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Sweetheart (113,266) by Lainsky from Philippines

I love it too, Giovanni. Try listening to the original. You can find it on YT. Mariah and JD made it better. I did not know it was a remake. I only found out a decade later, lol. It occurred to me that all the additional singles on her No. 1s are remakes, except for "When You Believe", which is also on Whitney's album.
(Monday 16 February 2026; 03:57)


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Type Dangerous: MC and the Epstein files (113,265) by Bobby A from United States

Tommy pursued Mariah and crossed the boundary between a boss and his employee. MC trusted Tommy thinking he would heal her childhood wounds and guide her career. I think MC has always looked for a male friend or partner to give her that fatherly guidance that she longed for from Alfred Roy. L.A. Reid comes to my mind being that positive father figure in her life and career. If you could pull back the many layers of her traumatic childhood, you would understand why she gravitated towards certain men and women after Tommy.

(Monday 16 February 2026; 02:02)


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Type Dangerous: MC and the Epstein files (113,264) by Geronimo from USA

It just dawned on me that MC had 2 romantic relationships with men in the infamous Epstein files: Tommy Mattola and James Packer. If we throw in Sean Combs, Brett Ratner and Naomi Campbell, also associates with MC, we get a clearer sense of how patterns from her morally perverted upbringing seem to have impacted her capacity to make sound choices as an adult. I hope she has a superhuman therapist for herself and her twin children.
(Sunday 15 February 2026; 23:10)

Sweetheart (113,263) by Giovanni from USA

Should have at the very least been an r&b hit. I had it on a loop today it's one of my favorites Mariah produced with JD. Her voice and vocals are perfect and there's nothing to complain about with this song. Of course if you don't like JD's part haha but I love JD so I like his verse. I hope they work together again for Mariah's next album.

(Sunday 15 February 2026; 23:04)

That rare flower that is Mariah's voice (113,262) by John from USA

I'd like to think of Mariah's voice as that rare flower that only blooms once every few decades (maybe centuries) - beautiful, exquisite, and unique in its fragrance, yet fragile and short-lived. There was a time in the early 90s where I thought (heck, bragged to friends) that what Mariah can sing is only limited by the heights of her imagination and creativity. L ooking back though, there has always been glimpses that Mariah's voice has always been fragile. Even at the very beginnings of her career, she has always stated she would wake up everyday not fully knowing how many octaves of her voice she can access one day versus the next. Her voice, while she was young, responded to her usual vocal rests and humidifiers, but became less and less reliable as the years went by. It didn't help that she had such difficult songs to sing, that required her to use as much vocal real estate compared to the other members of the vocal trinity. I saw one video that analyzed how Whitney never really went to the extremes of her vocal range (higher and lower extremes) in her concerts. Celine resorted to masterfully miming the high notes and belts early on, which likely helped preserve her voice for much longer. The latter two, by the way, are also natural sopranos. Mariah is a natural alto with soprano capabilities. That she is able to match and even go beyond what these two sopranos could reach vocally is amazing in and of itself. As Mariah got older, the good days (reliable days with wider access to her full vocal range) had become fewer and fewer, with less reliable days became more the norm. I can imaging how that would have been an even bigger handicap to her stage fright. She was a vocal natural, honed further by whatever informal training she got from her opera singer mother. As these unreliable days became more frequent, she eventually developed bad (compensatory) vocal techniques. It didn't help that she did nothing to correct this by getting more vocal rest, or changing her lifestyle and giving up bad habits. Despite all these however, what remains is Mariah's distinctive and unmatched tone. You'll see Whitney and Celine vocal impersonators left and right, some quite convincing in their mimicry, but there is no one that can fully embody Mariah's unique tone. It's amazing how in the latter years, with each album, I notice a little bit more vocal strain and vocal decline. And yet, when I listen to those more recent albums, I still find something I'd appreciate about that distinctive voice, worn and torn as it had been. She is a vocal athlete who did feats I used to marvel at. But just like an Olympic athlete who can no longer win a gold medal decades later, I will not hold that against her that she can no longer match those feats three decades later. She is the ultimate vocal Olympian. Her voice is one of a kind and I am glad to have experienced it and awoken to it in my formative years. As a child, this once little boy had never listened to radio before, until Mariah came along. This is why I became a fan, and remain one to this day.
(Sunday 15 February 2026; 22:18)

A theory on Mariah's nodules (113,261) by Bobby A from United States

I believe MC is going to do all that she can before recording her next album to get her voice back.

