Mariah Upcoming Release Thread 2013 // #Beautiful feat. Miguel

It's time to hear Mariah on the radio again.

She's talked about the upcoming album; it has more ballads than you'd expect, and she says she wants [these last few albums] to be just as quality as her first few. Mariah also just split with manager and Idol co-star Randy Jackson due to scheduling conflicts and signed a contract with Red Light Management (Alicia Keys, Faith Hill). We can expect the album in the first half of the summer, but as to the content, expectations are less clear. Mariah's team has said that there will be a mix of styles and formats on the record.

#Beautiful starring Mariah and Miguel is a great radio song, and ready for pretty much any format. Collaborations with The-Dream, Hit-Boy and Jermaine are rumored for the upcoming record, and early chart performance for #Beautiful is looking good. The video premieres tonight!

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h164/ybfchic/May%202013/ScreenShot2013-05-06at32240PM.png

My boyfriend has been putting it on in the morning before he leaves for work and I'm in bed, and it's amazing.

Ref:
Mariah Carey // Triumphant (2012)
thread of miguel

Make it happen, Mariah!

uncensored version out yet?

lol

interpreting that as a no

i have no idea. i don't think so

I WANT SWEARS

i kinda like how they blank it out, you can still hear it

Mariah loves summer songs.

("always be my baby" chimes in from overhead)

she really does. she was just talking about always be my baby in an interview, talking about jermaine

video any minute now!

ahahahahahahahahahahahahah

miguel's goofy faces in this video are pretty much my fantasy of everything

where is it link plz

nvm found it

http://youtu.be/oe1wtkkt9-E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe1wtkkt9-E&feature=youtu.be

my first thought is UGH MIGGY YOU ARE RIDING THAT BIKE HELLA SLOW WTF

pretty cute tho

holy shit mariah looks incompetent in this video

her moves are embarrassing tbh

she's on quaaludes right?

i can't

on idol she prefaced the video by saying to the competitors "you can't let your label dictate your style. in a video it's my time to be exactly who i want" or something

bit surprised that Mariah opted to show clam in this vid but ey it's 2013 we're an advanced people.

Also, song is so good, every bit of it. Will there be any other Miguel-assisted tracks on the album?

I didn't expect much other than what we got from her in this vid, tbqh

her dancing is now just variations on pinup poses

she reminds me of Britney's enervated aerobics of "Gimme More" in fall '07.

truth

yep

it's not even rly the moves it's the video. i mean, she was singing about running red lights in a field on a stationary bike

stop relying on yr body etc

*of = performing

how hard could it have been to just have them on the bike for 3 minutes

coulda been a easy teenage dream knockoff

totally

so the swears have been replaced w/ tiny mariah shrieks in the video

Yall are crazy, what's pop music for if not hot babes writhing on motorcycles?

Also, filling a barn w awesome huge chandeliers and an expensive car.

they shot the video half in a barn w/ candlelight + instagram kelvin filter, half during the golden hour

theyre really pushing for that late summer afternoon vibe, really trying hard to make this summer thing happen

the swears are still in there - and the mariah shrieks were there already too?

I don't think the mariah shreaks are in the itunes versh

yeah i really wanted this video to just be them on a motorbike for the whole song. the chemistry between them in the video is kinda cute tho, especially miguel's kind of incredulous/thrilled expressions as mariah dances for him in the barn

the little mariah squeaks/shrieks over the blanked-out swears aren't on the itunes version

oh huh sry, I didn't catch that I guess

video needed more close-ups of mariah, and in particular one when she sings the "OH HOW YOU THRILL ME!" line

i don't think i need to hear the unedited version actually, this song is too sweet for swears

xpost yeah I was kind of bummed they missed that

this video makes way more sense once you realise it's a rich and totally insane miguel alone on his vast private estate hanging out with an imaginary mariah hallucination

last shot should have been men in white coats arriving as he frenches a tree

ahahah

baahahahahahahaha

Also, filling a barn w awesome huge chandeliers and an expensive car.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:33 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Chandeliers steal the show in this video

to be fair that black bathing suit thing is not looking bad on Mimi

but obviously miguel sticking his tongue out steals the show

i want a gif of that on the inside of my eyelids

XD XD

step 1:

http://oi42.tinypic.com/1ova83.jpg

oh hiiiiii

thanks merdeyeux

i just heard this song in the gas station

Due to garnering an audience impression of 29 million across all radio channel formats within one day of its release, Billboard predicted on May 7, 2013 that "#Beautiful" will debut inside the top 50 of the US Radio Songs chart.[22] It was noted that due to the song only being made available to download on May 6, 2013, that only the airplay figures would count towards its US Billboard Hot 100 chart position, if it were to chart. It is predicted that the song will sell more than 100,000 downloads by May 12, 2013.[22] The following day on May 8, 2013, Billboard reported that audience impressions had risen to 31 million and that although the airplay for "#Beautiful" was not enough to chart on the Hot 100 chart, it had debuted on the Radio Songs chart at number 4

is that a good thing or a bad thing? sounds good? i want this to go all the way

ALSO THAT GIF

just made my morning. also kevin you are lucky

i know! i thought it was random and awesome

http://snpsnpsnp.tumblr.com/post/49783717234/heyyyy-so-there-were-four-months-during-which-i

