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About Tevin from USA: A laid back guy that loves Mariah!

Early numbers (111,635) by Tevin from USA I spoke to my dad and some other family members who like Mariah's past stuff, but don't really follow her, I'd consider them regular GP listeners. Usually I have to fill everyone in on Mariah's new releases, but this time around they all have either downloaded, streamed or bought her album, and they like most if not all of the songs. I think Mariah and Gamma may have hit it out of the park with the GP and with the promo. We shall see. (Wednesday 1 October 2025; 03:01) this is a reply to message 111,629

Early numbers (111,629) by jaker20 from US I looks like Mariah is beating Doja, which was not on my 2025 bingo card. Keep streaming. I think Mariah can do 70k if we keep this up. I'm gagged. These are great numbers of Mimi. (Wednesday 1 October 2025; 01:01)

Lamb emergency (111,634) by Tevin from USA No problem. Yes I agree. She sounded amazing. (Wednesday 1 October 2025; 02:57) this is a reply to message 111,628

Lamb emergency (111,628) by Terna from Nigeria Thanks for the link, smooth performance actually and she sounds much better than on the record. When she improvised and sang higher on the second chorus, I was pleasantly surprised, smooth clean sound. Whatever she's doing for her voice, it's working. (Tuesday 30 September 2025; 19:41)

Lamb emergency (111,608) by Tevin from USA Everyone this is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill. Mariah is singing live again and sounding amazing. Here's the link to her Fallon performance tonight. She sounds great. (Tuesday 30 September 2025; 07:05)

Nothing is impossible (111,587) by Tevin from USA Wow just wow. Someone made a a video on YouTube of the instrumental and backgrounds of HFIA, and around the 17 min mark NII comes on. It sounds like a dream. Like an old school Disney movie. (Sunday 28 September 2025; 22:28)

Perfect album (111,572) by Tevin from USA Your last paragraph perfectly sums up Nothing is Impossible. (Sunday 28 September 2025; 03:54) this is a reply to message 111,567

Perfect album (111,567) by Geronimo from USA This is the album we wanted. Now that she's no longer hitting every note every minute because she's got octaves as options, her musical and lyrical choices are confident, crystal clear, and nothing less than inspired multiple times per track. Not only do I love the fact that the music's balance of masculine and feminine energy experiments successfully with a welcomed new mix, there is also something encouraging and authentic about the way that she approaches self-affirmation and spiritual humility in a strikingly coherent and convincing form. This album is the greatest testament to her gift since Butterfly as it shows growth, restraint, economy, wisdom, and vulnerability - without any adult contemporary-sounding ballads that make me wish she never had a start at the top of the billboard pop charts. Her phrasing is super clever and elegant and she knows now when to clear out extraneous layers and overlaps and let a nice melody start and stop logically so you can actually experience the essential beauty of each melodic idea before the next one begins. Bravo. (Sunday 28 September 2025; 01:15)

Head scratcher (111,570) by Tevin from USA IWAI is amazing. Also I've been binge watching a lot of reaction videos from gen-Z people and they seem to like that song. I don't know if his pride would allow it, but imagine if .Paak phoned Bruno up and asked him to jump on that song with Mariah. It would definitely be in the Billboard top ten. (Sunday 28 September 2025; 03:31) this is a reply to message 111,547

Head scratcher (111,547) by Shezz from Pk I think it's Mariah and or Gamma thinking those two were more mainstream and younger sounding to appeal to the TikTok/streaming generation. I don't know when she'll realize she doesn't need to cater to them. Not like they paid off anyway. Here's hoping they ditch PTS asap and get behind IYF or IWAI while the album's hot. NII would be amazing with a raw and vulnerable video though somebody will have to tie her hands. (Saturday 27 September 2025; 12:40)

Here For It All is brilliant (111,539) by Tevin from USA Imagine Nothing is Impossible playing right before Everything Fades Away. Haunting. (Saturday 27 September 2025; 06:18) this is a reply to message 111,525

