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Mariah saved me (106,888) by Jamie from UK

I hope you're ok. Life can be difficult at times. You've got this though and you will only be stronger from it.

(Tuesday 16 July 2024; 02:34)


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Infinity video (106,887) by C from United States

What about the video was great in concept? The scenes that were in the teaser that didn't show up in the final video would have been better than the live shots.
(Tuesday 16 July 2024; 01:46)


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MIH in Manila 2003 (106,886) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

What about this concert and this performance in particular? The drive, the energy, the looks, the sweat, the voice, the charisma. Everything.
(Tuesday 16 July 2024; 00:17)

Mariah saved me (106,885) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Hey, Joaquim. Same here, kind of. I hope you're feeling fine now. Sometimes we take things for granted, even Mariah's music (our favorite), because we tend not to value what we have and only seek for what we don't have. We need to make ourselves remember that her music and her message is just right there when we need it the most.
(Tuesday 16 July 2024; 00:12)


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Infinity video (106,884) by Robert-Anthony from United States

You can't deny that the video for Infinity is one her most well thought out videos. Probably better than GTFO and With You. Those two videos received mediorce video treatments.

By the way, Tayla Parxx, Infinity co-writer, made me watch the video today because she is hotter than a firecracker at Normani for not giving her proper album credit for the song Insomina which she co-wrote with Normani, Victoria Monet, Brandy, and Stargate. However, Normani delivers Tayla another low blow by giving her songwriting credit in a interview this week and said that she hadn't seen Tayla in awhile.

(Monday 15 July 2024; 23:44)

What’s left? (106,883) by C from United States

For Daydream30, what's left unused/unreleased/in the vault that we want? I wouldn't mind a hybrid album of Daydream and Ugly Daughter, it could be sequenced in the order the made the songs or a thematic paring. For example, if she was working on ABMB during the day and Dememted during the night, those songs can be sequenced together. Call the hybrid project "Maladaptive Daydream".

Daydream rehearsal footage. We're more likely to get tour footage from this show because she would be less critical of the vocals (why I believe we will never get [Rainbow] or [Charmbracelet] tour footage).

She will likely make Looking In the acapella release like she did with Outside on [Butterfly] or [Music Box] on MB. However, I'd love to have the album version of Fantasy be released acapella. There is so much going on in that song that it needs to be fully appreciated.

Have we ever understood why the full Daydream photoshoot has never been released? Why was only 1 picture used for artwork and a single? We need to see the whole shoot. There are lq outtakes that suggest there are several pics in the shoot

I'd love to hear some [Daydream] demos or different takes of songs.

If indeed the OSD video is the actual recording of the song, release the entirety of the footage so we can see how the song came together in real time.
(Monday 15 July 2024; 21:55)

May Céline inspire Mariah? (106,882) by C from United States

Why do lambs do this? You said, "Mariah's not interested in selling out stadiums anymore." How do you know that? Are you on her team? Who books a venue to perform and doesn't want it to sell out? You all say these counter-intuitive things to make Mariah seem so above it all. To paraphrase Whitney, "It's called show business." Mariah isn't getting on stage because she loves performing (her last few years on stage show us that). She needs the money. She has bills to pay like we all do.
(Monday 15 July 2024; 21:43)


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Mariah's been mum of late ... oh no please no (106,881) by C from United States

None of those sites are ever accurate. Everyone knows that. Regarding MC16, "hopes and prayers".
(Monday 15 July 2024; 13:41)


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Mariah's been mum of late ... oh no please no (106,880) by C from United States

You said everything that needed to be said. I wish someone on Mariah's payroll would sit her down and tell her this. What it says to me is that commercial, general public, chart success is important to her (like it is to any performer). It's also important to the lambs - look how crazy and braggadocios they get in December. So the whole "she's done everything", "Mariah doesn't care about charts/has nothing to prove" argument is a pure lie. If she would put the same energy into new, smart, collaborations and her dead stage performances, she would be on the right track.
(Monday 15 July 2024; 13:39)


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Mariah's been mum of late ... oh no please no (106,879) by Shezz from Pk

I think she's quiet because she's finishing MC16. She already celebrated the 25th anniversary of Christmas so I don't think 30 will have a big celebration lined up but I'm sure she will do something. Whether we like it or not, that is where she earns her money now. And the fact that it still goes to number 1 every year shows a large majority of the general public has come to embrace it as an annual tradition. You bring out the tree, put up the lights and you play AIWFCIY. She will do her Christmas concerts for sure. I do believe she is going to focus on non Christmas projects in the near future as well though.