Heyyyy. So. There were four months during which I thought maybe I wouldn’t be in love again, I mean, not with a boy, and maybe that would be fine because New York and women, but then not fine because you can’t spend all day in bed eating grapes with the Empire State Building, and your friends like you too much to have sex with you, and also, you want boys, you want a boy’s capacity to surprise you. Like this song. Which has the cheeeeesiest image. Shit looks like social media marketing for a long-delayed Lifetime movie about a hard-done single MILF falling reluctantly in love with her neighbour’s son, who is home for the summer with a career-ending college ball injury that yet permits him to ride motorcycles and break into infinity pools and fuck her standing against the scaffolding of an abandoned construction site, which is soft-focus spectacular, but then what happens when her redneck baby daddy gets out of NA with a fresh shave and a practical four-wheeler?

In conclusion: I’ve been listening to this song all day, and no matter how good you think it will be, you will be wrong. It’s better. Bye.

it had debuted on the Radio Songs chart at number 4

that should be 44. if it were number 4 it definitely would have been on the hot 100 as well.

that was one of the most amazing reviews

5:30am listen, headphones

and again why not

she better hurry up with this album cuz i'm on repeat at this point

btw too cute my coworker who's really into rap/hip hop said to me the other day he's like, "so my friend told me to listen to Triumphant? told me meek mill is on it"

i was like "yeah! you should listen to it!"

it was a feel-good moment

Apparently not actually completely written/produced by the two of them. Happy Perez also co-produced and Brook D'Leau has a writing credit.

I love that Happy Perez is having a renaissance.

In conclusion: I’ve been listening to this song all day, and no matter how good you think it will be, you will be wrong. It’s better. Bye.

― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, May 10, 2013 6:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

video needed more close-ups of mariah,

She sure has a lot of booty close-ups. Wish they had done the same with Miguel.

i meann that bod

y

omg yes I would have loved that

this is dumb but it made me lol

http://www.thesouptv.com/latest/mariah-carey-s-chandelier-barn/417728

nb explicit version is existent on itunes now

gonna have to get used to it!

(this is still the single of the year)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr8ncpzFZ61qfjjglo1_250.gif

i love her

omg <3

she played beer pong with Jimmy Fallon on Late Night a while ago, except they used champagne instead of beer. She was so freakin adorable

old but i still lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka_b9sB1GmA

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http://www.freeonsmash.com/files/2013/05/Beautiful5.gif
http://www.freeonsmash.com/files/2013/05/Beautiful2.gif
http://www.freeonsmash.com/files/2013/05/Beautiful8.gif

http://24.media.tumblr.com/48f506aa1b7fa1c3c1d6304f73210e76/tumblr_mmq4ddYE171qcvaxho4_250.gif
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lol that moment video is all-time

having a lol moment fyi

a lot of friends i've shown beautiful to are underwhelmed by it :(

time for new friends :D

they all like miguel and mariah tho

"shown"

?

as in hearing might be more enjoyable than seeing bcz the video is kinda cheezy

oh, i love the video but i didn't *introduce* anyone to the song with it

I'm still mildly puzzled by the presence of Mariah's clam

?

I can't pretend clam doesn't mean a thing to me

#clam

there's clearly dusty pink underwear there in the skirt-pulling bit. unless you're talking about another part of the video

i feel bad for ruining the magic now, pretend i typed a clam joke there instead

"ENHANCE"

I'm just relieved that wasn't a clams casino ref

Had no idea "clam" was slang for vagina til now tho :/

http://metalizos.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/a-whole-new-world.jpg?w=714

thank u for brightening my day thread

I think the explicit version of #Beautiful diminishes it a bit, even though he murdered that poor woman Miguel still seems too nice to be cursing so brashly.

lol vegemite

veg love that you saw and loved mariah play beer pong or whatever on TV, isn't she the sweetest thing

totes adorable

heard it twice on top 40 radio

heard a promo for this where mariah says "listen to my new song hashtag beautiful' and when you say 'hashtag' in front of it i think it has a nice cadence

makes me happy Alfred

AH AH

this randomly came on in my favorite coffee shop (a coffee shop that's usually mostly playing trance or chillwave) I was so happy I wanted to grab the barista and start dancing but I just quietly boogied to myself while I was waiting for my coffee

there's a vine of me singing and swaying to it at a bar, it was involuntary

<3

i've only heard it on the radio twice and both times it was during one of those mix shows so they just cut to the next song after one verse (aka before mariah started singing) :((

that's ridiculous i'm sorry

that's like serving a sundae without the ice cream

xp are you offering condolences?

i mean i think i should be on the official condolences team for anything that goes awry with Mariah

It's a growth industry.

awriah

#Hermosa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKarqlkWEyU&feature=youtu.be

dropped a notch this week. I want it to rule for 13 weeks on top.

xp somehow those transitions between lines I don't understand and lines I do are really doing something for me.

yooooooooooooooo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhvKXlfwSDU

mustard doesn't really know what to do with the track but jeezy + mariah's rerecorded vocals are so necessary

wow yeah dude is flummoxed as fuck. he could easily have put the 'i'm different' pattern under that and made a rider

one might say... [puts on sunglasses] it doesn't cut the mustard

yeah that track is such a crazy mess

kinda do actually want to wheel it back a decade and make an 'i'm different' x 'beautiful' blendizzle now

i love that 'hermosa' tho

they are having a whale of a tiempo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgCoKYl41yE

no shots but can i instruct all mimi loyalists to grab a pillow to bite and ffw to 4:40 here

