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About Lighty from China: Been a Mariah fan since 1994.

Lead the Way (114,917) by Lighty from China I mean, it's AI enhanced not remastered from film like the Loverboy video. (Saturday 7 November 2026; 06:13) this is a reply to message 114,916

Lead the Way (114,916) by Edward from USA That clip's been available online for ages, of course the video quality on this one was enhanced. (Saturday 7 November 2026; 02:58)

Lead the Way (114,915) by Lighty from China Wow Mariah made my wish come true with this. Though it looks AI enhanced, it's better than nothing. (Friday 6 November 2026; 19:27) this is a reply to message 114,825

Lead the Way (114,825) by Lighty from China I think that's because the song took too long to be finally finished so it'd be unfair if she labeled the 1997 version as just a demo since it's a very early take and the album version might be a super mix from all the takes she did during 1997 and 2001. Here's hoping we'll get a clearer video of her recording Lead the Way in the studio. (Friday 30 October 2026; 13:26)

Angels Advocate (114,914) by Lighty from China I never thought Loverboy Firecracker version would be released but here we are. Nothing is impossible. (Friday 6 November 2026; 13:28) this is a reply to message 114,913

Angels Advocate (114,913) by D from United States I wonder if it'll ever be released. (Friday 6 November 2026; 04:08)

We need a music video (114,905) by Lighty from China Caution era music videos were low budget but decent. She should get that director Sarah McColgan back, as she brought something different out from her. Joseph Kahn can take a long vacation though. (Thursday 5 November 2026; 14:48) this is a reply to message 114,901

We need a music video (114,901) by D from United States I wonder if Nick Cannon and Mariah are still friends. He does seem narcissistic but narcissists are people too. I'm just wondering because Nick directed cute music videos for her. Man, Nick really let me down. I thought he was going to make Mariah happy. What a disappointment. I'm just craving a really good music video from her. It would be great if someone making a Christmas movie could make a music video to one of Mariah's songs using the cast of the movie and footage from the movie. Like Almost Home. Just so we can get some kind of decent cinematography. (Thursday 5 November 2026; 02:05)

Luxury brands ad campaigns are always like that (114,887) by Lighty from China Especially Gucci's style is always like the Christmas one Mariah just did. It's not that those actors and models are weird looking or what, people in the fashion industry literally just look and act like that. Maybe it's because Mariah didn't have any high fashion and luxury endorsements when she was young and at her peak popularity that we are not used to seeing her in ads like this. If you wanna see "normal" people around Mariah, don't look to the Gucci ads or any high fashion ads, go get Mariah a Walmart line, just like D suggested. (Tuesday 3 November 2026; 17:30)

Mariah featured in Gucci new ad campaign (114,863) by Lighty from China Yesterday we had Mariah spray on us some Sol de Janeiro in the It's Time video, today we have Gucci Gift with Mariah here. (Monday 2 November 2026; 16:23)

Reasons and excuses for why Mariah can't sing or move anymore (114,861) by Lighty from China Also her lips barely moved during the "underneath the Christmas trees" line in this year's It's Time video. I wondered what actually happened to her. (Monday 2 November 2026; 15:23) this is a reply to message 114,860

Reasons and excuses for why Mariah can't sing or move anymore (114,860) by John from USA At this point, I would settle for her at least move normally even when lipsynching. Her punk girl skit was atrocious because she hardly moved. The Type Dangerous video as glossy it might have been, did not move people, partly because she barely moved. (Monday 2 November 2026; 15:09)

Glitter 25 deluxe (114,859) by Lighty from China I happened to watch this video the other day on why rappers stopped featuring on pop songs. To summarize: rappers are expensive, risky and not the guarantee to chart success anymore. Also, nowadays songs are too short to feature rap verses, and rappers themselves are singing anyway. (Monday 2 November 2026; 15:04) this is a reply to message 114,853

Glitter 25 deluxe (114,853) by Edward from USA I'm so glad the mandatory rap feature era seems to be over. Mariah didn't have any on HFIA, and Ariana didn't have one on either of her last two albums. That formula was getting so tired and overused. I'm so happy to see it finally go. (Sunday 1 November 2026; 21:57)

Voice / Glitter / There For Me (114,839) by Lighty from China There For Me was recorded during the Rainbow sessions, allegedly along with After Tonight and Can't Take That Away. You can tell from that Rainbow tone in the song. That's why it ended up on Rainbow 25 as it was never meant to be a part of the Glitter soundtrack. (Saturday 31 October 2026; 11:47) this is a reply to message 114,838