(Monday 15 July 2024; 12:57)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,878) by whisperingmisunderstandings from USA

I agree and I think the problem with the label's single choices after TEOM is that they always felt they had to stick to a formula (i.e. having the 2nd single be a ballad, which had usually worked for Mariah in the past) rather than shifting to where the popular culture was at. Following TMB with Bye Bye, a ballad at a time when slower songs (particularly non-love songs) were few and far between on the top 40, made absolutely no sense when you had Migrate, a killer song with a A-list feature and a song that already had the public stamp of approval (debuting on BB Hot 100 when it wasn't even a single). Maybe the label was stuck in the past, not fully understanding that in the iTunes era consumers were now setting the trends that labels needed to chase, not the other way around. Personally I think "For the Record" would have done well on the charts (in the vein of MJB's "Be Without You"), and even "Cruise Control" could have been a modest chart hit with its Caribbean sound, considering Rihanna had debuted just a few years earlier. And that's not even touching Bye Bye's subject matter - a topic that no pop song during the frivolous 2000s era would have ever dared to touch. In terms of sales idk if E=MC2 could have done any better than 1,000,000 in the States (considering that point in Mariah's career and the fact that its not her strongest album) but certainly had the label been willing to look forward with Mariah's career, rather than sticking to their tired guns, I think it would have had longer legs.
(Monday 15 July 2024; 01:13)


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Mariah's been mum of late ... oh no please no (106,877) by Robert-Anthony from United States

Lol. Randy it is an easy way for her to make a lot of money in a short amount of time. MC is going to do something to celebrate 30 years of AIWFIY and Merry Christmas this year. By the way, has anyone noticed that her net worth has decreased from 500 million to 350 million according to various websites? Not releasing an album in 6 years, has really affected her net worth. I hope MC16 is one of the biggest sellers of 2025. It is going to be very interesting next year for album sales if Taylor Swift does not take a break from releasing new music after her Eras Tour.

(Monday 15 July 2024; 00:53)


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Mariah's been mum of late ... oh no please no (106,876) by Randy from USA

I realize MC has been silent. Then I realized this is Merry Christmas 30. Please no. I can't take any more promotion of that song. I can't take any more versions of that song. I can't take any more anecdotes about that song. Even the public makes jokes that it's overexposed. Longtime fans know when it's quiet she's working on something. I already feel she's narrowing her legacy to being a whistling Christmas act. Didn't we just get an anniversary edition with the nutcracker whistles? Oh no. The thought of an extra, extra festive AIWFCIY makes me wanna stop taking my lithium and date Charlie Sheen.
(Sunday 14 July 2024; 23:39)

Mariah saved me (106,875) by Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway

I've listened to [Make it happen] live at Madison Square Garden for over 25 years, and recently had a 40 years [crisis] worse than I could ever imagine. If I had listened to that [song] for almost every day, I wouldn't have been [here] today, Mariah.

(Sunday 14 July 2024; 20:49)

E=MC2 / Bye Bye (106,874) by C from United States

Bye Bye was mid, at best, WBT clone. That it got to #19 on the charts was a testament to the great momentum of TMB and the heavy album promo than the songs own merits. I remember reading a review from a listening party that said BB was a cross between Breakdown and One Sweet Day. Then I heard it months later and was severely disappointed. It would be interesting for her to bring it back in a live show but in a completely re-tooled, slowed way.
(Sunday 14 July 2024; 18:25)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,873) by BFF from United States

I think Mariah lost interest in E=MC2 as a project after announcing her marriage to Nick. She didn't put as much effort into promotion after "Touch My Body" and chose to prioritize her personal life, which I do not blame her for. She wanted children and thought things would work out with Nick. The miscarriage did not help, but it was not the only catalyst.