#Hermosa i love it!
It wil be a nice background music while I surf www.bazoocam.org/chat

i wish this one was 15 minutes long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcfdohtFaV8

bahahaha the spanglish version is just hilarious

this is still the single of the year fyi

Mariah has been wearing different color slings to match her dresses

some of them were diamonds

http://www.glamour.com/images/fashion/2013/07/mariah-carey-diamond-sling-w724.jpg

oops hueg. or fur ones too

http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/64561-mariah-carey-rocks-bedazzled-and-feather-casts-following-dislocated-shoulder-inj/promo/1373850667_mariah-carey-cast-sling-fur_3.jpg

that is some black swan shit

wow that's awesome

i know. my friend Zach got to review the show!

11.11 the art of letting go

i kept waiting to see some official confirmation of that release date but nope that's definitely not real

https://www.facebook.com/mariahcarey/posts/10151919777952766

title track single not album if that's the confusion

this better not suck btw cos i do love the name of it

oh ok. i kept looking for news of any kind about the project and didn't even see that, thanks for the clarification.

np

in the meantime autumn leaves blowing outside can only mean it's that memoirs time of year

even gonna make a mint tea to go with it and eveything

hell yea

putting it on right now

This has had surprising legs on the radio here even though it fell off the charts pretty quickly.

Although my top associated memory will always remain singing it in the back of a cab to my hookup who had never heard it, shortly after it dropped.

another, better 'i'm that chick' would feel otm right now imo

subtler also

This has had surprising legs on the radio here even though it fell off the charts pretty quickly.

― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Saturday, November 2, 2013 8:35 AM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i was pleasantly surprised to hear it on the radio a couple times in the past week

"I'm That Chick" is my favorite Carey-only song of the last ten years.

can't be bovd to recall the mimi discog now but 'ooc' is obviously the best song on that record

she's never worked enough with swizzy really

u guys

this is happening tomorrow

o_O

29 minutes

sooooooo .... that happened

https://www.facebook.com/mariahcarey

gorgeous

yes mimi!

SO VERBOSE

omg her facebook replies

so much needed positivity on a Monday morning

excellent song

2nd half is ridic. this is kind of reminiscent of Can't Take That Away

best line is obv "go to Mimi in your contacts ... press delete"

Thank you mimi for this timely break-up song. sigh.

**hugs**

thx sweetie

sry roz :(

wow she went for it! love <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0998ryxiYU

lol priceless

her adorable extended essay on the art of mixing on facebook <3

Hey Lambs, I have to tell you this, I can't do what I always do and say nothing at all. It is 3:30am (11.14), and I'm sitting on my bathroom floor, very upset by some news I just got from a close friend and employee. Lucky her, she was "nominated" to deliver this message to me after the long awaited 11.11 moment and the Jimmy Fallon show, knowing how upset I would be. Not because the world has come to an end or something, but because this 11.11 listening party was so important to me on a core level as a musician, who cares so much about how my fans hear my music for the first time that I didn't even allow a snippet to be released until 11 on the dot.

To cut to the chase, a mistake was made by a brand new sound engineer whose only task was to press the space bar and upload the song to Facebook, while my team, and an incredible group of people from Facebook, partied while listening to the properly mixed & mastered version of "The Art of Letting Go" on repeat from my iPod on my home speakers. Clearly, I was focused on answering your questions during the Q&A. There was no reason for me to wonder if the final mix we were listening to in that room together was different than what you were listening to!!!!! Like I always say, I am involved with every record I make, from the inception to the completion of the song. Every nuance of the beat or vocal matters to me. Even if the differences may seem slight to you, I had put time, effort and emotions into "The Art of Letting Go" and the real mix is how I intended for you to hear the song.

Rather than remove the old version from Facebook (the iTunes version is the real one), I just figured I would put up the real mix and allow you to listen to it back-to-back, should you choose to do so and tell me what you think the differences are.
I want you to hear it like you're hearing it for the first time with me, and I will answer any questions that you have, pertaining to the song. You know that I don't comment on gossip, I typically don't respond to things like this or go into so much detail to the world, but this is something I'm upset about and I wish I would have known sooner.

There's no doubt in my mind that this sounds like a self absorbed diva on a "woe-is-me" tangent about a couple of ad libs or some other triviality, but the reality is this is me, focusing solely on the record, wanting you to hear it and experience it the right way. I love and appreciate you so much for taking the time to even glance at this 20-page "diva in distress" thesis. Thank you for letting me vent, this is another reason why Facebook rocks! You'll be hearing from me soon. Here is the REAL version of "The Art of Letting Go".

Answers these questions for me:
1. Can you hear a difference at all?
2. Can you see why I like this version better?
3. Where can you hear the differences?
4. Does the song affect you different emotionally after hearing the real version?

Let's talk about it, I'll be here waiting!

