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Re: Things have definitely taken a turn (92,282) (92,287) by RibbonB from USA People are just skeptical as Mimi has been elusive, evasive and even erratic over the past few years. She has sued and been sued by so many lately and all the fans have lived through it with her. So 'scuse the skepticism or learn to skip over it. We shall all see soon enough. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 03:25)

Re: The memoir (92,284) (92,286) by Dove from United States Same. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 02:43)

2020 is the year that artists are changing sound (92,285) by Bobby A from United States So many artists are going to be giving fans something new with their music this year. Justin Beiber is going more R&B. Adele is going to release her most personal album to date with possible features from Drake and Harry Styles. Dua Lipa is going to incorporate disco and pop. Sza has a crazy song with Justin Timberlake and other high profile features. Rihanna is going to release a double album - one reggae and one pop album. Sam Smith is going to give us more songs like How Do You Sleep by Ilya and Savan Kotecha. Brandy and Monica are going back to their 90's sound for their new albums. Usher is going to give us some old school Usher vibe by working with producers that he first worked with in the beginning. Alicia Keys just released an Ed Sherran co-written neo-soul jam called Underdog. She has been giving fans a neo-soul sound since last year's Show Me Love. So, MC is going to have to reach deep in her creativity bag to bring us something fresh and new because other artists are going to be hot this year on the charts. I am saying now that we will see a flood of March/May/April new song and album releases. I hope MC is working on a plan for her next masterpiece. Ed Sherran call up MC please. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 01:42)

Re: The memoir (92,272) (92,284) by Will from Australia I'd take it being just about the music if she serves it like that. She went into great detail of the process of recording AIWFCIY for the anniversary so that treatment to her other songs would be welcomed. Hopefully giving flowers to those that do deserve it be it with ideas and concepts. Her giving some new information on things we don't know about the music would be amazing. Inspirations for the songs etc. Also the tea on things that never came to life, JT on Yours, the Glitter songs with Prince/Madonna. MJ and other duets that never happened. I do want to know about the JLo stuff from behind the scenes from the music to any encounters they've had and what Tommy told her behind closed doors. Her upbringing yada yada just does not interest me - yes you had a tough upbringing, yes it had racial undertones, yes you had no proper shoes upon your feet and sometimes you couldn't even eat... but we've heard this as many times as AIWFCIY the Santa Claus Kissing Mariah Extreme Festive Under The Mistletoe In The Sugar Plum Fairy Kingdom... version. Now if there's something that nobody knows about from her childhood, that's extremely private which she chooses to share, then I hope she does it as part of the recovery process from what ever that ordeal was and I wish her well, love and peace with it. Overall though, I'll buy whatever trinket she delivers, even if it is tales from her rides over the rainbow on butterfly wings writing her own songs, exclusively, from an eternally 12 year old's perspective, who writes her own songs, in search of her vision of la la land, which is more than just a made up (pause).... drehhhriiiiiiimmmmmmmmmmm. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 01:24)

Migrate duet with Ariana (92,283) by Dove from United States If Ariana and Mariah did a duet of Migrate, Mykal-Michelle Harris can play young Mariah and Monroe can play Ariana. (They could straighten her hair and give her a high ponytail.) They could shoot at the amusement park where Fantasy was filmed and have choreographed routines. Nick (Cannon) and Mariah can direct it and Tanaka can choreograph it. Of course Rocky would be in it too. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 01:06)

Things have definitely taken a turn (92,282) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Welcome to 2020, because things have definitely taken a step back after the great way 2019 ended. I can admit everything is not for everybody. But why must some of paint negative narrative because you may not agree with something that MC does, or has plans to do before it sees the light of day. Personally everyone has a story to tell, and many stories have been told about Mariah from others point of view, so I don’t see the problem with her wanting to tell her own story. Yes this year marks different milestones in MC’s career this year can add to those milestones, and as her supporters we should hold our judgment until things actually happen, because we might be jumping the gun, and the outcome might be the opposite of what many people are thinking. Be optimistic, rather than being negative. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 01:06)

