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| 1/31 Mariah Frees Herself "Mimi" readies "celebratory" spring album Pop diva Mariah Carey is set to return this spring with a dance-heavy R&B album, The Emancipation of Mimi. The record, which Carey calls "the real essence of who I am," was titled after the nickname used by those closest to her. "'Mimi' is a nickname that my friends and loved ones call me, so I wanted to think about that and make it representative of where I'm at as an artist," explains Carey. "It was like, 'OK, this is the fun side, the real me, and not the image and the baggage that comes with the whole "Mariah Carey" thing.' It's a reflection of this being a celebratory moment in my life." This optimism is in contrast to the drama the diva has experienced of late. While in the studio in November, Carey posted a note on her Web site, stating that for a period she had felt "imprisoned by my insecurities . . . For the first time in my life, I feel free and unashamed to be who I really am." When asked about these issues, Carey replies, "That's just how I've been since I was a child. I come from a bi-racial family, and I moved thirteen times when I was growing up. I had, you know, not the average childhood. Then certain relationships I was in were not that great for someone who does have insecurities . . . And it intensifies when you become famous and you're under a microscope." The first, club-ready single off Emancipation, "It's Like That," was produced by longtime friend Jermaine Dupri. "I'm really excited about it -- Jermaine and I have such great chemistry in the studio," Carey says. "This song to me is a fun party record, like 'We're just going out, having a good time and not being stressed about anything.'" The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams also helped set the upbeat tone. "It became like a party atmosphere: He was working with Snoop on his record in one room, and with Nelly in another, and then we all ended up collaborating together," says Carey. "I'd never worked with the Neptunes before, but I'd wanted to since they worked with Jay[-Z]. Then when other female artists worked with them, I was like, 'Now I won't be the first girl!' [laughs] It was a fun moment for us, to finally get in the studio and feel each others' vibe." Snoop and Carey were reunited for the first time since 1999's "Crybaby" (Rainbow), which the singer calls "one of my favorite songs."  In addition to the dance-friendly tracks, Emancipation brings the searching ballads that Carey is known for. "I love [the single] as a first look," she says, "but there are also songs with a little bit of meaning behind them." She dubs the "inspirational" record "Fly Like a Bird" the album's "most introspective moment, and the most powerful vocally and lyrically." The pastor from Carey's church, Pastor Clarence Keaton, actually speaks on the track. "So it's a really special song for me," she confesses. Carey also describes the process of recording these slower tracks as freer and "much more organic." "I went in with live musicians, and I sang the songs with the band: I would sing different guitar riffs with the guitar players," she explains, "and tell the horn players what I was hearing."With more than a few young pop stars taking to lip-syncing these days, Carey's powerhouse voice puts all that "acid reflux" talk to shame. Performing regularly live, she claims, actually helped rather than hurt her vocals on the new record. "I went on tour [for 2002's Charmbracelet], and that got me in a great place vocally," Carey says. "I would do an entire show of my songs, which are really demanding, and then I would take two days off and sleep and rest and hang out -- that was excellent for my voice. So when I went back into the studio, I was able to experiment vocally and go back to singing in more of a belting register and a higher register -- and yet still do the breathy, soft things that I like." A tour in support of Emancipation is in the works for this summer. But Carey worries about how to keep her fans happy. "I always want to make sure the fans are happy when they leave, and they've heard all their favorite songs," she admits. "And it's hard because I've had a lot of records! But I think once the fans get this album, they're going to want to hear the new songs." Meanwhile, Carey is shooting the video for "It's Like That," directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon), this week in Las Vegas. When asked if the honesty of Emancipation will call for more of a stripped-down look, Carey laughs. "I don't think people really want to watch a video of me looking how I look when I'm recording -- which is, like, boxer shorts, no makeup and a tank top," she says. "To me, videos are like dress-up moments. We all want to look good, you know." これはマライアのRolling Stonesとのインタビューです。まずマライアはMimiについて“Mimiは私の親しい友達とかが呼んでくれるあだ名なの。それでMimiを使って今私がアーティストとしての立場を表そうと思ったの。Ok、これが楽しい本当の私の姿、って感じだったの。"マライア・キャリー"についてくるイメージや考え方じゃなく、本当の私の姿。”と言っています。 マライアが去年の11月に自身のサイトに“私は自分の不安に閉じ込められている感じがする。人生で初めて自由になって私が本当の自分であることに恥じないことが出来た。”というメッセージを残していた。それについてマライアは“私は子供の頃からそんな考え方だったの。私はバイレイシャルな家族から生まれ、そして私が成長している間に13回も引越しをしたの。私は普通の幼年時代を送っていなかったの。”と言っています。 "It's Like That"については、“この曲は楽しいパーティーレコードなの。ただ遊びに出たり、何にもストレスを感じないで楽しんでいる感じの曲。”といっている。この曲はマライアの長年の友達であるジャーメインがプロデュースし、ネプチューンズのファレルもアップビートなテンポを作るのを手伝った。マライアは“スタジオではまるでパーティーにいるような空気になったの。ファレルはある部屋でスヌープと彼のレコードを作っていて、もう一つの部屋ではファレルはネリーとレコードを作っていたの。そして結局みんなで一緒にレコードを作ることになったの。私は一度もネプチューンズと曲を作ったことがなかったけど、彼等がJay-Zとコラボしてから私もしたいと思っていたの。そしたらいろんな女性アーティストがコラボしだして、（笑いながら）もうネプチューンズと一番最初にコラボする女性じゃなくなったわ！と思ったの。やっと一緒にスタジオに入ってお互いのヴァイブを感じてとても楽しかったわ。”と言っている。 マライアがアルバムの中でもっとも内省的な曲で一番ボーカル的にも歌詞的にも力強い曲は"Fly Like a Bird"と言っている。マライアの教会の牧師である牧師クラレンス・キートン（写真）は曲の中で実際にしゃべっている。“だから私にとってとても特別な曲なの”とマライアは言っている。レコーディングではライブ・ミュージシャンと一緒に歌ったそうです。 マライアは“チャームブレスレットツアーのおかげでボーカル的にすごい良いとこに行くことができた。ショーをやって2日休みをとっての繰り返しだったんだけど、それが私の声にすごく良かったの。だからスタジオに戻ったときはもっと高い声域を出すことが出来たの。”と言っている。 夏にはこのニューアルバムを支持するツアーもする予定みたい。マライアは“私はいつもファン達にはハッピーになって（コンサートから）、大好きな曲を全部聴いて帰ってほしいの。でも私はたくさんの曲があるから大変なの！でもみんなこのアルバムを聞いたらこの中の曲を聴きたがると思うわ。”と言っている。 そして一方ではマライアは"It's Like That"のプロモ撮影をラスベガスでしている。マライアは“私にとってミュージックビデオはドレスアップしておしゃれになる時なの。”と言っている。 (source:Rolling Stone) Mariah Talks About New Video Mariah Carey is shooting the video for her new single, "It's Like That" this week with director Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour," "Red Dragon"). "I don't want to give it away yet," Carey told MTV Radio recently, "because you know how things change, but it's a Las Vegas casino scene. Brett is great at giving things a cinematic feel. We did the 'Heartbreaker' video together, and it had such a sense of humor to it, that I hope to have that for this video." "It's Like That"のプロモ撮影をしているマライアはMTVに“よく変わったりするからまだ内容は言いたくないわ。でもラスベガスのカジノシーンで、ディレクターのブレットは映画っぽくするのが上手なの。以前ブレットは"Heartbreaker"も手掛けたけど、ビデオにはおもしろさもあって、今回もそんな感じになったらいいな。”と言っている。 (source:MTV) Mariah to shoot "We Belong Together" video It is reported that in addition to filming the music video for "It's Like That" soon, Mariah will simultaneously be filming the music video for her new album's second single, "We Belong Together". This may give some insight to why the album was delayed until April 12th. "It's Like That"のプロモ撮影に加えて同時にセカンドシングルとなる"We Belong Together"のプロモ撮影もするという情報が出てます。だからアルバム発売日が延期になったのかもしれない、といわれてます。 (source:Shayne, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/30 Lambs Radio Interview Transcript & Audio Clip The All-Mariah radio show, Lambs Radio had an exclusive interview with Mariah which was aired today on cable 99.3 KCLA FM, Los Angeles at 6:30 PM PST. You can read the transcript and download the interview at Mariah Daily. Lamb（マライアファン）達のためにあるラジオLambs Radioにマライアが電話してインタビューをしました！私はこの番組のDJのイザベルさんとはCBツアーの時にロスで会って、本当にマライアが大好きなファンだったので、マライアがLambs Radioに出てくれて本当に嬉しいです＾＾それではマライアが言ったことを↓にまとめました☆ まずツアーについてマライアは“ツアーをしたいと思っているんだけど、新しいアルバムには曲がいっぱい入っているからどんな感じのツアーにするとかまだ全然決めていないの。私はいつもファンのために昔の曲も歌うようにしているけど、このアルバムに入っている曲でライブで歌いたいのがたくさんあるから、考えてどうにかしなきゃいけないわ。”と言っている。 アルバム発売日が（4月12日に）延期になったことについては“延期になったのは、今アルバムには19曲あるんだけど、もっと減らさなきゃいけないからなの。みんな全ての曲が気に入って本当に結びついちゃっているからどれを削るかすごい大変なの。"みんな"っていうのは私やL.A Reidと一緒に働いているチームのみんなのことなの。”といっている。 そして"もしどんなこともできる魔法の部屋に連れて行かれたら、その部屋はどんな感じになっている？"という質問にマライアは“まずジャックがいなきゃいけないわ。そして水も。部屋はピンク色、さらにラベンダー色。ピンクの天井でラベンダー色の壁なの。そしてそのまま透き通った海のビーチへとつながっていく。そして私は海の中にいるわ。”と言っている。 マライアの今好きな映画は“エルフ”とリンジー・ローハン主演の“ミーン・ガールズ”で、“ミーン・ガールズ”は特にお気に入りみたいです☆残念ながら両方とも日本公開未定です。“エルフ”はサンタの使いの小人の話で、“ミーン・ガールズ”はティーンのおしゃれな女の子達の話で、両方ともおもしろいです♪ (source:Mariah Daily) Mariah Carey's New Album Mariah Carey is releasing her latest album on April 11th in an attempt to make a comeback in the R&B music scene. Mariah is back with the nickname "Mimi" and a new album titled "The Emancipation of Mimi." Mariah was a succesful pop artist that during the late 90's made a turn to R&B. During 2003 Mariah had a massive hit participating on the Busta Rhymes track "I Know What You Want" that reached #1 on the charts. Another appearence on the track "U Make Me Wanna" from rapper Jadakiss released during late 2004 gave the signal for Carey's reemergence. The lead single from Mariah's new album, a song titled "It's Like That" is produced by famous beat maker (and Janet Jackson's other half) Jermaine Dupri. On its first week of release to radio, the track appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 as the Hot Shot Debut and also earned hot airplay across US radio charts. The video clip for the song is being shot next week in Las Vegas by director Brett Ratner. The remixes for the song were produced by David Morales who previously worked with Mariah on various remixes and are expected by the end of February. Meanwhile, Antonio "L.A." Reid will present Mariah's new album in London at a listening session the day following the Brit awards ceremony. On Mariah's new album we will find collaborations with Snoop Dogg and Twista, as well as songs produced by Neptunes member Pharrell Williams. この記事によるとL.A. Reidは2月10日にロンドンで開催されるブリット・アワード2005セレモニーの次の日にマライアのニューアルバムの視聴会を開くそうです。 (source:MadTV Greece, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/28 The Secret Life of Mariah Carey 
