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Fan art (45,337) by ACMRitz from United States Thank you all for the support for my lyric video, please share it all over social media so Mariah and her team can notice it. Also check out my twitter (@aarondxD) for more fan art on the album, various cover arts for YDKWTD and the other songs. Hope you like them Lambs. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 2:18)

What makes Mariah Carey so catchy article (45,336) by Dove from USA "Her upper register is the musical equivalent of black truffle." I was just thinking this exact thought this week. It's like he read my mind. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 1:54)

YDKWTD single cover blue dress (45,335) by Dove from USA Is that the new official single cover? I love it. That dress is beautiful and she's showing her legs. She looks like a queen. Great job. I want to watch the lyric video down there but it's not loading. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 1:41)

More marketing ideas (45,333) by Dove from USA It would also be neat if she did another unplugged type concert at her house in the mermaid room with all the hidden humidifiers she needs and sang her new songs, or songs she's never sung live, or songs that should have been singles, etc. She could do it as many times as it took until they were flawless and then released it as a DVD/album. Next year is 25 years of the amazing Tokyo concert. It would be nice to own an authorized copy of that. I would love to own high quality digital copies of all of her specials. The VHS copies I made from when they aired are not cutting it. She should have polite interviewers like Barbara Walters and Oprah interview her at her house. They could send her the questions ahead of time so she can think of how to answer them. New questions that the interviewers come up with. The concert at home was a good idea but needed to be longer and to feel more intimate. They could advertise on the day of the concert that the digital download of the album is $5 for that day only. When Taylor Swift's Speak Now album came out it was only $2.99 for that day, no wonder it sold so many copies. And when I said a concert to honor her I don't mean a roast. MC is a serious artist who should be respected and honored, not made fun of. Another idea is that she could guest star on the show with Ariana Grande. That girl comes off as such a likable sweetheart. The story could be that Ariana is a big fan and wins a contest to meet her and Mariah gives her good advice and Ariana gets to watch her perform backstage. Sometimes not just selling music they're selling a dream. When I was younger and I listened to her music or watched her videos I was her (Mariah). For that moment I was this the sweet, beautiful girl who sang like an angel and had everything. If anyone said anything bad about Mariah they were saying it about me. It's important for her to be nice to the new artists because they have legions of young fans who are going to turn on her if she's not. There is no reason to be jealous or feel threatened anyway because MC is the best. I'm not ssaying she is jealous or threatened - only that it comes off tthat way. Just my own humble opinion. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 0:42)

SweetheartAaron / YDKWTD (45,332) by Edward from USA SweetheartAaron, great lyric video. Excellent I would say. Mariah's team should learn a thing or two from you. If I didn't know, I would've thought it was coming straight from the label. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 0:38)

Marketing (45,331) by Dove from USA I don't know the nuts and bolts of how marketing works but I know what things look like to me as a consumer. I think #Beautiful was the best choice for lead single. She looks like a goddess in the video, although I didn't like the single cover one bit. When she promoted TEOM there were commercials promoting it every 5 minutes. One where she hit the highest note, then the treadmill one where she said she didn't know what sneakers were. I think they should have a shoe to honor her for her 25 years as a musician. They could have artists who have said they admire her sing her songs: Christina Aguilera, Kelly Calrkson, Leona Lewis, Beyonce, Jojo, Ariana Grande, etc. The problem is Mariah makes singing seem effortless so people kind of take it for granted and don't appreciate how hard it is to sing like her. Marketing is super important. When I was in high school Britney Spears was rammed down our throats, she was on MTV all the time. Back then her voice got on my nerves but now every time I hear her I think of that time. Whenever I hear someone try to sing Britney I have to go hear the original. Mariah's actually the good whiskey. Even the best singers can't sing like her. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 0:30)

Question (45,330) by B from USA Wasn't she in Paris filming a video for YDKWTD? And she filmed a commercial with Brett Ratner for the Butterfly beverage, right? That's what I read somewhere. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 0:27)