Here For It All is brilliant (111,525) by MusicfanJ from Germany It is fantastic. I've listenend to it twice now and I'm really surprised. Somehow I knew this album would surprise me. My first thought on it: I love "Play this song" and "I won't allow it". The whole 70ies vibe totally gets me. "Caution" was modern RnB, this album is mostly retro 70ies soul with modern RnB elements and I guess Randy said Disco-Gospel. I like "Sugar sweet" the solo version by Mariah much better than with the two ladies. It's not so overload. "Nothing is impossible" is a highlight of the album. The lyrics totally gets me and it has such a new tone for a Mariah song, but familiar at the same time. I could somehow imagine this on "Music Box". Strange I know. The cover "My love" is another highlight. I like "Jesus I do", I didn't expected that the gospel song has such a groove. With "Here for it all" the song I had more expectations but with the minute 4 it's almost meditative and I hear a little vanishing vibe. That's cool. I think this will be a song that needs time and will get better and better which each listen. The only song that I don't like yet is "Mi", maybe because of the lyrics. But it's really an interesting album that is different, which is good (I'm happy that there are no rappers this time) but it really feels free and new. (Friday 26 September 2025; 20:38)

20 minutes (111,484) by Tevin from USA 20 minutes left. Enjoy the album everyone. (Friday 26 September 2025; 05:41)

Negative reviews (111,483) by Tevin from USA Thank goodness for Spotify. I going to listen to the album tomorrow morning before work. I'm mad that my pre-order vinyl of HFIA won't be here until next week. (Friday 26 September 2025; 05:38) this is a reply to message 111,473

Negative reviews (111,473) by Giovanni from USA Means nothing to me, when you give TEOM 3 stars that tells me everything I need to know about your taste. We all know that album is 5 stars and a 10/10 and Mariah definitely deserved the Grammy for AOTY. People have to remember there are many in the industry and editorial boards still to this day who hate Mariah and don't want her to break The Beatles record or be successful. I already know HFIA is going to be one of Mariah's best albums but before I give it a listen I will be listening to Caution. I'm curious where are y'all purchasing your physical copy if you haven't already ordered? I'm thinking of buying mine at Walmart lol I just don't like Target anymore and haven't been in one in years. (Friday 26 September 2025; 01:31)

Article: Mariah Carey has seen it all: "it was such a drama" (111,422) by Tevin from USA Wow, now we can see where you got your compassion and positivity from. (Wednesday 24 September 2025; 13:54) this is a reply to message 111,419

Article: Mariah Carey has seen it all: "it was such a drama" (111,419) by Bobby A from United States What an illustrious career. This article brings tears to my eyes because everytime my grandmama saw MC on TV in the late 90s to early 2000s she would say this statement to me. "I saw your girl on TV last night." She knew early on how much I loved MC. My grandmother was my biggest cheerleader and supporter. She never turned her back on me. (Wednesday 24 September 2025; 02:54)

Recent falsetto (111,420) by Tevin from USA Christina can sing, she just over sings most of the time, which can be unpleasant. I was just listening to live versions of Reflections and a few other songs from her first two albums, she definitely can sing. (Wednesday 24 September 2025; 05:53) this is a reply to message 111,414

Recent falsetto (111,414) by Tony Lorenzo from UK This is what is going on with Mariah's voice. Firstly, her pitch is as always, technically perfect which enables her to sing in different keys while staying melodious. Her problem in her latter years has been breath control. She doesn't take in enough oxygen (and wears tight clothes that constrict her chest) these days to sustain notes and sing with power. I think she just needs to do lots of breathwork to improve her oxygen capacity and she'd be back to normal. Mariah's "loss of breath control" is still leagues above the vast majority of singers though. She's lucky her voice just sounds nice too. Many people can technically sing but their voices don't sounf pleasant. Thinking of for example Christina Aguilera. (Tuesday 23 September 2025; 23:38)

In your feelings (111,400) by Tevin from USA Wow, I heard the live snippet that Mariah just released. I think this may be my most favorite song on the album. Dare I say this is probably the best that she's sounded since 2018. Friday can't come soon enough. I'm ready for it all Mariah. (Tuesday 23 September 2025; 01:21)

HFIA syndrome (111,397) by Tevin from USA Me too. (Monday 22 September 2025; 18:38) this is a reply to message 111,387