She’s the super-private diva who doesn’t speak for days at a time. But, for Blender, Mariah Carey opens up about her “horrific” childhood, her friend ODB — and how to spend $28 million.By William Shaw Blender, March 2005 In his office, Island Def Jam chairman Antonio “L.A.” Reid is playing tracks from the unfinished CD The Emancipation of Mimi. The volume is high. A Dyptique candle burns; the Mona Lisa screensaver on his 20” iMac smirks at him as he strides across the room, grinning madly as he plays air keyboards. “Isn’t it fantastic?” he asks as he dances. It is, of course, hard to take the head of a label seriously when he’s enthusing so wildly about his own product. What else is he going to do? But that aside, it’s clear that what we’re listening to is a return to form, of sorts. It may not be a ’90s vintage, multi-multi-platinum piece of finely honed diva pop. But it is a compulsively listenable collection of vibrant, self-assured, dare we say understated R&B songs. And hovering around the album, swooping in and out of each song, is the Voice. If it ever went away, it’s back. That sometimes-husky, sometimes-silky thing that is stretchier than elastic and yet simultaneously accurate to at least ten decimal places. It’s been a long journey for 34-year-old singer Mariah Carey. From her position as the MOR queen of the early ’90s, she cleverly reinvented herself in the second half of the decade as R&B’s first lady with a series of high-profile hip-hop collaborations. Financially, The Emancipation isn’t ever going to be the runaway 25-million seller that 1993’s Music Box was, but these are clearly songs from someone who’s as artistically sure-footed as she’s ever been. L.A. Reid leans across the desk. “The real thing I’ve learned about Mariah,” he says, “is that she’s an innocent. At heart, she’s a little child.” “Really?” says Blender skeptically. After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, after being married to one of the most powerful people in the record industry and dealing with some of the most hardnosed names in hip-hop, she’s a little child? “Yes,” insists Reid. “In spite of everything…” To read more about Mariah's traumatic childhood, friendship with the Wu-Tang's ODB and what happened with Glitter, check out the March issue of Blender, on newsstands February 8! OR go to Mariah Daily to read the whole article!      2月8日発売のBlender3月号の写真が一早くサイトに掲載されました。マライアは相変わらずセクシーですね☆雑誌の載るインタビューには、マライアの子供時代のトラウマ、亡きODBのと友情、“グリッター”について等いろいろ書いてあるみたいです。Mariah Daily ではもう雑誌の記事に全部載っているのでぜひチェックしてみてください☆ (source:Blender, Mariah Daily) "It's Like That" at Sirius Satellite Radio  
Mariah Carey hangs with Sirius Hits 1’s Jason Drew and Sirius Hip Hop Nation’s Amanda Diva. Mariah recently spent more than five hours at SIRIUS' NYC headquarters to conduct interviews with channels SIRIUS Hits 1, Hip-Hop Nation, Hot Jamz, Heart & Soul and MAXIM in anticipation of her upcoming album, EMANCIPATION OF MIMI.マライアが最近NYにあるラジオ局Sirius Satellite Radioに行き、5つの番組に出て5時間もそこにいたそうです☆写真はDJと撮ったものです☆ (source:Mario, Nacho, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/27 2005年1月27日（木） マライア・キャリー、新作のリリース日を１ヶ月変更 マライア・キャリーのニュー・アルバム『The Emancipation of Mimi』の全米でのリリース日が、当初発表されていた３月22日から４月21日に変更されたと、Billboard.comが報じている。 リリース日が約１ヶ月後ろ倒しになった理由は明らかになっていないが、本アルバムからはすでにジャーメイン・デュプリのプロデュースによる先行シングル「It's Like That」がリリースされており、先週のビルボード・シングル・チャート、ホット100では初登場53位に輝いている。この初登場53位という数字は、ここ５年以内でのマライア・キャリーにとっての最高位でもあり、順調な滑り出しと言える。 『The Emancipation of Mimi』にはジャーメイン・デュプリ以外にプロデューサーとしてカニエ・ウェスト、ネプチューンズの参加が明らかになっているほか、ネリー、スヌープ・ドッグ、トゥイスタらがゲスト・ラッパーとして参加している。また、'02年にリリースされた前作『Charmbracelet』はビルボードのアルバム・チャート、ビルボード200で初登場３位に輝き、アメリカ国内で通算110万枚を売り上げている。 K.Omae, LA (source:BARKS) Songwriting Credits Below are the songwriting credits for the four new songs Mariah collaborated with producer Jermaine Dupri on for her upcoming album "The Emancipation of Mimi": "It’s Like That" - Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin and Manuel Seal "We Belong Together" - Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin and Manuel Seal "Shake It Off" - Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin and Bryan Michael Cox "Get Your Number" - Written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Johnta Austin Includes a sample of “Just An Illusion” (performed by Imagination) written by Isaac Hayes, Ashley Ingram, John Lee, Steve Jolley and Tony Swain 以下はマライアがアルバムでジャーメインと作った曲に携わった人たちのリストです☆ "It’s Like That"＝作詞：マライア、ジャーメイン・デュプリ、ジョンタ・オースティン、マニュエル・シール "We Belong Together"＝作詞：マライア、ジャーメイン・デュプリ、ジョンタ・オースティン、マニュエル・シール "Shake It Off"＝作詞：マライア、ジャーメイン・デュプリ、ジョンタ・オースティン、ブライアン・マイケル・コックス "Get Your Number"＝作詞：マライア、ジャーメイン・デュプリ、ジョンタ・オースティン この曲はイマジネーションの“Just An Illusion”という曲のサンプルも使っている。 ジョンタ・オースティンはラッパー、作詞・作曲家、そしてプロデューサーであり、大物アーティストと一緒に仕事をよくしている人です。 マニュエル・シールは以前"Always Be My Baby"と"Long Ago"でママライアとジャーメインと仕事をしたことがある。それから最近大ヒットの"My Boo"の作詞・作曲に携わっています。 ブライアン・マイケル・コックスはマライアの"Rainbow"アルバムに入っている"How Much"と"Charmbracelet"アルバムに入っている"The One"、"You Had Your Chance"、"Miss You"のプロデュースに参加しています。 (source:Mariah Daily) Max Beesley Talks About Mariah FIT actor Max Beesley has admitted he's stayed in regular contact with Mariah Carey since starring with her in dodgy film Glitter four years ago. The 33-year-old thesp, above, said: "Mariah is an absolute diamond - one of the most generous ladies I have ever met. I hear from her every month or so." The heart-throb is dating Footballers' Wives actress Susie Amy. マライア主演映画“グリッター”で共演したマックス・ビーズリー（元ハル・ベリーの夫）は、マライアと4年前に映画で共演してから普通に連絡をとりあっているみたいです☆マックスは“マライアは本当にダイヤモンドみたいな人で、今まで会った女性の中で一番寛大な人だ。彼女からは大体一ヶ月ごとに連絡が来る。”と言っています。 (source:Daily Star, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/26 "The Emancipation of Mimi" new release date for Japan According to Mariah Carey's official Japan website, the new album "The Emancipation of Mimi" is planned to be released on April 6th in Japan. ■ニュー・アルバムに関するプレス・リリース アイランド・デフ・ジャムよりマライア・キャリーのニュー・アルバムに関するプレス・リリースが発表されました。内容は下記の通りとなっています。なお、日本では4月6日の先行発売を予定しています。詳細は決まり次第このサイトにて発表していきますので、引き続きチェックしていてください。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- マライア・キャリー、『The Emancipation of Mimi（仮）』リリースの準備完了 （2005年1月25日）ニューヨーク発 史上最高のセールスを誇る女性アーティスト、マライア・キャリーが待望の新作『The Emancipation of Mimi（仮）』をアイランド・デフ・ジャムよりリリースする準備が整った。早くも今年最も注目されるリリースの一つと評されているこの作品は全米で4月12日に発売となる。 最新シングル「イッツ・ライク・ザット」（ジャーメイン・デュプリと共作）は全米ラジオ局へ1月24日に配信され、今週のビルボード誌のHOT100にホット・ショット・デビュー（新曲の中でも一週間で最多オンエアを記録）で初登場53位にランク・インする。これは彼女とって過去約5年間で一番高いチャート・インとなる。同曲のミュージック・ビデオはハリウッドの映画監督、ブレット・ラトナー（『ラッシュ・アワー』、『レッド・ドラゴン』を監督） マライア・キャリーはアルバムの全曲を制作、または共作し、アントニオLA・リードがエグゼクティヴ・プロデューサーとして全制作過程を監督した。主なゲスト参加アーティストにはスヌープ・ドッグ、ネリー、そしてトゥイスタ、プロデューサーとしてはザ・ネプチューンズ、カニエ・ウェスト、そしてジャーメイン・デュプリを迎えている。 (source:Official Japan site, PIP and POW) "It's Like That" climbs to No. 36 on Billboard Hot 100 In its second week on the Billboard Hot 100, "It's Like That" moves up seventeen places to No. 36 after its debut last week at No. 53. "It's Like That"が2週目でビルボードHot100チャートで53位から36位に上がりました！！まだプロモも出来ていないし、ラジオだけでこんなに上位にいるなんてすごい☆ (source:Mariah Daily, Billboard) Mariah to move to Britain? Pop beauty MARIAH CAREY is considering moving to Britain - if she enjoys her time in London where she'll be starring in West End musical THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL. The GLITTER beauty will play MARILYN MONROE's celebrated movie character ELSIE MARINA in the stage show next year. And she's reportedly planning to buy a house in Belgravia if she feels at home in London after her acting stint. An insider tells British newspaper the DAILY MIRROR, "She'll be starring as Elsie Marina. And as she's likely to be here for several months, she's looking to buy a place in Belgravia. It has to have at least six bedrooms and it's fair to say that money is no object." 結構前にこの話が出ましたが、“THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL”というミュージカルでロンドンに数ヶ月いることになるマライアは、ロンドンが気に入ればベルグレイヴィアで家を買う予定で、家には最低ベッドルーム6つなきゃいけないらしい。でもこのミュージカルが一昨年から話が出ててそれから何もなく、マライアは今年クリスマスのブロードウエイショーを始めると認めたので、このミュージカルが実現するかはわかりません＾＾； (source:ContactMusic) |
| 1/25 Download "It's Like That"! 
