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Random thoughts, again (110,610) by Haiji from United States I wish I was able to message more on this board but lately I've been extra busy to the point where I'm reading some of your messages at a red light lol. Which is why I'm leaving these random thoughts once again. *I've heard TD on the radio a total of 4 times since released, all in my car, 2 different stations. It was the clean version, bleeping out "ho*s". *I heard SS once and it was slightly different in sound and Kehlani's part was taken out, so only MC and Shenseea. *I think they realized that SS was released too soon and far from album release, so they stopped promo and now trying to buy some time to re-launch the song with a video and remixes. In a recent interview she stated a video and some remixes coming up. *Either the 3rd single gotta have WBT status, to be a ballad, or it has to be a hit club banger, for the outside world of lambs to wanna buy her new album, just my opinion. *I kind of don't want the 3rd single to be the title track. From what it sounded to me was similar to Portrait and as much as that song is a favorite, it's not single worthy. *The top producers recent list is for the 21st century, so while I can agree that MC should definitely be above some other artists mentioned, I feel her placement on that list for this century is fine. I'm just happy they even considered her. *It was stated that her duet with AP will have a 70s groove to it, which makes me think it'll have similar vibes to Silk Sonic's sound. That might be a hit. *Also hoping she would later on release the PM cover and it's "Dear Boy". *Hopefully she releases something this Friday, whether it's the tracklist, a video or the remixes. *Her BBC and Pitchfork interviews were nice to watch, her energy was up. I also enjoyed her breaking down some of her music videos and on Capitol FM interview, when she played "Bored Now". I think she liked having control of the interview lol. I absolutely love Alan Carr's interview but this one was a bit cringe. I feel like she would've relaxed and been more into it if he hadn't made it weird with the vulgarity. I get that's how his show is and she's been there before but she's older now, times have also changed. She's a seasoned, classy woman. Like someone mentioned here before, I think she was most comfortable with those type of things during the Nick era and that's understandable. *Robert, what are your predictions for this upcoming Friday? (Wednesday 20 August 2025; 22:51)

Here For It All (110,424) by Haiji from United States So this is what the title track sounds like. It's sounds similar to Portrait to me. I can't wait for the full song. (Monday 11 August 2025; 20:40)

New interviews (110,371) by Haiji from United States Oh ok, my apologies, I get it now. Mariah at Smooth Radio iHeart interview Instagram link - BBC Radio Instagram link - BBC Radio Pt.2 Did I get it right? Lol. (Thursday 7 August 2025; 16:50)

New interviews (110,370) by Haiji from United States Hi Eric. Wondering if I added the links to the interviews wrong or were there too many links? Should I try again? [Webmaster: Maybe you should tell us what the link is, and not only giving us the URLs.] (Thursday 7 August 2025; 16:37)

New interviews (110,369) by Haiji from United States I'll just leave these here. (Thursday 7 August 2025; 16:22)

Random thought (110,296) by Haiji from United States I was watching videos on YouTube and came across a clip of Mariah in the movie The Butler. So I went on a "Mariah acting" binge with her different roles and was reading some of the comments on how much people were really amazed and feeling her acting. Makes me think why couldn't she get a really good acting coach and really continue a serious acting career. If she ever decides on retiring from music, I'd love to see her in some serious roles. Can you imagine if she was to have a flourishing acting career like her music career? (Sunday 3 August 2025; 03:15)

New video (110,283) by Haiji from United States So I was wrong when I said that the official mv for Sugar Sweet would drop today. It's actually just an official lyric video. Ugghh. (Friday 1 August 2025; 17:21)

Molly Meldrum interviews (110,276) by Haiji from United States I wish for an interview like this one for the release of HFIA. Molly always knew his stuff and always gave her room to speak and answer his great questions. I love that she broke down almost every aspect of the Butterfly album and videos. I believe he first interviewed her in 1992 for the Emotions promo. (Friday 1 August 2025; 02:52)

