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Mariah's best videos (110,681) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh gosh I didn't know Nick directed that. Well good job because I love every shot. I know he gets hate for the "Up out of my face" video because people say it looks like an ad for Target but I really enjoyed that video too. Matches the playful nature of the song. (Sunday 24 August 2025; 01:48) this is a reply to message 110,656

Mariah's best videos (110,656) by Bobby A from United States Mimi, I think Triumphant (Get 'Em) is one of MC's best videos too. Also, it showed Nick's artistic genius as a director by giving it a movie like quality. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 06:00)

Vanguard Award - JLo? (110,680) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She did have another one - My Love Don't Cost A Thing but what's hilarious is just a few years back she tried to start a "trend" to celebrate its anniversary where she wanted fans to recreate the part of the video where she keeps taking off stuff she's wearing one by one and walking away and only 1 person participated. Everyone else was like "I don't know her". (Sunday 24 August 2025; 01:44) this is a reply to message 110,678

Vanguard Award - JLo? (110,678) by Edward from USA Jennifer Lopez has really only one truly award-worthy video and that's "If You Had My Love". The rest are pretty average. Mariah has many iconic ones. Here's my top 5: 1. Heartbreaker 2. Honey 3. Butterfly 4. Touch My Body 5. My All (Saturday 23 August 2025; 20:38)

Mariah's Vanguard (110,677) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah would quickly but sternly correct you to "It's Type Dangerous dahlin." I forgot to add in my list I also really enjoy the ABMB So So Def Remix (or was it called the Mr Dupri Remix) video. The black and white one with her wearing a beret that was used for the actual cover. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 20:24) this is a reply to message 110,670

Mariah’s Vanguard (110,670) by Matty from Vancouver Canada My top Mariah Vanguard videos: Vision of Love Emotions Dreamlover Anytime you Need a Friend Always Be My Baby Fantasy Every single video from Butterfly album Heartbreaker (both versions) Boy (I Need You) Every single video from Emancipation Touch My Body Obsessed #Beautiful Infinity A No No Dangerous Type (Saturday 23 August 2025; 17:24)

Music video idea (110,668) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter BGK was such a visual song like you could really already picture the music video. I don't know why she never released it and gave it a single treatment. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 15:24) this is a reply to message 110,661

Music video idea (110,661) by Dove from United States I just came up with a video idea. Not saying it's award worthy or anything - just an idea. It's for Betcha 'Gon Know. They could hire an actress that looks like a young her. But a lot like her, like Blake Lively and Isabela Ferrer in It Ends With Us. So the younger actress could be acting out the scene in the song while Mariah does her glamour pose/singing scenes. I know that album was ages ago, and this is not going to happen, but I come here because MC reality is suspended for me and I can share my dreams and creative visions freely. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 12:18)

Music video idea (110,667) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hahahha the last time Mariah allowed that was in the Someday music video. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 15:23) this is a reply to message 110,665

Music video idea (110,665) by Lighty from China Mariah does not acknowledge time so there would never be a younger version of herself being played by someone else. Just saying. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 13:47)

Mimi L. (110,653) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm forever a fan of the song and the video. It was a great video and she looked amazing. They told me get 'em, I got 'em. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 02:10) this is a reply to message 110,647

Mimi L. (110,647) by Giovanni from USA I also love the "Triumphant" video. She looks so good, I remember being excited and ready for the album and we never got one. I even thought Mariah was gonna name the album "Triumphant" lol. I'm still mad Mariah never finished "Bring it on home" and made it into a full song. It would have been a perfect song to finish the album. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 01:12)

Video Vanguard (110,652) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think it's probably a deal they had with Gamma. Gamma wants Mariah everywhere and looks like they're investing in her a lot. So I wouldn't be surprised if they brokered a deal which a lot of artists do. She deserves credit for her videos though so I'm glad if Gamma made it happen. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 02:08) this is a reply to message 110,645

Video Vanguard (110,645) by Terna from Nigeria So suddenly, after shunning her videos all these years - 35 years to be exact, they finally wanna give Mariah a moon man? Yeah right. Next? (Saturday 23 August 2025; 00:29)

People are so toxic (110,651) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The Bee Hive is insane when it comes to defending Beyoncé and while yes definitely they should step aside and let Mariah have her moment I will have to say, Beyoncé is a strong visual artist. Keep in mind she released 2 fully visuals albums with very high concept and high budget videos. With that being said why are they pissed? Didn't Beyoncé already get the video vanguard? If not it's not the end of the world she got a bunch of Grammy awards and all for what changing 2 words in songs. (Saturday 23 August 2025; 02:05) this is a reply to message 110,641

