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One more reality show (102,358) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter That was what the previously promised "Butterfly Lounge" sessions were supposed to be about. Her in the studio, reimagining her songs and collaborating with different artists. She spoke so much about it and then just like so many other projects it was dropped. (Sunday 19 March 2023; 22:55) this is a reply to message 102,355

One more reality show (102,355) by Robert-Anthony from United States I thought today about one more reality show similar to the E! Network Uncut special that aired during the TEOM promotion period. It could be a real and authentic 5 episode series that focuses on MC's recording process with various producers, collaborators, and her reconnection with L.A. Reid in preparation for a new album release. (Friday 17 March 2023; 12:03)

Chaka Khan (102,284) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter No matter how much money you put on an artist they can't have continuous success if they didn't have an X factor. And Mariah has it. She's not only a remarkable vocalist, she's a songwriter, she had an elusive persona, a sexy girl next door persona, and an outsider looking in persona. There's more to Mariah Carey than her voice, she was the whole package and that's why Tommy's investment paid off. Mariah saw a low phase after Tommy only because he was actively sabotaging her. She came back like a Phoenix with TEOM. How many artists can claim to still be as relevant as her after 3 decades. Haters (like Miss Chaka) can attribute her success to men and labels but Mariah is Mariah because she was born to be a star. Like in Loverboy Mariah should live the motto of "hate on me as much as you want to, you can't do what the [...] I do, bishes be emulating me dailyyyy". (Saturday 4 March 2023; 05:30) this is a reply to message 102,282

Chaka Khan (102,282) by Robert-Anthony from United States Why do you think that MC is disliked by so many female artists? Could it be the Tommy Motolla effect? How many other female artists have had so enormous push and financial investment from their label like MC had? None that I can think of. From 1990-1999, there were no other female artists bigger than MC and other female singers disliked MC during that time for it. Once the Tommy Mottolla effect wavered, MC's popularity decreased and the haters started speaking. To be honest, Tommy, MC and Sony did make a mighty team during her popularity and chart reign. Taylor Swift would have never had the same chart success like MC did in 90s. And Chaka is just mad because of what she could never achieve as a solo artist like MC did. (Friday 3 March 2023; 23:54)

Chaka Khan (102,277) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter We don’t know her. (Thursday 2 March 2023; 23:59) this is a reply to message 102,274

Chaka Khan (102,274) by Randy from USA Said Mariah was ranked #5 on Rolling Stone's best singers of all time due to payola. Basically implying Mariah getting all of her props due to paying out money. I love Chaka Khan but she downtalked Adele, Mary J. Blige as well because they ranked ahead of her. Chaka Khan was #29. I would think that someone who has been in the business for so long would know better to take journalists' bait to create sound bites. Clips from interviews in which you talk bad about people who outsell you make you sound bitter. And when your wigs look like you skinned Snuffleupagus and you have had a drug/alcohol problem for over 50 years, you really shouldn't throw stones anywhere near your glass house. (Thursday 2 March 2023; 20:35)

TikTok video with Kim K. (102,262) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm living for the video becauseI love both Mariah and Kim. I am wondering if they're cooking something up together. Kim's shapewear brand Skims always does a lot of collaborations like she had all the OG supermodels for her "Icons" collection, then she had Megan Fox, recently she had the 2 girls from the comedic hit "White Lotus" for valentine's collection so I wonder if she'll have a "Diva's" range or if this a project of Marian's. Like why would Mariah be at Kim's house. I would love to be a fly on the wall for that chat haha. Mariah had previously subtly shaded Kardashians but recently warmed up to them starting with the AIWFCIY celebrity edition, then following Kris Jenner and posting photos with Kris. The Kardashians have always from the start been Mariah stand. I have seen countless times them playing Marian's songs on all the sister's stories including Kendall and Kylie. Kendall even recently used "Fantasy" in one of her perfume ads along with paying homage to the "Honey" pool dive scene. So I would love to know what lead to this TikTok collab. Right after this, Kim and Kylie also did the "It's a wrap" challenge. (Saturday 25 February 2023; 01:17) this is a reply to message 102,249

TikTok video with Kim K. (102,249) by Robert-Anthony from United States Mariah is looking really slimmed down in her new It's A Wrap video with Kim Kardashian. It's funny that Nick's two exes make a video together with song about a man's last chance with his woman. (Thursday 23 February 2023; 00:16)

