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Deeply concerned (108,732) by Bill from the UK

For me, it's pretty obvious that Mariah has some debilitating health condition, and I'm surprised not more people think that or can see it like I can. The evidence is all around us. The truth will come out one day, and probably very soon.
(Thursday 15 May 2025; 01:36)


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Deeply concerned (108,731) by Bobby A from United States

MC needs a break from touring and concerts. She needs Marvet Britto back for a total make over. She was the best publicist/strategist in 2005-2006 that MC has ever had.

(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 22:21)


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New Mariah album (108,730) by Bobby A from United States

I didn't read or hear it anywhere. I guess not one media outlet or the world is asking MC where is MC16. Sometimes I want too much to happen for MC that I know is not the case or will never happen.

(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 22:15)


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Deeply concerned (108,729) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter

I was wondering the other day why is Mariah still touring when she clearly doesn't want to. Is it a financial reason? Is it a contractual obligation? If it's financial I wonder why then she keeps adding to her expenses by renting out really expensive houses when she has her amazing penthouse and I'm sure other properties she owns. Also it must not be cheap always having her glam team around with all these tours. I really hope she's doing good and if not I hope someone is honest with her about it. I know her kids are really young but they're probably the only ones who truly care about her. Mariah didn't need gimmicks or choreography to be a strong stage presence. All she needed was a mic stand and her voice with a spotlight on her and she'd be mesmerizing but she just seems to disengaged and not feeling it nowadays. It's sad. After all the hard work she's done in her career I would hope she's at a comfortable position now where she doesn't have to work if she doesn't want to.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 19:00)


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Get Your Number (108,728) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter

Ok I'm here to rant. I was rewatching the Mimi videos and tell me why GYN isn't a big hit. The song is catchy AF, I love Mariah alternating between rap-style and singing. It's such a sexy song and I love how it kinda flips the table and has a female empowerment or alpha female vibe to it because she's the one making the moves on the guy, buying him drinks, telling him not to be shy and flexing her luxury lifestyle. The video is done so well too. I love every scene and Mariah looks great in every shot especially the white blazer look. The video has great visuals, a celebrity cameo, a story line overall great replay value. It's sad not many people know this song. I mean come "I got a pip penthouse with a sick hot tub, we can watch the flatscreen while the bubbles fill it up" yas Mimi.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 18:55)

Born this Mimi (108,727) by Edward from USA

Did you really think that when the label decided to list her birth year as 1970 that Patricia, her own mother, wouldn't be one of the first people briefed on it? I don't think Mariah randomly came up with that on her own, but she had to go with the program. At the time, it was common practice to round down or adjust the ages of female artists for marketability. It happened with Mariah, with Madonna, with J.Lo, and many others. But at this point, most people don't care anymore.

There's one irrefutable piece of evidence that no interview, driver's license, or altered birth certificate can contradict: Mariah's birth announcement in her hometown newspaper, The Long Islander. It was published on April 10, 1969, exactly one week after her birth, and it reads:

"March 27 - Mariah, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carey, Huntington."

This notice is documented in the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, on page 15 of the paper. If Mariah had been born in 1970, that announcement wouldn't have appeared in print in April 1969. It's a clear, verifiable fact.

Back then, you could say whatever and people would just go with it. But once the internet came around, stuff like that became a lot harder to hide. And now? Mariah doesn't even seem to care. Articles say she's 56 this year and 55 the year before, and she's not out here correcting anyone.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:57)


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Born this Mimi (108,726) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

But Patricia said she was born in 1970.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:17)


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Deeply concerned (108,725) by Edward from USA

Whoever is pushing her to keep tarnishing her impressive legacy like this needs to be fired. There's clearly something off with her, and I just hope she doesn't end up like Michael and Whitney. Beyonce can lip, but at least she dances her ass off and sings her ballads live. Celine was full of energy with a huge production behind her, but Mariah didn't need all that, her voice alone carried the show. Now she just stands there and lips unconvincingly. You would think by now she would at least put on more energetic performances, invest in better production, have more moving parts on stage, or get a new choreographer. It's time to hit the gym without high heels and hit that stage like the star she is. Sadly, her performances are copy-paste jobs. You can see it in the comments on those clips, even the yass queens are starting to notice.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:13)