People are so toxic (110,641) by Giovanni from USA There seem to be a lot of trolls on X who are not happy with Mariah getting the Vanguard Award. Mind you Beyonce has like two good videos, "Baby boy" and "Single ladies" yet she got the award. I will give her "Crazy in love" but that's about it. (Friday 22 August 2025; 21:20)

Mariah's best videos (110,640) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The disrespect of not having Heartbreaker in the list. My favorite Mariah videos (not in order) - All her "Butterfly" era videos - starting with Honey and Breakdown. The Roof is a classic and I liked the concept and visuals of the title track video. And of course My All, so so beautiful. - Heartbreaker and the remix videos. - The I Still Believe Pure Imagination remix video. - Every video from the TEOM era, no exceptions. Every video is pure perfection. - TMB, I Stay in Love - Triumphant (I want no slander) (Friday 22 August 2025; 20:34) this is a reply to message 110,636

Mariah's best videos (110,636) by jaker20 from US 1. It's Like That / We Belong Together 2. Honey 3. Touch My Body 4. Boy, I Need You 5. Obsessed 6. Shake It Off 7. All I Want For Christmas (2019) 8. Make It Happen 9. Hero 10. O, Holy Night Honorable mentions: I Still Believe Through The Rain A No No I Stay In Love Dreamlover My All Breakdown It's very likely that either director Joseph Khan or Brett Ratner will be there to give the award. (Friday 22 August 2025; 05:21)

Back to chart obsession (110,525) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter While that seems plausible, Mariah did say in interviews that everyone told her to release this song since it's everyone's favorite. So that makes it look like they thought this has a chance. While I agree with Edward the song isn't bad and had Ariana released it, it would probably do a lot better, but I doubt it was supposed to be a buzz single. The album has only 10 songs, we already heard 2.5. (Saturday 16 August 2025; 03:51) this is a reply to message 110,521

Back to chart obsession (110,521) by Bobby A from United States I believe the plan all along was for Sugar Sweet to be a promo single. Someone realized at Gamma it just wasn't going to do anything on the charts. Some AR executive said probably that afro beats was not what people wanted from Mariah Carey. They released SS anyway to launch preorders. I hope the third single is the one. (Saturday 16 August 2025; 00:57)

Doja Cat (110,520) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter While I get that but it's so clear that she never met these 2 artists before because from the "behind the scenes" video we could see they're meeting for the first time when shooting the promo clip. I would think a songwriter like Mariah would at least want to be more acquainted with whoever she chooses to collaborate with because she's so picky with who she works with. She keeps picking random artists. (Saturday 16 August 2025; 00:31) this is a reply to message 110,515

Doja Cat (110,515) by T from USA Mariah said they were perfect for the song and she had them in mind. So that's how these two relatively unknown girls got on the song. (Friday 15 August 2025; 19:48)

Doja Cat (110,510) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Agree. I heard of Kehlani by name but can't name a single song. I didn't know the other artist. I don't know why Mariah doesn't call her famous friends for collaborations because we know they pull through when she asks. Look at how many times Ariana came to support her. I was excited about the roll out of the era when TDang teasers started but I don't know what's the plan forward, are we getting a SS music video? Is that dead on arrival? She made 2 collaboration mistakes. Why get Mr Beast to feature in a video when it wasn't part of his contract to promote the song and why have Kehlani on a song where she refused to be featured as a main artist so that it doesn't show up on her Spotify page. She needs to be smarter with who she collaborates with. Heck even Taylor Swift roped in Sabrina Carpenter who's currently super popular eventhough Taylor doesn't need the added advantage. (Friday 15 August 2025; 15:47) this is a reply to message 110,502

Doja Cat (110,502) by Giovanni from USA This is why if Mariah wants to stay relevant she needs to one make sure her music is good and second collaborate with current artists like Doja Cat or Bruno Mars. A lot of people don't know who Kehlani or Shenseea is, I never heard of either them until "Sugar sweet" was released. I'm glad she did a song with Anderson .Paak but we really need a collab with a known female artist. (Friday 15 August 2025; 06:24)

2013 Mariah (110,509) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree about the 2013 fashion. Her looks were on point. The American Idol era had her taking risks. Her hair and glam was on point. Her recent looks don't do justice to how incredible she looks now. The only recent ensemble I really liked was the gold moment at the BETs performance. She needs a new team of stylist and publicist and especially a social media team. Her social media needs some serious work. (Friday 15 August 2025; 15:43) this is a reply to message 110,501

