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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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Article: Mariah Carey announces Las Vegas Holiday shows (111,219) by MusicfanJ from Germany
What do you think about the Vegas shows? Good idea, yes or no and why? A friend of mine wanted to go to the New York show last year, Beacon theatre I guess. I went to the Christmas show in Berlin a few years ago (2018), and the show was really good and the Christmas spirit was there. It was also fun to see Bryan Tanaka and even the kids were on stage too. Time flies.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 22:02)
I'll be listening before hearing other people's opinions (111,218) by Edward from USA
The album, if structured with the songs you listed, would've done so much better. MIAM definitely had some great tracks, but it also felt a little cluttered. A few songs seemed like they were just thrown in for the sake of filling space.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 21:45)
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Mariah in Brazil (111,217) by Edward from USA
I get what you're saying, but Mariah doesn't exactly operate on a normal timeline. If anything, she's eternally twelve, remember?
(Monday 15 September 2025; 21:42)
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Mariah in Brazil (111,216) by Edward from USA
What if her situation isn't about something out of her control, but rather something she's actually choosing to engage in? If that's the case, she'd never tell.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 21:40)
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Bundle (111,215) by Edward from USA
If I were Mariah, I would bundle concert tickets with a digital copy of "Here For It All". This album feels way more anticipated than "Caution", and I really hope it does well. I'm definitely rooting for her.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 21:38)
Brazil concert (111,214) by Lambi from USA
"Purple taking me higher, I'm lifted and I like it." Mariah definitely dabbles with THC, it enhances creativity as well. And that's a great point, they say getting divorced is like getting cancer. And I do believe that Nick cheated. She uttered, "I know you cheated on me," during one of her Chanteuse concerts.

It was also so predictable when he completely abandoned Mariah on Valentine's Day. Like, seriously? How do you book something else on that day and not dedicate it to your wife? And considering how many women he ended up with, him cheating being the cause of the divorce wouldn't be the least bit surprising.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 21:30)
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Brazil concert (111,213) by MusicfanJ from Germany
So true. When I was very young (90ies) I always thought there's nothing better than being a superstar. Young and naïve as I was. I admired so many celebraties. Now that I'm a grown-up (well most of the time) I don't want to change my "normal" life for a minute with the madness of a superstar. Most of them are totally broken by fame and money and false friends. I would take some money to travel more, but the fake and superficial world is nothing I would like to have. They are often so rich, but poor inside. Plus the paparazzi everywhere, horrible. What I like nowadays are stars that are still down to earth and know that the showbusiness is fake and can be even dangerous. Musicians and actors who are saying they are just doing their job and still have a normal life beside the showbusiness. There are a few luckily. These have never problems with any medicine, drugs or whatever. I can understand that a young Justin Bieber or a teen Britney Spears got broken. The same with MJ, all the stars that started at kid's age. But adults should be able to find a way to be creative without being damaged completely. It's too sad indeed.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 19:33)
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Armbracelet (111,212) by Edward from USA
Mariah didn't break her shoulder, it was dislocated, which is a whole different thing. The doctors popped it back in, and with time it healed. She also cracked a rib. I bring this up because some fans love to rewrite history. Sure, maybe she doesn't have the same range of motion now, or maybe she's just being careful, who wouldn't be? But I don't think that old injury has anything to do with where she's at mentally today.

Back then, she actually sang beautifully with that jeweled arm brace, and once she healed, she was fine. Things really started going downhill during Contourella's reign of terror. With her fake "empower women" nonsense, she convinced Mariah it was okay to act out and even let herself be photographed in humiliating situations. She was also the mastermind behind Mariah blaming promoters and "outside forces" after the New Year's Eve mess in 2016. That whole period left scars. And while Mariah was clearly manipulated, she wasn't completely innocent in it either, which makes it even sadder. She hasn't been the same since. Contourella basically walled her off and inserted herself into every part of her life right when Mariah was at her most vulnerable.

What really gets me is when 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.

It reminds me of Whitney's last tour. You just know people in her camp were saying, "You sound amazing, go on tour," when she was clearly struggling. That kind of denial is dangerous, and it feels like Mariah's being pushed down that same path.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 18:27)
More noticeable restriction (111,211) by Jamie from UK
I just saw this. Watch as she walks along, there is definitely something up with her mobility. You can see her legs struggle to move and she has to grab someone’s hand. Let me know your thoughts.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 18:25)

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