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Name as a brand (112,487) by Dove from United States Maybe she should ask Shaquille O''Neal about how they use Marilyn Monroe's name for everything. One Christmas my mom got me some underwear that were "Marilyn Monroe" since she knows I like her. The only thing "Marilyn Monroe" about the underwear was the label because how would anyone know what kind of underwear she wore? One of them was cheetah print, one was black transparent with some lace, and the third was nude colored. I mean I guess she could have worn underwear like that but I know my mom bought them for the picture of Marilyn Monroe on the label. If it had any other label they wouldn't have been as special, I think. (Monday 24 November 2025; 15:34)

Waterford collab (112,486) by Dove from United States I was thinking of what I would like to be the shapes of the crystal Mariah ornaments and the first thing that came to mind was Mariah in the Honey video when she's climbing up the rope to get in the helicopter. I went to Hobby Lobby and saw some ornaments that reminded me of early Taylor Swift. It was the hands making the heart, a glittery guitar, some cowboys boots, and a cowboy hat. They weren't all pink. They weren't Taylor Swift ornaments but they're figures that immediately remind me of her. For Mariah one is definitely a butterfly. I like Elton's Red heart ornament that gives 10% to the Aids Foundation. She could have a pink or "pink yet lavender" ornament that gives a percentage to a charity. Another one that came to mind was a meme I saw of her where she has her finger in her ear with her eyes closed and her other arm in the air. I guess she's hitting the high notes. Crystal ornaments don't really have faces but there could be an indentation to show her eyes are closed and she could be wearing the stars crown she has in the "It's Time" Sephora ad. (Monday 24 November 2025; 15:24)

Random thoughts (112,485) by Dove from United States I don't know if the people Taylor has working for her are younger or what, but she jumps on every marketing opportunity and puts out fun merch that you'd actually want to buy. I know a lot of us Mariah fans, we're older now, but we've been with her since we were kids. She brings out the kid in me. Not just because I've been a fan since I was a kid but also because she's like a big kid herself. Some of the merch I like, but a lot of it has been a miss for me. A while ago I got some of her wrapping paper that was fun. It had the cartoon version of her and her dog. I wrapped up some empty boxes with it and I put them out every year as decoration. Now her wrapping paper and annual ornaments just have her name or initials. It's quality paper but it's not fun. I'd rather buy fun wrapping paper at Home Goods than use that. I liked the Swarovski snowflake she had a few years back. Couldn't she do an ornament collaboration with Waterford like Elton John has? Release one every year? Or I've seen advertised some really cute advent calendars with each window having a mini figure of Mariah in her most famous ensembles. It's a scam, and 2D, but it would be cute if they were real. You could sell that for $120 ($10 per figure that probably cost a few dollars to make). I think people would buy it. But if it's quality. Not the ugly deformed faces the Hallmark ornaments have had in recent years. I've already said I prefer blow molds to inflatables. I like to use the same stuff year after year. Some of her merch is cute. I like the denim jacket and one of the sweatshirts she had the year she had the concert in New York during covid. Her kids were wearing it. But to get this stuff to sell you kind of need a promotional vehicle. Like with Disney. I know Disney would get a big cut but it's good marketing because it would reinforce the queen of Christmas idea and introduce kids to her voice. Maybe they could use the recordings of her when she was younger from the original Merry Christmas. I don't know how that works. (Just because if the Princess is a young girl she needs to sound young.) It would be nice if they included the duet with her mom as a tribute. Like, recreating the video in cartoon form. A few years ago I saw a short (reel?) of Kris Jenner's wrapping paper she made for her kids. It had drawings of her kids on it and it was really good. I'm not sure who the artist was but hire her for the wrapping paper. Or there's also an artist I've seen on Facebook whom I really like. I just looked her up, the page is called Hayden Williams Illustrations. That would be fun wrapping paper. (Or art prints.) (Monday 24 November 2025; 14:59)

Merch (112,484) by Dove from United States There's so much potential for quality, collectible merch. The stuff they have now is meh. Also, the angel Halloween costume was really cute. Her back up singers should have dressed up as angels too and thrown together a music video for Hark. The Herald Angels Sing. (Monday 24 November 2025; 14:35)

2005 (112,483) by Dove from United States You're probably right. I just feel like with a really good idea, things could take off again. (Monday 24 November 2025; 14:26) this is a reply to message 112,481

2005 (112,481) by Bobby A from United States I think he couldn't reinvent MC's career now being out of her life for so long. MC needs an up and coming business-minded CEO to manage her career. The music business is really challenging for a lot of R&B artists right now because they have managers who are not marketing the whole artist anymore. Their mindset today is to release a couple of singles for streaming success and then drop the album one year later hoping for huge album numbers. Summer Walker's Finally Over It is really suffering from this business strategy. (Monday 24 November 2025; 12:52)