Get "The Art of Letting Go" on iTunes now:
http://smarturl.it/iLettingGo

(Yes, the REAL version was on iTunes from the beginning!)

i love the idea of her crying on the bathroom floor at 3.30 a.m. because of a mixing issue.

also, the interview w/ fallon was hilarious / bonkers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGHStpJH9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLqdziTklM

I bet the brand new sound engineer was crying at 3:30am too.

I love that statement. Can we get her to write somewhere regularly?

I feel like we need a poll of Mariah's dogs.

i love that woman.

also she said the words "i don’t want to say anything that’s going to, heaven forbid, look like i'm saying anything negative" in a radio interview and then two sentences later called nicki minaj satan

Lucky her, she was "nominated" to deliver this message to me after the long awaited 11.11 moment and the Jimmy Fallon show, knowing how upset I would be.

i really wish i could have seen this "nomination" process

a brand new sound engineer whose only task was to press the space bar and upload the song to Facebook

RIP brand new sound engineer

ofl I love it: the Rodney Jerkins production suits her. Also: polysyllabics!

uhhhh this is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlObJAlSi78

watching Mimi riff on a piano ... that's as good as it gets

xxp yeah, those are the most Mariah lyrics ever

honestly tho if u know what's good for you u will watch that clip, it is must see tv

haha that is amazing. Mariah needs to do a Nighthawks At The Diner type album.

YES

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm nobody told me about this young jeezy remix

the fact that #Beautiful even happened is still a mystery to me. for Mariah to come out with a song like that in 2013 ... and her vocals on it are unimpeachably angelic.

she's got a new single out next week called "be mine"

i heard it's a 2 year old jermaine dupri track so i'm not overly optimistic - really at this point i just want her to drop the album already

WAHT

omg.

the fact is, i was listening to memoirs today. and that was her last album, right? and can you really evaluate what an album is going to be like based on the one before it? bc if so....

i just don't know what to expect. I DON'T KNOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

i can't even explain to you properly what that news means to me today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKmFoKhjRTE'

I need the studio version of this, STAT.

o

m

g

this is ... really good.

those 20 seconds of rapturous applause OTM

!!!

omg

can't seem to find it online anymore now, seems the BET show she performed it for airs on the 24th

but what i heard, that was ... Mariah

also i found this [from the taping]
http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/w/what-lies-beneath-03-645-75.jpg

wait wrong link! hold on

http://instagram.com/p/kMdLzeI7yK/embed/#

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1611713/thumbs/o-MARIAH-CAREY-570.jpg?1

Michelle Pfeiffer is haunting your computer

loll

here you go: https://m.soundcloud.com/queen_slayriah/new-mariah-carey-youre-mine
unreal

I just sat through the almost two-minute video she posted about "You're Mine" and it ended up being a video touting her accomplishments and awards won set to "We Belong Together" with not even a clip of the upcoming single :(

soundcloud!

did she happen to mention she has the most number ones for a solo artist by any chance

did she happen to mention that she plans to break the beatles by the end of her career by any chance

she's planning the party already

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3527/mariahpg8.png

day after tomorrow

i don't think i've heard Mariah like this in a long time

also: 2 of my coworkers just won a contest to go spend Valentine's Day with Mariah and hear her perform You're Mine at her penthouse. just them. and her.

they both live together and they are mariah stans, and i hate them.

these are my friends: https://www.facebook.com/mariahcarey

at the top of mariah carey's facebook page. i work with them everyday. people at work have been coming up to me and asking me if i'm OK.

u might have to stop being friends w them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vkmxydrTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0baIfiPMbw

trey's no mig is he

about to listen to the studio version, downloading. very VERY high hopes (and pipes, hopefully)

the we belong together comparison hit me upon hearing the first 30 seconds of the song; in the best way possible. not in the bad way.

i can't believe i am about to listen to this.

m bison i am going to email you this week about some other personal bizness fyi

wow

summer days and summer nights

i honestly don't even know what's going on when i play this song on repeat

it's like a new kind of song

i don't know waht it is

MC knows how to do a verse

need more buzz on this thread.

mtv hits plays the new video at the top of every hour

song is okay

MTV and idolator are in love. and i haven't been able to get it out of my head, or stop listening.

phrasing reminds me of 'We Belong Together' but even better

love it love it

m bison i am going to email you this week about some other personal bizness fyi

― surm, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

!!!!! rapt

:-)

phrasing reminds me of 'We Belong Together' but even better

love it love it

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 February 2014 02:44 (2 hours ago) Permalink

mmhm

"Mimi being Mimi: Mariah Carey dropped her new single a little early today (February 12)! The diva posted “You’re Mine (Eternal),” an understated ballad co-written with Darkchild that fits right alongside the effortlessness of “Beautiful.” While not as immediately catchy as that song, this one’s got a nice, lilting beat and should keep fans satisfied about the direction she’s going in for this latest era.

Mimi reins in her powers for much of the song, making listeners wait for the payoff at the end, which of course is a triumphant whistle register to close out the track."

i don't know much about idolator and they've gotten it wrong in the past, but i don't disagree

wondering what the outlook for this single is going to be. anyone with any industry insight wit any predictions?

i wrote my letter to Mariah yesterday. i printed it on pink paper in brush script, and i included a handwritten note indicating that my handwriting was too treacherous to write it by hand. i put it in a nice gray envelope sealed with binder clips with "MC" written in big, bright red letters on the front. she will get it tonight when my friends hand-deliver it to her at her private concert in NYC.