Update on Type Dangerous (110,233) by Haiji from United States Type: Dangerous U.S. Billboard Hot 100: #95 (50th career entry on chart) Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #24 Adult R&B Airplay: #15 R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #7 Adult Pop Airplay: #22 Pop Airplay: #32 Rhythmic Airplay: #20 R&B Digital Song Sales: #1 Digital Song Sales: #4 Hot R&B Songs: #7 Radio Songs (All-Format): #47 Australia ARIA Digital Tracks: #4 U.K. UK Singles Sales Chart: #9 UK Downloads Charts: #8 (currently re-entered at #99) Japan Billboard Japan Hot Overseas: #12 New Zealand RMNZ Hot Singles: #15 Lithuania Top Hit Airplay: #49 South Korea Circle BGM: #139 Type Dangerous: The Remixes EP - Brazil iTunes Album Charts: #3 Brazil Funk Remix (featuring Luísa Sonza) - Brazil iTunes: #6 Sugar Sweet Spotify: Over 1M streams in 4 days (Thursday 31 July 2025; 04:51)

Yall got me reminiscing (110,155) by Haiji from United States Yeah, they have a few interviews together throughout the years but that one is my favorite. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 04:23) this is a reply to message 110,150

Yall got me reminiscing (110,150) by Lambi from USA 1:57 "The reason is because I'm a secret agent, do you understand?" is so hysterical. I also love the other interview where she threw a whole a*s pillow at him. LMAO. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 02:53)

Yall got me reminiscing (110,148) by Haiji from United States I love all versions of Mariah, even during her darkest moments, but my absolute favorite is during her Butterfly era. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 02:38)

NMD interview (110,086) by Haiji from United States Hopefully yall are able to view it since it's on Instagram. I tried looking for it on YouTube but couldn't find it. Not sure if there's a longer version though. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 12:16)

Sugar Sweet (110,062) by Haiji from United States Lara, I think the "I hope that you don't mind" part, to me, sounds similar in tone and cadence to Inseparable from Memoirs, "Got photos of us, on my refrigerator" part. Is that what you are hearing as well? (Friday 25 July 2025; 18:25) this is a reply to message 110,021

Sugar Sweet (110,021) by Lara from Middle East It's light, neat and sweet. Like a summer hit. Touch My Body vibes. I love that the lyrics are easily relatable. Their voices blend very well. "I hope that you don't mind" part reminds me of a song on Caution but I can't figure out which one (maybe because it's 7 am). I hope that song will get recognition. (Friday 25 July 2025; 06:38)

New video (110,056) by Haiji from United States It was just reported that the Sugar Sweet video will be out next Friday 8/1. (Friday 25 July 2025; 16:47)

Sugar Sweet / Jimmy Kimmel (110,055) by Haiji from United States Woke up, said my prayers and went straight to listen to the full song. So the snippet didn't do much but the full song did it for me. Such a nice vibe. It felt like sitting by the beach taking in some sun. The harmonies from all 3 voices blended in so sweet. I like the song structure and vocal placements of all 3 ladies. I feel like this album will be similar to E=MC², summer and club songs, some ballads with few big vocal moments, understandably due to her current voice. I'll take it, though. Hoping for a nice, high quality video with some type of storyline and not just beauty, half-naked shots. Would love a remix with just her and maybe WizKid, Rema or even Vybz Kartel. Just watch the interview and it was also nice. I get why people would think she was uncomfortable due to the host but it doesn't seem that way honestly. Those who know MC's humor would know she was fine and going along with it. Yall remember the ChattyMan UK interviews during her Memoirs era? The host is known to be vulgar and she was fine with it. I think this new interview was funny and I enjoyed it. I would've liked the host to ask her more questions about the music but we all know Mariah doesn't like to disclose anything new that we don't already know but it was fine. (Friday 25 July 2025; 16:32)

Shenseea (110,005) by Haiji from United States Yes, I discovered Folded last night tbh and I loved it. Never heard her songs fully through until last night and I was pleasantly surprised. I like Shenseea's music as well especially her latest feature with Shake It To The Max Remix. It would be dope to see Halle in the video. Imagine MC using Halle's name in the lyrics since that was a trending moment of showing all the songs that dropped her name. Maybe MC will try to get in on the trend and also name-drop and have her in the video. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 16:16) this is a reply to message 110,002