Mariah's new U.S. single "It's Like That" is now available to purchase as a download!You can now download it at iTunes, MSN Music, Music Match, Napster. Also, the 12" vinyl of "It's Like That" will be released on February 15th in America. "It's Like That"のジャケットがついに公開されました！あまりにもプロモ用っぽいので12"用のジャケットであることを祈ります＾＾；たぶんシングルのはまだ撮影中とか？ それから "It's Like That"がiTunesなどでDLすることが出来るようになりました♪ (source:Mariah Carey.com) info on "It's Like That" video shoot Wendy Williams has said today on her radio show that Mariah will be shooting her music video to "It's Like That" in the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, NV. According to Leo Porter, the video will be shot on February 1st and 2nd. アメリカのラジオのDJがマライアは"It's Like That"のプロモ撮影はラスベガスのべラージオホテルでやると言っていました。またあるファンによると、撮影は2月1日と2日に行われるそうです。 (source:Mariah Daily) Mariah to be on "Wetten Dass" The German magazine "Bunte" has published that Mariah will be a guest in the German TV-show "Wetten Dass" (filmed in Berlin) on March 19th, 2005. The article has been scanned by Helen. If the date is not changed, it's likely that this will be one stop in Mariah's European promotion for "The Emancipation of Mimi". ドイツのある雑誌によると、マライアはドイツの首都ベルリンで3月19日に"Wetten Dass"という番組の収録を行いそうです☆もしこの撮影日が変わらなければ、マライアはこの時期にアルバムのプロモーションツアーをする可能性が高いです☆ (source:Fly Away, Mariah Daily) Mariah Interviewed On Z100 Mariah was interviewed on NYC's Z100 radiostation today and she talked about some of the "Emancipation" tracks. You can download the interview here. These are extracts from the actual interview: On We Belong Together: "We Belong Together" is a ballad. It's kind of like a combo of "Breakdown" and a "One Sweet Day" type of a thing. It's really hard to explain, but that's one of my favorites on the album. On Stay The Night: The song I did with Kanye West, "Stay The Night" is like an old school type of vibe and the register I'm singing in, a lot of people like, because it's that belting, heartfelt moment. On the ballads: There are so many ballads that I did with live musicians, that are like what the demo of "Vision Of Love" was type of a deal. You can tell from the singing on the end of this song is where my voice is on this record. So there's a lot of the vocalization stuff, but it's really what was right for each song. It's not about proving something. I think everybody knows I'm a singer. 先日マライアはNYのラジオ番組に出てインタビューをしました。ここでDL出来ます☆インタビューの中で言っていたことを↓にまとめてあります。 JDと作った曲"We Belong Together" はバラード曲で、"Breakdown"と"One Sweet Day"を合わせた感じの曲らしい。“説明するのがすごく難しいんだけど、アルバムの中で好きな曲の一つよ”と言っています。 カニエ・ウエストと作った曲"Stay The Night" はオールドスクール系の曲で心に感じるような曲になっている。 バラード曲については、“"Vision Of Love"のデモみたいにライブ・ミュージシャンとやったバラード曲がたくさんあるわ。発声の感じの曲があるけど、何かを証明するためにやったんじゃない。みんな私が歌手であることはもう理解していると思うし、その曲にあっていると思ったからやったの。”と言っています。 (source:MC9114ever, The Rebirth Experience, The Mariah Network) |
| 1/24 Mariah Carey Set To Release "The Emancipation of Mimi" on April 12, 2005 Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artist of all time, is set to release her highly anticipated album, The Emancipation of Mimi, on Island Def Jam. Already being heralded as one of the hottest releases of the year, the album is set to arrive in stores on April 12th (and one day earlier in territories outside the US). The new single It's Like That (co-produced by über-producer Jermaine Dupri), which was officially released just yesterday, is already a top 20 hit on the Rhythm chart and this week's Hot Shot Debut on the Billboard Hot 100, with over 35 million in audience - all without the support of a music video! The music video will be shot next week by Hollywood A-list director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon). Mariah Carey wrote and co-produced every song on the album, which features guest appearances by superstar artists Snoop Dogg, Nelly and Twista, and features production by The Neptunes, Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri. HBFに新しいアルバム情報が載っていました☆"The Emancipation of Mimi"は4月12日に出てアメリカ以外はその前日に発売。プロモは以前“Honey”のビデオも作ったポール・ハンターがディレクターの予定だったが、“ラッシュアワー”や“レッド・ドラゴン”の監督であるブレット・ラトナーが作ることになりました。マライアはアルバムに入っている全ての曲を作詞し、プロデュースに携わった。スヌープ・ドッグ、ネリー、ツイスタが参加している曲もあり、ネプチューンズ、カニエ・ウエスト、ジャーメイン・デュプリがプロデュースしている曲も入っている。 (source:HoneyBFly) Mariah Carey Pushes Back Album, Films Music Video Mariah Carey has pushed back the release date of her tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi, to April 12th. Originally set for March 22nd, the new three-week delay will apparently allow more time for Carey to put the finishing touches on the record and finalize its cover-art and packaging. It will also create an apt moment to fully promote the record’s lead single “It’s Like That”, which, as of tomorrow, will officially be sent to radio stations nationwide. Carey is currently gearing up to film a music video for the single. Although she had initially met with director Paul Hunter to discuss possible treatments, the singer has chosen Brett Ratner, who helmed her $2.5 million “Heartbreaker” clip back in 1999, to direct her new music video. The video is scheduled to be shot next week. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas will be the video’s central filming location. The resort was famously featured in Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven, and infamously in Rick Salomon’s One Night In Paris. The Emancipation of Mimi, which was entirely written and co-produced by Carey herself, will feature collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Nelly and Twista. 上のHBFのニュースとほとんど内容が同じです。プロモについてなんだけど、マライアは最初に予定していたディレクターのポール・ハンターとは実際に会って話し合ったけど、結局1999年の“Heartbreaker”のビデオを作ったブレット・ラトナーを選んだみたい。またビデオは今ロスで撮影しているとニュースで出ましたが、来週ラスベガスのベラージオ・カジノで撮影するらしい。 (source:Nuage9) Carey Gives Dog First Class Flight Pop beauty MARIAH CAREY was so lonely during a Los Angeles video shoot last week (ends21JAN05) - she paid a staggering $2,850 (GBP1,500) to have her dog flown first class from New York to be with her. The GLITTER star was moved from a rented Hollywood Hills apartment into Los Angeles' Peninsula Hotel, after fears her forthcoming music demo would be hindered by recent floods. But she was miserable in her suite, until her beloved Jack Russell, JACK arrived to keep her company later in the day, reports British newspaper THE SUN. An insider says, "Mariah felt the only thing that could comfort her was Jack. So he was flown in later the same day." プロモ撮影のためロスにいるマライアは先週（撮影は21日まで）さみし過ぎたため、約292,980円も払ってNYから自分の愛犬ジャックをファーストクラスで来させたみたいです☆またマライアは、ロスで最近あった洪水で新作のアルバムのデモが被害に会うのを恐れて、レンタルしているハリウッドヒルズにあるマンションを出て、ペニンシュラ・ホテルに移ったらしい。内部の人は“マライアを元気づけることができるのはジャックしかいない。だから同じ日に後から飛んできたのだ。”と言っています。 (source:Contact Music) |
| 1/22 Mariah Leaves New Voice Message Hi! Hey lambs! Yeah, I had a whole big plan to leave a nice festive message with Trey and we walked in the studio but got carried away doing the remix for "It's Like That, but the good news is I think you're gonna like it. And the other news is that Trey ain't here right now, I'm by myself. We all basically had to take some time and get sleep 'cause it was a long night in the studio. But anyway, I figured a little message by myself would be better than not calling at all, so I'm just calling you to say I love ya, appreciate ya and enjoy ya and can't tell you how grateful I am for just everything that's going on with the single right now and I know you guys are really doing your thing out there and being extra extra supportive as always and I can't thank you enough and I'm so excited and so happy and just wanted to let you know. But anyway, hopefully soon we will have a nice Big Nasty skit prepared for all of the Big Nasty fans. And I will be calling in as soon as I can make that happen, alright? Or if I can't make it happen quick enough I'll just call you and, call you back and check in again, ok? Love you much and I will chat with you later, ok? Bye bye! マライアがオフィシャルサイトで新しいボイス・メッセージを残してくれました☆ぜひ聞いてみてください♪ (source:Mariah Carey Official Site, The Mariah Network) Download Hot 99.5 Interview MARIAH CAREY IS BACK!!! And hotter than ever! She got her new single out and everyone who's anyone is talking about it! Check her out as she gets messy! LISTEN! ここからマライアの最近のラジオインタビューがDLできます☆ (source:The Mariah Network) |
| 1/22 New song title Mariah was on LA's Power106 this morning and mentioned the track produced by Traxter featuring Twista is called "One and Only." She pretty much confirmed that Say Something and Tonight is on the album, 'cause she said she did the Neptune tracks with Snoop and Nelly. She also mentioned the track with Kanye West. 昨日マライアはロスのラジオ番組に出ていて、TraxterがプロデュースしたTwistaがフィーチャリングしている曲は"One and Only"と言っていました☆それからアルバムにはネットでリークしてしまった"Say Something"と"Tonight"も入っていると言っていたそうです。 (source:Heroes of Mariah) |
