[MarkWaldorf]

Hmm, I disagree. I think it sounds a lot better than E=MC2. I think that album is really...safe. With The Emancipation, I reckon every song could have been a single because it was that strong and successful. Bar a few on Memoirs, I think the same here.

[MiuMiu]

I hope your right and it grows on my.
Because Mariah, despite what everyone always says, is still the **** and totally amazing.

[Zac]

OMG Don't you think she looks so hot in my avatar?
Best pic of her.

[MarkWaldorf]

HOT<3

Obsessed #15 and IWTKWLI #26 on US iTunes!

[MarkWaldorf]

Le 6-9: It's a great pleasure to have you. The last time we met it was in Star Academy on stage on my show and now we're talking on air.
Mariah Carey: That was fun. I enjoyed it. It's good to speak to you now.

Le 6-9: So we discovered 'I Want To Know What Love Is' your version and we liked it really. Why this song from Foreigner, why did you choose this song?
MC: I don't know. It was one of those things. It's a very R&B album but it's all people can relate to all the songs but 'I Want To Know What Love Is' is just one of those songs I grew up listening to and then I thought maybe it'd be a cool idea to try and do it my own way and add like a little more R&B and Gospel flavor to it. So we did it and we tried to keep the integrity of the song.
Le 6-9: Last time that we saw you on stage it was for Michael Jackson's ceremony. What was your relation with Michael Jackson, Mariah?
MC: We first met a long time ago. I've done a remake of 'I'll Be There' and he told me that he really liked what I did with the song and he was very, very cool and really nice to me. And then over the years we spoke a few times, worked with him a few times in different countries and I just, I feel like it was just such a loss for all of us because he really was a great artist. It's very sad but he left us with so much great music to live with forever.

Le 6-9: We liked your last single 'Obsessed.' We want to know exactly who are you talking to?
MC: I wrote that song for all the people who have ever been in a situation where somebody's obsessed with them and they keep texting them and bothering them and telling people that they had a relationship with them and lying about them. So it's for everybody - all the people in the world who have ever been annoyed by somebody.
Le 6-9: Were you obsessed by someone special, Mariah?
MC: The song is about somebody being obsessed with me or if you really, like I said it's for the other people, so I wrote it for like, let's say there's a girl or a boy in like 8th grade, somebody in that class wants to be annoying and mean to them, and they're obsessed with them, they just keep bothering them for no reason, that's what...

Le 6-9: So it's not the question with Eminem?
MC: I don't even know who that is. [Laughter] I wrote the song and I'm very happy with it. And I'm happy with my new album. So I don't know if somebody wants to write their little songs. I haven't heard them on the radio, I don't know what's going on with that. They don't seem to play them here in America. I'm not sure so I don't know.
Le 6-9: Eminem is a rapper if you don't know him. [Laughter]
MC: Well, I have certain favorite rappers like Jay-Z, Kanye, I take it back old school, we can go on for hours.

Le 6-9: What do you think of Kanye for what he did in MTV Awards?
MC: I was in Toronto at the film festival because I have a movie called Precious coming out so I had to be at the film festival so I was not at the awards.
Le 6-9: You presented the movie Precious in Cannes and people were very happy with the movie and all the press/journalists were very positive with you. Do you prefer now to sing or to act? Or both?
MC: I would say I like to do both. Obviously, I'm always gonna sing but to act is really a creative outlet for me so I'm grateful for that. And I was really fortunate to work with Lee Daniels, the director of Precious because he's so focused on performances and Precious is such good material that I hope everybody goes out to see it 'cause it's a really good movie.

Le 6-9: Mariah, it's the morning in France it's midnight in New York, what are you going to do now?
MC: I'm going out to the club, no, I'm only kidding. I've been working all day. I'm gonna sleep.
Le 6-9: To finish quickly, I want to ask you, what is your phone number?
MC: [Laughs] I don't even know the answer to that question that's the funny thing.

Le 6-9: Very quickly too, in Palms Theatre in Vegas, what are you going to present exactly?
MC: In October? We just did some shows just like four nights ago and it was fun. Debbie Allen did the choreography and she was the show director. She's the star of the new movie, Fame that's coming out and also the TV show Fame back in the day. So it's a new presentation and I think people are gonna like it. It's different.