Going to be an interesting 2020 (92,281) by Bobby A from United States We have a lot of burning questions about how this new decade is going to turn out for Mariah. Will "I Had A Vision Of Love" be well written and truthful? Will MC work with new producers and songwriters like Ed Sherran, Ryan Tedder, LondonOnDaTrack, Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Drumma Boy, Tim and Bob, A1, Max Martin, and Harmony Samuels, and Darryl "DJ" Camper who can capture her 1990's magic? Will MC release a hot single that will give her biggest Hot 100 hit since Obsessed? Will MC release an album that takes Lambs back to Daydream and Butterfly? I guess we will know that she is in full recording mode when she post that first studio pic. (Sunday 12 January 2020; 01:06)

Re: I Have a Vision of Flop (92,268) (92,280) by Tijl from Belgium I iron daily, especially shirts for that matter. I don't have pickles for breakfast though. You are ash, I am lotion. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 20:19)

Re: The memoir (92,274) (92,279) by Bill from the UK Hahahaha. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 19:43)

Re: The memoir (92,274) (92,278) by MusicfanJ from Germany Haha great. I can see the whole scene. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 19:42)

Re: The memoir (92,272) (92,277) by MusicfanJ from Germany As always a pleasure to read your post Bill. I also like "I had a vision of love". That's where it all started and yes I want to know everything about her early years musically too. That's where the magic happened. I would lie If I say I'm not interested in Mariah's private stuff, but as many of you said, I don't believe she's willing to leave La La Land yet. So I want to know about her songs, her early start to stardom and her experiences in New York City. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 19:39)

Re: The memoir (92,271) (92,276) by RibbonB from USA Lol, you will likely get everything you don't want. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 19:16)

The memoir (92,275) by Will from England Why isn't it surprising for me to visit the messageboard after a few months off it, to see people already bashing the memoir before it's even been released? We don't know what Mariah will talk about, how she will present it, what topics she will cover, how current in the book she will go regarding her career, what the publishers will expect. For all we know it may just be covering her childhood up to her first deal. Why don't we just wait and find out a little more, before judging it? I know this board likes to do that well before Mariah puts anything out, but still, give it a bit of a chance. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 19:12)

Re: The memoir (92,272) (92,274) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Give it the 2010s live performance update. It's actually: tuh-hurn... ahh-out... toooowhoowoowoo... (optional coy "woo?") *awkward hand gesture to cue band* beeeeeeyeeaaah (optional "yeah yeah yeah yeah") ohh... mmmhmmm... (This is officially the weirdest thing I have typed.) (Saturday 11 January 2020; 18:57)

Memoir (92,273) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines To be honest I was never on board with this idea in the first place. Plenty of celebs do it because they know their fans are likely gonna buy it, regardless of the actual quality of the material. And not that there's a particular age to do it or anything, but I feel like 50 is still quite young to release a memoir, especially for Mariah who is still quite active in the industry. To me it always felt like something celebs would do best when they're older and are have decided to retire or at least really slow down. It also doesn't help that many of these celeb memoirs have either been too contrived or over embellished. MOAIA is an album that was criticized for failing to deliver on its title's promise. I fear that this memoir will turn out the same way. I'm open to being possibly pleasantly surprised, and I guess a memoir is probably better than having Mariah direct another implausible Hallmark movie where she's supposedly of the same age as Amanda Seyfried or develop another brand of sugared water (how did that go, by the way?), but I'd much rather her either focus on recording new music or on great ideas to commemorate the milestone anniversaries of her 90s classic albums including her debut album and Daydream. Mariah is free to dip her toes here and there, but when you talk about Mariah Carey, I don't think you'll really ever care about anything else more than the music. She has lived through a lot and has one hell of a story to tell, but if it won't be told right in 2020, then why force it? (Saturday 11 January 2020; 18:47)

