Mariah Carey seems to never run out of surprises.
The 50-year-old singer made that clear once again when she took to Twitter on Sunday to share a passage from her upcoming autobiography, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, about how she used to record alt-rock songs as a way to blow off steam while recording her 1995 album Daydream.
Wrote Carey, “Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making Daydream,” she wrote in the caption. “Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days.”
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She also included a brief snippet of one of these never-before-released songs, a ragged light-grunge number that represents a major departure from the perfectly polished pop of Daydream.
Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making Daydream Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days. Here's a little of what I wrote about it in #TheMeaningOfMariahCarey S/O to my friend Clarissa who performs the lead w/ me as a hidden layer #Chick #TMOMC pic.twitter.com/Re23t5whcd
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) September 27, 2020
“I’d bring my little alt-rock song to the band and hum a silly guitar riff,” she writes. “They would pick it up and we would record it immediately. It was irreverent, raw and urgent, and the band got into it.”
As Carey explained, she was “playing with the style of the breezy-grunge, punk-light white female singers who were popular at the time,” she continues. “You know the ones who seemed to be so carefree with their feelings and their image. They could be angry, angsty, and messy, with old shoes, wrinkled slips, and unruly eyebrows, while every move I made was so calculated and manicured. I wanted to break free, let loose, and express my misery — but I also wanted to laugh.”
Confides Carey, “I totally looked forward to doing my alter-ego band sessions after Daydream each night.”
Fans quickly responded to the tweet, declaring their love of her 25-year-old alt-rock alter ego, and insisted she release the secret album she recorded.
AN ALTERNATIVE ALBUM QUEEN??!!!! I know lambs are being fed at the moment but please consider release that album one day pic.twitter.com/KfvMXztXIw
— Will #TheRarities (@cttabye) September 27, 2020
Well, now you gotta release it… pic.twitter.com/eLmkxcKW4M
— ππππππ ππ ππ πΈπΆπΈπ·. (@travisfromthebk) September 27, 2020
Maybe you should release this alternative album too my kween we’d love to hear it pic.twitter.com/2Qi58MjulY
— Hello. My name is… (@ears_w_feet) September 27, 2020
OMG A ROCK DIVA pic.twitter.com/iY7SIiosTQ
— justice (@justicexlambily) September 27, 2020
this cannot be happening, this cannot be true, this is impossible, this is …… somebody help me, i m so happy pic.twitter.com/JU7uynNoKH
— rainbowcharm (@rainbowlambily) September 27, 2020
Wow QUEEN we need this!!!! pic.twitter.com/EJ1yGm9Ocq
— π½πππ πππππππ (@RyanSweeney2812) September 27, 2020
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