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Emojis (105,982) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So there's a new post about something happening next week. Anyone can help me decipher emojis? It has: Butterfly = Mariah Cat with hear eyes = Katie Perry Dancing girl = ?? Cuban flag = Camilla Cabello? Diamond = Rihanna? High heel = ?? (Thursday 14 March 2024; 23:04)

There goes my heart again (105,970) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Glad to have someone join me in my la la land of hopes and dreams haha. If Mariah actually collaborates with Taylor that'll be my biggest shock. Their music is so different and they were never really "close". I mean they both praised each other on multiple occasions but who knows. Plus I was thinking with Mariah being besties with Kim, Taylor would want none of this because of their feud but I mean Selena (who is Taylor's bestie) is on good terms with the Kardashians because her sister is friends with their kids. Anyways I'm on a tangent rambling here like Mariah rambled in 2014 haha. As for the YAR streams I did see it. (Wednesday 13 March 2024; 15:58) this is a reply to message 105,969

There goes my heart again (105,969) by Carlos from Brazil I saw that too. I am also in line to be fooled. Taylor usually brings new guests to the new TV albums so maybe Mariah on End Game? Have you guys noticed a bug on Spotify where "Yes and" is now Mariah's most popular song with more than 200 million plays? (Wednesday 13 March 2024; 13:13)

There goes my heart again (105,966) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok so, we all know these insider accounts have messed with our heads. A bunch of stuff they mentioned turned out to be false like a YAR MV, a YAR live performance the day after release, a strong promo plan for YAR to go to #1. Then of course there are rumors about Cardi and all but we'll see where it goes. But in the last few days I see there has been a few new posts indicating Mariah. First was a Butterfly emoji with the words "this March". The account uses Butterfly to indicate Mariah. Then it says MC and Janet Jackson are in the talks of a collaboration and the latest one with a hashtag rumor is a butterfly and snake emoji. Snake is usually now Taylor's avatar for reputation. There's also a post about her having special guests at the Vegas shows. So I am prepared to be hurt again. Join me. (Wednesday 13 March 2024; 02:53)

Photoshoot (105,958) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If she wanted to bet her return on Ariana's single it should have been something they worked with on an original song that would be released with a proper single treatment. Releasing YAR a good while after fans had already rallied to take the song to #1 once and then after it free fell wasn't a smart move. To top it off they didn't even promote it after the first day. We can't just expect something to blow up when the effort wasn't put in by the artists to make it blow up. It also wasn't a groundbreaking song that people would lose their mind over it. (Tuesday 12 March 2024; 03:19) this is a reply to message 105,952

Photoshoot (105,952) by T from USA Big business cares about the numbers. In order for them to invest in a new Mariah album she has to prove that it's worth it. We are talking millions of dollars on the line. Plain and simple. Had Yes, And remix reached top 10 with a Mariah credit and kept having success for the next few months a label would be willing to take the chance that Mariah may produce more success. That's why I was hoping beyond hope that it would blow up. (Monday 11 March 2024; 21:25)

Caution and Eternal Sunshine (105,957) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter This is what Mariah should do, relinquish a little control. She will obviously still be involved in the storytelling and the songwriting but she tends to want full control, probably because she felt controlled for the first few years of her career. Also personally speaking I don't need her 90s vocals, I accept Mariah's voice the way it is, and I'm sure she can work around it. She has proved her master vocalist ability, no shame in toning it down to match her current state. If she tries to control everything, she will continue to push her release and then whatever she has ready might be trashed because the music industry is a fast moving one especially on the current environment. Trends come and go. She might have had ideas that were fresh that she took too long to release and someone else already did it and it make yesterday's news. (Tuesday 12 March 2024; 02:59) this is a reply to message 105,955

Caution and Eternal Sunshine (105,955) by Robert-Anthony from United States It's like Ariana said to Max Martin, here is my story, will you help me tell it. He helped her create a cohesive brilliant album. I am going to listen to an album 2-3 times in player before I give my review. Eternal Sunshine is the type of album to listen to with your boo driving through the city on a Saturday evening. I just didn't get it the first time especially with Yes And? being the first single. (Monday 11 March 2024; 22:08)

Caution and Eternal Sunshine (105,947) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I remember Mariah expressed her dissatisfaction with being pushed to release "Caution" with a quick turnaround. Ariana said in her interviews that Eternal Sunshine took her 3 months to complete. She also kind of did it while shooting for a major movie. Eternal Sunshine is getting great reviews and is said to be cohesive and impactful. So which brings me to why does it take Mariah so long nowadays to release an album? She is no stranger to churning out great albums, and she finished Rainbow in a few months. But what is stopping her from fully investing herself in an album now? If she can come up with WBT, ILT, SIO all within a span of 2 days, what's hindering her now? (Monday 11 March 2024; 14:28)