| 1/21 "It's Like That" release date According to HMV Japan, a 12" record (vinyl) of "It's Like That" will be released on February 15th in America. In Japan, the release date is still March 9th and the price for the import vinyl of "It's Like That" is 1,101 yen. Genre: Dance&Soul Format: 12" record number of disk: 1 release date: February 15th, 2005 Catalog #: B000423011 Label: Island release country: USA HMV Japanによると“It's Like That”の輸入盤の12"が日本で2月15日に発売されます☆日本ではまだシングルは3月9日発売予定になってるけど＞＜輸入盤12"は1101円です。 ジャンル: ダンス＆ソウル フォーマット: 12'' import 組み枚数: 1 発売日: 2005年02月15日 カタログNo: B000423011 レーベル: Island 発売国: USA (source:PIP and POW, HMV Japan) Mariah on radios in America Yesterday, Mariah called in about 5 radio stations in America and did some interviews. Here are some of the things she mentioned. *Her favorite song off the album is "We Belong Together" which she worked on with Jermaine Dupri. *Mariah will be shooting the video for "It's Like That" this week and next week. *After shooting the video next week, she will come back to NY to promote the album. *She promised the DJs at KTU(NY radio station) that she will actually come into the studio the next time. *She said she is definitely doing the broadway Christmas show. As well as performing her songs off the Christmas album, she said she is writing new songs for the musical and she’s going to be on Broadway by Christmas. *She said that "It's Like That" is her favorite record in years and that working with LA Reid is a blessing. *She reminded that "The Emancipation of Mimi" is out on March 22 and that the single is out now. *She mentioned how she has taken pictures for the album but has not decided which one will be the cover yet. She said that the pictures were tastefully done and that the cover will be "appropriate." *When asked if she was in a relationship and in love, she said 'Yes! All I will say is that I'm in a happy place right now, surrounded by cool and awesome people'. *She said she wanted to see as many fans as possible. *Right now Mariah is sequencing the new CD. She said there is a good mix of ballads and uptempos, but the ballads are not overproduced which she feels has been done in the past. She is really excited about the collaborations and LA Reid gave her a lot of control. *When the DJ told MC that Paris Hilton is afraid of butterflies, she laughed and said she became a butterfly fan after writing "Butterfly" because everyone started giving her butterfly things. *Mariah is not going to Donald Trump's wedding. *Mariah said that the album track came out as a leak and she was excited because now DJs are playing it. *She talked about the major rainfall that happened during the last time she was in L.A and that the house she'd rented was flooded. *Mariah said she loved making the movie "Wisegirls" and she loves Mira Sorvino. She continued to say she wants to get back into making Indie films and being able to be creative with her part. She talked about being casted to "Wisegirls" after the producer saw her on the Rosie O'Donnell show speaking in her Long Island accent and Mira Sorvino made the producers call Mariah for the Raychel part. *Mariah clarified that she was not changing her name and that "Mimi" was just a fun nickname. *Mariah said there are nineteen tracks on the album which is the most ever on her albums before. マライアは昨日いくつかのアメリカのラジオ局で電話でインタビューをしました☆その中でマライアがいくつか言ったことを↓にまとめました。 *ニューアルバムの中で好きな曲はジャーメインと作った"We Belong Together"。 *"It's Like That"のプロモを今週と来週に撮る。 *来週プロモを撮影し終わったあと、NYでアルバムのプロモーションを始める。 *NYのラジオ局KTUのDJ達に、今度は実際にスタジオに遊びに行くと約束していた。 *マライアは絶対にクリスマスのブロードウエイショーをやると言っています。クリスマスアルバムの中の曲を歌うだけじゃなく、そのミュージカルのために新しい曲も書いている。今年のクリスマスまでにはそのミュージカルが始まる。 *"It's Like That"はここ数年の中でもすごく好きな曲で、LA Reidと一緒に働けてとてもありがたいと思っている。 * "The Emancipation of Mimi"は3月22日に発売する。 *アルバムのための写真がもう撮っているけど、まだどれをアルバムのジャケット用に使うか決めていない。写真は上品に撮れていて、アルバムのジャケットはちゃんとふさわしい物になると言っています。 *今誰かと付き合っているか聞かれると、マライアは“うん！今言えるのは私は今素敵な人々に囲まれて嬉しい場所にいるの。”といっています。 *マライアはできるだけ多くのファンに会いたいと言っています。 *マライアは今アルバムの曲順を決めたりしている。アルバムにはバラードもアップテンポな曲も入っている。でもバラード曲は過去のとは違ってバラード過ぎない感じになっている。またLA Reidはマライアにいろいろやらせてくれた。 *DJがマライアにパリス・ヒルトンは蝶を怖がっていると言ったら、マライアは笑って“私が蝶が好きになったのは、"Butterfly"を出した後、みんなから蝶のものをもらうようになったからよ”と言っています。 *マライアは招待されたと言われていたドナルド・トランプの結婚式には出席しない。 *今まで出たアルバムの曲は全部リークだった。でも反響がよく、ラジオで良く流れるので嬉しかった。 *出演映画“Wisegirls”について聞かれたとき、“"Wisegirls"は撮影していてとても楽しかったし、ミラ・ソルヴィーノは大好きだわ。”と言って、またインディー映画に出たいと言っていました。また、マライアが役に選ばれたのは、プロデューサーがRosie O'Donnellショーに出てるマライアを見て、マライアのロングアイランドのなまりを気に入って、ミラ・ソルヴィーノがプロデューサー達に、マライアに電話して役を与えてと言ったらしい。 *最近ロスであった大雨の時にマライアもロスにいて、借りていた家が浸水してしまった。 *“Mimi”はただのあだ名で改名するつもりはない。 *今回のアルバムには19曲も収録されていて、今までで一番多い。 (source:PIP and POW, Mariah Daily, Heroes of Mariah) ヤフーが日本先行公開！ マライア・キャリー最新曲試聴＆ヒストリー 1月19日よりヤフーが先行公開するマライア・キャリーの2年ぶりのニューアルバム「ジ・エマンシペイション・オブ・ミミ（仮）」の収録曲「IT'S LIKE THAT」。耳にした人すべてが驚いたという最新曲の期間限定試聴とあわせて、世界の歌姫の軌跡をたどります。 ■最新曲の試聴はこちら （試聴は2005年1月25日で終了します。ご了承ください） ************************************************************************** “90年代最大のディーヴァ”のカムバックなるか？ マライア・キャリーが3月に待望のニュー・アルバムを発表する。90年代末期以降、ブリトニー・スピアーズからアヴリル・ラヴィーン、アシュリー・シンプソンに至るまで、10代のティーン・セレブの台頭著しいアメリカの音楽界であるが、それに対し90年代ダントツのヒットメイカーだった彼女がどんな回答を示すのか。注目される。 ■放った全米No.1ソングの数はビートルズ、エルヴィスに次いで第3位！ 1990年、ある1曲が全米音楽界を震かんとさせた。その曲の名は「Vision Of Love」。なんと、7オクターヴという、ポップ・ミュージック史上、前代未聞の圧倒的な声域をふんだんに駆使して歌われる、そのハートフルなゴスペル・ナンバーを前に音楽界は「とんだ天才シンガーが登場した」と、ハチの巣をつついたような騒ぎとなり、たちまち世間一般にまで浸透した。そしてそれは、“マライア・キャリー”という90年代最高のヒットメイカー誕生の瞬間でもあった。 そこを起点として、マライアは90年代を疾風怒とうのごとく駆け抜けて行った。白人的なポップネスと黒人的なR&Bのソウルのバランスをうまい具合にキープしながら、彼女は独自の道を歩み、全米No.1ヒットを連発させて行った。「ビジョン・オブ・ラブ」「ラブ・テイクス・タイム」「アイ・ドント・ワナ・クライ」「サムデイ」「エモーションズ」「アイル・ビー・ゼア」「ドリームラヴァー」「ヒーロー」「ファンタジー」「ワン・スウィート・デイ」「オールウェイズ・ビー・マイ・ベイビー」「ハニー」「マイ・オール」「ハートブレイカー」「サンク・ゴッド・アイ・ファウンド・ユー」。今、これをお読みになっている方も聞き覚えがあるに違いない、これらのナンバーを、彼女は全米チャートのトップに送り込んだ。その数、実に15曲。これはビートルズ（20曲）、エルヴィス・プレスリー(17曲)に次ぐ、史上3位の輝かしい記録であり、マイケル・ジャクソン（12曲）、マドンナ(12曲)、ホイットニー・ヒューストン（11曲）、ジャネット・ジャクソン(10曲)と、同時代を生きたほかのアーティストと比べてみても頭ひとつリードしている。これら以外でも、「ウィズアウト・ユー」、そしておそらく日本ではこれが最大の人気曲と思われる「恋人たちのクリスマス」などがあることから考えても、マライアが90年代にいかに“時代の歌声”として君臨したかはおわかりいただけるだろう。 ■夫との別離、時代の変節に悩んだ90年代末 そんなマライアであったが、良いことばかりでは決してなかった。彼女が90年代のトップスターであることには間違いはない。だが、それは“カルチャー・イコン”を同時に意味するものではなかった。マライアは、ショービズ界が最高にきらびやかだった80年代の雰囲気を90年代に継承した、ほとんど唯一と言っていい存在だったのだが、しかし、それが故に、彼女はグランジやヒップホップに代表される“普段着のストリート感覚”のミュージック・カルチャーとはイメージを異にしたのだ。同じ90年代のスーパースターでも、彼女がニルヴァーナやオアシス、トゥパック、TLC、メアリー・Jブライジなどと比べてどこか違うのはそういう理由からだった。それが彼女を、「“記憶”よりも“記録”」とばかりに、ヒット量産の道へひたすらに向かわせた一因にもなっていたのだろう。 だが、そんなマライアも徐々に歯止めが効かなくなってくる。彼女の夫であり、所属レコード会社（当時）の社長にして名マネージャーのトミー・モトーラと離婚して、マライアはしだいに自分自身がコントロールできなくなってきたのだ。正統派のバラードシンガーから、本格的なR&Bの転身を目指すこと自体は良かったが、見た目のセクシーさの強調の方に重きが置かれ過ぎて、肝心の歌の方のキレが薄まって行き、楽曲自体もある時期（おそらくは「ファンタジー」あたりからか）から目立った進歩なし。加えて、大スターゆえの言動の数々にまつわるゴシップの方が目立ちはじめ……。そうしているうちに、マライアは、ちゃんとした演技経験のないまま臨んだ主演映画「グリッター」で致命的な失敗を負ってしまう。そして、時代はまさにブリトニー・スピアーズやビヨンセを筆頭としたティーン・ガール・セレブの時代。21世紀のティーン・ガールたちにとって、30歳を過ぎたマライアはすでにリアリティを伴わない存在となってしまっていたのだった。 ■基本に立ち返り、“女王復活”を狙うマライア こうして、21世紀の幕開けは、向かうところ敵なしの女王様状態だった90年代が信じられないくらいに、マライアにとってはほろ苦いものとなった。主演映画の興行的失敗により所属レーベルから解雇されるという、“泣き面にハチ”な状態を迎えてしまったマライアは、2002年、起死回生を狙うべく、レーベルをユニバーサルに移籍して、アルバム「チャーム・ブレスレット」を発表。このアルバムは先行シングルの「スルー・ザ・レイン」からも明らかなように、マライア本来のしっとりしたソウルフルな歌いっぷりを戻した一作にはなった。にもかかわらず、この作品でマライアが「女王の座を奪還した！」というインパクトを世にアピールするまでには至らなかった。 それから2年あまり。これまでコンスタントに作品を発表し続けて来たマライアが珍しく長い時間をかけて充電。そして、「今度こそ、復活作を！」とばかりにニュー・アルバムをひっさげて戻ってくる。 その待望の新作だが、「まさに原点回帰」とばかりに、内容的には“これこそ、マライア！”と、古くからのファンを納得させるものになるのでは、といううわさが早くも飛び交っている。プロデュースを務めるひとりに、「ファンタジー」で、マライアのライトなR&Bサイドのイメージを強烈に焼きつけた、今や大御所のひとり、ジャーメイン・デュプリ。マライアとは基本的に相性の良いデュプリだけに、彼がマライアの才能のどこをどう生かすことで、新たなる“マライア・クラシック”を生み出して来るか、楽しみなところ。 そして、もうひとりの気になるゲストとしては、あのネプチューンズのファレル・ウイリアムスがいる。“触れるものすべてをヒットに変える”と評判のこの男は、つい先日も大御所ラッパー、スヌープ・ドッグ（彼も今回の新作には参加！）に実に久方ぶりとなる大ヒット曲「ドロップ・イット・ライク・イッツ・ホット」を提供したばかりだが、そんなファレルが“おれが再生工場！”とばかりに、マライアに次のような熱いエールを送っている。 「おれはマライア・キャリーを“マライア”から“マライア・キャリー”に戻したのさ」。この言葉の真意が一体何を意味するのか。大いに注目されるところ。 元来、その圧倒的な技巧を持った“歌声”で、時代を制してきたマライア。そんな彼女が、今どきのティーン・セレブたちから女王の座を奪還するためには、やはり、“歌声”と、それをいかすための楽曲、しかない。数々の偉業を可能にして来たマライア本来の実力を21世紀のティーン、そして、昔からのファンにどうアピールするか。要注目である。 （文／沢田太陽） (source:ワイズ・スポーツ) |
| 1/20 note from webmaster Sorry for the lack of update. I have been on a vacation and now im back and updated the news from the past few days. Thank you for visiting this site! :) ニュース更新が遅くなってしまってすいませんでした＞＜ 先日まで旅行に行っていました＾＾；いなかった分のニュースを今日更新したので、ぜひチェックしてください☆ New Voice Message From Mariah at HBF Be sure to take a listen to the newest Voice Message from Mariah. She has a special announcement about “It’s Like That” just for HBF. マライアがHBFに新しいボイスメッセージを残してくれました☆“It’s Like That”についてのことも言っています。 (source:HoneyBFly) "It's Like That" named Hot Shot Debut, opens at No. 53 on Billboard Hot 100 After Mariah Carey’s physical breakdown four years ago, the subsequent flop of her movie and soundtrack Glitter, and the bevy of bad press that followed, the one-time reigning “princess of pop” was put in a unique, albeit tough, position both career-wise and personally. Although Glitter, the edgy and upbeat soundtrack album, was generally celebrated among critics (Rolling Stone dubbed the concept record “a big step forward in terms of maturity”), the negative reviews for the banal and downtrodden film of the same name were harsh enough to send Carey into the opposite musical direction. The result was 2002’s Charmbracelet, a mellow and mostly un-inventive release touted as a return-to-form to the superdiva’s mid-1990 balladeering days. The album was introduced with “Through The Rain”, a conventional and sparsely-produced tune about overcoming adversity. Carey’s record label undoubtedly thought the inspirational ditty would remind listeners of past hits like 1993’s “Hero”, but the music industry’s acceptance of swooping ballads had greatly changed, and the single stalled at an unimpressive No. 81 on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 singles chart. Though Charmbracelet certainly had its standout moments, the record’s follow-up singles “Boy (I Need You)” and “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak” faced an even worse fate than “Through The Rain” at radio outlets, receiving minimal play and little fanfare. Things were certainly looking bleak for the once-invincible songstress, but Carey took the setbacks with stride and is now finding herself on the brink of a major comeback. Just a little over two weeks since its premiere at radio, Carey’s new single “It’s Like That” has accumulated more airplay than all of Charmbracelet’s singles combined. This has merited the singer the title of Billboard’s Hot Shot Debut, where “It’s Like That” makes its bow at No. 53 on the Hot 100 singles chart. Over on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart, the tune moves to No. 44 after debuting last week at No. 58, the highest new entry for the singer in more than five years. “It’s Like That” is the first single from Carey’s forthcoming Island/Def Jam album release The Emancipation of Mimi. She co-produced the single with long-time collaborator Jermaine Dupri, who recently hosted a mix session for Carey’s album with engineer Phil Tan at Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta. The record is due in stores March 22. “It’s Like That”がBillboard’s Hot Shot Debut（ビルボードチャートですごいデビューを果たした時になる）としてHot 100 singles chart（トップ100のシングルチャート）で53位で初登場しました！Hot R&B/Hip-Hopシングルチャートでは58位で初登場し、5年間の間で一番高い登場順位になりました☆ (source:Nuage9) |