[MarkWaldorf]

According to Mariah Daily, Mariah has begun filming for the IWTKWLI video and aims to release it next week (not sure how) but YAY!

[MarkWaldorf]

Oh and Memoirs has been pushed back AGAIN, but only in European countries. I think its to prevent online leaks before the USA release.

[Zac]

[rquote=2587545&tid=118828&author=MarkWaldorf]According to Mariah Daily, Mariah has begun filming for the IWTKWLI video and aims to release it next week (not sure how) but YAY! [/rquote]

Eh, next week?!
She dosen't waist any time then.

[MiuMiu]

[rquote=2587565&tid=118828&author=MarkWaldorf]Oh and Memoirs has been pushed back AGAIN, but only in European countries. I think its to prevent online leaks before the USA release.[/rquote]

Oh no!!!
I want it now!

[MarkWaldorf]

I mistook what they wrote, it says release week not next week.

[Zac]

oh I see.
I was kinda getting excited to seeing it next week though.

[MarkWaldorf]

Oprah performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWOnN01Dzo

Amazing!

[MarkWaldorf]

As first reported here on MariahDailyJournal, Mariah has started filming the music video for "I Want To Know What Love Is," the second single from her new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Filming underway in New York, the music video is being rushed to coincide with the album release on Tuesday, September 29th. The director of the music video is Harold "Hype" Williams.

Mariah and Hype reunite for the first time in eleven years for the "I Want To Know What Love Is" music video. They collaborated previously on the "Sweetheart" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) video in 1998.

Hype is notable for creating a number of successful music videos for artists such as Beyonce ("Check On It"), Kanye West ("Gold Digger"), Ne-Yo ("So Sick"), TLC ("No Scrubs"), R. Kelly ("I Believe I Can Fly"), Usher ("Think of You"), just to name a few. He has also directed commercials for Toyota, The Gap, Dolce & Gabbana, Nike, Reebok, Revlon, MasterCard.

Hype has received numerous awards for his video work including the Billboard Music Video Award for Best Director of the Year (1996), the Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996), NAACP Image Award (1997), MVPA Award for Black Music Achievement (1997), MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rap Video (1998), MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video (1999), BET Award for Best Director (2006), and MTV Video Vanguard Award (2006).

[MiuMiu]

[rquote=2590362&tid=118828&author=MarkWaldorf]Oprah performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWOnN01Dzo

Amazing![/rquote]

Aw!
Poor Mariah isn't as good live as she used to be.
But my God, she's still amazing!
I'm so happy she still can use her whistle register because I was worried for a while that she couldn't anymore!

Go Mariah!

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah her whistle is amazing! Oprah's reaction just proves that lol!

[MrGaryy]

I assume the hair is some sort of joke?

[MarkWaldorf]

No! She's had it for a while now.

[MarkWaldorf]

I love Angels Cry<3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFZNksjvZXs

[MrGaryy]

oh dear LOL.

[Vladimir]

Her hair is so 90's, but I love it.

[MarkWaldorf]

Same. The only thing I dislike is that it makes her head look bigger.

[MrGaryy]

I'm REALLY excited for this album now, I just want it so badly. I'm going through such a mimi phase atm.

[MarkWaldorf]

Did you listen to the clips?

[MarkWaldorf]

Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
September 26, 2009

Mariah Carey
Mariel Concepcion

Mariah Carey is not only revisiting her past appearance-wise (lately the singer has been wearing her hair in loose curls, as seen during the early days of her career), but she's also taking her sound back to her R&B roots. On Carey's latest album, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" (with the exception of the first single, "Obsessed," and the hood-girl-sounding "Up out My Face," among a few others), the singer leaves behind the teeny-bop themes and hip-hop-heavy melodies of 2008's "E=MC2." Instead, she opts for big ballads and R&B tunes about love and heartbreak, which makes the new set more cohesive and age-appropriate. Carey croons in her staple high-pitched voice over piano and finger snaps on "Angels Cry," while singing about true love alongside a thumbing bass on "Inseparable." Meanwhile, "The Impossible" takes its cue from early-'90s group Jodeci's "Forever My Lady." Overall, Carey's throwback vibe on "Memoirs" is refreshing and much welcomed.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/conte...ee8fd2e2d40dbc

[Vladimir]

The collectors edition album has been pushed back for the UK and USA.