Article: Ariana Grande on Mariah Carey: "That is mother!" (105,945) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Nice of Ariana to continue to praise Mariah. Also glad she clarified that she wanted Mariah to be louder than her. Hope that shuts up people that claimed Mariah was showing off or yelling. (Monday 11 March 2024; 01:25)

If Made For Me was MC's (105,944) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I like With You though. It may not be a strong single but it's a beautiful song. (Sunday 10 March 2024; 22:45) this is a reply to message 105,943

If Made For Me was MC's (105,943) by Robert-Anthony from United States Made For Me should have been for MC. Muni Long said in this interview that Made For Me was a demo that she had been sitting on for years before JD and BMC added their touch. Wow, just think if she gave it to MC back in 2018 to replace With You. MC wouldn't had such a dry Caution era. The AI version is definitely what MC would have sounded like. (Sunday 10 March 2024; 20:28)

Photoshoot (105,942) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm always greedy for Mariah lol. (Sunday 10 March 2024; 18:47) this is a reply to message 105,923

Photoshoot (105,923) by Terna from Nigeria Oh wow. That's major if it's true. Mariah may have something up her sleeve after all. Maybe a re-release with a brand new extra disc (I'm being greedy lol) of new songs that never made the final cut - you know she did write and record that album the whole year through 2004. I remember Mariah was missing in action all year, then materialized with that silvery metallic blue dress at an event at the end of the year. Also her song with Jadakiss was about the only thing she featured in and had her sounding well rested and in form again. (Saturday 9 March 2024; 14:02)

Ariana SNL performance (105,941) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I haven't heard the full album yet and I just saw her newest music video and it was so beautifully done. If there's one thing about Ariana, her music videos are on point. I love the movie references she puts in some of them. Example TUN had so many iconic scenes from 4 iconic movies. This one was a tribute to "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". I don't know who comes up with the contexts but I hope Mariah picks up on those for her next visuals inspirations. I'll be checking out the album, I hear it's a cohesive and compact one telling a story which I enjoy. I think the reason she won't term it as a "break up" album is because she has to keep it vague. Her and Dalton had signed NDAs as part of their divorce so none can outright bash the other. I'm surprised that her lead single was so different from the mood of the album, that's smart and risky at the same time. Because Ariana has such a huge streaming pull she can do it, if it was Mariah and her lead single was so controversial and different from her actual album people might not be as receptive. (Sunday 10 March 2024; 18:46) this is a reply to message 105,934

Ariana SNL performance (105,934) by Robert-Anthony from United States After her beautiful and brilliant performances on SNL, I listented to Eternal Sunshine again. I have to say now that I totally get her new album. Why didn't she just say that it was a break-up album for those individuals who have lost? It is now Spotify's biggest most streamed album in a single day with 54.8 millions streams with 8 of the album's tracks in the Spotify Top 10. Also, I wonder what happened between Ariana and Dalton. The album is definitely about him. (Sunday 10 March 2024; 11:04)

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,917) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter To be honest and I stress this is my personal opinion, they should have done more to promote it. They can't just drop and move on and expect fans to carry it, especially with a song that's as controversial as "yes, and?". By controversial I mean multiple things - (1) Ariana was accused of being a home wrecker which lead to a huge popularity decline, and her response to it is "yes, and?" so people thought she was just saying "ya I took a man away from his wife and family, and?" (2) Lambs and Arianators were pumped and fully on board them collaborating but were not pleased with the outcome - they thought Mariah was trying to show off and dominate Ari, or shouting or that Mariah sounds like AI or other variations of them not vibing with the song. (3) People who are not familiar with Mariah's discography outside of her popular songs couldn't connect Mariah to a song like this so they couldn't accept it. (4) Arianators had already went hard to get the song to #1 why would they put the same effort on this song for remix when it wasn't that strong of a song either ways and they were gearing for the next single. (5) Mariah had like 2 lines in the remix and didn't add much to the body of the song. These along with many other factors just let the song die. I think if Mariah really wants to have impact with new collaborators it shouldn't be remixes and it should be a song where she has equal weight. Also from what I hear Max Martin wasn't the one Mariah worked with, she worked with her own sound engineer and sent it off to Ariana so I don't know how much input Max had in terms of Mariah's delivery. (Friday 8 March 2024; 21:54) this is a reply to message 105,916