| 1/19 YAHOO! MUSICで新曲を期間限定フル試聴！ 3月発売予定のニュー・アルバム『ＴＨＥ ＥＭＡＮＣＩＰＡＴＩＯＮ ＯＦ ＭＩＭＩ』収録の新曲「It’s Like That」が、Yahoo! Musicにて本日より1週間限定でフル試聴できます。今すぐこちらにアクセス！ 試聴期間：〜1月26日 8:00 a.m. また、ニュー・アルバムに関する詳細も情報が入り次第アップしていきますので、mariah.jpを忘れずにチェックしてください。 You can know listen to the full song of "It's Like That" at Yahoo Japan till Jan.26th 8am (Japan time). (source:Mariah Carey Official Japan Site) Mariah attends Brett Ratner Party Was pop movie director Brett Ratner stuck in control-freak mode during his party celebrating his guest-edited issue of V Life? Lowdown hears that the 35-year-old "After the Sunset" director insisted to party photographers at his house in Benedict Canyon that he have final approval over every picture, lest any spicy shots of him with beautiful women agitate his absent girlfriend, tennis star Serena Williams. Yesterday, Ratner's PR rep countered: "That's totally untrue. The only reason he'd ever have a picture killed is out of vanity, if he looked bad. He took pictures with every single guest at the party, including Rebecca Gayheart, Mariah Carey and Lara Flynn Boyle." “ラッシュアワー”や“レッド・ドラゴン”の監督ブレット・ラトナーの35歳の誕生日パーティーにマライアも参加したみたいです☆ (source:NY Daily News) |
| 1/18 Jasmine's Juice 
The rest of our Xmas days in Aspen were spent having sleigh rides and being taught French aqua-aerobics by Mariah Carey in the pool in our living room. I also had to be saved by mountain rescue on the advanced slope while trying to keep up with the “Careys”. Oh, and while flipping out of the inflatable dinghy on the ice race I whacked my head on the ice. It was truly HOT TAMALE!! Then the day before New Year’s Eve we swung it on home when Caeser’s Palace (the infamous gambling Las Vegas hotel) sent their private jet to pick Mariah and her five guests (that included me) to fly us to Vegas for our New Year’s Eve party. On the Gulfstream we were kept entertained by a book made by Mariah fans Anuja and Lindsay from Toronto. The book made us all laugh like hyenas. (Girls you know we all DID IN FACT DRINK TOO MUCH!). En route I fulfiled another of my life ambitions – to fly over the Grand Canyon. It was just breathtaking. As I’ve never been to Vegas before I did the whole tourist thing, i.e. checking out the amazingly tacky yet opulent hotels that Vegas is famous for. We stayed at the Roman-themed Caeser’s Palace but I was also mesmerised by the Bellagio Hotel’s dancing fountains, the Egyptian-style Luxor Hotel, the Italianate Venetian, the Brooklyn-based New York New York, the gleaming Mandalay Hotel – which houses all the big boxing fights – and the Eiffel Tower. It was all crazy and life-like and made me realise why most Americans never leave the States: THEY CAN SEE THE WORLD IN VEGAS! Most high rollers fly their private jets into the city and get served free cocktails 24-7 in the casinos where the (starting) minimum gamble is $500! There are cheaper casinos though – so I was able to bet $20 and won $200 on my first bet. The yanks around me were disgusted when I didn’t put it all on again. I explained: “I’m a realist, not a fool.” Those places are scary – there are no clocks or windows anywhere so gamblers lose track of time as well as their mortgages! On New Year’s Eve I tried desperately to beg, borrow or steal a ticket for the hottest theatre show in town – THE “O” SHOW, which is the Cirque du Soleil's water-based show. I was unsuccessful. Then my Vegas room-mate and publicist-to-the-stars (like Denzel Washington) came to the rescue! Marvett Britto (the fabbest and fiercest person I’ve ever met) popped her hand on her hip, rolled her head and informed me: “Girl, I can hook up anything, I will hook you up tonight!” With a flash of her wand (or should that be kick of her Jimmy Choos?) she called up the hotel’s president and sorted it in a few minutes. So I went like Cinderella to the water ball which I watched with my jaw on the floor throughout. Thank you Marvett – I love you for that memorable experience. Then I ran back through the packed Vegas strip ’cos the cops had shut down the city to cars. We got glammed up to host our party at the “Pure” club. Up in the VIP suite we danced till 4am and had the time of our lives whilst the DJ – flown in from NYC – played the hottest upfront and old skool jams. Thank you Mariah for all my fabulous moments – you make me feel truly special. Finally: thanks to God. I am SO blessed! マライアと一緒に冬休みをアスペンで過ごしたジャスミンの日記です☆ クリスマスの後は、みんなでそりに乗って遊んだり、居間にあるプールでマライアにフランスの水中エアロビクスを習ったりしていました。またジャスミンはスキーでマライア達に追いつくのに必死で救助隊に助けてもらったりもしていたみたい。 そして30日にはラスベガスのシーザースパレスからプレイベートジェットでのお迎えが来て、マライアとジャスミンを含めた5人のゲストを乗せてラスベガスへと向かった。ジェットの中ではファンが作った本とかを読んで楽しんでいたみたいです☆ 写真の写っているのは、ジャスミン、マーヴェット、マライアです☆マーヴェットさんはたぶんマライアの新しい広報係で、デンゼル・ワシントンの広報係もやっているみたいです。 (source:The Voice) |
| 1/16 Are you the biggest MARIAH CAREY FAN in the world? If you think YOU are Mariah Carey's biggest fan -- PROVE IT! We are looking for the #1 Mariah Fan in the world. If you can PROVE to us that YOU are TRULY her BIGGEST FAN -- you might just get the opportunity to meet her -- 1 on 1! So if your WILDEST DREAM is to meet the beautiful and talented Mariah Carey, send us a tape TODAY! ***In order to be considered for this program, you must send us a CREATIVE and UNIQUE videotape ASAP (or a slew of pictures) that vividly describes and clearly explains why you deserve to be chosen for this show. Write or tape your contact information on the case of your videotape, and mail to: The Oprah Winfrey Show I am Mariah's #1 Fan! c/o Team AW PO Box 917940 Chicago, IL 60661 WE MUST RECEIVE A TAPE FOR YOU TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROGRAM. +Avoid music in the background and shooting the camera directly into the light. Tapes will not be returned and may be broadcast worldwide on The Oprah Winfrey Show and distributed in all other markets and media worldwide. ++Recipients of makeovers and giveaways are solely responsible for the payment of any applicable taxes. マライアがそのうちアメリカの番組“Oprah Winfrey Show”に出るようです☆Oprahのサイトでは今“世界で一番のマライアファン”を募集しています。もし選ばれれば、マライアと二人だけで会うことができます☆応募したければ、自分が一番のファンであるということを表した創造的でユニークなビデオテープかたくさんの写真を上の住所まで送ってください☆ (source:Oprah.com) Mariah Carey purchase mansion in the Dominican Republic The singer Mariah Carey could be the new owner of a gorgeous mansion in the Dominican Republic. According to the local press, the artist was delighted with the house she recently rented, to relax with family and a group of friends, this house was the property of a rich entrepreneur of the region. Everything indicates that the star succeded to convince the millionaire to sell the property, it is said, he did not sell it for less than 4 million dollars. どうやらマライアは西インド諸島にあるドミニカ共和国にある素敵な豪邸のオーナーになるかもしれないみたいです☆地元の新聞によると、最近ドミニカ共和国で家族や友達とリラックスして過ごす為に借りた家をマライアがすごく気に入ってようです。その豪邸の所有者は金持ちの企業家で、マライアが所有者にその家を売ってと頼んだけど、所有者は約400万ドル以上じゃなきゃ売らないと言ったそうです。 (source:O Fuxico, Heroes of Mariah) |
| 1/14 Mariah in Entertainment Weekly Mariah is in the January 21st issue with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell on the cover, page 52, 2005 Forecast in Music: 
When Island Def Jam chief L.A. Reid invited EW over to preview tracks from the new Mariah Carey album, The Emancipation of Mimi, he danced around his Manhattan corner office, fists raised in the air in celebration. “I don’t know if you can tell,” he grinned, mid-spin, “but I’m really happy with it.” So is Carey, whose previous two discs suffered on the sales rack (her doomed Glitter soundtrack led to EMI buying her out of her contract for a reported $28 million in 2002). With her 10th studio CD, the five-octave singer is trying to refocus her vision of love with the help of superstar producers like Neptunes, Jermaine Dupri, and man of the moment, Kanye West. Carey hopes the upbeat disc, which includes guest appearances by Snoop and Twista, among others, will have a broad appeal. “I know that my hardcore fans will have the ballads that they can cling to,” she says, “but people who haven’t been fans in the past will be able to pick out songs they like as well. It’s not formulaic. I'm one of those people who likes to stay with what’s familiar, but what was cool with this project was stretching.” That newfound sense of liberation is reflected by Emancipation’s title (“Mimi” has long been a nickname used by Carey’s closest friends and family). When the name of the album leaked to the press late last year, tongues wagged that Carey was pulling a P. Diddy. “A lot of people were like, ‘Uh-oh, is she changing her name!?’” she laughs. “There was this whole big drama. I’m like, It’s really not that deep. It’s what I felt like expressing at that moment.”マライアがEntertainment Weeklyの1月21日号の52ページに載っています☆記事によると、レコード会社の社長L.A. ReidがEntertainment Weeklyを招待してマライアのニューアルバムの試聴をしたみたいです。L.A. Reidはアルバムをすごい気に入ったらしく、その時もアルバムを聞きながら踊っていたらしい♪ (source:Mariah Daily "It's Like That" added on AOL You can now listen to the whole song at AOL. "It's Like That"をAOLで聞けるようになりました♪ (source:Heroes of Mariah) Mariah Carey Comes Back Strong Internet piracy looked set to derail it, but instead it seems the Mariah Carey comeback is picking up speed. Just weeks after two tracks intended for her forthcoming album leaked around the world via internet messageboards, the sultry diva has unleashed a track she's actually ready for the public to hear. 