Dunno about this song: my least favorite of the leaked tracks.

they're all official singles, not leaks, right?

i like it but haven't really been in any sort of mood where it might be revelatory since last week

surprised, Alfred!

triumphant may not make the cut, according to rumor. and she might change the album title.

the only thing gross about the art of letting go the song is her use of the word "triflin'"

not so necessary. apart from that i'm v much behind the songs so far.

so apparently the only 2 songs being considered official singles are Beautiful and You're Mine, and as of yesterday:

Rhythmic:
Taking Off (#1):
4 new stations; 85 new spins
Spincrease:
40 stations playing; +177 spins (+24)

Urban:
Spincrease:
26 stations playing; +47 spins (+9)

Urban AC:
Spincrease:
28 stations playing; +30 spins (+1)

MARIAH CAREY – You’re Mine (Eternal): 5.087 (+ 0.731)

no idea what that means but i found it somewhere

Well, You're Mine dropped out of the US iTunes Top 100 Singles after just four days today, indicating that it might bomb just as hard as Triumphant, Almost Home and The Art of Letting Go did. No buyers for Old School Mariah anymore, it seems. Only the #freshapproach seems to work.

was "The Art of Letting Go" ever worked to radio, or even given any kind of radio debut anywhere like "Beautiful" was? i never got the sense it got any kind of push.

"#beautiful" was pretty retro itself. mariah refusing to concern herself with scoring hits worked so well on memoirs and i wish she wouldn't think about it so much.

"#Beautiful" was retroish because Miguel incorporates retro elements in his very current style, and it was something #fresh for Mariah, unlike the We Belong Together Redux of "You're Mine". I mean, I like it (and I loved "The Art of Letting Go"), but the Trademark Old Formula is not going to give her any hits anymore if that's what she's hoping for. Sorry, surm!

you don't think so? :( i think you're mine sounds pretty #fresh in terms of all the other shit on the radio. and the verse is pure #Beautiful, if downtempo, if you want to be honest.

art of letting go was never pushed for radio, it was just a "preview"

well, there's this - from the March 1 Billboard:
"You're Mine (Eternal)"
Hot 100: #88 (New entry)
Hot R&B Songs: #15 (New entry)
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #24 (New entry)
R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs: #12 (New entry)

Billboard Social 50: #38 (Last week: #41)

but you're saying itunes is a big projector?

and are we speaking about a younger audience as a determining factor in all of this? /excuse my ignorance

It's not off to the best start on radio either.

iTunes is definitely the main projector. The only way you can get a smash hit in the US without significant sales is when the song goes viral on YouTube a la "Harlem Shake" (so fingers crossed for the video I guess). Radio is not gonna go overboard on a song if nobody's buying it. And I would think it's the younger audience that predominantly buys single tracks, yes.
(And sales-wise it's the same all over the world: in most countries it was in the iTunes Top 100 for just a couple of days. For instance, Russia is the only European country where it's still in there.) #yesiwatchthecharts

if you're talking about pop hits, yeah, iTunes is king. but R&B radio (and country radio, and rock radio) still pick up on songs all the time without digital sales being a factor.

Yes, talking about the Hot 100 here, not about genre and/or airplay charts.

interesting. thanks guys.

"you're mine (eternal)" totally clicked yesterday, all it needed was a momentary break from hectic life stuff and some sun streaming in through my window <33333

it is such a delicate crystal vase of a song, which makes the gradual realisation that it's an anguished and hopeless reverie all the more affecting

these are three pretty different singles so far, no idea what to expect from the album...

it's a curious choice of single though, given that it seems like it belongs most on the almost entirely obvious single free memoirs

it really is so pretty, and so her

it is, as are "#beautiful" and "the art of letting go", but i love that a) none of them are her resting on her laurels and churning out the kind of her people will automatically lap up, b) mariah invests being herself with this tremendously affecting hard-won air

yeah she's definitely not going for it her own way

i mean IS going for it her own way

https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/10014702_10100117401170117_1340908907_n.jpg

http://www.fuse.tv/2014/04/mariah-carey-new-album-complete-guide

i think we knew all this but

Collaborators:

The album boasts a long list of collaborators (both rumored and confirmed) that could hopefully see Mimi taking some risks:

-Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins: A previous Mariah collaborator ("So Lonely" featuring Twista) produced single "The Art of Letting Go."

-Q-Tip: The Tribe Called Quest frontman told us he was working on the album in August 2012.

-Jermaine Dupri: A producer working with Mariah since the '90s ("Always Be My Baby," "Sweetheart," "We Belong Together"). Watch their undeniably chemistry in this Fuse News interview.

-David Morales: The dancefloor maestro who's served remixes like the "My All (Morales 'My' Club Remix)," featured on Mimi's official The Remixes album.

-Bryan-Michael Cox: A producer with two singles off her comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi ("Shake It Off" and "Don't Forget About Us").

-Hit-Boy: A new Mimi collaborator, rumored to have crafted a track titled "Thirsty." He's risen to A-list producer status with tracks like Kanye West & Jay Z's "N****s in Paris," Beyonce's "XO" and Lil Wayne's "Drop the World."

