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Video / Ardis (52,537) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't get why hey video wasn't shot when MC and Brert were hanging out everyday a while back. They both seemed to be free. They usually finish shooting in 2 days. I don't know why they couldn't fit it in. (Wednesday 29 April 2015; 12:23)

MC (52,536) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter One thing that is unfair for Mariah is she has too big a legacy and while that is what makes her a legend, it also works against her sometimes. People saying she hasn't had a hit in years clearly forgot about #Beautiful. For MC if a song doesn't reach #1 or atleast crack the top ten, it is chalked up as a non-hit. Yes I think I just made up a word. They can't call it a flop, they'll just not take it as a hit. Whereas for everyone else as long as their songs are in the Hot 100, it's a hit. Same for her albums. An underperforming album from Mariah will make headlines while the same by Madonna or JLo or Celine will be forgotten as forgiven. But Mc has to hear it for years on end. JLo's song Booty got rave reviews and her album was rated above MIAM by Billboard. I can't even. (Wednesday 29 April 2015; 12:14)

Interviews (52,508) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I have been seeing the interviews from Vegas that are popping up and I am happy with the way Mariah is presenting herself. She is calm, composed, answering questions properly and very articulate with her answers. No random ramblings, no going off topic, no ditzy diva moments. She sounds professional and in control. The voice being tired may be because she was probably stressed the night before about the release and then stayed up all night watching the world react to her creation and then prep and be ready for a major event in the evening, while simultaneously looking over the progress of her upcoming show. Anyways I love that she went something like "18 #1's not everyone has them" and kept a straight face instead of doing the usual move she does when she says something like that (which is tilt her head down, looking away and hiding her face with hair while running her fingers through her hair). She's owning up to her legendary status haha. Also this is better than her going "you know about the record, I can't say it but you know" and then getting upset when an interviewer doesn't know she is hinting at breaking Elvis's record. And can we just talk about how gorgeous she looked in the black dress and that awesome hair? I also liked how she responded to somethings head on. Like her vocal issue (where she keeps a straight face and invites people to sing in the shower with her), then about her body (where she says she is trying to get there) and also about the failure of MIAM (where she says that it's not a good idea to give an album to the label you are leaving because they don't have an incentive to support you and also that if the label doesn't back you up and the project is not promoted 100%, it won't do good). (Wednesday 29 April 2015; 1:53)

Video (52,507) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think chances of the video being released before the end of this week are low. I was hoping for it too, but MC said they just filmed initial parts of the video and that Ratner is in L.A. I don't know how long it takes to edit a music video but I don't want a rush job. I think it was better they released the lyric video first (even though it is quite a sloppy visual), because she sings fast and the lyric video is kind of prepping the listeners to sing along with the song and secondly the funny lyrics is what is making the song go semi-viral. So I think they wanted to focus on it. I do wonder why only clips from Honey was used in it. Hint? The parts of the video shown in Vegas had MC looking gorgeous but I do hope the talk about stunts are true and the whole video is not of her sitting on a chaise lounge. (Wednesday 29 April 2015; 1:34)

Infinity (52,505) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter After giving it a few spins, I am now happy to say that I love, yes love (not just like) the song. I also take back what I said about the ending, it goes on nice. I think maybe the vocals (that some are complaining about) were left that way to express raw emotions. Anyways I am loving the song, playing it on repeat. A little disheartened to hear that the video is not done yet, and that the song is falling down iTunes charts, but still happy and content. I hope MC goes all out with this single. B, what you said about the return of Agent M, I hope that happens. Honey has always been a favorite video of mine. Anyone else tried getting that swim scene on point? (Obviously not jumping from a 2 storey building.) (Wednesday 29 April 2015; 1:20)

Lee TS (52,486) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks for the interview. So the video is not done yet? That sucks. (Tuesday 28 April 2015; 19:09)

Vegas (52,474) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Anyone who wants to get a glimpse of what went down in Vegas, check out the link. (Tuesday 28 April 2015; 15:30)

