's to Summer Walker and her music right now. By the way, why doesn't MC have her own cosmetics brand and company? I feel that is a huge misstep in her career. (Tuesday 30 July 2024; 21:10)

Benny Medina (106,909) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter From what I gather Tree is fully invested in Taylor. But not only is Tree brilliant, Taylor herself has a lot of great ideas and can keep the GP engaged. Mariah seems to have no interest in promos but wants chart success. That won't work. (Friday 19 July 2024; 18:38) this is a reply to message 106,907

Benny Medina (106,907) by Robert-Anthony from United States Tree Paine could probably bring 1990s Mariah Carey back. I wonder how much is she involved in Taylor's merchandise selling and promotion at tour venues and retailers. I just think MC needs a different manager because she has kind of let her business ventures and promotion take a back seat in the past 7 years. Just my opinion because I often pretend I am a music manager. (Friday 19 July 2024; 16:45)

Benny Medina (106,905) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She needs Tree Paine, Taylor’s manager lol, but I don’t think Tree takes any other clients. (Friday 19 July 2024; 02:25) this is a reply to message 106,904

Benny Medina (106,904) by Robert-Anthony from United States I wish Benny Medina was not JLo's manager. I want him to be MC's manager again to help launch MC16. Although Benny will not stop being JLo's manager, I feel she needs someone other than Melissa Ruderman to manage her. Melissa has been too quiet and not present at various events in my opinion. Who should it be? Ron Fair? Ilene Feldman? (Ryan Gosling and Dave Matthews.) (Thursday 18 July 2024; 23:50)

Infinity video (106,897) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter While the video looked like it had good budget, it's not a video that I particularly revisit. It at least has a small plot though hahah unlike some of her recent videos. I am craving some decent budget creative videos from Mariah like her TEOM, Butterfly era days also TMB (that video is perfection). (Wednesday 17 July 2024; 00:52) this is a reply to message 106,894

Infinity video (106,894) by Robert-Anthony from United States The various live performances shots, different model/actor scenes, and the Touch My Body reference mansion scenes made Infinity a great video. It was a playful video just like Touch My Body. Don't you see that way? (Tuesday 16 July 2024; 18:41)

Hey C, Mariah Carey has 19 number 1 hits (106,800) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter We need Taylor to retire soon like Riri haha. Some of Taylor's songs that went to #1 were there for just 1 week due to intense push and dropped off. No longevity. (Monday 24 June 2024; 04:42) this is a reply to message 106,794

Hey C, Mariah Carey has 19 number 1 hits (106,794) by Shezz from Pk The way Taylor Swift is going, her momentum and her die hard fan base (that buys half a dozen version of her albums and singles with the slightest variations) she seems to be a hot contender to take over MC's number 1s tally (now at 12). With the chart rules as they are now, it is not as important for the entire general audience to love a song for it to go to number 1. Swifties alone are enough to make her new songs debut at n1 - which used to be such a big feat in the 90s - case in point Fortnight. It's not a great song. 3-4 more albums and she will sadly cross MC's tally and she churns out an album a year.MC's number 1s are a great accomplishment no matter who finds them forgettable and who finds them memorable. I hope she gets to keep it. She loves the title and as a long time fan I love it too. Previously Rihanna was hot on her heels but then she decided to go an extended hiatus. (Sunday 23 June 2024; 16:00)

The Boy Is Mine 2.0 (106,773) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya it would have been a fun duet. The remix is slightly different than the original although mostly same probably because of the chart rules. Instead of Ariana doing the verses Brandy and Monica takes turn in verse 1 and 2 with Ariana doing the chorus and backgrounds. The bridge is new and the outro is longer with new ad libs. (Saturday 22 June 2024; 16:47) this is a reply to message 106,772

The Boy Is Mine 2.0 (106,772) by Shezz from Pk Yes she would have sounded so good on this remix indeed. I think Ariana's team learned from their previous mistake and released it soon. Is it the exact same though or are there different lyrics/verses? (Saturday 22 June 2024; 15:48)

The Boy Is Mine 2.0 (106,770) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The remix was such a a good one. I didn't expect Mariah to be on a second remix on the same album ofcourse but I wish instead of YAR, she was on this one. She also released the remix for this so soon after the OG, whereas YAR had a gap. (Saturday 22 June 2024; 06:01) this is a reply to message 106,768

The Boy Is Mine 2.0 (106,768) by Robert-Anthony from United States Well, Ariana chose Brandy and Monica for The Boy Is Mine remix. It makes sense. (Saturday 22 June 2024; 01:49)

Praying for the album (106,761) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I needed a summer bop from Mariah lol. (Friday 21 June 2024; 13:52) this is a reply to message 106,759

Praying for the album (106,759) by Zachariah from Croatia Let's hope that the rumours are true. (Friday 21 June 2024; 09:35)

How Much remix (106,656) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Was there ever a leak of this? Is it new vocals? (Thursday 13 June 2024; 17:11) this is a reply to message 106,650

How Much remix (106,650) by BFF from United States Maybe "How Much" was a possible single from "Rainbow" and they recorded a remix version in 1999 in addition to the JD-produced original version with Usher? (Thursday 13 June 2024; 14:37)

