You thought Mimi was emancipated? Au contraire! She is "Obsessed." That would be the five-octave pop superstar's lead single — written and produced by herself, Tricky Stewart and the-Dream (why the hyphen? Nobody-knows) — from her upcoming 12th album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, the followup to last year's E=MC2.
It goes to radio nationally today, where it will undoubtedly be only a hop, skip and a wet-t-shirt-contest jump (nice photo, Meems!) to YouTube; we'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, if you follow her Twitter, you know she's been talking about the song for days — describing it alternately as "an uptempo summer fun record," "seriously my favorite song ever," and "different for me, but clearly, it's SO me!" Judge for yourself when you hear it — and tell us if it is also, in fact, so you — and if you'll be buying Memoirs when it drops August 25.
Update: it's available now below, and apparently that's Eminem she's calling "delusional." Slim Shady, methinks you got served. Does this sound like a fair response to the Mariah-related shenanigans on Em's recent "Bagpipes from Baghdad"?:
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The Song is FIRE!!!!!!
Listen to a radio rip here
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The Song is pure FIRE…Listen to a radio rip here:
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The Song is pure FIRE!!!!!!!!
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The song is AWESOME….very smart bite back to Eminem for all his comments about their “relationship”….And what a killer beat…the “O O O O O Obsessed” is great
I have to agree .. this song is awesome! It is very different for Mariah but you just know you’re going to hear it all summer long. I am def buying the album this August!
Great song, can’t wait for the album!!!
This song is amazing!! Mariah is amazing!!! I will definately be buying this album!!!
I like it. It does seem that Eminem is pretty obsessed and can’t let this thing w/ her go. He needs to get over it. It’s beyond weird at this point.
Her voice sounds way over-produced, and it never needs to be.
WHY is she using auto tune? She’s Mariah Freakin’ Carey! Oh Mariah, I miss the days of yore when you could actually belt in full voice. I am so over this airy garbage. The song is completely average and unoriginal. Letdown.
What do you mean? Mariah is an artist!! So what she hears that she likes on the radio or what would “add” creatively to a song, she uses. If you listen to the song, the parts that are dashed with auto-tune aren’t difficult for her at all…
Suck it up, you old washed-up hag. THAT is your baby! Because you SURE AS HELL _aren’t_ creating no biological baby in your cobweb-filled, dusty, baron cave you call a uterus. Baby factory is waaaaaaaaaay closed! I guess you can _try_ your best w/ your 19-year-old teeny bopper son….. uh, I mean, “husband” (the Mr. Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon), but it’s like pumpin’ a dry well!!! lol
But I wish them welll. :]
I like it. Say what you will about the way it (and she) sounds compared to her old classics, but the fact that she has become so equally loved AND hated is why she’s still around. Indifference is the death of celebrities these days.
This song is WEAK.
Only the kids will like it.
Whitney Houston is SO going to stomp Mariah’s no-singing behind in September and I wish Mariah wasn’t stupid enough to put her new CD out against Whitney’s and slam Eminem at the same time. Dumb move.
I agree with everything Kola Boof said about Mariah vs. Whitney.
Whitney Houston is the greatest singer of our generation and Mariah’s an insecure hood-rider desperate for credibility. So true Kola Boof.
GR8 SONG!! Brilliant!
I love the Mean Girls quote to start it off.
Mariah is always on fire.