Mariah on Jimmy Fallon (101,601) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She looked stunning and I appreciate that she didn't go off tangent too much. I adored her part of reading the book. Her speaking voice is like honey and I can hear her read the off a telephone book haha since she has such a soothing voice. I cracked up at the parrot voice. The skit was cute too. (Sunday 6 November 2022; 04:49) this is a reply to message 101,600

Mariah on Jimmy Fallon (101,600) by Stacey from USA Honestly the hair thing didn't bug me. She was funny and seemed so at ease with Fallon. A nice appearance. (Sunday 6 November 2022; 01:40)

Re: Another taste of honey (101,269) (101,270) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ohh how did I miss this. Thanks for sharing. Will be checking it out. (Monday 19 September 2022; 21:28)

Re: Another taste of honey (101,266) (101,268) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Continuing from my last post, I wish for Mariah magnum opus album "Butterfly" that we would have a whole documentary attached to it like making of the album, the thought process, the song inspirations, the video concepts. I know she has said details in previous interviews and her book but it'd be nice to have it all in 1 documentary. Or another thing she could have done is have a breakdown of all her videos from the album as almost all the videos from this album was really conceptual with a lot of thought into it (aka not just Mariah touching herself) so I would have loved her do a whole documentary on that. (Monday 19 September 2022; 18:53)

Another taste of honey (101,266) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Just got back from watching the BTS. Firstly Mariah looks stunning but girl what on earth? It was 5 mins long only after all that hype? Honey is easily one of her best videos (Breakdown is #1 though) and it's iconic. There's so much that goes on in the video and the remix video too I was thinking we'd get a scene by scene breakdown and some details behind the looks, the scenes, what does "D.U.N.C.E." stand for. It was only 5 mins long and that includes cutaways to the music video and also a story about how one of the crew got into an accident? Like I understand it's serious and would have made sense in a longer documentary to share but in 5 mins a whole minute was dedicated to that. Anyways. Ok so on another tangent - we all know/suspect that "Honey" is innuendo for bodily fluids but I saw this theory yesterday that the scene where Mariah was dancing with the sailors (or "sea men") was an innuendo of semen around an egg I was dead lol. Also the light fixture behind them was a giant egg shaped one. I wanted tea on that. I don't know if this was talked about when "Honey" originally came out because I was a baby but I legit can't look at the video the same lol. If that was truly the intention then Mariah is a genius. (Monday 19 September 2022; 16:50)

Mariah x Chopard (101,215) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm more shook over the Chopard collaboration than the lackluster Butterfly anniversary plan. This collaboration is right on par with Mariah's brand. She also looks so beautiful in the promos with the laid back styling. I can't afford any of it but I sure love seeing Mariah collaborating with big name brands like Chopard and D&G. (Thursday 15 September 2022; 23:57)

Re: Butterfly 25 (101,200) (101,207) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was a little disappointed. They revealed the tracks and they're all live versions from the 90s, 2 DJ remixes and the Brandi collaboration plus the Whenever You Call collab. Since "Butterfly" was such a huge milestone/change for Mariah both personally (leaving Tommy and starting on her), in terms of her songwriting and collaborations , in terms of her image (more revealing, daring, unmatched confidence), in terms of her videos (sexier and more like the way she wanted) and so much more it's clear that "Butterfly" is a huge part of Mariah so for the anniversary I would have hope at least that she did more re-imaginations with popular collaborations since there are no more vault songs. I would have loved a "Honey" with Ariana for example, a Babydoll with say Drake or whatever. (Thursday 15 September 2022; 17:57)

Re: BET performance (100,597) (100,599) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Her voice sounds so healthy and she looked so confident just going for it. (Tuesday 28 June 2022; 02:09)

Re: BET performance (100,594) (100,598) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The entrance was epic and so powerful, totally worthy of a legend and props to Latto for just letting Mariah shine. She just left the stage and let Mariah takeover. It was really respectful of her. Also it's so sweet to see Mariah come out to support another up and coming female artist because she really didn't need to come out, because it's been a while since she made a public appearance and when she decided to make one it was to support another artist instead of her own thing. I'm super glad she did it because as a lamb any moment Mariah gets her legend status recognition is a whole event. (Tuesday 28 June 2022; 02:09)

Re: BET performance (100,589) (100,593) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Her appearance has me shook and I've seen it 20 times by now and each time I get chills because she is such a powerhouse. Also Latto is so sweet she was fangirl-ing hard. (Monday 27 June 2022; 21:45)

Re: The Roof with Brandy (100,431) (100,435) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Just to avoid any confusion, it's not Angels Advocate that is being released, it's MC Vs JS which has the Jump smokers remixes. Angels Advocate was the other Memoirs remix album with the urban mixes and collabs, which as of now there is no word on it being released. Quite honestly I would prefer AA over the JS remixes. (Sunday 12 June 2022; 06:48)