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,916) by T from USA I'm just a fan who reads the signs. That's as much as I can say. It's too bad all the lambs and Ariana fans didn't support the YAR more because it could've really carried Mariah through the summer with a song on the radio and streaming platforms. I listened to Ari's new album and I think it's fantastic. She's incorporating a lot of R&B that's been missing in big pop music as of late. I now know that if Mariah would work with Max Martin for an album it would sound magical. Mariah commented on Ariana's post saying she will be listening to the album the moment it drops. I wonder if her kids are big fans of Ari and are the reason Mariah is more interested in her music? If so it could open the doors to a lot more new producers, sounds and ideas. I would love if Mariah had a new body of work in the vide of Eternal Sunshine. It just sounds so organic and not pushed or over produced. (Friday 8 March 2024; 21:35)

New layout (105,915) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It works with the url you mentioned, I'm just dumb haha. Thanks Eric. I also love that I can view the posts from the main screen without having to click on them individually. (Friday 8 March 2024; 20:56) this is a reply to message 105,914

New layout (105,914) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands The old website had two versions: one for computers and one for mobile phones. The new website only has one version. Did you try going to the url www.mcarchives.com on your phone? (Friday 8 March 2024; 20:34)

Article: 15 Best female singers of all time (105,913) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Why is Madonna on the list lol. (Friday 8 March 2024; 20:31) this is a reply to message 105,906

Article: 15 Best female singers of all time (105,906) by Critter from USA Beyonce #4? (Friday 8 March 2024; 18:37)

SIO (105,912) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh wow are they able to use SIO on TikTok? I thought UMG removed all their music from the platform. Also SIO is such a bop and still so fresh, I'll forever be sad that it didn't hit #1. Everything about it from the "Ooh Oohs", the beat, the clever lyrics, the video, the styling, the adlibs, the easter eggs, the climax, absolute perfection. (Friday 8 March 2024; 20:30) this is a reply to message 105,907

SIO (105,907) by jaker20 from US What a true pop classic, Shake It Off. Tiktok is doing its thing and Mariah knows what's up by posting about it. (Friday 8 March 2024; 19:09)

Photoshoot (105,911) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Could be the case since it was such a huge moment in her career but did she do any new shoots from Music Box? I don't recall. I'm just curious why she's doing it because she hasn't "recreated" photos since Memoirs when she recreated "Butterfly", Debut cover, VOL and "Glitter" covers. (Friday 8 March 2024; 20:26) this is a reply to message 105,904

Photoshoot (105,904) by Bill from the UK Maybe TEOM will be treated to some sort of anniversary package next year like Music Box? (Friday 8 March 2024; 17:53)

New layout (105,910) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Dumb question for Eric, is it just me or this isn't working from mobile browsers? I can open it on my laptop but when I try from my phone it gives me the same error I was talking about earlier. Earlier too when I wrote the post I tried accessing from my laptop after failing from the phone and I thought possibly the transition is causing delays but I still can't access from phone. (Friday 8 March 2024; 20:23) this is a reply to message 105,908

New layout (105,908) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Woohoo love the sleek new look Eric. Here I was refreshing the website on my phone for a bit and it was giving an error and I was worried if it got blocked for some reason but this is great. Love the "Honey" and WBT fonts and the new colour scheme. Also love the new default photo for users without a DP. Thank you for continuing to spoil us. (Friday 8 March 2024; 19:34)

New layout (105,908) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Woohoo love the sleek new look Eric. Here I was refreshing the website on my phone for a bit and it was giving an error and I was worried if it got blocked for some reason but this is great. Love the "Honey" and WBT fonts and the new colour scheme. Also love the new default photo for users without a DP. Thank you for continuing to spoil us. (Friday 8 March 2024; 19:34)

Photoshoot (105,897) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Markus Klinko, the photographer behind Mariah's iconic TEOM shoot, has been hired by her again to do a new shoot for her Vegas residency. Apparently the photos will be inspired by TEOM photos. Now this has got me thinking, why is that the case? She's been recycling old TEOM photos for it and it's just. Month away why is she now doing a new shoot? Could she be using it for MC16? Fun fact for those who don't know, Mariah called Markus in the middle of the night insisting on him doing the shoot and asking for an exact pose he saw from his work, here's the inspiration photo. He didn't want to recreate the same pose so they landed on something similar. (Friday 8 March 2024; 01:21)

Ariana drops tomorrow (105,896) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Only Swift is generating buzz nowadays. I did hear though that Ariana's pre-sales were pretty high. Mariah left a comment under Ariana's latest post which was sweet. (Friday 8 March 2024; 00:59) this is a reply to message 105,895

Ariana drops tomorrow (105,895) by Robert-Anthony from United States Ariana's Eternal Sunshine drops tomorrow. Where is the hype for her new album? It has faded away just like the YAN remix. It may be her lowest first week sales to date. The buying public this year doesn't seem to giving artists huge first week sales. Usher and JLo's albums both faded into oblivion. Guess who will change the dismal album sales in April? (Friday 8 March 2024; 00:52)