'It's Like That', an upbeat club-friendly groove, features Carey's strongest vocals in years, and has started picking up considerable airplay since debuting on US radio earlier this week. With the track also picking up positive reviews from the music press it's looking increasingly likely that the previously troubled singer/songwriter is finally heading for the chart-topping comeback she's been looking for. The track, which features a brief cameo by rapper Fatman Scoop, who enjoyed a UK no. 1 in 2003 with 'Be Faithful', is now set to be the first single release from Carey's intriguingly titled new album 'The Emancipation of Mimi', due for release in March. According to Carey herself it mixes Debarge inspired 80s grooves with Gladys Knight-style soul balladry. The follow up to 2002's 'Charmbracelet', its success is being seen within the industry as crucial for Carey, and both the singer, and her label Island Def Jam, are clearly determined to give it the best possible chance of success. Production work on 'It's Like That' is provided by Mariah's long-term collaborator Jermaine Dupri, who helped create previous Carey chart toppers such as 'Always Be My Baby', while work on the promo video is set to be handled by veteran director Paul Hunter, the man responsible for perhaps Mariah's most memorable video to date, the James Bond referencing 'Honey'. Looking back again to past glories, dance music fans will be excited to hear that the Mariah Carey/David Morales partnership have reconvened. Morales recently revealed that the powerhouse vocalist has been re-singing vocals for his dance remix of her latest single. The paring has previously produced highly acclaimed re-workings of hits such as 'Dreamlover', 'Honey' and 'Fantasy'. Meanwhile, 'Say Something', the Snoop Dogg duet, produced by acclaimed production team The Neptunes, originally intended as the lead off single is rumoured to be intended as the follow up single from what is intended to be an all out party record heading to a dance floor near you. この記事によると、マライアは'It's Like That' を80年代にデ・バージの影響を受けたグルーヴとグラディス・ナイトのソウルバラードをミックスさせた感じにしたみたいです☆ (source:UK Flava) |
| 1/13 More news about "Ladies Night"-Ash gets new Hollywood offer If all goes well, Aishwarya Rai will get to work in producer-director Lee Daniels’ next film — Ladies Night. The film deals with a group of ladies who get together and go out for a night on the town and deal with everybody’s problems. Rai’s international agent, Simone Sheffield of Canyon Entertainment, affirms that Rai has been approached for the role. “Yes, we are very much looking forward to Ladies Night, as long as Aishwarya approves the final script and we can work-out the dates. Lee Daniels gave us the story line verbally. We are waiting to receive the script for Aishwarya’s final approval.” Along with Aishwarya, the cast will include Missy Elliot, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Mo’Nique, Macy Gray, Patti LaBelle and currently negotiations are on with singer Beyonce. States Sheffield further, “Ladies Night will be shot in Philadelphia in late April / May 2005 and Lee Daniels will direct it. The film is an ensemble piece about six little girls that grow-up together and learn about friendship and life. It is a musical!” But how much will Rai find a place amongst so many stars? “Each actress will bring her own special and unique quality to their character making each personality an important element in the story. The concept, character, story-line and wonderful cast of Ladies Night is what’s so much fun about the project.” “The hat trick here will be getting everyone’s schedule to fall into place” says Daniels. Daniels also led Halle Berry to an Oscar in his film Monster’s Ball. Simone Sheffield is Associate Producer of the recently completed film, Shadow Boxer starring two-time Academy Award nominee Dame Helen Mirren and Academy Award winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is set for release late 2005. Daniels’ next release is The Woodsman. Directed by Nicole Kassell, it stars Kevin Bacon and deals with life after prison. His last release was Monster’s Ball. Ladies Night will start filming in May. "Ladies Night"のプロデューサーをアイシュワリヤー・ラーイをやるみたいです。撮影はフィラデルフィアで4月下旬から5月にかけて撮影されます☆この映画はミュージカルで、6人の少女が一緒に成長し、友情や人生について学んでいくという映画です。監督のリー・ダニエルズの前作はハル・ベリー主演の“チョコレート”で、最新作はケヴィン・ベーコン主演の“The Woodsman”です。ちなみについこの間行われた“The Woodsman”の試写会にマライアも行っていました☆ (source:MidDay, Heroes of Mariah) |
| 1/12 Jasmine's Juice 
God bless and keep strong to those affected by the Asian tidal wave over Christmas. It was a bittersweet Christmas for me knowing that thousands had perished due to Mother Earth's wrath. On a more joyous note, my Christmas was unforgettable for many more reasons than the tragedy in Asia. I spent the holidays with my Christmas cousin, Mariah, who (as only she can) does-it in style. On Christmas Eve I did a triple trudge across the Atlantic from London to Chicago to Denver to snow-covered, bourgeois Aspen where MC’s driver scooped me straight up and off to meet the fam’ who were all waiting for me at our table at Nobu. (Yep – there’s a Nobu in every stoosh location in the world!) After dinner we explored our house on our private mountain. Yes, we even had a mountain to ourselves (how bling-blow is dat?) which was on top of the highest peak and surrounded by snowy, majestic mountains. I gasped for breath every morning as I sat up in my bed, mesmerised by the panoramic, 360-degree postcard-view! Check out the snowman me ’n’ Mariah made. Christmas Day was like something out of a storybook. We all had pancakes and waffles with fresh fruit and hot scotch toddies before settling in front of the biggest tree in the house (there were five) to open our pressies. Mine included a jasmine-scented candle; brown suede, Gucci, knee-high boots; a Manolo Blahnik shoe horn; a fluffy bathrobe; the usual awful tacky Christmas knickers (why?); nice-naughty underwear; Ugg slippers; a Gucci purse; white, cashmere mittens and loads of naughty hip-hop board games which I can’t imagine why I got. Everyone insisted it was ’cos of my crazy hysterical obsession last year with Ghettopoly. The rest of the afternoon was spent playing hip-hop knowledge games accompanied by lots of screaming and joy. I then took MC’s 12-year-old-Jack Russell terrier, Jackson P Mutley, for his daily sprint up the mountain where we watched little rich kids sledging in the ice and tried to stop Jack from fighting the reindeer which are a million times bigger and more dangerous than him. (I guess it’s true what they say about pets being like their owners – Jack’s sure got gallons of attitude and won’t be put down!) We had ’nuff fun getting dressed in our various ensembles for the traditional American Christmas dinner where we wore long, glamorous gowns and had two turkeys, sweet potato, mash, ham, stuffing, rice, black beans and my favourite… butternut squash soup. After sneaking in the obligatory lil’ nap to recuperate, we got dressed for our Christmas party in town, showing up in a horse-drawn carriage no less – as you do. In the house were hip-hop mogul Steve Stoute; Eminem’s boss and Interscope head Jimmy Lovine; Denise Rich; Diandra Douglas (Michael Douglas’s ex);-and a hot African American actor who was very attentive to me but un-namable in case I bump into him again. Also in town for Xmas were Will Smith and his family; former US tennis star Chris Evert; Martina Navratilova; actor Kevin Costner and the old playboy actor and legend Jack Nicholson. For more on our NYE party watch this space. ジャスミンがマライアと一緒にアスペンで過ごしたクリスマスについて書いてあります☆ジャスミンは毎年のように冬休みをマライアと過ごしているのでマライアのことを“クリスマスのいとこ”と呼んでいます＾＾まずアスペンに到着したジャスミンは待っていたマライアの運転手にそのままマライアとマライアの家族や友達が待っているレストラン“Nobu”に行きました。夕飯を食べ終わると、マライアとジャスミン達はプレイベートマウンテンにある家を探検しに行きました。マライアのプレイベートマウンテンは一番高い山頂にあって、周りは雪だらけで威厳のある山だらけだったみたい。部屋からはポストカードにうつっているような景色が360度見えるらしい！ クリスマス当日はまるで物語のような一日だったみたい☆朝はみんなでパンケーキやワッフル、新鮮なフルーツを食べたり、ホット・スコッチ・トディを飲んだりした後、家の中にある5つのクリスマスツリーの中で一番大きい木の前に座り、プレゼントを開けました☆その後はみんなでヒップホップの知識ゲームをして盛り上がっていたみたい。そしてジャスミンは12歳になったマライアの犬ジャックを連れて外で遊び、ジャックより何倍も大きくて危ないトナカイに向かって吠えるジャックを見てジャスミンは、どんなことがあっても諦めない飼い主（マライア）に似ているなーって思ったみたい☆ 夕飯の時はみんなロングドレスに着替えたりしてオシャレしたみたいです。そしていつものように回復するためにみんなで少しだけ仮眠し、町で行われるクリスマスパーティーのために着替えて、馬車で登場しました☆パーティーにはヒップホップ界の重要人物Steve StouteやエミネムのボスでレーベルInterscopeの社長Jimmy Lovine、Denise Rich、マイケル・ダグラスの元妻Diandra Douglas等がいたみたいです。 (source: The Voice) Did U Know: MC Recorded With ODB Again? At the time of his death, ODB had been recording an album for premier hip hop stable Roc-a-Fella. Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, with whom Dirty had duetted a decade previously, and the Neptunes were involved, as were two of his former Wu cohorts, Method Man and Jones's cousin, the RZA. It could have spelled some sort of redemption for Dirty, had he lived. Label boss Damon Dash is too shrewd a businessman to keep ODB's final raps under wraps forever. Then there are vocals that the RZA, the Wu's linchpin producer, presumably has in his attic, slowly turning to gold. ODBが亡くなる前、新しいアルバムを制作していたみたい。それでそのCDにはマライアとレコーディングした曲も入っていたらしい。ODBのレコード会社の社長はそのアルバムを出す気は一切ないみたいです＞＜ (source:The Guardian, Mariah Connection) "It's Like That" makes Billboard charts Mariah's new single has made its first impact on the Billboard charts. In the January 22 issue, "It's Like That" debuts at #58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks tally, and just misses the Hot 100 by debuting at #4 on the Bubbling Under chart ("It's Like That" would be #104 if the Hot 100 chart included more than 100 entries.) "It's Like That"がビルボードチャートにデビューしました！1月22日号のHot R&B/Hip-Hopシングルの部門で58位！それからあと4位上だったらトップ100の部門でもデビューできました。まだCDも発売していないのにすごいね〜☆ (source:Billboard Magazin, Josh, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/10 Carey Credits Monroe's Ghost With Song-writing Mariah Carey is knocking out song-after-song on her new piano, and she credits her prolific inspiration with the ghost of the instrument's former owner - late movie legend Marilyn Monroe. Carey is delighted with the intensity of her creative output, and puts her success down to the piano that Monroe owned before her death at the age of 36 in August 1963. She says, "It's as if the keys are haunted. The tunes just come thick and fast. It must be inspired." マリリン・モンローのピアノを以前買ったマライアは、そのピアノで次から次へ津曲を作っていく。