Born this Mimi (108,724) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Here is another video with David Letterman. She says she's 24 and that was on May 19th 1994. She would've been 25, right? Apparently, she lied again.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 16:06)


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Shenzhen concert (108,723) by Brandon from USA

Xavier, I 100% agree with [you]. I wouldn't mind her lip syncing either if she did it masterfully like Celine or Beyoncé. Lipping should allow her to move more fluid, be more lively on stage and maybe add a couple of moves. Perhaps if she practiced more or hired a coach to help her, she could. But we know she won't.

Not to be too negative, but can we get a new creative director as well? Can we upgrade the production? Am I asking too much?
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 14:58)


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New Mariah album (108,722) by Zachariah from Croatia

Well, being from Europe and the only Mariah fan amongst my group of friends, this is an everyday question - does she have any other songs except All I Want For Christmas Is You? They just don't know any other songs. Or think, when they hear something on the radio, that that is Whitney Houston or similar.

I have a trouble with seeing her behind the scenes all bubbly and funny and engaged and then on the stage, she is like a Robocop. I think she sounded good and I thinks she is focused to not miss a tone or to hit hose difficult ones, that's why she is so stiff and "worried" on the stage. I mean, if I was lipysincing, I would walk around, dance a bit and just be playful.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 11:46)


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Born this Mimi (108,721) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I must absolutely agree with you. Last year I posted here a YouTube video where the TV presenter stated as a fact her birth date (March 27th 1970) in a TV show back in 1994 and she just confirmed it by saying yes. For me it was just obvious she was telling the truth, but you said that she just went along with it as a commercial strategy or something of the kind.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:41)


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Shenzhen concert (108,720) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

That's true. If she were just more convincing about the miming at least, it wouldn't be such a great deal. But this is out of control now and has been for a while when she started lipsynching whole concerts for the first time. I remember last year when I saw on YouTube the first Vegas show and it was lipped in its entirety except for 3 minutes of improvisations. I said here but very few people believed me even though it was totally obvious.

I'd like to think that some of her voice is still there. In fact, the new recordings have been done with her current voice. But I think she lacks stamina, vocal health, training, energy and the spirits in order to be singing live for an entire concert.

She should take a long break from performing, I guess. I was really surprised by the announcement of the international Celebration of Mimi tour. Isn't she (or the people around her) taking this nonsense too far?
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:35)


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New Mariah album (108,719) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands

"The world wants a new Mariah Carey album right now." Why do you think that? I hear or read that nowhere. The world thinks Mariah is only relevant during Christmas.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 10:08)


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Shenzhen concert (108,718) by Edward from USA

It is heartbreaking. Why does she even go on tour anymore? Now I understand why there hasn't been any decent new music in almost a decade.

(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 05:53)


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Shenzhen concert (108,717) by Bobby A from United States

MC should just drop MC16 without a first single. Just drop the album after an announcement 10 minutes before midnight. Let social media drive digital sales for the two weeks and then begin a normal Mariah promotional blitz. It would work because the world wants a new Mariah Carey album right now.

(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 05:04)


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Shenzhen concert (108,716) by Terna from Nigeria

I saw those clips too.. The Lambs on X (Twitter) went up in arms also. It was trending for the wrongest reasons. Something is going on with this woman and it's not good. Like something's wrong somewhere. Don't wanna say too much.
(Wednesday 14 May 2025; 00:28)


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Shenzhen concert (108,715) by Bobby A from United States

Do you know how you feel when you walk into a class for a test and you know you didn't study like you should have studied. MC is walking onto that stage without her voice and showmanship. She can't even pretend anymore lip syncing. We long today for performances like her MTV Unplugged concert in 1992. We were all amazed that we finally got to see how a Mariah Carey concert would look and sound like. The Proctor's Theatre concert amazed us again 1993. I just wonder if MC never toured during 1997-2003, if she would still have her 2005-2008 voice.

