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Mariah and the Olympics (40,946) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't think that's happening. Wouldn't they (the Olympics management or whatever) promote the appearance well in advance? I think after 6 days she will either announce her album date or she will simply dive into thorough promotional activities for the new single coming out in 2 weeks. (Monday 3 February 2014; 17:59)

Mariah's video (40,928) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So can someone clear this out for me? The video Mariah posted on Facebook, where she's swimming and yells 7 more days, is she wearing a mermaid costume? I couldn't see clearly, it did look like a pink/purple mermaid tail. I wonder if that's what she's going to dress up as for the new single's music video. (Sunday 2 February 2014; 12:35)

RJJ12 (40,916) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Aww thanks RJJ. If I make a mistake I don't mind apologizing and what's sweet is the others realized their faults and did the same. Lol. Mariah taught us well to keep things classy. What is funny though is people are "disliking" our apology posts using the thumbs down button lol. I mean come on! I also agree with your post about Obsessed. It was as great song and a major diss on a rapper who has been dissing other people for years and I don't think any other female artist stood upto him. Only Mariah could diss someone and keep it classy. Remember the Madonna episode? (Saturday 1 February 2014; 14:27)

Apologies all around (40,912) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter B and Lamb O Chop, I guess all three of us misunderstood each other's posts and hence the embarrassing situation. But oh well since all three of us took turns to apologize, all is fine and well from my side. Great to meet other Mariah fans! I don't care if MC whispers to me or screams at me, I just desperately want a new album full of her voice. Let's all be excited for her new album together lol. (Saturday 1 February 2014; 1:57)

Obsessed / new album (40,903) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I love obsessed! It's a fun song, very catchy and summer-y. Even my non-Mariah friends really like the song. I don't really mind the auto tune. It's one of those songs which prove that Mariah is capable of catering to different audiences and different types of music. Also I agree with clueey, I loved Memoirs (every single song) along with some of the amazing remixes we heard from that album. About the new album, it seems like the indirect promotions have already started with collaborators dropping Mariah's name in recent interviews. As someone pointed out on this board, it must not be a coincidence that all of a sudden people are talking about working with Mariah right now. I'm so excited for the new single! (Friday 31 January 2014; 15:33)

B, Lamb O Chop (40,902) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Alright, so I read it wrong. I apologize to both of you. I personally don't have anything against either of you. About the Isaac thing however, I agree. (Friday 31 January 2014; 15:23)

Lamb O Chop (40,896) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Sugar pie, I personally do not think your posts are bleak or ignorant, darling. I have nothing but love and respect for you honey bear. When I specifically asked if B was referring to you, it was only because you were the only one (up until that time) to reply to B's last message where she wrote that Mariah heard the bad reviews of Charmbracelet and came up with We Belong Together/TEOM. Your reply was something like Charmbracelet's reviews were bogus and that people blame Mariah no matter if she sings in her lower or higher register. Which, by the way sweetheart, I completely agree with. So no hate cutie, just thought of clearing it up. I could be wrong though. (Friday 31 January 2014; 11:51)

New single (40,887) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter We are getting closer to the release date! I can't wait to hear the new song. I can't understand from the title whether it's a slow ballad or a dance/club/party song. Either ways I just desperately want a new song (possibly some re-sung remixes, yes I am being greedy), a new music video (preferably a well thought out video with a good concept) and finally the main album. Since she already shot the video, I am hoping she releases it on the same day. MC I want you back on Number 1! (Thursday 30 January 2014; 22:04)

B (40,885) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter When you wrote "Mimi" did you mean Mariah or me? Because if you were referring to me, I think you are mistaken, because I think you mistook Lamb O Chops' reply for mine. Just wanted to clear it out. Now if you were really referring to Mariah, this message will just make me look stupid lol. (Thursday 30 January 2014; 21:59)

Valentine's Day (40,874) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Rashidi, I think what you heard is the offer Mariah gave for charity. She urged fans to donate to a particular charity event and a winner will be chosen, who'll be flown to New York to Mariah's apartment (along with a loved one) and she'll sing some of their (the fan's) favorite songs one to one as a thank you for helping her raise money. Which is quite a sweet and generous thing for her to do. Other than that, the only other thing set for 14th February is her single release. (Thursday 30 January 2014; 16:11)

RJJ12 / Webmaster (40,841) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter RJJ12, if I tell you, I'll have to kill you lol. L is just the first letter of my real name. Webmaster, I've been thinking for the past few days that it would be nice to have a like/dislike button! I am glad you decided to add it. (Wednesday 29 January 2014; 15:54)