(Sunday 15 February 2026; 20:42)


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A theory on Mariah's nodules (113,260) by Lighty from China

Do you guys agree with what this video says? And there are also some little discussions about Mariah's nodules as well as her mental state in the comment section you might be interested in.

(Sunday 15 February 2026; 12:58)

The humble beginning (113,259) by Stacey from USA

I watched that very video today. Wow, just wow.

(Sunday 15 February 2026; 06:19)


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MC's next album (113,258) by Giovanni from USA

I agree, Butterfly was Mariah's escape from Tommy and she was able to be free and do the music she wanted. It's definitely probably her best album.

(Sunday 15 February 2026; 00:24)


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MC's next album (113,257) by Bobby A from United States

There is still another deeply personal album left in MC. Butterfly was a personal album because it was the album where she became liberated from a tough personal period in her life. One more personal album in 2029 may yield the Grammy moment that MC has been waiting for. Plus, Roc and Roe will be 18 years old in 2029.

(Saturday 14 February 2026; 14:47)


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The humble beginning (113,256) by Lainsky from Philippines

To the younger lambs, if you have not seen this raw footage of her live debut, where it all started, here it is.
(Saturday 14 February 2026; 14:00)

Nodules (113,255) by Sasha from Nomansland

For someone who always wanted to be recognized first and foremost for her writing skills, she really missed something. It could be an ego thing as you say. She still has many positive things to bring to the music world but no longer on stage in the way she does now. It doesn't work anymore. Her voice no longer does justice to her songs that's why I think she would be better off writing for other artists or pursue other ventures.
(Saturday 14 February 2026; 11:32)


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MC's next album (113,254) by Lighty from China

IMHO Butterfly, Charmbracelet, Memoirs are the three most personal albums from Mariah but Butterfly is and will always be "the" most personal one no matter what kind of album she puts out next.

(Saturday 14 February 2026; 08:29)


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MC's next album (113,253) by Giovanni from USA

I hope we don't have to wait another 7 years for the next album lol. And as you had mentioned Nostalgic or Nostalgia would be a good album title. It's strong and makes sense if Mariah wants to make a record that reminds her remaining fans of her past work. HFIA had potential with IYF and NII but as I brought up recently it really doesn't matter how good her next album is if the voice doesn't sound good. I am hoping something changes and she gets it back in better shape ala Caution.
(Saturday 14 February 2026; 02:57)


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Nodules (113,252) by Giovanni from USA

I love the AI version of "My love", f you ask me it would have fit perfectly on the Butterfly album. I would have swapped out "Whenever you call" as it's one of the few songs from Mariah I don't care for. I imagine "Jesus I do" in Music Box voice or Emancipation voice.

Speaking of "Jesus I do", I want Mariah to work with Kirk Franklin for another gospel number. I love "Jesus I do" and I love "Fly like a bird". I feel "Fly like a bird" is a personal song for Mariah and one most of us love. I also have a great love for "I pray" and wished it was longer and had made it on TEOM. I wish we had gotten a gospel album in 2015 instead of another greatest hits none of us needed.
(Saturday 14 February 2026; 02:43)


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MC's next album (113,251) by Bobby A from United States

Do you think MC's next album will have to be her most personal album to date? I think MC needs to create a body of work that has a bold relatable album title that makes the non-Lamb scrolling on social media say, "Hmmm?" The album has to read like a personal diary with an infusion of jazz, pop, dance, and R&B. I want to hear more of the good, the bad, and the ugly next time. MC is going have to make a bold personal statement with her next album like Jill Scott did today.