(Tuesday 13 May 2025; 21:12)


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Shenzhen concert (108,714) by Jamie from UK

I didn't think she seemed as bad in the [China] concerts, much better than ones I'd seen before this. And I haven't been happy with her performances of late.
(Tuesday 13 May 2025; 19:42)


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Shenzhen concert (108,713) by Brandon from USA

Mariah looked beautiful in her gowns but I could barely watch the clips. No expression in her face, barely moving, very low energy, looking zoned out for long periods of time. I'm trying to keep hope alive but we keep getting the same thing repeated each show.
(Tuesday 13 May 2025; 14:52)

Born this Mimi (108,712) by Edward from USA

Mariah has clearly come to terms with her birth year being 1969. She hasn't disputed it publicly in years, and the evidence has long been out there. Back in the late '90s, the principal of her former school confirmed she was born in 1969. A copy of her driver's license also surfaced online with the same year. But perhaps the most definitive source is the newspaper birth announcement, it's publicly available and explicitly states she was born in 1969. At this point, denying it serves no purpose. The receipts are there, and the facts speak for themselves.
(Tuesday 13 May 2025; 02:42)


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Born this Mimi (108,711) by Bill from the UK

Exactly, and she's hardly "elusive" given she's inescapable and unavoidable from Thanksgiving through to the New Year.
(Monday 12 May 2025; 17:54)


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Born this Mimi (108,710) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter

I agree, TAOLG was a beautiful title. It also fit in with where she was mentally at that time - slowly letting go of Nick. I also really loved the cover art for TAOLG with her sitting on the beach a lot more than the versions she used for MIAM. #Beautiful could very well have been a big hit, top 5 if not #1. It was fresh, sexy and her and Miguel's chemistry was great. I didn't like the videos because they were so lame, you Joseph Kahn to direct a video and that's what you do with it? He directed some of Taylor's biggest videos. I liked the remixes to #B too and don't understand why they didn't release the remix video because they said they did finish it. Another great single would have been Faded. Unpopular opinion but I really enjoy "Money" too, a high budget video with Mariah doing Mariah things (being glam and luxurious) while tying in some celeb friends for replay would have been Nice. Also don't get me started on the YME video - I enjoy the song but you finally get Mariah out of bed (or any indoor object she's laying around on in her videos looking sexy) and get her into the wilderness for a stunning shot only of her to be just sitting there covering her boobs in the same position the whole time. If you're going to do a play on the Little Mermaid story commit to it.
(Monday 12 May 2025; 16:52)


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Born this Mimi (108,709) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter

She actually did haha, in the promo for MIAM she says something about how she's had many nick names along the way and "lately they've been calling me The Elusive Chanteuse". Which was wild haha because by that point I was obsessed with her and had never heard anyone call her that. I can buy her actually having the name Mimi but TEC was a definitely made up. Also y'all let's stop fighting over her nick name and go back to fighting over her year of birth. Haha kidding.

(Monday 12 May 2025; 16:44)


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Born this Mimi (108,708) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia

I agree. The Art Of Letting Go is definitely the best title to define her personal life at that time. I believe if she sticks to that "letting go" theme for the album, then the album would have had more success. She should just release the album in 2013 right after she was done with American Idol finale with Beautiful as the first single, followed by You Don't Know What To Do for the summer hit single, then The Art Of Letting Go at the end of 2013, You're Mine for the Valentine single in 2014, then double singles released for Make It Look Good and Mesmerized, and ending the era of the album with classic cover Lullaby Of Birdland. Those 7 songs are enough to make that album a hit and put Mariah on the map for another successful comeback in 2010's era.
(Monday 12 May 2025; 14:01)


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