Video / TheOne (52,470) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Now that I have seen the snippet, I am getting more impatient to watch it. All I could see was her getting her makeup done and a shot of her singing on a chaise lounge, and she looks gorgeous. I wanna see the "dangerous positions" they talked about in the articles. I wonder if she is waiting for the lyric video to hit 1 million before releasing the music video. (Tuesday 28 April 2015; 14:07)

Infinity music video (52,465) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh my. She premiered the video in Vegas, I can't copy the clip but if you all go to The Voice Is Mariah Carey page on facebook, there is a small clip there. (Tuesday 28 April 2015; 12:17)

iTunes (52,464) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The single has gone from 21 to 29. I think they should release the video soon followed by some good remixes and appearance. By the way there is a rumor she will be performing at the Billboard Awards. It's also included in the wiki page for the 2015 BBMA. Although wiki can't be trusted but I have seen it in many places. (Tuesday 28 April 2015; 12:11)

Andrew (52,419) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I get how you feel. I have been in that state a while back then suddenly I found my self humming parts of it. Now I am liking it a bit more. I also am worried about non-Mariah fans, because to get a major hit, the non-lambs need to be on board. About the straight guy thing, this song is probably not going to appeal to them much (non fans) but I think it might have potential. I'll keep #1 in the back seat for now, I'm aiming more for a top 10 at this point and I think that is possible. If Mariah can somehow hook in some non fans who are girls, they'll eat it up. Taylor Swift's "We are never ever getting back", "I knew you were trouble" and "Blank space" got so successful because it became a major break up anthems for girls around the world. Even non fans bought it because the song was relatable and let's face it many people had bad break ups. I'm sure straight guys didn't buy into that either, but still they were major on the charts. Anyways at this point I am mumbling crap I know, it's too late at night. I'm still optimistic about the song even though at first I did not like it. (Monday 27 April 2015; 22:27)

Abraham (52,417) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Happy birthday Abraham. Hope you liked the gift Mariah left for you. (Monday 27 April 2015; 22:18)

Fifth Harmony/ Trending 140 (52,406) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok so it's sweet that Fifth Harmony is giving a shout out to Infinity and even shared the download link on their official twitter. I wish more celebs would do that. Well MC did talk about Fifth Harmony on her twitter so I am glad they are doing the same for her. Hopefully their fans will check out the song and download it. I am going around reading up on the song and it's good to say that most articles are praising it. Plus people on twitter are going crazy over it. It's good, I am happy for MC. There must be something in the song that is getting people hooked. I hope it brings her the success she has been wanting. Also Mariah shot to #1 on the Trending 140. I think now she is at number 2. People with twitter, please keep sharing the link of the song and using the hashtag. (Monday 27 April 2015; 21:27)

TMZ (52,370) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Uggh after removing the accompanying link from my post, it seems weird because it seems vague as to what I was meaning. Basically I meant that even TMZ is now coming around for Mariah. Previously they never had anything nice to say about her. [Webmaster: The article is on my news page.] (Monday 27 April 2015; 16:52)

TMZ crowns MC the king of diss rap (52,365) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter After years of bashing her, this is what TMZ had to say about MC. (Monday 27 April 2015; 16:25)

Possible ways to boost the song on the charts (52,353) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1) A viral video. This can be either done by Mariah having an awesome video that people will love watching and casual fans/non fans will be curious about enough to stream it. Or it can be done with a few celebrities doing recording themselves having fun while lip-syncing the song. This worked really well for Carly Ray Jepsen (both for CMM and IRLY) and Jason Derulo (Talk Dirty). 2) Massive promotion like appearances, social media events, great remixes and all the traditional stuff. Performances at major award shows. 3) A parody of the video by Bart Baker or Key Of Awesome. Parodies of Wrecking Ball and We Can't Stop helped it reach the top and for WB, I think it went to #1 for the second time after a parody of the song went viral. 4) Put it on a popular TV show especially one targetted at younger audiences. 5) YouTube makeup videos. Yes it sounds weird but I have been noticing recently that many movies are sponsoring major YouTube makeup gurus to recreate the looks in the movies (example Maleficent and Cinderella) and at the end of the tutorial they show a snippet of the movie. These famous YouTubers have millions of followers and they might decide to get the song. However, I think it's going to be costly and may not be feasible. Before anyone says "MC doesn't need gimmicks to get to the top", lets me real, the music industry is not what it was, things are done differently now. (Monday 27 April 2015; 15:08)

