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Mariah's priorities (111,244) by TJ from Norway
Does an album need a warning because of the words? I went to watch the Book of Mormons in Oslo this weekend, and on the row behind me there was was a family with young kids watching and obviously listening. I guess the parents were quite embarrassed. I'm so glad we usually don't have warnings because of scenes or choice of the words, because, believe me, they already know them.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 19:30)
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Article: Mariah Carey announces Las Vegas Holiday shows (111,243) by Stacey from USA
I saw Celine in Vegas in 2003. The whole idea seemed so odd. A huge artist like Celine playing Vegas? The same town that loves Wayne Newton? And yet, here we are with many artists doing the same thing years later. Celine was ahead of her time in this respect.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 17:40)
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10 days (111,242) by Stacey from USA
I've never been successful waiting. This time is no different, lol.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 17:37)
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Mariah in Brazil (111,241) by MusicfanJ from Germany
Yes, I remember you're right. But this "eternally twelve thing" is also unhealthy and a bit weird. It means that you are responsible for nothing because you're a kid. The same with the time. Nothing's wrong with growing older and wiser. When Mariah was very young she seemed very wise and smart. I'm just tired of MC being obsessed with eternally 12. As you wrote after Crustella it was the worst. And Nick was also a nightmare at the end.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 17:22)
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GTFO Clean (111,240) by Edward from USA
Eric, thank you. I can't believe I had never listened to the clean version before. I have to admit though, it sounds pretty awful.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 16:52)
Article: Mariah Carey announces Las Vegas Holiday shows (111,239) by BFF from United States
I think the Vegas residency is less intense and a better idea than a tour because she is able to stay in one place. I feel better about it than a US or international tour for the Christmas shows. Stella was a mess, but I do think the instinct to start booking residencies was smart. Celine Dion really was ahead of her time when she started the Vegas shows - now everyone is doing it.

I remember Mariah sounding pretty good in clips from the "The Butterfly Returns" residency. Being in one place allows her to rest more and presumably would allow her to keep a more consistent sleep schedule.

I am glad she said a hard "No" to the interview questions about touring behind "Here for It All". That would be 100 percent the wrong move right now. She's been pushing herself way too hard and it is exacerbating whatever underlying health issues she has going on. She really needs to take time off.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 15:50)
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Mariah's priorities (111,238) by Edward from USA
I'm very curious now. How does "GTFO" sound without the f part? I didn't even know there was such version.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 15:25)
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Mariah's priorities (111,237) by Stacey from USA
I am well. Thanks for asking. I agree the swear word is so unnecessary. The censors here in the US are different. They may release an edited album version much like they did with Caution. I couldn't exactly listen to GTFO in my car with my kids, lol. The song HFIA is so beautiful on its own. I am fangirling over these amazing lyrics that take me back to 90s Mariah where her songwriting was so deep for such a young artist. 9 days people.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 15:06)
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10 days (111,236) by Edward from USA
Same sentiment here. I think that letting go of unrealistic expectations makes the experience so much better. Charts are the last thing on my mind when it comes to "HFIA", I'm just excited for the new music. The last time I felt this kind of anticipation was before E=MC² dropped. Unlike Stacey, I haven't caved in to listening to snippets, but I love reading all your thoughts about it. The anticipation is seriously killing me.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 15:03)
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Here for it all (111,235) by Stacey from USA
The song HFIA has me feeling Looking In vibes. No, both songs are quite different from each other, in melody, etc. Looking In represented a potential life changing moment. HFIA acknowledges all her moments and how thryve shaped MC today. Yet, I can't help tie the two songs together. The lyrics in both songs are so deep and thought provoking. At almost 48, on October 4th, I am here for it all too.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 15:02)
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10 days (111,234) by Bill from the UK
Just 10 days until we finally get to hear new music. I don't know why but I am more excited for this album that I was for Caution and Me I Am Mariah. Something just feels different with this project. I hope there's some great moments on there.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 14:42)
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)
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Mariah's priorities (111,232) by Jamie from UK
Hey Stacey, I hope [you're] well? I've just been on UK iTunes and it's showing explicit here for that track. Interesting though the album didn't show up if I just typed Mariah Carey in search bar. Now I had to put in the full album title too for it to show up on search. I wonder if she's gonna edit it but highly doubt it. I can only wish she would take that word out, it's completely unnecessary.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 10:22)
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Article: Mariah Carey announces Las Vegas Holiday shows (111,231) by Zachariah from Croatia
I would go in a second. I adore Christmas and this is gonna be a hit. She is always in her element for that time of the year.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 10:14)
Mariah in Brazil (111,230) by Jamie from UK
Yeah very true Ed, I suspect you're probably right. With addiction comes denial.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 08:33)
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Armbracelet (111,229) by Lara from Middle East
She could have complex regional pain syndrome following that injury, or an unstable shoulder that makes her extra cautious in her movements. Noticed how she was wasn't only wearing a shoulder sling but something like gloves in her affected hand. Also you feel that hand has a tendency to be closed like a spasm. I'm positive there's a medical explanation, but that's Mariah Carey story to tell. Maybe she'll uncover it with her album release?
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 06:47)
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New Here For It All video (111,228) by Mara from United States
I agree with you thinking it's about her kids. While it's too early to know where the song goes in the next verse as she said, it changes into something different and more gospel or something like that towards the end. I think when she says, "but when you leave you take a little bit of every fiber that's embedded in me" she could also be referring to when the kids leave for the weekend or any times they leave her to be with Nick? Pending this line or verse is indeed about the kids. I feel like my teenage self again in the 90's anticipating the new Mariah album and trying to decode lyrics and decipher who was this about or what does she mean by this?