Voice / Glitter / There For Me (114,838) by nancy from Switzerland The first time I noticed that Mariah had a bit weaker voice (but still good) was in Divas Live. She was touring a lot and the struggles after her divorce were not easy for her. She had to fullfill her contract with Sony, before she left for Virgin. In the Number 1s album, where she sang [I still believe], [When you believe] with Whitney, and [Do you know where you're going to] the voice seemed to be very tired and strained. For Glitter she had all the power and [energy] again. She had the best ballads in Glitter which should have been all worldwide singles. My absolute favorite was [There for me] that unfortunately wasn't on the album. Until today I don't understand why the song didn't made it into the [album]. I would have taken out [Don't stop (funkin for Jamaica)]. She allegedly did it just for the fans. (Saturday 31 October 2026; 10:22)

Lead the Way (114,825) by Lighty from China I think that's because the song took too long to be finally finished so it'd be unfair if she labeled the 1997 version as just a demo since it's a very early take and the album version might be a super mix from all the takes she did during 1997 and 2001. Here's hoping we'll get a clearer video of her recording Lead the Way in the studio. (Friday 30 October 2026; 13:26) this is a reply to message 114,822

Lead the Way (114,822) by Bobby A from United States I am thinking that if she labeled the 1997 version a rough demo then we would assumed that it was the demo to the album version. (Friday 30 October 2026; 11:23)

Lead the Way (114,815) by Lighty from China I think it actually is a rough demo since when Mariah posted the snippet you can see it's labeled under "Roughs". (Friday 30 October 2026; 05:00) this is a reply to message 114,813

Lead the Way (114,813) by Edward from USA Sorry, dahhlings, but I had to use a VPN to place myself in New Zealand, where it's already October 30, to listen to "Lead The Way (1997)". Yesterday, I was going to post about it, but I held off because what I suspected turned out to be true. During the Butterfly era, Mariah mostly used her whistle register as vocal layering or as an embellishment to accentuate certain songs. As I kind of expected, the whistle part is absent in this new version. The song sounds a little unpolished in certain places, more like a demo, but I still like it. I do believe she kept some of these vocals for the Glitter version, though. (Thursday 29 October 2026; 21:02)

Glitter 25 bonus disc tracklisting (114,789) by Lighty from China Actually many artists are doing the same, like Sam Smith with In The Lonely Hour, Nelly Furtado with Loose (twice already), Beyonce with B'Day, Gaga with Born This Way, just to name a few. Even JLo's 25th anniversary edition of the JLo album is packed with some never-heard-before versions of her songs, and I'm genuinely looking forward to Britney's 25th anniversary edition of her Britney album, which will include 5 previously unreleased songs from her vault. That said, no one beats Mariah when she released those writing session rough demos for Daydream30. (Tuesday 27 October 2026; 08:06) this is a reply to message 114,787

Glitter 25 bonus disc tracklisting (114,787) by Tevin from USA I would have loved a new song, but I'm happy she is giving us something. Let's not forget a few years ago she didn't even recognize the album existed. Also the January 97 version of Lead the way will basically be her Daydream voice, so I can't wait to hear that. I'm just grateful we are getting something because other than maybe Taylor, no one else is dropping anniversary packages like this. Now MiMi if you are reading this, open the vault please and release Rarities 2 next year. (Tuesday 27 October 2026; 01:56)

Glitter 25 bonus disc tracklisting (114,780) by Lighty from China Basically the only song I'm really looking forward to on disc 2 is Lead the Way (1997 version). (Monday 26 October 2026; 17:45) this is a reply to message 114,776

Glitter 25 bonus disc tracklisting (114,776) by BFF from US Well, I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Mariah just posted the track listing for disc 2 of the Deluxe Edition a little while ago. 1. Out Here On My Own 2. Never Too Far / Hero (Medley) 3. Loverboy (Firecracker - Original Version) 4. All My Life (Channel Tres Remix) 5. Didn't Mean To Turn You On (with Rochelle Jordan) 6. Loverboy (MJ Cole Remix) 7. Loverboy (Club Of Love Remix) 8. Want You (Mariah Only Version) 9. All My Life (A Cappella) 10. Lead The Way (1997 Version) 11. Out Here On My Own (Alternate Vocal Take) 12. Never Too Far (Writing Session Interlude) 13. Never Too Far (Rough Demo) 14. Never Too Far / Hero (Medley) with Westlife 15. Glitter Medley (Live from the Caution Tour) I just don't quite understand the lack of unreleased vault tracks. She worked on this project from 1997-2001, and we know that there are other songs from that period that were completed for "Glitter". (Monday 26 October 2026; 16:31)