HFIA syndrome (111,387) by Lambi from USA I've been singing "Buggatis what ever they're called" and adding all kind of runs and getting creative with it. Anybody else? LMAO. (Monday 22 September 2025; 05:50)

Thank God I found you (111,254) by Tevin from USA Haha. You're welcome. I posted about it. I've been listening to it non stop too. (Wednesday 17 September 2025; 05:18) this is a reply to message 111,247

Thank God I found you (111,247) by Giovanni from USA I find it funny somebody posted about why the dislike for this song recently and now I'm listening it to non stop haha. I just listened to the remix for the first time and I like it. I prefer the original but the remix is not bad at all. Very sexy song and the music is good. I wish we could have gotten more Mariah songs from '99. (Tuesday 16 September 2025; 20:25)

New Here For It All video (111,253) by Tevin from USA Good points, but can we please not mention any spoilers about the album. I heard someone leaked the track length times, but some of us are trying to wait and be surprised about everything album related. (Wednesday 17 September 2025; 05:11) this is a reply to message 111,233

New Here For It All video (111,233) by Lambi from USA "She could also be talking about when the kids leave for the weekend, or any time they're off with Nick." That's pretty deep. In her book, Mariah took great pride in saying Dem Babies had never been away from her for more than 24 hours. They were about 9 then. But now they're in their teens, and that's usually when kids start gravitating more towards dad. If I were Mariah, I'd be irritated too. Her twins are around kids she probably has no interest in knowing and she has no idea how those kids are being raised and parented. They could easily be bad influences and I get that they are technically the twins' siblings, but still I'd feel the need to keep reminding Roc and Roe that none of this is normal, and Nick is definitely not someone to model yourself after, in terms of creating a family. As for Anderson, I agree, he's just whack to me, style-wise. He literally dresses like a clown. He gives off that energy of a kid who didn't get much attention growing up and now clings to being "different", by just dressing weird to stand out. It's clownish behavior, it's actually okay to have normalcy, you don't need to wear a bowl cut wig. Brian truly set the standard look-wise. May have not had the money, but he showed up for Mariah during some of her hardest times. He was solid. I really wish it turned out differently for them. Maybe the twins will tell us which one out of Mariah's boyfriends was their favorite, one day. Anyway, I can't wait to hear the rest. HFIA might be a three-subject song, like Petals and I Wish You Well. And since it's apparently 6 minutes long, she definitely has room to say a lot. (Tuesday 16 September 2025; 13:04)

Here for it all (111,252) by Tevin from USA I agree. I was expecting some fast rap singing, or a bunch of staccato, but instead (at least from the snippet) we are getting straight forward singing, connected and may I say beautiful runs and deep lyrics. September 26 can't come soon enough. (Wednesday 17 September 2025; 05:07) this is a reply to message 111,227

Here for it all (111,227) by TJ from Norway I do agree about the unnecessary use of swearing, but finally there's something that reminds of how she used to sing back in the days, before she started copying WBT. (Tuesday 16 September 2025; 04:18)

Why the dislike? (111,142) by Tevin from USA Is it bad that I prefer "Why you made" remix over Crapfinity? Lol, (Friday 12 September 2025; 18:47) this is a reply to message 111,119

Why the dislike? (111,119) by Edward from USA It's not that I dislike "Thank God I Found You", I just don't really care for it. To me, it feels generic and overcrowded, almost as if Mariah was unsuccessfully trying to recreate the magic of "One Sweet Day". While I don't think it truly deserved the #1 spot, I can admit it's still a decent song. And no, I'd never compare it to Crapfinity, that one is in a league of hideous all on its own. Mariah had a golden chance to redeem that track with the "Why You Mad Remix", ft big names of the moment like Justin Bieber, French Montana, and T.I., yet somehow the result was even worse. On the flip side, the "Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix)" is fantastic, and I believe it played a huge role in pushing the original to the top of the charts. (Friday 12 September 2025; 01:56)

Why the dislike? (111,139) by Tevin from USA Sorry 4real4real, I meant to reply to your comment not BFF. (Friday 12 September 2025; 18:39) this is a reply to message 111,114