2013 Mariah (110,501) by Giovanni from USA I don't know about ya'll but I miss 2013 Mariah. She looked so young and fresh and her ensembles were on point. She needs to go back with stylist Johnny Wujek because Dior Sovoa is not it, he needs to be fired asap. Johnny actually knows how to dress a woman. I also loved the short milf cut she had when she performed at that charity concert in NY when she was wearing that sling for her arm. Never been a fan of the long hair. Am I being silly or do some of ya'll agree? I'm curious what Mimi L has to say. (Friday 15 August 2025; 06:18)

Taylor Swift (110,490) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Agree, I have a feeling she might not end up shading publicly but I do wish she does because BL deserves it. As for support system Taylor doesn't only have Scott she has her mother and her brother who she recently revealed were the people who helped her get her masters back. It's so unfortunate that Mariah doesn't have anyone to protect her like that. The only people who truly care about her are her children and they are too young to provide her that support. (Thursday 14 August 2025; 19:55) this is a reply to message 110,488

Taylor Swift (110,488) by Lambi from USA I'm so happy to hear that. Blake Lively is despicable. She tried to threaten Taylor Swift by saying, "I'm going to leak ten years of your messages if you don't stand up for me." Taylor is going to flex her empire hard. I've also been following the lawsuit, so knowing that she's preparing to clap back is exciting. I also became a fan of Scott Swift, her dad, in the process. When he heard about the threats, he immediately gave the information to the opposing team, so now they have evidence of Blake Lively's extortion attempt. I love it. It made me wish Mariah had a protective father figure like that throughout her life. Maybe she wouldn't be so damaged and wouldn't be the blow-up doll she is today, if she had consistently felt deeply loved by a father since she was a child. (Thursday 14 August 2025; 15:03)

Taylor Swift (110,486) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Taylor is coming guns blazing. First of all we already know her team is insane with the promotions so I expect it to ramp up pretty soon. Taylor herself is very involved in these, she knows how to get her fans excited so she'll take full advantage. Plus she's featuring Sabrina Carpenter in one of her songs which is bound to bring more listeners and she is heavily implying she's got songs about her fall out with Blake Lively which is a huge topic currently so she's got all the attention. (Thursday 14 August 2025; 14:16) this is a reply to message 110,472

Taylor Swift (110,472) by jaker20 from US Mariah's team can only wish. The two competing would benefit Mariah only just from the free publicity alone. They're no longer in the same commercial league anymore, as Mariah is a legacy act. I just want Mariah's album to be good and I don't care about what others are putting out there. Taylor's album will release a week after Mariah's. She's putting Olivia in a worse position because she beat her announcement and Olivia is supposed to release in 2025. Now Olivia is likely going to change plans, especially with Sabrina already releasing later this month. (Thursday 14 August 2025; 02:22)

Taylor Swift (110,469) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter As much as I am annoyed that TS is dropping an album right around Mariah's time, I don't think she would even be competing with Mariah because she knows she can easily overshadow. If anything she's weirdly going to outshine her bestie Sabrina and possibly even Olivia. This is why I wanted Mariah to strike when the iron is hot and just go ahead with the release by August. That way she'd have her time to shine. And you know Taylor will have her lengthy track list and multiple variants so unfortunately chart wise there's no hope for Mariah. (Wednesday 13 August 2025; 20:47) this is a reply to message 110,449

Taylor Swift (110,449) by Bobby A from United States I have been on X too much since June 6th reading too many posts that Taylor Swift is coming. Well, she will back in late September/October with a new album. I still think this is a direct AR marketing strategy by Republic Records to steal MC's shine and sales from 09.26 to 10.10. What else could it be to post album pre-orders without a first single released first? Don't say Bobby A didn't say it here first. (Wednesday 13 August 2025; 02:47)

Random thought (110,306) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree. (Sunday 3 August 2025; 17:02) this is a reply to message 110,301

Random thought (110,301) by TJ from Norway I'm sure some of you think I'm an old crow, but she should stick to what she knows, and that is music. She's not a good actress, and doesn't know how to express different feelings or what ever in movies. That's at least my honest opinion. Love MC but acting is not her cup of tea. (Sunday 3 August 2025; 07:50)

Article: The making of Mariah Carey (110,180) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I love the cover. She looks like an absolute boss. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 11:58) this is a reply to message 110,173

Article: The making of Mariah Carey (110,173) by TJ from Norway The first picture. Wow. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 11:18)

Andrew (110,105) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thank you Shezz you are always so kind and you are right about Bobby A, he is always too nice to really say what really went down back then. It was outrageous and unacceptable. (Sunday 27 July 2025; 03:19) this is a reply to message 110,099