Staying home with babies (45,329) by Dove from USA I think she really does want to stay home with her babies. On AI they were still babies and didn't say, "Mommy don't go to work." She's not going to be homeless or starve if she doesn't work. If I was her and my 3 year olds asked me to stay home I would. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 0:19)

Thirsty video idea (45,328) by Dove from USA [...] Nick is in a Phantom driving towards the Hollywood sign. It cuts back and forth between him driving and Mariah wearing a peachy pink, jean, short shorts-jumpsuit type thing; her hair is big and sideswept bangs like in Honey remix, fan blowing on her, gold mic. She sings: Chasing them bright lights even change. Well, almost anything. [...] You used to be mister all about me. Now your ass was me, so here it's a Great Gatsby type scene. He fills ups his friend's house with flowers and "accidentally" runs into her. Or he could be staring off into the green light across the lake where she lives. [...] Pull down them Tom Fords, and act like you see. Nick is getting out of a limo and lowering his shades and cameras flashing. [...] You're thirsty for a dream, you can't quench. Mariah is at home with DemBabies, the sink is full of dirty dishes, floor has piles of toys and dirty diapers tons of laundry on the couch that need to be folded. (I know she has help but it's funnier this way.) [...] Why you try so damn hard? She sings it to the T.V. when she sees him on it. And then the second time she says it she sings it into the camera, like to us and him if he's watching. At the end she and Nick are on the roof of their apartment drinking champagne, to let us know it's just a joke and they're okay. (Saturday 12 July 2014; 0:15)

Re: Sweetheart Aaron (45,326) by Jono from USA That's an amazing lyric video. Seriously man, an incredible job. You need to tweet it to Mariah. (Friday 11 July 2014; 23:12)

SweetheartAaron from United States (45,325) by Gilbert from USA Great job man. I used to enjoy making videos like that. Great color, design, and text use. Props. (Friday 11 July 2014; 22:51)

SweetheartAaron (45,324) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Wow that's a great lyrics video. I love the clips you used. You should tweet the link to Mariah. Great job. (Friday 11 July 2014; 22:44)

B (45,323) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Well I hope everything you said in your post turns out to be true. I am fine with her waiting until she looks her best to appear in front of the world as long as she ends up coming out and promoting the album. Like you mentioned, this album will decide what kind of deal she will get if she chooses to switch labels. All the best to Mariah. Here's to hoping this album and YDKWTD gets the recognition they deserve. Just to pass time, my next choice of singles would be Faded, Thirsty and MILG (in that order). (Friday 11 July 2014; 22:40)

Mimi, Marissa / the witch (blasphemous fan) hunt (45,322) by Edward from USA There are some fans here that not only expressed their opinions on the way they please, but they also want to tell other fans, based on their opinions, what a fan should say or be like, which is ridiculous. Some of these holy fans don't understand that part of being a fan is not only the excitement of getting great music, but the exposure of the artist delivering it, the interviews, the artist' view about the creative process of the album, the success, the concerts. They think that if Mariah put good music out, and it doesn't sell well, more good music is coming soon. They seem to think that Mariah is going to use her good money to produce music that won't bring her any money back, that's how delusional they are. They think that Mariah will risk going on tour with an album that nobody knows about. If it were for them, they would just post: "MIAMTEC is a great album" everytime, but how boring would this messageboard be if all we can do is regurgitate the same "positive affirmations" over and over again? Drink from the f*cking water if you'd like, if you don't, just don't, let it run. This is not a conversion ceremony. (Friday 11 July 2014; 22:33)

Me I am Mariah (45,321) by B from USA Mariah waited until she lost weight to film a video for YDKWTD. She wanted to look her best. She's insecure about her appearance, always has been. I believe she also filmed a commercial for her new Butterfly beverage using Thirsty. She is using the beverage deal to promote her music which in this day and age is a smart business decision. I don't think she's done with this album. I honestly think she wanted to look her best before she started filming videos and doing televised appearances. She knows the type of deal she'll get offered next depends on the performance of this album. I believe JD. There is a plan in motion. This album has the potential. I think it's to soon to tell if YDKWTD is going to be the hit it deserves to be but I think it will. I heard it played on Sirius Hits and it sounded amazing. (Friday 11 July 2014; 22:15)