Loverboy remix video in 4k (114,738) by Lighty from China I think it's because most budget went into that Type Dangerous video, so nothing's left for Sugar Sweet. (Thursday 22 October 2026; 07:18) this is a reply to message 114,736

Loverboy remix video in 4k (114,736) by jaker20 from US It's doing better than most of Mariah's recent videos. It's super cheesy but it works with the song. It again proves that good concept videos still work if they actually put effort on it. I really think a good Sugar Sweet video would have changed the trajectory of HFIA, but Mariah didn't push for it because the Shensea & Kehlani version is better than her original and she's probably not here for it. (Thursday 22 October 2026; 01:48)

Gliiter cd (114,714) by Lighty from China I didn't buy the Glitter CD when it was first released in China because they deleted the two Loverboys and Want You due to the explicit lyrics. Stupid censorship. Years later I got the vinyl and kept it as a treasure. (Monday 19 October 2026; 17:44) this is a reply to message 114,707

Gliiter cd (114,707) by Bobby A from United States How many of you actually have Glitter on CD? Have you been listening to it this month? I have found another used copy today at a store which is a rare find. This stuff is starting now. Lol. What other Glitter celebrations will you doing during these last 12 days? I am going to watch Glitter next Saturday. (Monday 19 October 2026; 00:27)

Two focus points for MC17 (114,678) by Lighty from China Maybe we should wait until this year's Christmas tours to see if she's still stiff and lifeless on stage. If so, nothing could save MC17, if that album's ever gonna happen. (Sunday 11 October 2026; 05:50) this is a reply to message 114,675

Two focus points for MC17 (114,675) by Bobby A from United States Most Lambs (me too) are not streaming on repeat to increase MC's streaming numbers in the way the younger demographics do for Taylor Swift and Ella Langley. Lambs have to start new streaming campaigns in 2027 by choosing songs from MC's 2000s catalogue to focus on each month until MC17's first single is released. MC and .gamma should consider a streaming only release for the first three months and then drop the physical cd and vinyl three months later. During the initial streaming only release, MC could rely on a corporate streaming integration such as Coach X Spotify Tabby Tour activation to push her presence onto active user playlists like "On Repeat". (Sunday 11 October 2026; 00:50)

Debut of the misstep (114,632) by Lighty from China Music Box is her best-selling album worldwide so for Sony it was not a misstep in any case. (Saturday 3 October 2026; 17:25) this is a reply to message 114,627

Debut of the misstep (114,627) by Matty from Vancouver Canada I've been playing my Mariah MTV Unplugged album a lot during this Summer to Autumn transition. It accrued to me: did Sony do a massive misstep with releasing a raw and completely live album, followed with Music Box, her most glossy overly produced, slick, perfect by numbers album? I'm a dream world, what if she followed MYV Unplugged with Someone's Ugly Daughter? (Saturday 3 October 2026; 04:24)

23 Weeks (114,588) by Lighty from China Taylor's releasing her new single this Friday. Let's wait and see if it's gonna debut at No.1. (Friday 25 September 2026; 04:33) this is a reply to message 114,587

23 Weeks (114,587) by Edward from USA I'm a little bitter about "Choosin' Texas" taking over AIWFCIY's 22-week record. The frustrating part is that the song closest to overtaking it is still pretty far behind in overall points, so "Choosin' Texas" could possibly rack up another two or three weeks at #1. If that happens, even if "AIWFCIY" manages to score four more weeks at #1, it would only match it or beat it by one week. And that's assuming "AIWFCIY" doesn't start deflating by then. (Thursday 24 September 2026; 23:04)

Glitter anniversary - disc 2 predictions (114,489) by Lighty from China According to comments on YouTube, Everytime was sung by a singer called Amanda Wilson. (Wednesday 26 August 2026; 05:05) this is a reply to message 114,483

Glitter anniversary - disc 2 predictions (114,483) by MusicfanJ from Germany I loved "Everytime" the snippet or demo. The rumour said that the singer wasn't MC. But I loved it soo much. The list sounds good and promising. I hope it's true to get some rare songs from the glitter era. (Tuesday 25 August 2026; 18:02)

MC songs I've burnt out on (114,470) by Lighty from China The one song I always skip is Always Be My Baby. I used to love the song when I was young. Maybe she did sang it too many times. (Monday 24 August 2026; 14:26) this is a reply to message 114,464