Andrew (110,099) by Shezz from Pk Agreed Mimi L. His ridiculous outbursts at you are my last memories of him. Whoever still has a soft spot or sympathy for him should maintain a direct private relationship with him. Bobby A. is downplaying how rude he was to him. And then of course the daily nonstop venom spewed at Mariah. There are plenty of people here who don't like her current music or style or what have you but they always express it with respect and love still for her. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 19:09)

Andrew (110,089) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I for one am glad he's gone and hope he stays gone. I think everyone on this board forgot why he was banned. I can appreciate people having different takes and different opinions about MC but Andrew's opinions weren't just about Mariah. His very last stunt was being extremely violent towards me and a few others on this board. He resorted to name calling, personally attacking and just making outrageous posts that had no business here. All because he didn't agree with my views. I get some people who know him say that he was going though personal stuff but no amount of stuff going on in your personal life justifies viciously attacking someone on a freaking messageboard. Not only was he a bully, he also never considered that the person he's throwing insults at may have personal things going on themselves but didn't resort to his level of insult hurling. His language had gotten so bad when responding to me the webmaster had to stop posting them. Not only included abusive language he would also constantly demean people for their English, myself included when English isn't our first language. He was petty, a bully and downright abusive and this wasn't the first time he did that to me at least and wouldn't have been the last if he wasn't stopped. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 13:11) this is a reply to message 110,082

Andrew (110,082) by Dove from United States Yeah, he left an impression on me. Sometimes his opinions would piss me off but they weren't entirely wrong. I felt personally victimized when he said anything negative about MC. Lol. He's a talented and entertaining writer. I hope he's good. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 03:29)

D2C cover (109,955) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Unpopular opinion but I think I like this one the best hahah. Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect, I do not like the outfit much because it's not cover worthy, but I comparatively like this one the most as it's the most cover worthy. The first one I already expressed my views, the second was very Celine Dion (no shade to Celine), very dated and I just didn't think she stood out in the album. This one she's front and center and ready to choose violence. Staring right down at her hater. What I would change about it - I think she would have looked absolutely stunning doing the makeup she did for TDang in the Britney like scene with the dancers and probably choose another outfit no diamond necklace. But still the third cover is by far the best in this series. (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 17:19) this is a reply to message 109,954

D2C cover (109,954) by ADAM from USA Sigh. The iconic Daydream pose with 2025 plastic surgery enchantments are not it. Not shaming her decision to alter her appearance, I get it, she wants to be sexy and beautiful fine, but it's cringe to see her recycle such iconography and not modernize her look for a new album. I much prefer the Amazon album cover with full body pose so much - grown but still sexy and something new. (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 16:39)

Here For It All (109,940) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter JD may have some So So Def remixes. (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 00:22) this is a reply to message 109,934

Here For It All (109,934) by Bobby A from United States I am wondering now if the rumored Bryson Tiller collaboration is on the Amazon exclusive CD potentially being that 12th track. That would surely entice more hip hop and R&B fans purchase that version of the CD. Everybody is saying on the social media JD's absence on a Mariah Carey album is the first time in 16 years. I feel he won't be out completely. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 21:18)

Cover art (109,932) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter One more cover reveal, I’m guessing tomorrow the D2C version. And then maybe the Sugar Sweet promo will start. Hoping for a fun video. I know Kehlani has writing credits on it but some people said it’s probably a sample. Because the other main writer just said it’s written by her and Mariah and produced by Harv. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 19:20) this is a reply to message 109,925

Cover art (109,925) by Bobby A from United States I love the Amazon cover better that was released today. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 16:15)

Cover art (109,917) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I like black and white too but I can't explain it, there's just something different that comes to mind when it comes to distinction between an album cover and a regular shoot. She had many amazing black and white covers - to name a few - #1's , Fantasy/Daydream, ISB, ABMB, E=MC2. They all were statement photos. The 2 versions we got so far look more like it's for an auto biography or a jewelry/beauty magazine ad. It doesn't have that iconic feeling that she's here to slay. Oh well I hope the songs make up for it. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 12:37) this is a reply to message 109,915

Cover art (109,915) by MusicfanJ from Germany I like the album cover. But I love black and white pics in general, so classic. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 11:59)

Cover art (109,904) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Update - they uploaded a clearer photo of the Amazon version and yes not feeling it. She melts into the dark instead of standing out. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 03:25) this is a reply to message 109,897

Cover art (109,897) by Haiji from United States I actually agree with this Mimi L. I kept thinking it was an old compilation album cover, like The Ballads or Playlist until I checked and was wrong lol. I just scrolled through IG and the user "itsallaboutMariahcarey" posted a few minutes ago and new album cover with the caption reading "Leaked". It was an all black backdrop and her sitting in an all black ensemble with straight long blond hair. Not sure if I like either cover tbh. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 01:25)

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