She is the ultimate Queen of Christmas, best known for her soulful pop tunes, but I can reveal Mariah Carey's next record will surprise fans. After years of speculation, I'm told the Hero singer will release her long lost grunge album next year.
While the exact date is still being worked out by the label, I hear it will drop in the second half of 2026. The record, which is called Someone's Ugly Daughter, was secretly recorded by Mariah back in the Nineties.
A source said: "Ever since she let slip about the existence of the album, fans have been desperate for it to be officially released and put on streaming. After years of casual talks about what to do, everyone has now agreed the album will be released in the second half of 2026. It's been a long time coming, but hopefully fans think it's worth the wait. It's certainly Mariah as you've never heard her before."
The first anyone knew of the record was when Mariah let slip about it in 2020 memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey. She said: "I think this unearthed version will become, yes, something we should hear. I'm working on a version of something where there'll be another artist working on this with me as well."
Mariah says the reason she made the album was to push back at being over-controlled by her record label, adding: "I had no freedom during that time. That was my freedom, making that record."
In the book, she said: "I was playing with the style of the breezy-grunge, punk-light white female singers who were popular at the time. You know, the ones who seemed to be so carefree with their feelings and their image. I honestly wanted to put the record out back then under, you know, the same pseudonym, just put it out and be like, you know whatever, let them discover that it's me. But that idea was kind of stomped and squashed."
I wait with bated breath...
(The Sun)
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