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Mariah Carey to reunite with Walter Afanasieff
The name Walter Afanasieff is not a household name, which I've recently learned is a shame.
I had never heard his name until yesterday, but after typing it into the Internet, learning
that he was important enough to merit a Wikipedia page (no photo, though, so...), and reading
that he worked with an impressive list of artists, it became clear that I needed to know
more. He spent the 1980s recording with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Whitney
Houston, and Patti LaBelle. But as his discography reached the '90s, there's one name that
routinely appears over and over again: Mariah Carey.
The work that these two did together in a 10-year span is remarkable. Three of her biggest,
most iconic songs are the ones that they wrote and/or produced together ("Hero", "One Sweet
Day", "All I Want for Christmas Is You"). So there's no denying Afanasieff's influence on
her career and music in general (he also produced The Bodyguard soundtrack and a little
song called "My Heart Will Go On").
Why am I bringing all of this up in the middle of June, 2012? This tweet: "I think you can
spill the news. I'm too excited, my father is finally going to be working with her again
after 16 years." - Isabella Afanasieff (@BellaAfanasieff) June 16, 2012.
Who is this? Answer: Isabella Afanasieff, daughter of Walter. The "her" in question? Mariah
Carey. Just scrolling through Isabella's Twitter account will probably make you wish you
were incapable of the clicking motion, seeing that it screams, "Look at me, my dad is kind
of famous, screw you for not believing that he's my dad, let your haters be your motivators."
But it does seem like she's telling the truth. At the Internet's Grantland, we're not the
biggest fans of unconfirmed rumors, but this is one we'll take the bait on, simply because
it's just too important should it turn out to be true. Is yet another Mariah reinvention
under way, this time with the man who helped make her a timeless legend? Yes, please. I
swear, Isabella, if you're making this up, be prepared to have 30 torch-wielding staff
members at your door clutching copies of Emotions. Fingers. Crossed.
(Grantland)
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