Mariah / Isaac (40,838) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah seems to be collaborating with Nas, Wale, Darhyl and another "surprise collabo". This must be a diverse album because Mariah said that TAOLG shows which direction the album is going (raw ballads) and now we are getting to know a lot of people including different rappers are on board. Another TEOM/Butterfly in the making? Excited! Isaac, you are entitled to your opinion but do you think that maybe all these attacks are not just because of Nas, but also because you keep shooting down everyone else's opinion by making them sound like it's the most ridiculous opinion you have read. There are many messages of yours where you tell people off in a very rude manner, most of your messages start with "I don't care what you think" or something delusional like Marian still sounds like her earlier years and then there are the usual "who cares about Mariah's hair/dress/songs, Mariah is perfect". You were rude to the webmaster saying you don't care if you offended him, why not? He is the reason we all are able to come together here and discuss our love for Mariah. Lamb o chop wrote to him too, but the message wasn't harsh like yours. You are calling people non-factors, who gave you the right really? I get that you adore Mariah, so do we, in our own ways. You have to really let people just express their opinion instead of attacking everyone. You apologized and that's nice (if it's genuine), but avoid booing down people's opinions just because they are not the same as yours. (Wednesday 29 January 2014; 7:26)

Collaborations (40,817) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter How do you all feel about Mariah collaborating with a female artist? Not Celine or her contemporaries. More like Beyonce (they are pretty good friends I think), or Britney, Rihanna (I don't really like her), Christina Aguilera, Adele or Shakira? I think her and Beyonce could be huge. Britney too. She could do a "groovy" dance song (similar to Migrate), an uptempo "feel good" song or even a ballad. Also which other female collaborators can you think of? (Again, singers who are not her contemporaries.) (Tuesday 28 January 2014; 12:49)

Correction (40,789) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I meant hip hop flavors. (Monday 27 January 2014; 12:33)

George Golden (40,788) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If you haven't been keeping up with the news, a new song is already on its way, with a release date (14th February). Mariah has already mentioned the album will be ready by late spring. There is no need to hate on "that guy" (Nick), he is the one that apparently makes Mariah happy and why blame him for the mess? Plus when did Mariah go full ghetto? She likes to add RnB flavors to her songs, and some of us like it. As far as reinventing goes, she did keep changing her style every now and then, so I really don't see what you mean. Go pull a Lady Gaga? Or Britney? It would be ridiculous, because then she'd be made fun of, like Madonna. I like that Mariah keeps it classy. She should tone the sexuality a little but other than that I really see no problems with her songs. They just don't get enough promotion, and that's why they don't chart well. (Monday 27 January 2014; 12:27)

Mariah's FB, Licia (40,759) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Wow so MC now has 17 million followers on FB. I am happy to see that it increased from 14 million to 17 million in less than 2 months! (I know I am being stupid and/or silly, but hey it excites me to see more people joining her fandom.) Licia you are right, I posted the same message a while back, where on earth is the video? I really want to see it. She had an accident and yet went to shoot the rest and then why drop it? The Jeezy remix was the only one I liked so I wanted to see what kind of video they came up with. (Saturday 25 January 2014; 19:34)

RJJ12 / Edward (40,749) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter RJJ12, yes hopefully they will come up with a good video. I still didn't see the videos I told you about and I am not sure if Indrani was involved, but for Mariah's sake, I really hope she takes note from her videos from Butterfly and TEOM. You are totally right about Beautiful, the song was great but the video was horrible, sitting on a bike touching herself wearing that awful outfit. The second video of Beautiful (the explicit version where there is just one scene throughout, and she's dancing in that yellow dress for like 4 minutes) was so pointless, i don't even know why they released it. The Roof was great too, simple and classy. So is Breakdown. Edward, I was going to write this before but I forgot, you are right about how Mariah should be completely ready with videos and remixes and promotion strategies in mind. Unlike last time where she kept releasing remixes for Beautiful for 1 whole week for almost no good reason, it really did nothing much for the song, and only the Jeezy remix was good. I am glad she is already shooting the video, hopefully she will learn from her mistake and make this year completely about her (like 2005). (Saturday 25 January 2014; 5:07)

The Art Of Letting Go (40,736) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree, she should change the album name to something more positive for a new beginning, start completely afresh and slay it. Although I loved both Triumphant and Beautiful, I would be fine if she just leaves all those behind and only include new materials in this album, with the Valentine's day single being considered the first official single. Her videos should be more well thought and classy (no more H.A.T.E.U repeats). Sexy is fine, but not trying too hard! (It's Like That, Honey, WBT were so sexy and yet classy.) And the Whitney cover, if true, should be an album cut, not a single, at the very least not the lead single. Lead should be a Mariah original, possibly something upbeat to get the party started (like she described It's Like That). I know a lot of fans are just fine with Mariah releasing new material, and they don't care about chart success. As much as I am dying to hear some new MC originals, I want Mariah to bring her A game! She should take inspiration from how hard she worked to promote TEOM and apply the same strategy for this album. With all the nonsensical music that people release nowadays and get number 1s with, I want Mariah to shut them all up and show them how it's done. She might not be at her vocal best (one can't blame her, the lady has been putting her vocal chords through hell for years), but she still is and will be one of the best singers in the world. I really want Mariah to take over the charts and have all the attention back on her. (Friday 24 January 2014; 6:23)