-The-Dream: A recent favorite of Mariah who worked on her last No. 1, "Touch My Body," and co-produced almost every track on her Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel LP.

-Mike WiLL Made It: R&B-pop's go-to guy, (Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop," Ciara's "Body Party") is a new collaborator for Mimi, confirmed in a Billboard interview.

-R. Kelly: While Mariah teased a studio snap with Kellz saying "working on a new song!" we're wondering if it's for the Chicago crooner's Trapped in the Closet series. No official word yet.

-Loris Holland: The singer tweeted she was in the studio with Holland, who worked on her past albums such as 1995's Daydream and 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi.

-Fabolous: While posting on Instagram about a night in the studio, Mariah posted a pic that she was "doing a different record now" and tagged the Brooklyn rapper. The collaborated on the track "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" off Mimi's Glitter soundtrack.

Fabolous!!

Fabolous!!

she's releasing the album to itunes next month. could be may 6th as planned but might be some other time.

probably the best strategy possible at this point (considering the label won't allow another pushback) considering it'll save her the face of releasing a fourth lead single and she can generate some press out of the move. plus as a notorious perfectionist she can work on it till the second it drops pretty much, which is good

what happens if the sound engineer drops the wrong mix on itunes tho

i don't think mimi quite grasps quite the word "surprise" means. four singles, billboard announcement, release date in the month that it's been scheduled for ≠ surprise

intrigued by wtf she's going for though - i've loved everything so far but i have no idea whether she wants this to be an album for tru heads à la memoirs ("you're mine" suggested that commercial smashing wasn't a priority) or HITZ ("#beautiful", and the endless delays, suggest she wants these too...)

Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/me.-i-am-mariah...the-elusive/id872238798

Wow @ that title. She's outdone herself.

lmao

"Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse" Tracklisting:

1. Cry.
2. Faded
3. Dedicated (feat. Nas)
4. #Beautiful (feat. Miguel)
5. Thirsty
6. Make It Look Good
7. You’re Mine (Eternal)
8. You Don’t Know What To Do (feat. Wale)
9. Supernatural (With Special Guest Stars “Dembabies” a.k.a. Ms. Monroe & Mr. Moroccan Scott Cannon a.k.a. Roc ‘N Roe)
10. Meteorite
11. Camouflage
12. Money ($ * / …) (feat. Fabolous)
13. One More Try
14. Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now)
15. It’s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Deluxe edition]
16. Betcha Gon’ Know (feat. R. Kelly) [Deluxe edition]
17. The Art of Letting Go [Deluxe edition]
18. Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse

As if track 18 isn't track 1.

wow @ it's a wrap w mjb

15. It’s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Deluxe edition]
16. Betcha Gon’ Know (feat. R. Kelly) [Deluxe edition]

hang on, these are evidently exhumed from the shelved memoirs remix album. oh mimi, bless you for still trying to make angels advocate happen

well this looks bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mSezvKLxVM

that this is a nickname and not something jd just called her last week when she turned up 3 hours late at the studio for mixing is stretching believability but i'll take it

I love how her titles keep getting more and more ridiculous

can we start a parody list of titles?

omg i didn't even notice the angels advocate repeats hahahaha

i hope "one more try" is a george michael cover, she would do a really beautiful job on it i'm sure

yeah it almost certainly is. faith is one of her favourite albums and it quite heavily influenced her (first!) self-titled album

omg. at all of this. i didn't know that RE: Faith but that's awesome. makes so much sense. tracklisting looks good. tho nervous about the babies singing. Mary J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/p206x206/10268572_10152377316647766_7539061411632124655_n.jpg i can't

the way she pronounces "chanteuse" in that video is everything

New single is called "Thirsty" and produced by Hit-Boy.

http://www.directlyrics.com/new-music-mariah-carey-thirsty-premiere-news.html

jeez, what a mess

sounds like they just slapped a couple of unrelated acapellas on top of a third-rate knockoff of the Niggas in Paris beat

The HQ for anyone not interested in hearing radio djs talking over it: http://revolt.tv/video/first-listen-mariah-carey-ft-rich-homie-quan-thirsty/66859648-E559-4CD9-A79C-EC40E1434DD6

I think I like this. Mostly for the pre-chorus(?).

omg

beautiful
you're mine
thirsty

even surm forgot "the art of letting go" ;_;

(this is very "migrate", which is a plus for me)

ok i've only heard it once and "UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty." is basically embedded in my head forever

UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty.

i'm resigned to none of these singles being hits but i'm pretty optimistic about this album given her last few and the people who worked on this one

the lack of hits hasn't correlated with the quality of her music since like 2005 so i'm not really awaiting that smash single either

i mean, e=mc2 was packed with hits and she still managed to mostly fuck the campaign up, then memoirs pretty explicitly didn't aim for hits, so it's a moot point really

Yeah, Emancipation was imo the least interesting of the last five albums, including Christmas Part II.

Get out.

damn, this really is a mess :/

"Beautiful" went platinum though. It's kind of a hit. Not a smash, but casual radio listeners are aware of it. #81 for the year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_2013 so it's about as much of a hit as "Adorn" or "Swimming Pools."