MC songs I've burnt out on (114,464) by Randy from USA Between me, MC's live sets and the general public, I just have heard the following songs so much, I skip them on my playlists or on albums. Hero Fantasy All I Want For Christmas We Belong Together Shake It Off Is it just me? If you ask me what I play the most these days it's Heartbreaker with Jay Z, Through The Rain, Languishing, Petals and Angel's Cry with Neyo. (Sunday 23 August 2026; 23:50)

Snooze you look Virgin Records (114,440) by Lighty from China Virgin signed with Mariah in April 2001. Mariah started working on the All That Glitters/Glitter project way before that, as early as 1997/1998. Glitter the movie was produced and released by 20 Century Fox and Columbia Pictures, the latter is a sister company of Columbia Records. Glitter the album was released in Japan by Sony Music Japan. Of course Tommy knew everything. (Saturday 22 August 2026; 07:40) this is a reply to message 114,433

Snooze you look Virgin Records (114,433) by Matty from Vancouver Canada It will be interesting for this new pressing of Glitter to be released via Island Def Jam and not a Virgin Records release. (Also, correct me if I'm wrong, was there a 2nd pressing in the last few years of all MC's albums on vinyl including Glitter? Around the time Glitter appeared back on Streaming?) Anyways - Virgin Records was really chicken sh** out by ending their relationship with Mariah in such a knee jerk way. I mean they still stood by Janet in 2004 and 2006 after the ridiculous Super Bowl insanity. Virgin panicked, and for the massive organization they were, they could have kept the ship sailing steady. Also, why did someone at Virgin even let Tommy hear Mariah's new music for Glitter? It should have been under lock and key ah-la Beyonce and Drake. There was obviously a rat in the mix (one of Tommy's spies) giving him the goods. Imagine Mariah hit us with the original plan of releasing Butterfly, then "All that Glitters" movie and soundtrack in 1999 as was intended? It's one of those sliding door moment of Mariah's like. Just like if "Art of Letting Go" album was released right after #Beautiful was climbing the charts while she was on American Idol. (Saturday 22 August 2026; 00:32)

Glitter 25th anniversary (114,439) by Lighty from China Of course it's fake. Date is wrong. Track number is also wrong. (Saturday 22 August 2026; 07:34) this is a reply to message 114,431

Glitter 25th anniversary (114,431) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain Can this be for real? (Friday 21 August 2026; 21:27)

New remix (114,423) by Lighty from China I'd assume Never Too Far / Nero will also take a spot on the 15-track disc 2. (Thursday 20 August 2026; 17:41) this is a reply to message 114,420

New remix (114,420) by Bill from the UK The new remix is fab and according to the Deluxe placeholder on Amazon Music, we're getting 15 extra tracks including the new remix. I assume another two will be Out Here On My Own and Firecracker, but I will absolutely die if the Prince duet that was shelved has been cleared for release. Daydream and Glitter both getting this love in one year is incredible. Please Mariah don't forget about your stellar debut and the beautiful Emotions albums. (Thursday 20 August 2026; 14:28)

Glitter (114,409) by Lighty from China Barely recognizable? The song literally starts with the sample. (Tuesday 18 August 2026; 10:23) this is a reply to message 114,406

Glitter (114,406) by Bobby A from United States Bill, I really enjoy when you give us a backstory about MC's catalogue. I still don't understand why MC just didn't keep the Firecracker sample for Loverboy. She could have created a chart battle with J Lo with a in your face moment for Tommy. The Firecracker sample is barely recognizable in I'm Real. Also, what made MC choose Cameo's Candy as an alternate choice? I think a Bar-Kays sample would have been a better choice and would have caused Loverboy to have shot straight to number #1 without a discount. (Tuesday 18 August 2026; 01:44)

Glitter (114,408) by Lighty from China The Firecracker sample was not used in the I'm Real remix, but in the original version. (Tuesday 18 August 2026; 10:21) this is a reply to message 114,404

Glitter (114,404) by Bill from the UK The Firecracker sample was used on J.Lo's I'm Real remix which also featured Ja Rule, so it was like a combination of both. Ja Rule even said Tommy heard If We and was so impressed by how good it was that he got Ja Rule on J.Lo's remix immediately and asked him to do a similar sort of thing. Consequently two of the best tracks on Glitter were done for. Loverboy had to be re-recorded and re-sang as we know, and any plans to release If We as a single later had to be shelved. (Monday 17 August 2026; 20:38)

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