RJJ12 (40,721) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hey! I think I can safely claim that I am the only Bangladeshi on this board. Not many people listen to Mariah here, and I am like obsessed with Mariah. About Indrani and TEOM, you are right, her cover and the promo shots were awesome in this era. Sultry yet classy. Indrani was also part of the original photoshoot which was the inspiration for the cover. I don't know if you have seen the originals, there is one pic which is exactly the same pose which Mariah recreated for the regular cover of TEOM. After reading your post I did a quick search to see if Indrani directed any videos, and two names came up. Alicia Keys' "New day" and Bowie's "Valentine's day". I am not sure at all if it's true or not, I did not get to check out the videos yet. (Thursday 23 January 2014; 11:12)

Jeezy (40,718) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I hope the collabo everyone is excited about doesn't turn out to be Jeezy. I mean Side Effects was great, but I was expecting a more exciting collab. After 4 years, Jeezy isn't the artisit I want to be the surprise collab with, although I am fine with him being on another track. (Thursday 23 January 2014; 1:26)

Indrani (40,712) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Indrani is also the same photographer who took Mariah's promo and cover shot for TEOM. Wow. New video announcement already. I'm excited. (Wednesday 22 January 2014; 14:21)

Cover (40,685) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So everyone seems to be excited about the Whitney cover. I can't really contribute to this, because I really have not listened to much of Whitney's work. But yes, it would be great if Mariah does a cover of Whitney's. I would like to know, if not Whitney, who else would you all like Mariah to cover? I'd love for another Michael Jackson cover (not necessarily of Jackson 5). MC and MJ are my ultimate favorite artists and I would love for her to cover a MJ song. (Tuesday 21 January 2014; 14:45)

That dress (40,651) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree with whoever said Mariah wasn't looking her best. That dress is definitely not for a red carpet event for actors. Usually for music awards, it's fine to wear flirty and somewhat casual dresses, but for events like these, I think it should always be classy, and those gloves are certainly not helping. The hair is alright, but not great. But I really can't get over the inappropriate dress (inappropriate for this show I mean) and that glove. What happened to her stylist? She could have worn a beautiful gown, with beautiful curls and subtle accessories. She's a beautiful woman, but Mariah needs to change her stylist. She looked gorgeous in that MTV awards show where she wore that long red dress during the Emancipation era. (Monday 20 January 2014; 2:07)

Mariah / Isaac / Webmaster (40,612) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol wow Isaac went from being polite, starting/ending posts with thanks to a full blown "fair weather fan" basher. Seriously though, what is the problem if people talk about their disappointment? Mariah is human, she isn't perfect, she can make mistakes, so I don't see why fans are attacked if they dare say anything apart from sugar coated stuff. Jeez! And also I don't really get the whole "Without You was a remake not an MC song". The webmaster just said he's been a fan since Without You, a song for which a lot of people became Mariah fan. Remake or not what does it matter? Moving on, webmaster, thank you for this amazing site, this is the first board I ever wrote in. It's fun to interact with other MC fans (except some bleak ones, but that's okay). A lot of people are not really familiar with Mariah here in my country and most people my age are into other newer artists, so I really don't get to discuss MC with them as much as I would like (although I do force some of my friends to listen to her stuff, but obviously they don't know much). So yes , thanks and I love that you are fair with stuff you post, good or bad. Lastly can someone please tell me where you all got the quote of Mariah saying she will be releasing something with an artist she previously worked with? I missed that one! Thank you. (Friday 17 January 2014; 4:07)

Fans (40,588) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was disappointed too, because admit it or not most of us thought it was music related. The whole "taking 3 days to announce" suggested it was music related, but well we were wrong. I think someone wrote that Mariah would never call anything music related a "pip announcement". That's wrong, she always calls things she loves/is excited about "pip" and "pow". I can relate to the fans who were disappointed, but I agree that calling her names and insulting her just because she did not announce anything related to the album is a bit too much. It's fine to be disappointed. But from what I hear, fans on FB and twitter are saying bad things about her, and that's kinda over reacting. Regarding other cases where fans attack people who points out Mariah's mistakes, I will have to say that people shouldn't call critical fans "fair weather fans", we love MC as much if not more than you, but unlike people or should I go ahead and say "fanatics" (?), we choose to let Mariah know where she went wrong instead of drowning her with praises and defending something when it was indeed a wrong move. Just so it's clear, the last part wasn't about the announcement, it is about general cases. I am supportive of MC's charity work. (Thursday 16 January 2014; 14:57)

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