The single choices were decent. "Bye Bye" was chosen because she needed at least one "ballad" to go to radio, but I might have replaced "Bye Bye" with "Love Story" and put out "I'm That Chick" instead of "I Stay In Love". By the time "I Stay In Love" came out, the album promotion was pretty over.

The album itself was obviously aimed at radio, so it's a shame that the potential hits were wasted.
(Saturday 13 July 2024; 23:15)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,872) by Shezz from Pk

Those four would have been amazing single choices. That Chick really deserved to shine. Was the miscarriage after IBYLT was released? That’s when she basically stopped all promo after the VMA Japan performance which was one of her best during that era. I hope MC16 is as fun and varied as E=MC2. It had it all - pop, reggae, disco, RnB and ballads.
(Saturday 13 July 2024; 03:40)


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E=MC2 / Bye Bye (106,871) by Randy from USA

I wish you all would stop sniveling about E=MC2. Just kidding. But it does hurt me because I absolutely adore Bye Bye and you all treat it like it's in the same arena as Gangum [sic] Style. Mariah too. She recently said "they should've released Migrate, hello" but yet she performed Bye Bye on American Idol, Oprah and GMA. She was wit it. The lyric is relatable and her adlibs in the last section after the whistle makes everyone think they sing. I had my niece and nephew scream it to the top of their lungs and I would roll all the windows down and they would wave and sing to the cars Bye Bye. Bye bye bye bye bye bye. So from this day forth you all will let this regret about Bye Bye go. I have Right to Dream.
(Saturday 13 July 2024; 02:44)

E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,870) by Matty from Vancouver Canada

Yes, she stopped promo after the miscarriage. I think that loss really affected her.
(Friday 12 July 2024; 20:00)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,869) by Matty from Vancouver Canada

I'll be Loving U Long Time is such an amazing song. They didn't need to add T.I on the single release and video. Bye Bye was a poor 2nd single choice. It should have been all upbeat summer singles; TMB, IBLULT, Migrate and I'm That Chick should have been the singles. All fun, summer, breezy, pure-fun-Riah. All four videos could also have been a 4 part story, much like ILT and WBT followed a story, all four videos telling a story would have been epic.
(Friday 12 July 2024; 19:59)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,868) by Zachariah from Croatia

I love [I'll be loving you long time] - such a great summer song.
(Friday 12 July 2024; 10:17)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,867) by Jamie from UK

I think it was the choice to release Bye Bye as the 2nd single. After that I think she just lost momentum and they didn't play. She should have followed up with an upbeat song to keep the momentum going. Bye Bye is to similar slow beat to WBT and DFAU. I love I'm That Chick, that would have been a good follow up with a fun video. I would have loved Migrate as a single but not sure if the video would have been too hoodriah for the general public to take.
(Friday 12 July 2024; 09:34)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,866) by RL from USA

I remember that album garnered the largest first week sales of her career. I always thought that she had to stop promotion of the album when she originally miscarried. I could be wrong, but if that's the case, it makes sense that she had more pressing things she needed to take care of.
(Friday 12 July 2024; 03:37)


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E=MC2 off on the beaten path (106,865) by Robert-Anthony from United States

I have always wondered why Bye Bye, I Stay In Love, and I'll Be Lovin U Long Time all failed to have the same top 10 success as Touch My Body. I just can't pinpoint why pop radio didn't give those singles the same airplay impressions as Touch My Body. Were they weak single choices or pop radio was moving away from playing R&B songs on pop radio? There was a significant shift in pop radio from 2008-2010.

(Thursday 11 July 2024; 22:42)

May Céline inspire Mariah? (106,864) by Stacey from USA

Well said. I watched that scene where she's having a seizure. Heartbreaking.
(Thursday 11 July 2024; 04:18)


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