マライアは自身の多くの作品のインスピレーションをそのピアノの元持ち主だったマリリン・モンローのおかげだと言っています。マライアは“まるで鍵盤がとりつかれているみたいだわ。曲が次から次へと早くでてくるの。きっと影響を受けているんだわ。”と言っています。 (source:Contact Music) "Ladies Night" To Strart Shooting In May LEE DANIELS says he's "relieved and really happy that we've finally given birth again." "I have the stretch marks to prove it," says the Wynnefield native, producer, of "The Woodsman," which premieres Wednesday at the Annenberg Center. Daniels says the film, directed by fellow homegirl Nicole Kassell, was "a test of wills to prove the Hollywood system wrong." It's about a sex offender (Center City's Kevin Bacon) dealing with life after prison. It doesn't humanize pedophiles, says Daniels, but instead tells a story of abuse that affects many Americans. Daniels is still editing "Shadowboxer," which filmed here over the summer. Next up, he says, is a musical called "Ladies Night", to start filming here in May. "It's like 'Waiting to Exhale' meets 'Chicago' meets animation," says Daniels. He says he's cast Indian actress Aishwarya Rai, Mo'Nique, Macy Gray, Missy Elliot, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, and Patti LaBelle and hopes to cast Beyonce. 以前ニュースで伝えたマライアを含め多くの歌手が出るミュージカル映画“Ladies Night”の撮影が5月から始まるみたいです☆監督のリー・ダニエルズは“'ため息つかせて'と'シカゴ'とアニメみたいなのが合体した感じの映画になる”と言っています。 (source:Philly.com, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/9 More “Pure” Pictures        
(source:Julian, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/8 Watch out, dummy Mariah Carey reportedly had a run-in with another dummy at the Gucci boutique in Aspen. A source told Star magazine that the singer leaned against one of the store's mannequins assuming it was anchored in place (which it wasn't) and nearly hit a fellow shopper. Luckily, a salesperson saw the mannequin falling and was able to catch it before it hurt anyone. 冬休みにアスペンにいたマライアはグッチの店で買い物をしていたとき、マライアがちゃんと固定されていると思ってマネキンに寄りかかったら、もう少しでマネキンが客にぶつかるとこだったらしい。幸いに店員がマネキンが倒れそうなところを見て客にぶつかる前にキャッチしたみたい。 (source:San Francisco Examiner) |
| 1/7 Cash and Carey Good to see Mariah Carey still knows how to splash the cash. The American diva, who's on holiday in Aspen, Colorado, popped into the local Dior boutique for a shopping spree. And spies at the New York Daily News reckon the millionaire singer, 34, racked up a £6,000 bill in just an hour. But not everything in the swanky shop took her fancy, according to a source who said: "Mariah made a big fuss about checking what was and what wasn't real fur. "She didn't want to wear anything that had a real fur trim." Quite right too! But we hear that Mariah wasn't quite as quick to part with her cash at the airport. After her driver helped to carry all 1,200lb of her luggage, he was rewarded with a £25 tip. He's probably planning his retirement right now. マライアがアスペンのディオールで買い物をしたことをこの間ニュースで伝えましたが、どうやらマライアはどの服が本物の毛か本物じゃない毛を使っているかすごい大げさになって見ていたらしい＾＾； (source:Mirror.co.uk) |
| 1/6 new pictures of Mariah in Aspen Shopping at a jewelry store in Aspen (December 29th)       Skiing with family and friends at a resort in Apsen(December 30th)               (source:Forever Mariah Mariah Heats Up The Cover Of Blender Magazine Blender Magazine is serving up an early Valentine's Day treat for you this year so be sure to hit the newsstands on February 8 to pick up your copy of Blender Magazine which features smoldering new photos of Mariah! アメリカで2月8日に発売のBlenderの表紙をマライアが飾ります☆ (source:Mariahcarey.com) |
| 1/5 Listen to "It's Like That" You can now listen to the whole song legally at All Access! Just go to the "Cool New Music" section which is under the "Alternative". All Accessでマライアの新曲"It's Like That"を聞けます♪でもここは登録（無料）をしなければいけません。Mariah Dailyに行けば、ダウンロードできるリンクがあるのでぜひ聞いてみてください＾＾ (source:All Access, Heroes of Mariah, PIP and POW) Mariah on Hot97 Today Mariah called in to Hot97 and talked with Angie Martinez. You can read the whole transcript and download the audio at Mariah Daily. Here are some things that Mariah said in the interview... *The new album will come out on March 22nd. *The album will include ballads and fun uptempo records. *Mariah is getting ready to do a new video and she is in L.A right now for a meeting with Paul Hunter who did the "Honey" video. He also did the "Drop It Like It's Hot" video recently. マライアが5日にNYのラジオステーションHot97に電話をしてMCのAngie Martinezと話しました☆そのインタビューの中でマライアは、アルバムが3月22日に発売することを認めてました。またアルバムの中にはバラード曲や楽しいアップテンポな曲もあると言っていました。あとマライアは今新しいPV撮影の準備に入っていて、そのPVの会議のために今ロスにいるみたいです。会議ではPVを作るPaul Hunterと会うみたい。Paul Hunterは以前“Honey”のビデオも作りました☆最近ではSnoop Doggの"Drop It Like It's Hot"も作りました。 このインタビューはMariah Dailyに行けばダウンロードできます☆ Surveillance Mariah Carey dropped close to $10,000 at the Dior boutique in Aspen. (The PETA-friendly diva wouldn't touch anything trimmed in fur). A source says she wasn't as carefree with the driver who shlepped 1,200 pounds of her luggage from the airport. He got a $50 tip ... マライアが冬休みにアスペンにいたとき、どうやらディオールの店で約105万円使ったらしい！PETA（動物を守る会みたいなもの）に入っているマライアは毛を使ったものはいっさい手をつけなかったみたい。あとマライアは空港から約544kgもある荷物を運んでくれた運転手にチップとして約5000円もあげたらしい！ (source:New York Daily News) |
| 1/4 more pictures from Pure Nightclub Here are some pictures that Aladerri and Bianca (the last 2 pictures) took which was posted on Mariah Daily.                 Pure Nightclubで行われたカウントダウンパーティーでの写真です☆ (source:Aladerri, Bianca, Mariah Daily) "It's Like That" (feat. JD and Fatman Scoop) Lyrics Here are the lyrics to Mariah's new single "It's Like That" which features JD and Fatman Scoop. The song has premiered on several big-name U.S. radio stations. If you aren't in a large city, the single is set for a January 25th nation-wide radio impact date. "It's Like That" (feat. JD and Fatman Scoop) Jermaine Dupri: 'Dis is, the point when I need e'rybody get to the dance floor It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) Da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) Like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) (MC) Mariah Carey: I came to have a party Open up the Bacardi Feeling so hot tamale Boy I know you watchin' me So what's it gonna be? Purple taking me higher I'm lifted and I like it Boy you got me inspired Baby, come and get it If you're really feeling me Bridge: 'Cause it's my night No stress, no fights I'm leaving it all behind No tears, no time to cry Just making the most of life Chorus: Everybody is livin' it up All the fellas keep lookin' at us ('cause) Me and my girls on the floor like what While the DJ keeps on spinning the cut It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) It's like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) It's like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) You like this and you know it Caution, it's so explosive Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion Baby come and get it Let me give you what you need It's a special occasion Mimi's emancipation A cause for celebration I ain't gonna let nobody's drama bother me Bridge: 'Cause it's my night No stress, no fights I'm leaving it all behind No tears (no tears), no time to cry Just making the most of life Chorus: Everybody is livin' it up All the fellas keep lookin' at us ('cause) Me and my girls on the floor like what While the DJ keeps on spinning the cut It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) It's like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) It's like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) Bridge: 'Cause it's my night (it's my, it's my night) No stress, no fights I'm leaving it all behind No tears (no tears), no time to cry Baby I'm making the most of life Chorus: Everybody is livin' it up (I said everybody) All the fellas keep lookin' at us ('cause) Me and my girls on the floor like what While the DJ keeps on spinning the cut It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) It's like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) It's like da da da da, I like that y'all (that y'all) This is my night Fatman Scoop: Let's Go Now (what), Let's Go Now (what) Here we go now (what), Here We Go Now (what) Let's Go Now (what), Let's Go Now (what) Here we go now (what), Here we go now (what) Fatman Scoop and Mariah in unison: Let's Go Now (what), Let's Go Now (what) Here we go now (what), Here we go now (what) Let's Go Now (what), Let's Go Now (what) Here we go now (what), Here we go now (what) これはマライアの新曲"It's Like That"の歌詞です☆アメリカではもういろんなラジオ局で流れ始めてるみたいです♪まだ大きい都市でしか流れてないみたいだけど、一日に何回も流れてるみたい＾＾日本でももうリクエストしてみましょう！！ (source:Mariah Daily) |
