MARIAH CAREY admitted that twins Moroccan and Monroe won’t be rushing to order her 16th album Here For It All.
At an intimate event in central London, where Bizarre was the only press invited, Mariah said: “Sometimes I hold back from playing my songs to my kids as they have their own taste.
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“Roe loves Olivia Rodrigo, and Roc loves Sabrina Carpenter.”
But she has given them a preview of the record’s title track, adding: “Here For It All, it really moved me.
“That was one song I actually played for some people. It’s one of my favourites.”
We were treated to a first play of the track, and can see why Mariah loves it so much — as she sounds better than ever on it.
She is trying her best to keep other details about the album under wraps and said with a laugh: “You can’t tickle much out of me. There have been many rumours.
“We might have a duet with Anderson Paak. It’s like a Seventies R’n’B vibe. It’s funky.”
Mariah, who performed at the royal estate Sandringham on Friday, added: “There will probably be more remixes coming.”
The new album is due out on September 28 and comes seven years after the last one, Caution.
Mariah didn’t hit the studio with the idea of making an album at first, and she revealed: “I was working on some new songs then I was like, ‘OK, I have four songs. That’s cool, what are we going to do?’.”
She added: “Finally, when we got to around six songs, I said, ‘I think we can make this into an album’.”
Rather than sitting on a pile of tracks like some artists do, Mariah said her songs are few and far between, saying: “I really don’t have thousands.
‘Decided to go deeper’
“I have a good amount of songs though. I don’t really let anyone listen to them until they are done, that’s kind of the way it works for me.”
As with previous records, Mariah has acted as producer on the new album.
She said: “I always loved vocals and I didn’t realise that production was what I was doing. Even on my first album I was doing that.
“Then, working with different people and friends, I decided to go deeper into it and really start real producing.
“I listen back to my old music too — I think forward and I listen back.”
Mariah is staying tight-lipped about whether a tour is now on the cards. “I dunno,” she said with a shrug. We will have to see about that. It is the 16th record. I am happy about that.”
As for her next album, Mariah is already brimming with ideas, adding: “A deep cut record, that could definitely be a possibility.”
We’re here for that, Mariah.
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