Why the dislike? (111,114) by 4real4real from UK It was originally intended to be a duet with KCI and JoJo (of Jodeci) but for whatever reason that fell through. In that context the song makes perfect sense. It sounds very much like All My Life, their previous US no 1. Joe and 98 Degrees just didn’t have the same cred or vibe as Jodeci so it just came off cheesy. But the remixes are fire indeed. (Thursday 11 September 2025; 19:10)

Why the dislike? (111,138) by Tevin from USA Oh wow, I never knew that. Imagine what the song would have sounded like with the original artist in mind. Man that would have been amazing. (Friday 12 September 2025; 18:39) this is a reply to message 111,113

Why the dislike? (111,113) by BFF from United States I love the original version of "Thank God I Found You". I think it would have worked better as a duet with Joe without 98 Degrees featured, but there is something very uplifting about the song's optimism. I think it fit well with what was popular in terms of late 90s and early 00s pop-soul ballads. I believe it would have gotten more radio airplay if the "Rainbow" album had received stronger promotion. (Thursday 11 September 2025; 17:22)

JD interview on The Breakfast Club (111,137) by Tevin from USA Ok. That makes sense. Thanks for sharing your reasoning. (Friday 12 September 2025; 18:34) this is a reply to message 111,112

JD interview on The Breakfast Club (111,112) by Bill from the UK Thank you for the summary. If I remember correctly, the Cream sample was originally intended for Always Be My Baby. Surprised it didn't then find its way onto the remixes JD did. As for TGIFY, I don't think anyone really dislikes it, more that amongst her number ones it's considered one of the more formulaic and basic numbers. The Make It Last remix far eclipses the original. I also felt there were too many voices on the song and it would have been better as just a duet between MC and Joe, it didn't really need 98 Degrees. (Thursday 11 September 2025; 17:06)

Why the dislike? (111,116) by Tevin from USA But why, what's the reasoning behind your feelings of why it's mediocre? I'm asking out of curiosity, not hate. (Thursday 11 September 2025; 21:51) this is a reply to message 111,111

Why the dislike? (111,111) by Lighty from China It's not a bad song. It's just not as good as her other #1's. It's just mediocre. (Thursday 11 September 2025; 16:57)

Why the dislike? (111,110) by Tevin from USA So for the last few days, I've been listening to TGIFY. I've always loved that song, even though I rarely listen to it. Granted from an Rnb perspective the remix could be considered stronger. Anyway I tend to notice people on here and other Mariah discussion forums, talking about their disdain for the original song. My question is why, what makes people not like this #1 song? (Thursday 11 September 2025; 16:42)

So... thoughts on the VMA performance? (111,093) by Tevin from USA 95% live. But way better than the 0.5% we are currently getting. Hopefully she's resting her vocals to perform the future hits from HFIA. (Wednesday 10 September 2025; 20:57) this is a reply to message 111,085

So... thoughts on the VMA performance? (111,085) by Bobby A from United States I just remembered her iHeart Music Festival is on 20th. Hopefully, MC will sing live and finally perform Sugar Sweet in its entirety. I remember her 2018 perfomance being 100% live. Is that correct? (Wednesday 10 September 2025; 08:40)

KATSEYE (111,066) by Tevin from USA I agree. Embarrassing and disappointing. Are they living under a rock? (Tuesday 9 September 2025; 18:00) this is a reply to message 111,060

KATSEYE (111,060) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter KATSEYE was asked at the VMAs red carpet about their favorite Mariah song and none of them could name 1 song. Just 1 girl was like (My All) and the rest were like so confused and one girl asked the girl who named the song to give her a title as well. Now I don't know this group well, but apparently they're popular but for them not to know a single song by the legend that is Mariah Carey is insane. Like I don't expect them to know her full catalogue but if nothing else at least say AIWFCIY. And there are so many viral Mariah songs on TikTok. Also you're on a red carpet where she's winning a major award, you should have been more prepared to answer that question. (Tuesday 9 September 2025; 15:22)

VMA (111,007) by Tevin from USA Congrats Mariah. Also, we did it lambs, all the voting worked. I'm pre ordering the HFIA vinyl tomorrow. Does anyone know if it will arrive the same day the album is supposed to drop? (Monday 8 September 2025; 05:18)

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