I've heard it at bars.

well sure, it got out there a bit. it's just being measured against, y'know, 18 career #1s and a gigantic comeback less than a decade ago.

yeah of course. i guess i'm just always surprised how many people are aware of it considering it didn't place Top 10, compared to songs that no one remembers that actually achieved single-digit status.

let's not forget Obsessed climbing up to #7 when Memoirs came out! weeeee!

i remember obsessed spending several weeks at #11 before airplay finally pushed it to #7 and finding it very funny

oh yeah and this new song is garbage, what a waste of such a #buzzworthy title

"#Beautiful" significantly outlasted its chart run on radio here

i like it. it's like a schmaltzier Migrate.

you tryin to be a boss nowwwwwwwwww

mariah's a cappellas o_O

"One More Try" is a cover of George Michael's 1988 single of the same name.

;,)

!!

now that i listened to this song a bit, i feel like it's done what triumphant was trying to do better. but if it really wanted to be a flat out kickass song, she woulda focuzed on the "u tryin to be a boss now" hook in a major way.

probably that should have been the chorus, and the chorus shoulda been the bridge. crazy hot hook.

internets responding well.
also

http://cdn.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mariah-carey-thirsty.jpg

this is garbage

it's all about editing damn someone needs to hire me for that shit

http://www.today.com/toyotaconcertseries/mariah-carey-returns-new-album-lights-today-plaza-performance-2D79674530

priceless performance on the Today Show - a new song! 'You Don't Know What To Do' (dunno the official title off the top of my head)

plus Heidi Klum in the audience. killer. it's the 2nd clip down.

"You Don't Know What To Do" sounds great!

woah now that's more like it! totally classic mariah rollerskating spring jam right there.

yes!!

http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/mariah-carey-feat-wale-you-dont-know-what-to-do/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

^^^^^^^^

oh damn

this is some jocelyn brown shit

<3333

THIS IS WHAT'S UP

total "OOC"/"That Chick" vibes ^_^

so much so

wit a Pete Sampras mention even

Album streaming on itunes radio

https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/first-play-mariah-carey-me./idra.875938419

fuck

i don't think i can read this thread anymore until i've listened to this tonight

FUCK 9 to 5's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this sounds good

no uk stream? -_-

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r305/superflouis/10325730_678472138867913_4607163776679970442_n_zps4c6361b0.jpg

it's super low key, doesn't really sound that different from "memoirs"

I really like "Dedicated" and "Meteorite".

listening to a shitty rip that's missing a couple of the songs but on first listen this seems to have a lot of real peaks but also feels more of a hodgepodge than memoirs - i felt that may have shied away from anything immediate but it felt conceived as a really well-sequenced album qua album, whereas this has something of a "just shove everything i've recorded over the past few years into one file" feel about it. but apart from the final ballads that i don't particularly care about most of it seems good-to-great at least

oh my god fabolous' bite of "trophies" on this album is so blatant that it has to be intentional right?

i actually think it's very nicely sequenced!

Yeah my initial worry when they seemed to just be pushing the album out to finally get something out was that it would be a hodgepodge of material, but I think it all flows really well actually.

oh my god fabolous' bite of "trophies" on this album is so blatant that it has to be intentional right?

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:34 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it definitely starts like a hilarious impression of shouty Drake but then he says "baby baby" in a Biggie voice without changing tone at all, pretty funny Fab foolishness

i listened to the album

"dedicated" is so good

here were my notes for dedicated:
dedicated
oh snap
A+++

soo am i supposed to talk about my favorite tracks yet? too soon?

also that THIRSTY remix cover is amazing, as was the original cover art. thx lou

I hope we get a video for "Dedicated".

the way you lick your lips, fingertips on my hips as we dip

<333333

jets on holidays
and chefs with hollandaise

hollandaise is not really a luxury item mimi

There's at least one brilliant memorable moment in every song here.

"Meteorite"s Eddie Kendricks swipes!! <3

money is insane

fabo and mariah get along nice

Meteorite as the next single would be a dumb move

"dedicated" is this album's "candy bling" and i love it so

xp if by that you mean "meteorite" needs to stay a deep cut, then yeah

i love that you love it so xp, just like i loved that you loved candy bling as much as i did

(still the most played song on my laptop)

love mary on this of course http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/mariah-carey-it-s-a-wrap-feat-mary-j-blige-new-song.1901590.html

make it look good -

stevie!

even tho this album is 60% amazin, the 60% obliterates p much everything else

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqXffS5IcAAuOV1.jpg

They were goingto collaborate on a song together. Oh what a glorious mess that would've been.

she is aging well

They were goingto collaborate on a song together. Oh what a glorious mess that would've been.

― Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN

it has happened except they didn't record it

http://chooniverse.tumblr.com/post/89146030996/for-the-part-of-the-song-that-goes-people-like

'For the part of the song [that goes] “People like you fuck people like me,” I wanted a screamer. So I called like three screamers. I called Gerard Way, who didn’t answer because he didn’t recognize the phone number. I called Brody. I called somebody else; nobody was around. I thought Billie Joe [Armstrong of Green Day] was around; he wasn’t around. So, I went over to my friend Bret’s house, and he’s a director … I [told him I] was too pitchy to scream this part. And this little voice goes, “I can sing it,” and I’m like “Who’s that?” And the little voice goes, “It’s Mariah.” And I’m like, “Okay, Mariah Carey, you cannot sing ‘People like you fuck people like me.’” She goes, “Yes I can. I did a rock record once; we just never released it.” So I went over there, and there’s no recording of it, but it was the two of us screaming—and she can rock sing. Mariah, she’s a badass. Like, she could rock sing. I couldn’t even believe it.'

