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Here For It All (111,906) by T from USA
She lists her managers on the liner notes on the new album as Michael Richardson (her former tour manager) and Liron (site administer/creator of Mariah Daily). Melissa from Caution is gone.
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 02:49)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,905) by Edward from USA
Madam, please. Bill hasn't transitioned. He's just using a pic of 90s Mariah.
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 01:44)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,904) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States
Madame, seek help. The audacity of some of you lambs it too much to be believed. You speak as if you’re on the payroll and know the facts. No one has ever said she was lipsynching on the 1996 your - the 98 shows, sure.
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 00:46)
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Is HFIA her ILTY? (111,903) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States
You're going to be banned for that.
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 00:41)
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Here For It All (111,902) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States
Wait, who is her manager?
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 00:40)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,901) by Stacey from USA
Yeah, I'm a little annoyed. Daydream is perfection and nothing?
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 00:25)
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Is HFIA her ILTY? (111,900) by Edward from USA
Or maybe some people have forgotten that Mariah is a legacy artist, someone with 35 years in the game. To really understand what's happening with her numbers, you have to be fair and put things in context. She's not a "current" artist whose label dropped the ball, she's an artist with longevity, but far past the point where most peers are even charting.

You can pour all the marketing and promo muscle into her, but one thing you can't manufacture is connection. The bond Mariah once had with the general public during her prime can't be bought or forced, it has to happen organically. Every generation builds emotional ties with the artists who define the soundtrack of their lives.

The music landscape today is completely different. It's flooded with countless artists and endless songs competing for attention. Personally, I've even come across YouTube covers I prefer over the originals, which says a lot about how saturated things are. The younger generation still admires Mariah, but they don't necessarily relate to her. Her "untouchable diva" image feels iconic but distant to them, and that's okay. It's just the natural cycle of pop culture.

When I was growing up, I couldn't fully connect with older artists either. My emotional ties were to people like Alanis, Jewel, and especially Mariah, artists whose music reflected what I was living through. For today's teens, that connection might be with Taylor, Sabrina, Olivia, or Ariana. That's just how time moves.

The fact that Mariah still charts, still breaks records, and continues to dominate every holiday season speaks volumes about her staying power. She's achieved a level of success and cultural imprint most artists could only dream of. Not every release will sell like it's 2005, and it doesn't have to. In the streaming era, it takes 1,500 streams to equal one album sale. Most fans aren't buying albums anymore, so when you adjust for that, her numbers are actually great.