(Saturday 14 February 2026; 00:39)

Nodules (113,250) by Zachariah from Croatia

I just went to hear it. This is so good.
(Friday 13 February 2026; 22:27)


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Nodules (113,249) by jaker20 from US

"I just don't understand why she didn't turn to write and produce for other artists. It could have been a second career. Too bad."

She should have done it a long time ago, like 20 years ago just after TEOM. Maybe there's truth to allegations that she's jealous of young artists, so she continued to chase her own success instead.

But that's around the right time for her to learn how to write for other artists, that's what the great pop artist who were great songwriters did, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Prince, etc. Now, the older she gets, the harder it is to write for others, and harder to collaborate.

Because Mariah's songwriting process is very different. She needed to collaborate with musicians who play the harmony and she writes the words in her head from that harmony. And because she doesn't know how to collaborate with other artists in that way, the songwriting got rusty as well.

I think Mariah's career got lucky with AIWFCIY because she's now able to rewrite her story and legacy, including inserting "songwriter" into it, which is what sets her apart from her contemporaries. But that legacy fails on close inspection because she really doesn't know how to write for others.

(Friday 13 February 2026; 20:26)


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Nodules (113,248) by Stacey from USA

Well said. There is an AI version of My Love (Butterfly era) floating around the internet. Wow. Check that one out. There is one thing, though, that does unite all these vocal eras - the songwriter. No matter how Mariah's voice has changed, no matter what era is used to create an AI version of one of her songs, there is one constant in all of this - the songwriter. Those lyrics are truly what makes her music so special.

(Friday 13 February 2026; 18:16)


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TMB (113,247) by Bobby A from United States

Touch My Body is one my favorite the "sound of Atlanta" songs. It came out at a time when MC's voice got better after she lost weight. Also, It seemed like her popularity increased during this time as well. TMB was a fun period for MC and her 18th #1 single. It would be another career moment if she could score her 20th number one in the next three years.

(Friday 13 February 2026; 11:26)


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Nodules (113,246) by Sasha from Nomansland

I feel a bit ashamed but I enjoy much more AI version of IYF. It is what it is, everything has an end and she's done enough. I just don't understand why she didn't turn to write and produce for other artists. It could have been a second career. Too bad.
(Friday 13 February 2026; 08:35)


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Nodules (113,245) by Giovanni from USA

It's okay Stacey, I also listen to AI versions of Mariah as well. For me it's not so much me wishing she still sounded like her younger self it's just for fun. We all have our own fantasy Mariah song covers we wish she had covered. The AI version of IYF in Daydream voice is so addictive and amazing. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting Mariah to get her voice back in shape I just think she doesn't care anymore. I'm still listening to Caution and HFIA regularly though. NIA has become of my favorites along with "Jesus I do".

(Friday 13 February 2026; 06:04)


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TMB (113,244) by Lainsky from Philippines

"Touch My Body" trended on X, celebrating its achievement of becoming Mariah Carey's 18th No. 1 hit. She looks amazing in the various live performances of this song. Back then, she was in her late 30s, but her figure was at its peak - sexy and healthy at the same time. It's clear that she embodied the song's themes and made sure her body was "worth touching".

As for the track itself, I was captivated from the moment I first heard it. It doesn't feature any whistle notes or extensive belting, and it has a fun, relaxing vibe. The music video perfectly complements the song's feel. Even now, she can still perform this song beautifully, showcasing the quality of her current voice.
(Friday 13 February 2026; 04:53)

Nodules (113,243) by Edward from USA

I find myself doing that too. The AI version of "In Your Feelings" has some great vocal moments. It is sad but it is what it is though. I don't think anything will change.
(Friday 13 February 2026; 03:31)


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Nodules (113,242) by Stacey from USA

I absolutely love the messages from HFIA, song and album. But I'd be lying to myself if I wasn't a bit conflicted when listening to these songs given her current voice. It's just not the same. I feel like such a cop out seeking AI versions of HFIA, IYF and NII using Butterfly and/or Daydream vocals, preferring to listen to those versions sometimes. At the end of the day, I can't be too sad. I have such an amazing, unmatched by anyone catalog of music to listen to.

(Thursday 12 February 2026; 17:32)


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