Was thinking of polling the laughter on this album

heard "You Don't Know What To Do" on the radio today, had been skeptical about its single potential but it sounded pretty great.

yayyyy

That's my favorite song on the album even with Whale.

it has happened except they didn't record it

http://chooniverse.tumblr.com/post/89146030996/for-the-part-of-the-song-that-goes-people-like

'For the part of the song [that goes] “People like you fuck people like me,” I wanted a screamer. So I called like three screamers. I called Gerard Way, who didn’t answer because he didn’t recognize the phone number. I called Brody. I called somebody else; nobody was around. I thought Billie Joe [Armstrong of Green Day] was around; he wasn’t around. So, I went over to my friend Bret’s house, and he’s a director … I [told him I] was too pitchy to scream this part. And this little voice goes, “I can sing it,” and I’m like “Who’s that?” And the little voice goes, “It’s Mariah.” And I’m like, “Okay, Mariah Carey, you cannot sing ‘People like you fuck people like me.’” She goes, “Yes I can. I did a rock record once; we just never released it.” So I went over there, and there’s no recording of it, but it was the two of us screaming—and she can rock sing. Mariah, she’s a badass. Like, she could rock sing. I couldn’t even believe it.'

― lex pretend, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:54 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

love this story love

dedicated is still the baddest shit not on the radio

the songs on this album hold up really well, especially in light of disappointments like the ariana grande album, but i still think the sequencing does them a real disservice - i keep needing to skip around to hear what i want in the order that feels right

there's like 10 extra songs that don't need to be on the album

"Meteorite" emerged as my summer driving song.

you love that song

i love that you love it

I think everything here's pretty great. Hasn't left rotation for me since it dropped.

<3

make it look good still a jawdropper

Retro Mariah is still her best look imo

"faded" is the only one I outright love.

I think everything here's pretty great. Hasn't left rotation for me since it dropped.

― Greer, Monday, September 29, 2014 6:57 AM Bookmark

same

:) :)

i've definitely been heavily rotating my favorites

Operation Reminder: Dedicated

never get old

^^

'For the part of the song [that goes] “People like you fuck people like me,” I wanted a screamer. So I called like three screamers. I called Gerard Way, who didn’t answer because he didn’t recognize the phone number. I called Brody. I called somebody else; nobody was around. I thought Billie Joe [Armstrong of Green Day] was around; he wasn’t around. So, I went over to my friend Bret’s house, and he’s a director … I [told him I] was too pitchy to scream this part. And this little voice goes, “I can sing it,” and I’m like “Who’s that?” And the little voice goes, “It’s Mariah.” And I’m like, “Okay, Mariah Carey, you cannot sing ‘People like you fuck people like me.’” She goes, “Yes I can. I did a rock record once; we just never released it.” So I went over there, and there’s no recording of it, but it was the two of us screaming—and she can rock sing. Mariah, she’s a badass. Like, she could rock sing. I couldn’t even believe it.'

still can't wit this story

new song "gtfo" is great

"With You" is also great.

i'm quite liking it. the ending gives me just enough that i have to hear it again right after i play it :X

Why are you all sleeping on her new songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6EFyB3TMI

the guests on this album being ty dolla, blood orange, slick rick, and gunna >>>>

I knew I could count on you, Jordan.

I have liked all of the singles so far and I think this might be the best yet? Or maybe it's just that the beat is so extroverted.

Mariah has the best "I ain't even trying" singing voice at this point.

I've only heard "GTFO" but it's good! Pairs nicely with Toni's "FOH"

"gtfo" is cute but was practically built to have a short shelf life. meanwhile "with you" despite obviously fitting comfortably into a well-worn mariah-song mold continues to sound better the more i hear/play it

With You is really nice

I've been waiting for so long for someone to sample that exact part of "Crush On You" and I'm so glad it was Mariah who did it

with you is so good

Impressed by the new record, even though it doesn’t really have any huge, “wow” moments in particular - just consistently great all the way through

another delightful mariah carey record

More lean, short pop albums like this please.

I think this might be my favourite Mariah Carey album. As Monotony said, it's just great all the way through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMQ31DlTjg

this is a really good interview that goes deep into her songwriting (though it's an hour long so i ripped the subtitles to read it as a transcription instead lol)

halfway through it and ufo, you're missing out, some of the faces she makes and accents she pulls are hysterical

ufo that is a brilliant idea

Thanks for reminding me of this.

"giving me life" is fucking phenomenal

This has just basically come out of nowhere for me to all of a sudden be one of my favourite albums of the year. "The Distance" and "Stay Long Love You" are so good. And the outtros to "Giving Me Life" and "8th Grade"!!

That Genius interview is a fantastic watch as well.

This album… so good.

yah

Really so good, so smooth.

really kinda love this

insane the gunna song wasn't a single wtf

shake it off 2 ft one of the hottest rappers in america... let's make no one aware of this

yeah this is lovely

just got around to the slick rick verse, so cool!