Mariah already had her era, our era, and it still echoes decades later. Now it's simply time for others to have theirs. The real question is: how many of them will still matter 30 years from now?
(Thursday 16 October 2025; 00:11)
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Here for it All (111,899) by Dave from USA
I personally loved the album. It's far too quick from start to finish, but she put out a good body of work. I still enjoyed Caution more as I think she stepped outside her box a bit with some of the sounds, but still a good album. The problem is she can't sell it live anymore like before. That means something now for an actual vocalist. Her appearances have most been dismal because she just stands there and seems so uninterested. Obviously, could be a factor of things that contribute to it, but we have seen her at ease with performances in the First Vision up close. We have seen her flawlessly sing Emotions while moving all over the place on MTV. We have seen her confidence singing Fantasy at MSG. Finally, we have seen her usage of choreography with Breakdown and Heartbreaker. She doesn't give off the same vibe now. Of course, the big thing is, she just can't slay vocally like she used to, and it seems like she's getting worse at times. Artists of her age just don't sell like they used to and for all the "Lambs" supposedly out here, they don't seem to show up when they need to during a release. When Cher is moving better now than she did in her prime, people juxtapose that again someone like Mariah who literally looks like she doesn't want to be there. I feel the whole diva thing feeds into it as well, where people feel maybe she's too good now to give it her all during this time in her long career. I'm sure that far from the actual truth, but it think that's part of it. Emotions was playing at work today, people singing or humming along, then one person asked "Have you heard how she sounds by herself? I heard AIWFCIY without a backing track and she sounded terrible... and yet she is still famous. I don't get it." I was shocked that she even questioned her longevity as if she was JLo, acting at singing. It was very eye opening to hear what regular folks think about her now. I'm still happy she put out a decent album, but I'm not sure if she will ever have a bonafide massive hit ever again. Which saddens me.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 23:05)
Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,898) by Bill from the UK
She lipped several parts of songs and it was also dubbed. Accept it.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 22:59)
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Someones ugly daughter (111,897) by TJ from Norway
It's just crazy. I've known about this album for some years now, and never had a real listening session before tonight. Why on earth didn't it get released back then? Reminds me so much of Garbage, back in 97. I just wish for Christmas that this album with her voice will be released. I love it. I love it so much more than her latest albums.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 21:42)
Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,896) by Tevin from USA
I would spend so much money on Daydream anniversary stuff it wouldn't even be funny. Lol. This was the anniversary that I was looking forward to the most and now it doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 20:34)
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Is HFIA her ILTY? (111,895) by Jade Clarke from United Kingdom
I couldn't agree more.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 19:59)
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Is HFIA her ILTY? (111,894) by Max from Germany
Then MC should stay away from bathtubs.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 19:41)
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New photos (111,893) by Lara from Middle East
Looking at these pictures. Took me to the 4th picture to realize it's fake. Maybe because I was happy to finally see Mariah in a regular situation or maybe because that cold I have is really hard on my head. Nevertheless I want more of a not diva Mariah.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 18:57)
Here For It All (111,892) by T from USA
Maybe because it's not as good as her former work. That's pretty easy to see. The songs are nice. But there are no hits and if she would've released this instead of E=MC2 after the Mimi era people would've been shocked. Just go back and listen to how polished and expensive her past albums were, especially Glitter. Money doesn't make a good song, but it can make an average song sound good. I actually believe this is just a collection of songs that she put together in the last seven years until she had enough to justify an album release. It's funny because with Caution everyone said if other artists released those songs they would be massive hits, but nobody is saying that for any of the songs on HFIA. I also think she got tired of the question on when is she releasing. Rihanna just ignores it and refuses to put out something that is less than her previous work. Mariah is being managed by her former tour manager and a super fan who ran a website in the past. Nothing screams expensive except those diamonds she has pictured on the album cover. She was bored in the interviews. She's over it. I'm glad she finally has some MTV Moon Man for her shelf. The last thing for her really is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 17:46)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,891) by Lighty from China
I actually agree with you. Maybe that's why she's been talking about Someone's Ugly Daughter so much lately. That might be the only thing left from the Daydream era.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 17:18)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,890) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States
Tokyo wasn't lipsynched. It was dubbed. Don't lie.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 17:14)
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Here For It All (111,889) by TJ from Norway
I'm not surprised. I don't feel the album. It seems like 99% of the members here love it, but I'm more like "meh". There are some songs that I like, but I have to admit that I haven't been listening to it since September 27th or something like that. I don't know why, but it might be me who is holding on to the past and enjoys that music much more.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 17:11)
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Here For It All (111,888) by Edward from USA
I had forgotten about "Somewhat Loved". That was a decent song.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 15:23)
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Is HFIA her ILTY? (111,887) by Edward from USA
I concur. Mariah did everything right this time.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 15:22)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,886) by Bill from the UK
The European leg of that tour, especially London of which I attended, was sensational and needs to be released on audio or DVD, whatever they have. There were tripods set up at London to film sections and take photographs, and Rotterdam was filmed professionally but never released. Japan was literally the worst of all the dates as 1) she lipped a lot of it 2) the upper register was weak and airy and 3) her outfits for Europe were way better.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 15:12)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,885) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States
What's left from the Daydream era?

1. If indeed the OSD video was the real making of the song, release the entirety of the footage. Same for the remix of ABMB.

2. We've never seen the full Steven Meisel photoshoot for the artwork. Release it.

3. It's clear that some of the European dates of the Daydream tour were filmed. Release it - even if it's just select performances

4. Where is the acapella release that the other albums got? I want to hear a "sweet acapella" of I Am Free, when I Saw You, and especially the album version of Fantasy.

5. I would like to hear a merger and sequence of Daydream and Ugly Daughter. I want to hear the songs she worked on in the day and then the secret grunge she did at night. A cute title like "Twilight Daydreams" would be cute.

6. There is all kinds of merch that could be released.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 15:09)
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Is HFIA her ILTY? (111,884) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States
If you think that, then you haven’t been paying attention.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 15:02)
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2025 (111,883) by T from USA
This song was terrible in every way.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 14:15)
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Wait, seriously? Nothing for Daydream30? (111,882) by T from USA
Why was the second disc a Daydream live tour? It could've been literally anything, it could've been the live Charmbracelet tour. But it was 2020 which was the 25th anniversary of Daydream. Maybe if she held off on including that disc then you would get it this year on the 30th. Maybe there's nothing worthwhile left from Daydream.
(Wednesday 15 October 2025; 14:12)
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