2005 (112,480) by Dove from United States A part of me wishes Benny Medina was still a big part of Mariah’s team. (Monday 24 November 2025; 05:58)

A little life update (112,450) by Dove from United States Congratulations, Mimi L. I'm wishing you a pregnancy wrapped in peace, glowing health, and filled with the kind of happiness that feels like warm sunlight on a summer day. I'm so excited for you and your new chapter. May your life as a mother be filled with tiny, sparkling moments that remind you how wonderful life truly is. (Thursday 20 November 2025; 15:25) this is a reply to message 112,447

A little life update (112,447) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I wanted to share some good news with my little MCA family, it's also the reason I've been MIA mostly the past few months. My husband and I are expecting our first baby, a little baby girl. You best believe she will be introduced to Mariah really early on so we will have a baby lamb joining the lambily soon. Who knows down the line Eric may have a new member join this board haha. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Promise I won't be influenced by Nick Cannon's baby names. (Thursday 20 November 2025; 12:44)

Bruno Mars' midas touch (112,445) by Dove from United States I'll hold this vision with you. The Mariah/Bruno duet will sound beautiful and magical and break all of the records and win all of the best awards. It will be everything we didn't even know we needed. (Thursday 20 November 2025; 10:43) this is a reply to message 112,444

Bruno Mars' midas touch (112,444) by Bobby A from United States Maybe this is my one correct prediction. Lol. I can hear Bruno's verse and riffs taking IYF to another level. We will see in January. (Wednesday 19 November 2025; 18:39)

I won't allow it (112,442) by Dove from United States Rise Messiah and Legendary Love for a boy are definitely the worst. (Wednesday 19 November 2025; 14:34) this is a reply to message 112,441

I won't allow it (112,441) by MusicfanJ from Germany Lol, please stop, I have to laugh so hard. It's hilarius. Real comedy. Here's another one: How do you do Beautiful Zeppelin? Are you related to the airship people? No, Nick Cannon is my dad. But I will change my name if I'm 18. Now just call me Z. (Wednesday 19 November 2025; 12:55)

I won't allow it (112,437) by Dove from United States How do you do? I'm Zillion Heir. (Wednesday 19 November 2025; 01:26) this is a reply to message 112,432

I won't allow it (112,432) by Lambi from USA I literally can't. Imagine making a child say, "Hi. I'm Beautiful/Powerful/Legendary" as an introduction. "You're what? Oh that's your name?" Why did they not think these through? Was he saying affirmations in the mirror every day so something called him to name them adjectives? Was he just so deep in his divinity study that he felt "Rise Messiah" was appropriate? I know some celebrities tend to have "the chosen" syndrome, thinking they're truly the chosen ones so they name their kids "Saint" and "Kulture" but Nick Cannon took it to another level I never thought possible. Because what do you mean, "Powerful Queen"? How do you actually expect anyone to ever take them seriously? (Tuesday 18 November 2025; 22:03)

I won't allow it (112,430) by Dove from United States I thought it was satire when I saw those names too. (Tuesday 18 November 2025; 15:06) this is a reply to message 112,426

I won't allow it (112,426) by Lambi from USA You guys, I just saw ET covering Monroe's clarification about having only one full sibling, and they listed all the other kids' names: • Golden • Powerful Queen • Rise Messiah • Onyx Ice Cole • Zion Mixolydian • Zillion Heir • Beautiful Zeppelin • Legendary Love • Zen • Halo At first I genuinely thought it was satire. LMAO. But no, those are really their names. I already felt bad for the kids, and now I feel even worse. What in the world? Mariah saying "corny like fritos" was absolutely accurate. I don't think I can dislike Nick Cannon more. My goodness, those poor children. (Tuesday 18 November 2025; 09:54)

Baby mommas (112,427) by Dove from United States I've dealt with narcissists myself and read a fair amount about the subject. They can be pretty convincing. I'm sure the baby mommas bought into his bullshit stories. I genuinely feel bad for them. Narcissistic people corrode your self esteem and you don't even realize it's happening. I saw a meme that read: "You'll never be hated more than by a narcissist who loves you." I agree with that statement. Also, they go after successful women so they can break them down. I feel bad for the baby mommas but at the same time I don't need or want to know anything more about them. (Tuesday 18 November 2025; 09:58)

Bruno (112,414) by Dove from United States That would sound really good. I love both of their voices and sounds. (Sunday 16 November 2025; 12:52) this is a reply to message 112,412

Bruno (112,412) by Lambi from USA That's been debunked because Grammys will be on February 1, 2026. I do hope there's some legs to a Bruno collaboration though. And if they do a song together, I hope they write it too. They're both vocally set apart from their contemporaries and both are undeniably gifted songwriters. The result will most likely be a monstrous banger. (Sunday 16 November 2025; 10:16)