While I like Andersen, I'm low-key hoping this song is not about him. Andersen seems like another Nick in the sense that he never is home. He's always traveling and DJing, globing across the world. Mariah seems to need stability and I don't know if she's OK with that if they really are a thing or if it was just album related. Something seems a little off with that whole relationship but maybe it's low-key, or maybe it is private, or they are just two adults having fun and going with the flow. In that case it might work. Who knows, but if it is a song about a relationship, I'm assuming it probably was written with Bryan in mind.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 04:51)
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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)
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Armbracelet (111,226) by TJ from Norway
Well said Edward.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 04:07)
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More noticeable restriction (111,225) by TJ from Norway
I would do the same with those shoes. I guess we never get to know what's the problem, because she hides her real self in this fake diva dolled up person that sadly some people like. I love Mariah, and this is sad to watch.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 04:05)
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Mariah's priorities (111,224) by Stacey from USA
I've broken my own rule and listened to the HFIA snippet multiple times. The sh$% word is so unnecessary. The album doesn't have the warning, explicit lyrics like MIAM did. I think it may be edited on the album version but allowed on the digital single. But man, I am loving those lyrics. So deep.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 03:36)
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Correction (111,223) by Bobby A from United States
I am going to be MC's biggest cheerleader right now. She is only human. How many events in her life has MC shown us that she can bounce back from any obstacle in her life? I know it is not easy being MC. I wouldn't want her life at all. Track 10 is going to make us praise MC soon and take us higher. I just feel it.
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 02:46)
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Correction (111,222) by Edward from USA
I meant to say the following on the third paragraph of message (111,212): "What really gets me is when some fans infantilize a 56-year-old to avoid holding her accountable for her choices and actions. Yes, she deserves lots of compassion and people around her who actually care, real friends who'll be honest, not just hype her up or leech off her. Even fans who used to deny it can see now that something's not right."
(Tuesday 16 September 2025; 01:27)
Brazil concert (111,221) by Lambi from USA
Yeah, it's very apparent that she's dependent on something and dependence is just a euphemism for addiction. And that's a great point: a divorce, a failed engagement, a savage public humiliation, never-ending blackmail threats, a heavy breakup, battling for custody of your children, and your estranged sister and mother mysteriously dying on the same day, it's all too much for anyone's mental capacity.

Part of me believes some of these events were orchestrated to fully break her spirit, much like what they tried to do in 2001. I believe her memoir helped her cope with it all, but now she's coping the way she always has, through making music. I pray Mariah maintains her mental resilience and never loses the battle against her own brain.

September 26 truly can't come soon enough.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 23:39)
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Brazil concert (111,220) by Bobby A from United States
Let's give MC some grace.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 23:38)
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