Article: Mariah Carey's "Rainbow" gets remastered (106,655) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree. Case in point WBT. She was ready to submit the album, but went back with JD and wrote it in a day. Also she said the iconic climax was on the spot her trying to impress the suits and she gave it her all. Same with some of her other songs from TEOM like ILT, SIO. She should take it easy and let her magic do the work. (Thursday 13 June 2024; 17:10) this is a reply to message 106,654

Article: Mariah Carey's "Rainbow" gets remastered (106,654) by Jamie from UK I sometimes feel Mariah spends too much time on projects, perfecting them. Sometimes the best ideas are sporadic. And analyzing and perfecting things can sometimes take away from the original idea. I also think when you analyse something over and over something that isn't that great from the start can almost feel better after becoming over familiar with it. It's like when a song is released from her that isn't that great and after a while you learn to love it as you have become over familiar with it. I bet most of her big hits were all in the moment songs that were great from the offset. (Thursday 13 June 2024; 16:30)

The Boy Is Mine (106,617) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ariana's got another hit coming with this new song. I would've love a collab with Mariah on the original of this song instead of "Yes, and?". Also the video is amazing, I mean stalking the ultimate stalker, Penn Badgley (You and Gossip Girl) and paying homage to Batman/Catwoman universe all in one, iconic. I hope Mariah invests in her music video with concept. Ariana's BIM and We Can't Be Friends music videos both have so much replay value and I love all the homages she does in these videos and previously too in Than You, Next, 34+35 etc. (Sunday 9 June 2024; 05:08)

Apple 100 (106,505) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Sorry I meant Apple TV. Didn't she have two Christmas specials with them? That put her in hot waters with Spotify. Mariah needs to fire her team and get a team of fresh minds. She's definitely a great artist but not a good businesswoman. (Friday 24 May 2024; 02:56) this is a reply to message 106,504

Apple 100 (106,504) by jaker20 from US Mariah is not working or had any deals with Apple as far as I know. Most of her recent deals including the Vegas residency and all merch related is with Amazon. So i'm not surprised they snubbed her. (Friday 24 May 2024; 00:00)

Apple 100 (106,502) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Apple released their list of 100 best album of all time and while the list is very controversial what's surprising as a lamb is Mariah is nowhere to be seen. This is especially crazy since Mariah has been doing exclusive deals with them which has worked against her because due to these deals Spotify which is a bigger player kept her out of big playlists. So I wonder how Mariah feels about this. I also wonder did she go with Apple because that's the only streaming that wanted to work with her or she had a choice and made a bad decision. (Thursday 23 May 2024; 21:28)

Variety interview (106,501) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So from her Variety interview it seems her album is nowhere near completion and we can forget about Angel's Advocate ever seeing the light of the day haha. (Thursday 23 May 2024; 21:19)

First listen (106,476) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes that's exactly it. I was like why does this sound so familiar haha. (Wednesday 22 May 2024; 14:39) this is a reply to message 106,474

First listen (106,474) by Robert-Anthony from United States Mimi, someone commented on YouTube that MC's verse sounds like I Don't. (Wednesday 22 May 2024; 13:09)

First listen (106,463) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't know how to feel haha. I think the chorus is too busy and her verse seems very reminiscent of an old song of hers I can't quite place it. I don't really see this song doing much for Mariah. May help Muni get some international lambs. I don't know what is Mariah's team's strategy. Instead of doing these side remixes that's not doing much for her, she should focus on her own projects. (Wednesday 22 May 2024; 03:34)

Tune in to The Voice tonight (106,461) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Looks like she did post later haha. She retweeted the same image JD put in with the "thinking emoji" pretending that she doesn't know what the lambs are talking about. Then mentioned it's coming. Wondering if she'll perform it. Also Muni wrote "yall aren't ready for RapRiah" so are we getting new verse? (Wednesday 22 May 2024; 00:35) this is a reply to message 106,458

Tune in to The Voice tonight (106,458) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm just surprised there's not a word from team Mariah about it? Lol like they gave up on it before it even released. With Ariana's atleast there was some "teasing". Also JD is a great producer but dude has a hard time promoting stuff (flashback to MIAM era disaster). What mess is he upto on his insta with the nonsense posts? Like he posted this screen grab about how Mariah fans are disappointed the song didn't release as promised on time and they're venting on twitter and he posted it with a "thinking" emoji. Like dude what? Hahah. (Tuesday 21 May 2024; 20:46)

Tune in to The Voice tonight (106,458) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm just surprised there's not a word from team Mariah about it? Lol like they gave up on it before it even released. With Ariana's atleast there was some "teasing". Also JD is a great producer but dude has a hard time promoting stuff (flashback to MIAM era disaster). What mess is he upto on his insta with the nonsense posts? Like he posted this screen grab about how Mariah fans are disappointed the song didn't release as promised on time and they're venting on twitter and he posted it with a "thinking" emoji. Like dude what? Hahah. (Tuesday 21 May 2024; 20:46) this is a reply to message 106,457

Tune in to The Voice tonight (106,457) by Shezz from Pk Ah. She's gonna premier it on The Voice? Insider has been saying that Mariah is going to perform the remix live to promote it. I hope it's true. I don't care if it's lipped. Knowing Mariah she will want the song to be heard with perfect vocals the first time it's being heard. (Tuesday 21 May 2024; 17:34)

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