Webmaster (52,350) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What's your thought on the song? Do you like/love/hate/dislike it? [Webmaster: I like it, but I don't really love it yet.] (Monday 27 April 2015; 14:48)

Orkun (52,349) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha yes you were spot on with the prediction. And I also wish that I am missing something that everyone else is finding in the song and that I am wrong about it. This era was looking so good, I am sad today. But even if I don't love it yet, I hope that it works for others and that this single doesn't go to waste or is abandoned because MC already has had a streak of severely under performing singles, not because the songs are bad but because they failed to sell for various reasons. This song somehow needs to do really well. Mariah can't afford another under performing song because the world won't care why her previous singles really didn't work, they'll just take her failure and run with it because she is a legendary artist and everyone likes to tear down legends after putting them on pedestals. If this song doesn't appeal to the masses, it's going to be a problem because only the lambs can't push this song to the top. (Monday 27 April 2015; 14:47)

Infinity (52,340) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It kills me to say this, but I never needed so many listens to a MC song to like it. I read the comments below on this board and I agree with bits and pieces of some of the points made. I did not like the "to infinity" part. I do like the verses and the bridge, the chorus isn't working for me and I think it's crucial for the chorus to work. I agree with the person that this may be a good album cut but a lead single, the only single of the rebirth, it is quite risky. When they hyped up the song so much, I did not expect this. I was hoping either for a party record, something people can blast in the cars during summer or a huge ballad (which like someone mentioned is doing pretty good nowadays). YME is hated by many but I loved the song on first listen. I have always wondered how MC chooses to place her whistles at the perfect place because they blend in so seamlessly but in this song, the whistle was completely disjointed and seemed to be there only for ornamental purposes. Also the laugh at the end did not blend in the song like Honey and UOOMF. It almost sounds like an afterthought. I agree with the person who said many people are probably loving the song because it's a Nick Cannon diss. MC is so good at diss songs (SIO, UOOMF, Someday) which has such memorable hooks and choruses that I am disappointed with this one. They really have to promote it to the max if they want another hit (I'm reserving hopes for #1 for later) and hit people with the video while the iron is hot. I am happy for the people loving the track and I would gladly be proven wrong about my opinion on this song because I want the best for MC. (Monday 27 April 2015; 14:31)

Infinity (52,314) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Took me a while to feel the song, After several listens, I now like it, I guess after a few more I will love it. It took me a while to like TAOLG but now I absolutely love that song. Anyways, but let's be real, the lyric video, although a good idea (since she sings fast) was a bad visual. Especially the "close the door" part. I really want the video to come out real soon and please not next week. Event though I am still not completely into the song, I am happy to see a lot of lambs here and on twitter are really happy and excited about it. So I hope it works out for Mimi. I don't know where the 90s nostalgia is coming from though, it's quite a different sound from Mariah. It kind of reminds me of "Lips are Movin'" by Meghan Trainor. That's a song I really enjoy too. I'm not saying they sound alike, I'm just saying the song reminds me of it. Maybe because of the same theme. Another coincidence is that L.A. Reid is behind both the songs. (Monday 27 April 2015; 11:17)