Re: The memoir (92,271) (92,272) by Bill from the UK I think it might be alone here in wanting to memoir to be completely about the music. I know that's unlikely given the life Mariah has had and her level of fame. We know about Alison and Morgan. We know about Tommy, Luis, Nick, James and Bryan. We know about Glitter and the breakdown. We know about the bipolar disorder. We know about the nightmare era. We know Thirsty is about Damizza and not Nick. What we don't know about is Mariah as a little girl under the covers with the radio, Mariah training with her mother and singing with jazz musicians until the early hours of the morning, and Mariah moving to New York and working as a demo and backing singer before her break. I want to read about the woodshop with Ben and the songs they wrote. I want to read about how she felt working on her first album with big name producers and then producing her second album herself. I want to know the stories behind Underneath the Stars, The Roof, Fourth of July, and My All. I want to know tidbits about Slipping Away, and her process and rituals as a songwriter. I'd love a whole chapter on AIWFCIY. I know I'm going to be disappointed, but I can dream. I Had a Vision of Love is a great title should it incorporate the above, but maybe a dream is all that it will (dramatic pause) turn out to beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 18:35)

Re: The memoir (92,260) (92,271) by Licia from USA My biggest thing with this memoir is that I don't want her standard fairytale/victim point of view. I don't want a book full of "they did all this bad to me, but I'm perfect and do no wrong". I want truthful insight and personal accountability on the ups and downs of her career, her vocals, and life. I understand that there are things she won't be able to talk about because of legalities, but I also know there are things she won't talk about because she tends to live in lala land and wants to ignore things in hopes of it magically disappearing. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 16:24)

Re: The memoir (92,260) (92,270) by TJ from Norway Madonna would have loved that comment. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 13:21)

Speaking of irony (92,269) by Andrew from the United Kingdom 2020 may be the 25th anniversary of Daydream but it is also the 25th anniversary of Jagged Little Pill which was possibly the most momentous album of the 90's. And now it has a well-received Broadway musical based upon it so the competition for attention is fierce. Mariah should be fast working on something eye-catching to mark the only anniversary of her eminal work that will garner global attention. I suggest full performances of the album in London, New York and Tokyo, the release of the Underneath the Stars promo video and the digitally remastered concert in Madison Square Garden. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 13:13)

Re: I Have a Vision of Flop (92,262) (92,268) by Andrew from the United Kingdom The Greek tragedy concept of irony is lost on you, eh. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 13:06)

Re: I Have a Vision of Flop (92,259) (92,267) by B from USA Mariah's memoir isn't going to flop. With all the ups and downs of her storied career, it's bound to be a best seller. Unlike a lot of you, I don't think it's going to be a PR version of her life story. She's going to discuss her dysfunctional family, her relationships, her miscarriage, and the Stella/Packer era. I hope she includes poems and photocopies of lyrics of some of her biggest hits. The only thing I'm not sure if she'll address or not is Jennifer, Tommy, and Irv's involvement in the events of 2001. Irv has already spoken about it so I think will but she won't namensnmds. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 12:53)

Re: I Have a Vision of Flop (92,259) (92,266) by Tijl from Belgium I will pray for your well being. So sad. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 10:31)

Next album (92,265) by Dove from United States I think she should do two new albums. One with original and current music that she pours her heart and soul into with the hot new producers of today. The second one my duet idea (a few posts back) with the better singers of our generation. It apeals to the nostalgia in us older folk and she doesn't have to do much. Just send the stems to a good producer (who knows what they're doing) and have the other artists sing their parts. When it's almost done Mariah can add her little adlibs or whatever. I nominate Walter Afanasief (for the nostolgia). I don't like this idea if she duets tired songs like Hero and ABMB, though. I want the good album cuts to get attention. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 09:45)

Next video idea (92,264) by Dove from United States It would be cute if the next single was an uptempo song and dem kids and the little girl from Mixed-ish had a choreographed dance routine like Maddie Ziegler in the Sia videos. Like 75% of the video. I would love if the single was something they would play while you're on a ride at the State Fair. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 09:37)

Re: Mariah sample (92,253) (92,263) by Tevin from USA Thanks this_is_qhm for clearing up the details for me. (Saturday 11 January 2020; 05:19)

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