| 1/3 First Single: "It's Like That" We are now able to reveal that Mariah's new single is titled "It's Like That" and as previously reported, should hit the radio stations up to mid-January. Though the title contradicts recent fan reports of a song named "My Night" that was played at Pure Club on New year's eve, this information comes from All Access, the biggest radio industry information source. Now, All Access has now updated their site with the following information: January 25: SINGLES: MARIAH CAREY / It's Like That (IDJMG) 今までいろんな曲がマライアの新曲として噂されてきましたが、どうやら"It's Like That"に決まったみたいです☆ (source:Mariah Daily, All Access) "Just an Illusion" - New Title? According to a new article in the Latin magazine Prensa Latina, a song titled "Just an Illusion" will be featured on Mariah's new album "The Emancipation of Mimi." This is the first time we've heard about this title, and there is absolutely no way to confirm its authenticity. Here is a rough translation of the article: The American singer Mariah Carey, one of the most popular voices in her country, has announced today that in March of 2005, she will put out a new CD, the first one in two years, named "The emancipation of Mimi". In the album, the "Hero" singer will go back to her roots of pop and rythym and blues, which will mix with the hip-hop genre. "It is a very personal CD in which I wrote and produced the majority of the tracks," she said. "More importantly," she said, "this CD reflects how much I have grown as a person and how I left behind my insecurities, I feel free." For "The emancipation of Mimi", she was supported by A-list collaborators such as the rappers Nelly, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg, who accompanies her in the first single "Say something". She's also received the aid of the producers The Neptunes and Kanye West. The album, with over 10 tracks, includes songs like "Get Your Number," "Just an Illusion," "Shake you Off" and "Mine Again," a beautiful ballad written by the singer. Translated by Nacho for Mariah Daily. マライアのニューアルバム"The Emancipation of Mimi"に入っている曲がもう一つ出てきました。ラテンの雑誌によると "Just an Illusion"がアルバムに入っているらしい☆ (source:Prensa Latina, Le Mejor de Mariah Carey, Mariah Daily) |
| 1/2 Mariah at Pure Club  
As you know by now, Mariah rang in the New Year and premiered her new single, reportedly titled "My Night", at Club Pure in Las Vegas. Brad Catoe, who sent the pictures above, was lucky enough to meet her at the event. "I got to sneak backstage and chat with her! She was nice as usual and being her divalicious self. I enjoyed myself so much and hope to see her again."David Vader, a Mariah impersonator who goes by the name "Bianca Nunez", also met Mariah. "She signed my fuschia, sparkly Steve Madden heels! It was the only thing I had and thought for sure a nice stiletto would get her attention. Mariah was so nice, dancing up a storm and drinking wine. I was right there next to her. I had a supernice New Years at Pure, which by the way is as gorgeous as Mariah herself." ラスベガスのPureナイトクラブで行われたマライアのカウントダウンパーティーに行ったファンからの情報です！ どうやらマライアはクラブで新曲の“My Night”を流したみたいです♪以前“Say Something”がリークしちゃったからアルバムからのファーストシングルを変えるというニュースを伝えましたが、もしかしてこの曲になったのかな？？ (source:Mariah Daily, Brad, Bianca) Pure Nightclub fan report Here's the story from Frank's night at Pure Frank (HBF member) had tickets to PURE nightclub last night and had the most amazing experience. For starters, he got in line to get into the nightclub with Alex at 730 p.m. last night and got in around 8 p.m. His friend asked a bouncer where MC would be counting down the New Year and the bouncer said she’d be counting down on the roof level of the club, which was outside. They found it hard to believe that MC would be outside to count down so they stayed inside. MC came out at about 11:50 p.m. and announced: “Only ten minutes ’til midnight!’ She then said: “Only nine minutes ’til midnight” and at two minutes ’til midnight she said: “Does everyone have their champagne glasses full?” She counted down the last twenty seconds and then shouted: “Happy New Year!” Frank and his friends were only like three people away from MC when she counted down. He said they were separated from her by a half wall made of Plexiglas. After the countdown, MC went up to the roof (which was the upper most level of the club and outside). She sat on a large round bed just chillin’ with Shawn (her nephew), Jasmine, one of her dancers, her cousin (from Oprah, after the Show) and Trey. There might have been a few more people up there with her and I just can‘t remember. Her VIP section was only separated from the rest of the clubbers by a rope. Frank walked up to the rope and gave Jasmine the fan book he made. He put the picture of him and MC from the Oprah show on an envelope which was on top of the book. He asked Jasmine if she’d give MC the book and Jasmine said: “sure!” When MC saw the book she went “OMG, I love the cover of this book, thank you!” Frank asked if he could take a picture with her and MC said: “sure”. Shawn took the camera and Frank went under the rope to pose with Jasmine, MC and Trey and just before Shawn was able to snap the camera, one of MC’s bodyguards that Frank had never seen before came out of nowhere. He grabbed the camera from Shawn and handed it back to Frank and said: “Absolutely not!” “There will be no picture taking up here tonight”. Frank said that MC looked so embarrassed that he thought she was going to cry. She said to Frank: “I am so sorry. I don’t know why they do that to me.” “They make me look like a jerk!” MC left the top floor VIP section and went back to the floor where she counted down midnight. She sat on a large round bed down there too, just chillin’ with her glass of wine with her family and friends behind ropes. Alex showed the bouncer his HoneyBFly card and got himself and Frank in under the ropes. Frank said he sat on the bed with MC and talked to her for like twenty minutes! He said she was so nice and genuine. He got to take plenty of pictures with MC in the section. He said one picture he took with her, she rested her head on his shoulder! MC did tell Frank that she will be touring this summer after the release of her album and that her Broadway Christmas Show is almost done being written! After talking with her and her family and friends, Alex and Frank left the section. Frank hung out at the club for a couple more hours. He said they played MC’s music and she stood up at the edge of the roped off section and danced over the crowd and lip-synced all her songs! Frank said that when she left to go to the elevators (around 4 a.m.) he waved to her and she waved and smiled back and said to him: “You have the best New Years sweetie!” A big thanks to Katie who got Frank on the phone and reported the story. 今度はカウントダウンパーティーに行ったファンからのレポートです！ まずマライアは夜11時50分ぐらいにみんなの前に出てきて“12時まであと10分！”、“あと9分！”、そしてあと2分になったときは“みんなのシャンパングラスはちゃんといっぱいになってる？”って言い、20秒前からカウントダウンし“Happy New Year!”って叫んだみたいです☆ カウントダウンが終わるとマライアは一番上のレベルである屋上に行き友達や家族と花火を見ながら楽しんでいたみたい♪マライアがいたVIPコーナーはただのロープだけで分けられていたため、あるファンはマライアの友達を通してファンブックを渡したり、マライアと少し話すこともできたらしい！そしてそのファンがマライアに一緒に写真を撮っていいか聞いたら快くOKしてくれて、マライアの甥のショーンが写真を撮ろうとしたら、クラブが雇ったVIP用のボディーガードが“絶対にダメ！”って言ってカメラをショーンの手から奪ってそのファンに返したらしい。マライアはすごく恥ずかしそうな顔をしていて、泣きそうにも見えたらしい＞＜ そしてマライアはそのファンに“本当にごめんね。なんで私にあーいうことをするのかな。私がまるであほみたいじゃんね。”って言っていたみたい。マライアかわいそう（泣） その後マライアは屋上のVIPコーナーを出てカウントダウンをした下のフロアに戻ってきて、大きな丸いベッドの上に座ってワインを飲みながら家族や友達と話していたみたい。もちろんそこもただのロープでわけられていただけ。さっきのファンとその友達がなんと今度はマライアと一緒にベッドの上に座って20-30分ぐらい話したみたい！うらやましい〜＞＜ マライアはすごく優しくて、写真もとってくれたみたい☆またマライアは、アルバムが発売した後、夏にツアーをすると言ったらしい！！しかも最近ニュースによく出てたクリスマスのブロードウエイショーももうすぐ書き終わるらしい！マライアのこれからの活躍が本当に楽しみですね♪ クラブではマライアの曲をいくつか流してて、マライアは全部の歌を口ずさみながら踊っていたみたい☆そしてマライアは朝4時ぐらいにクラブを出て行ったらしい☆ (source:Heroes of Mariah, Frank, Katie) Mariah new voice message Mariah (and other people): "Happy new year, Happy new year lambs!" Mariah: "*laughs* Yes lambs, happy new year! So we just umm actually it's not even new year's here yet where we are but since it's... we're feeling the spirit of watching everybody on TV in New York and stuff so happy new year! I hope everybody had the most fabulous holiday season ever and I'm very very very excited for for you to all hear the new single which will be happening very soon. So I love you, appreciate you and enjoy you. O.K bye bye." マライアからの久々のボイスメッセージです☆“あけましておめでとう！！今は（録音してるとき）はまだ年が明けていないけど今NYでみんなとテレビを見たりしていたら新年の気分になってきたからもうメッセージを残しちゃった☆”みたいなことを言っています＾＾それからもうすぐニューシングルが聞けるみたいなことも言っています♪ (source:MariahCarey.com, Mariah Daily) Mariah's new single: "My Night" versus "Say Something" Mariah's new single "My Night" is said to be a "big uptempo" record with full vocals that will "catch everyone's attention." Although the song "Say Something" featuring Snoop Dogg was originally scheduled to be the first single from Mariah's upcoming album, it was replaced by the recently-recorded "My Night", apparently because "My Night" is a better song. Despite this, however, some outlets continue to spotlight "Say Something". For example, last night at Club Roxy in New York City, the club remix of "Say Something" was played. "It was really hot and got everyone really hyped," according to one club patron. The song was also played for the first time on Radio 538's Juize FM, the most popular R&B and hip-hop radio station in Holland. The DJ mentioned that "Say Something" was planned as the first single for Mariah's new album, but the record company changed their minds, and said that "Say Something" will likely be the second single. He also commented that the song was very different compared to past single releases from Mariah. Pureナイトクラブで流れたマライアの新曲“My Night”はみんなの気を引くすごくアップテンポな曲らしい。また最初にファーストシングルと言われていた“Say Something”はNYのクラブで、リミックスバージョンが流れたらしい。またオランダの一番人気のあるラジオでは、“Say Something”は恐らくセカンドシングルとなるでしょう、と言ったいたみたい。 (source:Mariah Daily, Dino, TriSumL8r, Sergio) Hip-Hop Celebs Bring In '05 On The Grind Jadakiss and Mariah Carey brought in the New Year in Sin City. At Las Vegas' Caesar's Palace, Kiss rocked the stage and was later joined by Mariah Carey for their "U Make Me Wanna" collabo. The songbird hosted a champagne toast to the opening of the Caesar's Palace's new club, Pure, before counting down to 2005. マライアがラスベガスのPureナイトクラブでカウントダウンパーティーをしていた同じ日同じホテルで、“U Make Me Wanna”でコラボしたJadakissがライブをしていました。そしてマライアが“U Make Me Wanna”の時に飛び入り参加したみたいです♪ (source:SOHH.com) Mariah at Trump's wedding? According to several sources, it seems Mariah is among on the guests list of Donald Trump's wedding with longtime girlfriend Melania Knauss. The ceremony will take place Jan. 22 in Palm Beach, Fla. According to Trump himself, two networks want to televise it live. パームビーチで1月22日に行われるドナルド・トランプの結婚式のゲストリストにマライアも入っているみたいです☆ドナルド・トランプ自身によると、2局が結婚式を生中継で放送したいらしい。 (source:Heroes of Mariah) |
| 1/1 Happy New Year!! あけましておめでとうございます☆ 今年も頑張っていくので、どうかPIP and POWをよろしくお願いします＾＾ マライアのアルバム発売日にだんだんと近づいてきましたね♪ 毎日ワクワクしてます＾＾ 今年もみなさんにとって良い年でありますように☆ PIP and POW webmaster:Ayako |