Music video (52,264) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Mariah confirmed that the video won't be out tomorrow but there is a surprise. I don't know whether I should be upset that they didn't stick to the promise of the video and audio release on the same day (because I have been super excited about it) or should I be thankful that atleast the song will be out tomorrow and a surprise. When I heard she just shot the video 3 days before the release, I was worried that a rushed video is probably not a good idea. So maybe it's good that they are taking time. But on the other hand they did make an announcement about it so long ago, they could have shot the video earlier. Either ways, I want to be positive and start this era with positivity so I'll be happy that we are getting the song tomorrow and excited about the surprise and other events unfolding as the day goes on. Best of luck Team MC. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 20:49)

Shelly (52,263) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was thinking the same about "Wendell". After posting that, I thought that ok no I'll not call her that anymore. I disagree with a lot of things she says about MC but just because a person is bad doesn't mean we should be bad to them as well. Either ignore them or just be polite, that should be the motto I guess. As for Kelly, I don't think it's necessary for everyone to fan girl over MC all the time. I mean Kelly is established on her own rights and she is a mom and it's her day (her birthday) so I wouldn't be too upset about her not being uber enthusiastic. The fact that she is a major Mariah fan is quite obvious. She has always named her as an inspiration and she completely fan girl-ed over Mariah on AI. And MC also was very sweet with her. In her defense she did reply to only Mariah and no other celeb whom I'm sure did wish her on her birthday. For everyone else she just left a general message. It's Kelly's day, it should be about her not about her fangirling. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 20:41)

M (52,253) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The whole seating thing was a lie by the way. Andy Cohen had just written in his book that he had to switch places with Mariah for her better angle but he didn't say so negatively. He said he doesn't mind it because she is a big star. Wendy probably heard that and made up her own story. Because if Mariah would not need to switch places with Wendy, the spot reserved for the guest star is on the side Mariah actually prefers because she isn't comfortable with her left profile. So sitting in the original position reserved for the guests would have been ideal for Mariah whereas sitting on Wendy's side would leave what she considers her bad angle to be exposed to the camera. So that story is utterly and truly a lie. Moreover if a star of Mariah's caliber wanted to make an appearance on Wendy's show, I am more than sure Wendy would gladly make adjustments. No matter what she says. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 19:08)

Giselle (52,246) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I did see the recent episodes when I wrote my post, and trust me this is way nicer than what Wendy used to say about her a while back. She used to also support Nick but this time she said something like "You know how Nick seems to look like a nice guy while MC seems to be tough to get along with." It doesn't mean she said that Nick is a nice guy. Basically she just meant that Nick portrays an image that he is a nice guy. She keeps telling MC to leave Nick behind and move on. About the cuckoo thing, she used to be way worse about it. About Vegas being her last option, many lambs on this board have also said that Vegas is kind of Mariah's last chance to redeem herself. Because if Vegas goes wrong then it's going to reflect negatively on Mariah. Wendy did however say that she knows Mariah has the capability to redeem herself. I didn't say Wendy did a complete 180 and started showering Mariah with praises. I just said she is relatively nicer to her. I would be insecure too if my staff were leaking things about me to others. That comment wasn't made in a negative light. She did ask Mariah to fire everyone and start from scratch. She even declared in her other episode that Ariana cannot replace Mariah because she'll never be taken seriously. My basic point is people are warming up to her. I do agree about the fake lamb on her show. The guy Norman, is always agreeing on negative stuff about Mariah. I haven't heard a single time him saying that he doesn't agree with Wendy's bad comments about MC. Anyways, I shall stop wasting space on this board with Wendy's name. She is the last person we all need to care about. A non factor to say the least. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 17:50)

People being nice to Mariah (52,240) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It's good to see people are finally being somewhat nice to Mariah. I'm hearing from different places that radios are playing her more now and the hosts are being nice about her. Even Wendell has really toned down her criticism of Mariah and now actually praise her somewhat. Her new PR team and management is doing a good work. I'm so glad I discovered MC's music earlier on and I can get bored of current songs but I never seem to get bored of any MC song. She is truly a musical legend, an innovator and a good human being. Hoping this year will re-introduce her to the new generation because dahlin' if you haven't heard Mariah's music, you don't know what music is about. (Sunday 26 April 2015; 12:14)

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