Collection (112,413) by Dove from United States I have all of her albums on CD but that's it. No specials or promos anymore. I have an old laptop that I have most of her songs uploaded on as a backup. Oh and the mp3 versions I bought on Amazon but those don't sound as good as the CDs. Sometimes I contemplate buying all of her albums on vinyl, but I'm not really a vinyl kind of girl. I think I would just want them for the artwork to display on a wall. The one picture I have of her is one I printed out myself (on good art print paper). It's the picture of her for Harper's Bazaar in 2015 where she dressed up as Marie Antoinette on the swing. I have it up on my wall with the rest of my family members, Ronald Reagan, and Pope John Paul II - even though I'm not Republican or Catholic. It's kind of an inside joke because my first husband was a Republican and a Catholic and he had a picture of Ronald Reagan and a picture of that pope on our wall like he personally knew them. I used to think it was strange but I'm the same way with Mariah. Oh, and now that they exist, her Christmas Funko doll and Barbie come out every November 1st. (Sunday 16 November 2025; 12:47)

Nothing is Impossible (112,356) by Dove from United States I'm listening to NII right now since a lot of people say it should have been a single. I do really like it but the start doesn't immediately capture my attention. That's why I don't think it would have been the best option for radio or playlists. If it popped up on a playlist for me, and I wasn't already a Mariah fan, I would skip to the next song. I like it for a movie because you're kind of forced to listen to the whole thing that way, or at least a longer part of it. (Wednesday 12 November 2025; 01:50)

Article: Mariah Carey's rare demo tape hits auction (112,353) by Dove from United States I wonder whose handwriting that is. (Wednesday 12 November 2025; 01:20)

Let them eat cake (112,253) by Dove from United States What I mean when I say she's not a "Let Them Eat Cake" rich is that she's more like Jay Gatsby and not like Daisy and Tom Buchanan. She still has a heart. I can tell by things she does and says in interviews and appearances. When she was selling her Christmas ornaments on HSN a lady called in and said she couldn't decide if she wanted to have a gold and silver decorated tree or a traditional red and green one. Mariah said, "You can have both." But then her face turned serious as she remembered that not everyone can afford to have two Christmas trees. So she tried to play it off and said her friend's mom used to have a small one with homemade ornaments. Or on Mariah's World when the manager was making a mess with the makeup on the hotel bedding, Mariah told her not to do that. She probably thought about how someone is going to have to clean that. Some people wouldn't give that a second thought. It reminds me of an incident with my mom. When I was a little kid we were pretty poor and lived in a small ugly trailer. As time passed my dad started making more money and they built a nicer house and started having more disposable income, to where my mom could buy nicer things. One time I came to visit my mom and sat down to watch her show with her. She turned off the TV and started crying. She said they had gone to visit a lady from their church and her little trailer was really run down and didn't even have air conditioning. She said that she just assumed that as life was getting better for her it was getting better for everyone else too. She said she was shocked and saddened to realize people were still living the way we used to live. I know how frivolous that sounds but I feel like sometimes it does happen that way. I rarely think about those times anymore, when we were really poor. I'm just happy that I can finally afford to decorate for Christmas and I can finally afford to buy good makeup and buy nice Christmas presents for my family and friends. and I'm nowhere near being rich. I feel like people like Trump and his kids, who have always had a lot of money, don't even have a frame of reference for how other people may struggle. (Tuesday 4 November 2025; 12:11)

Mariah Carey - socially tone deaf? Nothing new (112,252) by Dove from United States So you think people should just be miserable all the time? Even the girl in Precious would pretend she was a famous singer to escape her wretched life for a few minutes. Enjoying the few nice things we have left doesn't mean we don't care about or see what's happening. Watching a movie or listening to an album is better than using drugs or other unhealthier mechanisms to cope. I agree with Lee. Her charity work speaks for itself. She's not a "Let Them Eat Cake" rich and never has been. There is no way you can compare her to the Trumps. Another thing, a lot of us who have been through a lot of trauma do disassociate to cope with life sometimes. But for example when my brother (who is a lot smarter than me) explains things to me and invites me to protests and parades, of course I go. I feel like Mariah is the same way. She chooses the right side. Even if she's not glued to propaganda channels all day. (Tuesday 4 November 2025; 11:32) this is a reply to message 112,242

Mariah Carey - socially tone deaf? Nothing new (112,242) by Geronimo from USA Mariah Carey has always been socially tone deaf and her Sephora ad shows that age has probably given her an excuse to stop trying to hide it. She's in New York glam girl and in the Israeli apartheid age, has seriously dated a Zionist with connections to one of the most vile human rights violators of the current era. I know she sees herself as part of how people escape the "bleak" reality around them. She is also part of the problem as no one has the moral right to escape and encourage others to do so when the very act of always escaping is at least 75% of we (U.S. Americans) got here. (Tuesday 4 November 2025; 04:08)