Shenseea (110,002) by Bobby A from United States Yes, we will. Kehlani has a beautiful voice and her song Folded is her biggest streaming song of her career right now. I like Shenseea's song Work Me Out with Wiz Kid. By the way, Halle Berry just posted lyrics from Sugar Sweet for a call-and-response from Lambs. It would be cool if Halle Berry is in the video. Tomorrow is going to be a huge day for MC. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 15:35)

Shenseea (110,001) by Haiji from United States I think Shenseea will be featured mostly throughout the song with no real verse, maybe the bridge, with Mariah on 1st verse and Kehlani on 2nd verse. Or maybe it's formatted with a call-and-response verse where MC and Kehlani go back and forth on the verses, MC has the hook and bridge and Shenseea is also throughout the whole song with ad-libs. We'll see tomorrow. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 15:02) this is a reply to message 109,998

Shenseea (109,998) by Bobby A from United States Do you think Shenseea will sing her part first after Mariah's first verse and then Kehlani? I thought it was odd that Shenseea's name is first before Kehlani's name. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 14:02)

Shenseea (109,997) by Haiji from United States She's a dancehall artist (Jamaican - Vybz Kartel, Sean Paul, Beenie Man). Afrobeats comes from West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana - Burna Boy, Tems, Wizkid). Almost similar vibes but different genres. Often understandably confused with one another since some of Afrobeats influence comes from dancehall. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 13:42)

Speaking about covers (109,972) by Haiji from United States What would your top 5 songs, you think MC would sound great covering? My picks: 1. Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You 2. Out On A Limb - Tina Marie 3. Donny Hathaway - A Song For You 4. Sade - No Ordinary Love 5. Michael Jackson - Human Nature (imagine the vocal stacking) (Thursday 24 July 2025; 02:39)

Everything we know so far (109,962) by Haiji from United States Ok so here are my thoughts on everything about this new album rollout. Let's start with the cover. After all 3 reveals, I'm starting to like the all black cover. Seems like most natural one out of the three. Like Mimi stated before, the first one is giving magazine cover and I kind of agree with ADAM, the D2C cover looks very AI and too modified. I forget who here mentioned that they don't care about the cover as long as the music is good. You are right, that's really what matters but hey it's Mariah, we want everything to be perfect when it comes to her. I'm hoping for more bonus tracks on the deluxe versions than just the 11-12. I'm honestly not too familiar with The Beatles nor Paul M's discography but I went to listen to a few tracks that could possibly be the cover song and I have to say, Dear Boy would probably be her best option. I felt like Live and Let Die would be just another BOTHB cover. I can already hear and imagine the vocal stacks and harmonies she would bring to Dear Boy, praying I'm right. Yall might tear me apart for this but for some reason, that 10sec teaser of Sugar Sweet isn't doing anything for me yet. It seems catchy but it's not stuck in my head like TD was with the first snippet. Imo the clip made me think instantly of Stay Long Love You, which isn't a favorite of mine. Hoping the lyrics are a bit mature because right now it's giving teen girl bop. Lastly, September seems so far away not sure if that's a good idea. The momentum needs to keep going with more releases until then if that's the case. Drop an all club versions EP of TD. Drop Sugar Sweet, with a great video and remixes, hopefully with JD. She should go on The Breakfast Club around the time of the album release to promote it. Oh and the title caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting a different type of title compared to her previous. It's alright I guess, it just doesn't catch my attention right away. Sounds more like an album cut not an album title. I'm sure I missed a few thing but I'll be back lol. (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 20:35)

Here For It All (109,938) by Haiji from United States Bobby, I'm still hoping for that collab to come to life. He's one of my favorite artists, so that would make me so happy to hear. Praying you are correct on the bonus track. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 23:57) 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)