YDKWTD lyric video (45,320) by ACMRitz from United States Hey guys, I hope you all enjoy this lyric music video I created to promote and show support for this single. Don't forget to request Mariah's YDKWTD using requestMariah.tumblr.com. I am really looking forward to this official music video. It is going to be pow. (Friday 11 July 2014; 21:56)

YDKWTD and the master plan (45,319) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Where on earth is this single plan going? There is still no official audio upload on Vevo, let alone a lyrics video and the elusive music video. Where is the music video she supposedly shot with Brett in Paris? And also where's the Thirsty promo? Why on earth was it just announced a single and then bam, everyone just ran back to their caves, hiding? This single had so much potential. Secondly, at this point I just want to pick up the phone, call up JD and ask him what is the master plan that he keeps talking about. Weeks back he said that there is a plan and in music industry it takes time to put it in motion and stuff and now again he is like there is a plan and sales will build up. Ok, cool, great, but what is the plan? Tell me JD, just tell me. *shakes JD* (Friday 11 July 2014; 21:43)

Marissa (45,318) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm with you on this one. Although I didn't stop listening to the album just yet, but every time I listen to it, it bugs me because such a great album is just going unnoticed. To top of it, it now holds the label of being "Mariah's lowest selling non-holiday album". It's all because the lack of promotions. If people could hear the great songs in it, this album would be flying off the shelves. Sorry I am not one of those fans who say "I don't care if Mariah doesn't sell much, I just want her music" because I think Mariah will actually stop making music after a point if she continues to have declining sales and that's something I don't want. I don't think this lack of promotion is because of dembabies because she was all over the place during AI and dembabies were even younger then and needed more care than they probably do now. MC didn't need to be everywhere, she could have just atleast visited a couple of talk shows and do some live performances. Talk about the "journey", the album, the songs. Connect with us somehow. I don't believe she sees the messages of lambs complaining, because she is always on twitter, retweeting the good things fans are saying. So it bugs me more that she is just outright ignoring the fans who are asking her why she abandoned a project she claims is so close to her heart. (Friday 11 July 2014; 21:39)

Anybody waiting for her next video (45,317) by May from Denmark To be fun, vivid and finally catching? It has been a long time since we got an amazing MC video of her songs, all the late ones were so boring, repetitive and lackluster on the creative side. To be honest I like anything where she appears haha but I'm truly hoping that the video for "You don't know what to do" turns out to be refreshing. I'm not quite sure about the lack of promo, it clearly did have promo, perhaps people were wanting it to have double promo. I think it's simply her age, truth to be told. Ariana Grande songs are sang with a "very-obvious-want-to-be-says-inspired" alla Mariah and sound so bubble gum pop with goofy teenage lyrics and yet she is splattered everywhere and sells a lot. Clearly she sells because, while her songs are not fresh or new in beat, they are catchy and people who consume the most music (overall mainstream) identified with her age. I still think that by this time after the release of MC album, we should have got two videos already, one for YDKWTD and another for Meteorite, that song is so club, so in, so danceable. Crossing fingers for a fun video. (Friday 11 July 2014; 21:03)

Here we go with questioning whether someone's a fan again (45,316) by Marissa from USA If I'm overly critical or throwing shade, then when you see my name you should immediately start scrolling. Just because I don't sit back, shut up and pretend to be happy about everything she does doesn't mean I'm not a fan. I have said numerous times that this is a great album, but apparently no one remembers that. In fact, the main reason I've been speaking up is because it's such a good album and hardly anyone will hear it because it's not on anyone's radar. I didn't just randomly decide to pick on her. I will never fall into the trap of thinking that a fan can never speak up about the things that bother them. People are constantly trying to silence anyone who wants to go against the grain on this messageboard and it's ridiculous. You're never going to be able to exterminate people's differing opinions by calling someone out every time they say something you don't like. If it's not me speaking up it will be someone else. And let me clarify again, I don't dislike this album because hardly anyone is hyped about it, I said that I am not as excited to listen because there's no buzz. For the fifteenth time, I still think it's a great album. (Friday 11 July 2014; 18:53)