Re: Big Energy (100,314) (100,316) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter All I can say is never rule Mariah out. (Saturday 21 May 2022; 15:49)

Re: Big Energy (100,306) (100,313) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I hope this doesn't come off rude but let's be real Mariah loves her numbers. For years, every time there's lack of promo (not that Mariah is responsible for BER promo) from Mariah or a missed opportunity, lambs always say she makes music because she loves making music or that she doesn't want her hit to come from a feature. That is untrue and this isn't even a guess Mariah herself asked fans to make BER her next #1. Latto also pumped it up saying it's be her first and Mariah's 20th #1 and I am sure it's coming from her conversation with Mariah. Let's also not forget Mariah brought Ariana on to OS because Ariana is a monster hit on streaming and has a huge fan base and both fan bases would eat it up. So Mariah definitely cares for a hit, she said so explicitly. And there is nothing wrong with it. I can appreciate her being hungry for success even when she has legend status. And there is nothing wrong with getting it from a feature either. A hit is a hit. (Saturday 21 May 2022; 00:10)

Re: Big Energy BBMA performance (100,296) (100,298) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I mean definitely would have generated buzz but yes the moment is definitely over. Just let it die, with no goodbyes. Now on to the Butterfly Lounge. (Tuesday 17 May 2022; 03:22)

Re: Big Energy BBMA performance (100,293) (100,295) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Man I was really hoping Mariah would come and do the remix. It would have blown up. (Monday 16 May 2022; 20:56)

Re: Billboard Music Awards (100,203) (100,204) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter While previously I would have been like slim chance of that happening, but Latto tweeted that's she's performing at BBMAs followed by the 777, lotto abs butterfly emojis. She only puts the butterfly emoji for Mariah. So this tells me either Mariah is going to show up or the remix will be performed. Also BER is the first time in recent times I've seen Mariah promote a song so much. Usually she just drops it and goes into hiding. But this time she talked about it on her insta live, then made that pool snippet of her with BER playing in the background. I would have thought the moment Mariah didn't get credited on BB for 2 consecutive weeks she'd just drop it haha. It's nice to see she's still rooting for it. (Wednesday 20 April 2022; 14:40)

Re: The Roof (When I Feel the Need) (100,175) (100,177) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "The Roof" is one of Mariah's greatest creations and I thought it was darn near perfect. I didn't know what to expect from the 2022 version but ofcourse Mariah being the freaking genius that she is took perfection and took it to the next level. The new version is gorgeous. The original has a darker atmosphere, more melancholic to match how she was feeling. The new version is lighter, more airy like she's finally in a better place. Both versions great in their own right. The new whistle at the end of "every time" sounds so beautiful. I can't wait until this is on streaming and I hope this gets introduced to the new generation. Brandy did an amazing job backing Mariah up, they both sounds so heavenly together. Can't wait to see what other songs Mariah reimagined for TBL. (Friday 15 April 2022; 20:50)

Re: Mariah's next number one (100,158) (100,159) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think too that Mariah has no bad feelings about not being credited yet. Because she was promoting it on her insta live few days back. And we all know Mariah puts people in "I don't know her" zone if she has a problem with them haha. (Thursday 14 April 2022; 21:55)

Re: Stella would've gotten her credited (100,119) (100,124) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'd rather be grateful that Mariah came out of the trashy era and managed to redeem her image than have her be with Stella to get her name get credited for BER. Stella had absolutely trashed Mariah's image down to being a C list reality star. I thought there was no way Mariah would be able to come out of that. The way her image has been restored in the past few years is a miracle. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm saying Mariah being a grown woman shouldn't be held responsible but people you surround yourself with do influence you. Stella had basically taken a legend and buried her status. I'm glad Mariah is out of that era. As much as I would love Mariah to get credited and the positive news that would generate I don't want that at the expense of her being trashed down again. (Sunday 10 April 2022; 22:05)

Re: Stella would've gotten her credited (100,115) (100,118) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter How exactly would Stella get her credited haha. This is hilarious. (Sunday 10 April 2022; 10:01)

Re: Upcoming events (100,078) (100,079) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "The Roof" is perfection. I wonder what she will do with it. (Sunday 3 April 2022; 17:39)

Re: Big big fantasy (100,054) (100,067) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter With Marian's layers and depth now the original BE sounds like an unfinished demo. (Thursday 31 March 2022; 03:05)

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