New album credits (109,903) by Haiji from United States So this is what I found. Once again, not sure if this is official. 1. TBA! Mariah Carey • Ray Romulus • Jonathan Yip • Luke Milano • Jeremy Reeves • Jeff Baranowsky • Felisha King Harvey 2. TBA! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II • Brandon Paak Anderson • Kenya Rae Johnson • Jairus Mozee • Jason Pounds 3. Type Dangerous! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II • Brandon Paak Anderson • Kenya Rae Johnson • Jairus Mozee • Jason Pounds • Eric Barrier • William Griffin 4. Sugar Sweet! Mariah Carey • Bernard Harvey • Felisha King Harvey • Kehlani Parrish • Chinsea Linda Lee • Donny Flores • Mikhai Wesley Miller 5. TBA! Mariah Carey • Rogét Chahayed • Alissia Benveniste • Brandon Paak Anderson • Kenya Rae Johnson 6. TBA! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II 7. TBA! Mariah Carey • Bernard Harvey • Felisha King Harvey 8. TBA! Mariah Carey • Rogét Chahayed • Alissia Benveniste • Brandon Paak Anderson • Uforo “Bongo” Ebong • Kenya Rae Johnson 9. TBA! Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney 10. TBA! Mariah Carey • Karen Clark Sheard • Jacky Clark Chisholm • Dorinda Clark Cole • Daniel Moore II 11. TBA! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 03:14)

Here For It All (109,898) by Haiji from United States Looking forward to hearing what Shensea and Bryson Tiller bring to the album. I'm thinking she's remaking a Paul M. song as a thank you for not getting upset when she beats The Beatles' record lol it would be wild if she actually beat the record or even tie it with that song but I doubt that. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 01:35) this is a reply to message 109,891

Here For It All (109,891) by Bobby A from United States We have some dedicated Lambs on X doing all of the in depth research. I think the goal of HFIA was to collaborate with new songwriters and producers a genre blending album. Here is what I have found out on X: 1. New producers and songwriters - Roget Chahayed (Jack Harlow's First Class and Miguel's Skywalker), Bongo ByTheWay (Keyshia Cole's Vault and Jasmine Sullivan's Girl Like Me), Alissia Beneveriste (Mary J. Blige's Heart Without Heartbreak from her album Good Morning Gorgeous), Harv, Felisha Fury, Luke Milano, Kehlani, Mikkai Wesley Miller Rae Khalil, and Anderson .Paak. 2. Sugar Sweet ft. Kehlani and Shenseea - 3:42 song length - 07/25 3. The Stereotypes and Luke Milano have track 1. So you know it must be an uptempo banger. 4. The Clark Sisters collaboration is on track 10. I am disappointed that Twinkie Clark wasn't a part of the writing session. Hopefully, she is singing on the song. Mariah and Daniel Moore produced it. 5. There is a Paul and Linda McCartney cover. Maybe it's their song "Dear Boy". 6. There still may be track 12 on the U.S. CD and vinyl variants and track 13 on the Japanese edition. (Monday 21 July 2025; 21:10)

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) this is a reply to message 109,893

Cover art (109,893) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok don't hate me please, I don't want to be negative Nancy but I'm not a huge fan of the cover art. It doesn't scream I am coming for your wigs Beatles haha. It doesn't scream Billboard count your days bish. The cover art is very pretty but it's something more like for a greatest hits album or "the love songs" collection. It's not memorable like TEOM or even catchy like Caution. Also maybe like a beauty magazine cover shoot. The way they posed the era starting with she wants to get 2 more #1's the album cover doesn't match the vibe. I hope we get some alternate versions too with a more fierce look. Also someone said a few posts back she needs a new stylist. I agree. We also need her out of these huge diamond necklaces and diamond bracelet stacks, they are very early 2000s vibe and it ages her a bit which is crazy because she is at another beauty peak. If she wants to pull in the number she needs the streaming audience that is mostly younger. (Monday 21 July 2025; 22:20)

Sugar Sweet (109,867) by Haiji from United States Thank you, Bobby. (Monday 21 July 2025; 03:31) this is a reply to message 109,866

Sugar Sweet (109,866) by Bobby A from United States He said, "Mariah, Mariah" before he sang the Sugar Sweet snippet. After he sang, his facial expressions said Whoa. Then he said "I can not wait to hear this full thing." (Monday 21 July 2025; 02:40)

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