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,891) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was thinking if I missed the response to the sources. Like is this just what the user assumes is Mariah's plans or is there any hard facts behind it. (Thursday 7 March 2024; 22:50) this is a reply to message 105,890

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,890) by Libra Lamb from USA When asked what or who are the sources all we got was crickets. Trolling us for sure, for all we know it's Tommy Mottola or J Lo behind the account. I wouldn't even waste more time, much less let this person get to you. (Thursday 7 March 2024; 18:26)

Release (105,877) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 100% a cash grab and draining her fans. I don't understand why people aren't sick of it yet but I saw a lot of comments under the multiple versions that fans are getting annoyed. She also does it to secure a solid sales volume. Which I'm like if your album is that great it should do it in 1 version. (Wednesday 6 March 2024; 13:32) this is a reply to message 105,872

Release (105,872) by Libra Lamb from USA I gotta say that Taylor Swift releasing so many versions of an album is a total cash grab. To each heir own but I'm my opinion, it's disgusting that anyone would do that to their fans and take advantage of them like this. I can understand a deluxe version with new tracks but anything more than that is just unnecessary. I'm glad I'm not a fan because I work hard for my money and would not want to spend it like this. Don't even get me started on the recycling of entire albums. I know why she did it but I still don't like it. I don't have a rich mom and dad to pay for my 4 versions of the same album. With inflation and everything being so expensive, some can't afford to pay rent much less buy a house in this country. Just gross. Anyways, we love everyone. (Wednesday 6 March 2024; 01:33)

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,876) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Stop haha I'm dying. (Wednesday 6 March 2024; 13:30) this is a reply to message 105,875

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,875) by Carlos from Brazil "And none for Gretchen Weiners." Hahaha. (Wednesday 6 March 2024; 12:03)

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,871) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter While I can appreciate her desire to stay private and not post studio photos until things are close to ready, same could have been done about all the projects she said are going to release any moment in the last 2-3 years. In the last few years things we got from her were actually things she never even alluded to like Rarities, Latto and Ariana. Forgive my impatience haha I see so many releases being announced and none from Mariah. (Wednesday 6 March 2024; 00:45) this is a reply to message 105,870

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,870) by SM from Citizen of the World I totally get your post but I don't think she lost her drive. We don't know what she does day to day. Just because she's not posting pics to the world in the studio etc. doesn't mean anything. Maybe she wants to keep this all private until she's close to being finished or actually finished like a lot of artists do. (Tuesday 5 March 2024; 23:13)

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,868) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The Khalid, Ariana and Latto ones are not really what she was talking about. She said she is collaborating with new artists and established legends on a supposed album of her own. TBL she has alluded multiple times is completed and she's looking for a streaming partner. She also mentioned a "duets" and "inspirational" album. Very recently she said she has 10 songs written so almost enough for an album. So in fact many a times she alluded to multiple projects being "almost ready" but we never heard about it later. (Tuesday 5 March 2024; 17:06) this is a reply to message 105,867

Mariah never lied or let anyone on (105,867) by T from USA These things take time and when she said she's worked with younger producers or newer artists she has. Khalid, Latto and Ariana Grande are all newer artists she has delivered throughout the years. Guys, albums aren't in. They don't sell and have a shelf life of one week. It's not happening. The Butterfly Lounge, these new collections of songs, it's all her creating but it doesn't mean it's being packaged as an album in the traditional sense. Max Martin was the biggest surprise as it is the farthest sound Mariah is known for these days. But it was a fresh sound. Let's wait for the Christmas shows, I hear they are going international this year. I just don't want people spending their whole year waiting for a new album when it's clear that she isn't there. Vegas is being branded as a TEOM theme. Setting her up for a big Mimi anniversary next Spring. I do have a feeling she is holding SUD back to see if she's getting into the RRHOF. (Tuesday 5 March 2024; 16:53)

Release (105,863) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I do think Mariah will release something before Christmas, whether it's a single or an album I don't know but I feel like YAR can't be the only thing. Also I'm curious to know why this Vegas residency is TEOM themed? What's the significance? It's not a milestone year and if she was going to do a residency eitherways why market it for an album released 19 years ago? Anyways as frustrated as Mariah's business moves make me, I gotta say I'm grateful she doesn't rob the fans like some artists are doing aka Taylor Swift releasing multiple versions of the same album with only 1 exclusive track in each to basically make fans buy 4 "limited edition" versions of the same album. This is on top of the tour, tour merch, tour movie at cinemas, the tour movie rental and now the tour movie streaming. That on top of releasing re-recordings of old albums and there's 2 more to go. (Tuesday 5 March 2024; 04:50)

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