Promo frustration (45,314) by Elena from The Netherlands I agree with both people who say "Who cares? Just listen to the album and stop thinking about promo" and people who say, "I want promo because then we will get more Mariah." I'll accept if she will just let it be, yet it still frustrates me a little bit. She's just avoiding the whole project it seems, just threw it out there to see where it strands. I am aware that this has (for the most part) to do with the issues with Def Jam as JD said before, "What's going on is bigger than me." But not to talk about it at all is so wrong. This project is very dear to her and it's a gem to us fans. The only way to connect to us is through her music, her album, and yet she's only posting pics of her beverage for promotion. Does anybody know if there's more content available on her social network of the Butterfly drink anyway? Is it updated at all? I enjoy her album each time I listen to it. It doesn't affect my love for it if it doesn't get promoted. But connecting to us about what's going on or just take us inside the core of her 4 year long journey to make this album is very important. Now more than ever because the industry is at a low point. You need and want your fans to stick with you. So promo or not, more communication between MC and us makes a huge deal. (Friday 11 July 2014; 18:45)

The state of Mariah (45,313) by RadChad from United States When I first became an official Mariah fan in 95, I was completely unaware of how commercially successful she was. For some reason I was under the impression that I was the only person that liked her and she was struggling in album sales, primarily because of her Grammies lost that year. Having said that her album sales will never affect my love for her music, I've noticed that many people jump on bandwagons, if the public likes it then they like it or they deem it a great album based on sales and not quality of music which is a sad thing. This could also be the problem with MC's fan base. Instead of supporting her, they sit around and wait for other people to support her so that they can jump on the moving wagon. I personally feel like Mariah has done a fair share of promotion for this album, there has been people with much less promotion that has done better and much more promotion that has done worse. It doesn't make sense to spread yourself thin if the public or industry isn't supporting your efforts. It's up to all her fans over the world to check for her and support the music if they love it. (Friday 11 July 2014; 16:32)

Promotion (45,312) by Daydream327 from USA MIAM is truly an amazing album and I still listen to it daily but I can totally understand the lambs frustration about the lack of promotion this era. Yes, Mariah delivered some of her best material in years with this album and we all should just be happy and grateful for that, but is it wrong for fans to want a little promotion outside of social media? We want her to elaborate on the album, talk about it, just connect with us like she always has. I just think as fans we are used to the whole album promotion blitz experience with the interviews, performances, specials, videos, album signings ect. because that's what Mariah always did around album release time and honestly, I think Mariah knows this, some may think she's oblivious but believe me she sees the messages lambs send her. This is what makes me believe there is some personally or professionally issues going on behind the scenes that we are not aware of. Anybody else find it odd that MC just kinda up and disappeared after this album was released? I don't like to go digging but I've been a fan for 18 years and have studied Mariah enough to know when something is off with her. Whatever it is i'm sure she will overcome it, she's a very strong woman and I just can't see her letting an album she worked this hard on for 5 years just go like this for no apparent reason. We just have to wait and see, but I'm certain something is preventing her from giving this album the promo it deserves. (Friday 11 July 2014; 16:19)

Love the album, and I do want promo (45,311) by Mike RC from Spain I love the album wether it sells or doesn't. It doesn't affect at all the love I have for this album or any other. But I do want promo, and I do want it to sell millions. Why? Because I want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy this album, because it's that good. And also, when an album sells a lot, that translates in more remixes, more videos, more interviews, more performances, a tour, etc. High sales mean more Mariah, so yes, I care about the promo and I care about the sales, and I really hope DefJam starts doing something about it. Period. (Friday 11 July 2014; 14:17)

How about you like the album or you don't (45,310) by Junior Romero from USA All these comments about Mariah not prompting the album. Is a Ellen appearance gonna make you like it more? I like it now just how it is I don't need all these gimmicks to make me like it. I don't need the pop radio to like the songs to get approval. I have the album and I like it. Period. Don't worry how it's being promoted unless you are part of Island records. Just buy and listen. (Friday 11 July 2014; 13:10)

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