Christmas (112,251) by Dove from United States I'm not a writer and bleak does its job. (Tuesday 4 November 2025; 11:08) this is a reply to message 112,238

Christmas (112,238) by Anonymous from USA Some common synonyms of bleak are cheerless, desolate, dismal, dreary, and gloomy. I hope this helps. (Tuesday 4 November 2025; 03:11)

Christmas (112,229) by Dove from United States Times are bleak, but the holidays make life feel a little better. Personally, it seems like my whole life, someone has always been trying to ruin Christmas. I won't allow it. I'm sure they've had this partnership with Sephora for a while - probably since last year. Also, not everyone keeps up with current events. I didn't even start watching the news until recently. It's bleak, and all the outlets are owned by the same people, so it's hard to know who to trust. Of course I vote, but I just read the booklet they send in the mail to decide who to vote for. I don't really trust mainstream media. A lot of people are like this. We focus more on doing our best at work and with our families than on draining our life force watching propaganda news channels. Sephora paid for a nice little commercial for us. It was cute. People who shop there are still going to shop there. Whatever anyone does, there's always going to be something negative that can be said about it. Just let the woman live. She's been through enough. She's trying to give us a festive moment, and the bleakness happening right now is not her fault. Her job is to give us a little escape from the bleakness - and she does that. The "Christmas is canceled" line, I took as a joke from her book, when her husband said Thanksgiving was canceled. It was a cute little skit, and people are making it out to be something it's not because they want someone to blame. But she's not the one. (Tuesday 4 November 2025; 01:28)

My MC Christmas wish list (112,224) by Dove from United States It's more for an imaginary future. I know a lot of people are about to lose their jobs or have already lost them in the US and my post seems kind of tone deaf. (Monday 3 November 2025; 14:23)

Christmas merch (112,222) by Dove from United States I love being festive and decorating for the holidays every year, not unlike Mariah Carey. I mostly use the same decorations each season, but I always add a few new pieces to the collection. For me, Mariah Carey is just as important to Christmas as Santa Claus. Some Mariah themed items I'd love to have: a life-sized cardboard cutout of her in the classic Santa jumpsuit, a beautiful snow globe (better quality ones than the two we got last year), and a Mariah Carey Barbie dressed as the angel from this year's It's Time video. (Honestly, we need more Mariah Carey Barbies in general.) I'd also love a silver music box that plays "All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again", "Sugar Plum Fairy Introlude". I liked the idea of an inflatable, but I'd actually prefer a blow mold with nine reindeer and Rudolph in front, something like the vintage Union ones. I think that would last longer. Or maybe a 6-foot blow mold to place between two 6-foot nutcrackers instead of the cutout - just make sure her face looks pretty. I liked the makeup collection she had with MAC a while back. The colors were really pretty. Lastly, I'd love an art print inspired by a scene from the All I Want for Christmas Is You video with Justin Bieber, without him in it. Mariah looked so beautiful in that video. Oh and a MC Elf on a Shelf. But actually, a Mariah Carey Barbie could work as this instead. Even a smaller blow mold as her cartoon version would be cute. It would be cute if she let Disney make an animated princess type movie with her likeness and songs. They make the best animated movies. You could sell a lot of movie related merch if it's popular. The movie could be about a little girl from Long Island who believed in herself and in her dreams and became the queen of Christmas. (Monday 3 November 2025; 11:29)

Article: Mariah and her twins are an adorable trio on Halloween (112,196) by Dove from United States I love the harajuku girl costume and the pink hair. Her costumes are always so fun. (Saturday 1 November 2025; 10:58)

Article: Mariah declares "It's Time" with the help of Billy Eichner (112,195) by Dove from United States It's my favorite one yet. I love you Mariah. Thank you for being a festive part of our Christmas every year. (Saturday 1 November 2025; 10:55)

3 albums (112,165) by Dove from United States You typed out my thoughts exactly. (Friday 31 October 2025; 12:42) this is a reply to message 112,163

3 albums (112,163) by Bill from the UK I'd rather it be 3 albums we can erase from her discography than save. This is so tricky as MC's albums are good for different reasons. Like vocally I'd select the debut, Emotions and Merry Christmas. Lyrically it would be Butterfly, Charmbracelet and Memoirs. In terms of end to end enjoyment it'd be Music Box, Daydream and Emancipation. In terms of artistry it'd be Here For It All, Glitter, and Caution. So, yeh. All of them lol. (Friday 31 October 2025; 12:35)

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