STACK #218 December 2022

FEATURE MUSIC

Mariah performing AIWFCIS for the first time, at her 1994 St. John the Divine Benefit Concert. Source: youtube.com/c/MariahCarey

Anniversary Edition, featuring bonus live renditions, additional songs – including Oh Santa! and The Star – and numerous remixes. Did you know that when Mariah released her dance-pop version of the popular Christmas carol Joy to the World , a heap of club remixes were created for DJs to gift dancefloors the world over? David Morales’s Celebration Remix , featuring keys by Japanese DJ/producer/musician Satoshi Tomiie, slaps particularly hard.

the Audiobook version, narrated – and even sung in parts – by Mimi herself), Mariah writes: “I was always so scared as a little girl, and music was my escape. My house was heavy, weighed down with yelling and chaos. When I sang, in a whispery tone, it calmed me down. I discovered a quiet, soft, light place inside my voice – a vibration in me that brought me sweet relief. My whisper-singing was my secret lullaby to myself.” Try to listen to I Pray without getting something in your eye now! Mariah’s ChristmasTV special is back! Following on from her previous glorious Christmas specials – 2020’s Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special (which featured special guests Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, and Snoop Dogg dressed as Santa – gold!) and 2021’s Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues , during which Khalid and Kirk Franklin joined her to perform their Chrimbo collab, Fall in Love at Christmas – Mimi is set to host a new two-hour primetime concert special! It’s entitled Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All and will be filmed at NewYork’s iconic Madison Square Garden. Mimi has trouble letting go of Christmas Of her 2021 Christmas ballad Fall in Love at Christmas (featuring Khalid and Kirk Franklin plus choir), Mariah said during an interview: “There’s this one line in the song that’s actually my favourite. It goes: ‘In the candle’s glow/ I’m awake but no one knows/ Just waiting patiently to hear the sleigh bells jingle/ There they go.’ Every year, I envision myself [like this] when everybody’s asleep in the house and it’s dark. When the Christmas trees are on, and there’s snow outside in Aspen... I don’t think I’ve let go of Christmas since last Christmas.” Joy to the dancefloor In 2019, Mimi commemorated the 25th anniversary of her Merry Christmas album by releasing an expanded two CD Deluxe

Mariah celebrates Christmas Day in 2020. Source: twitter.com/mariahcarey

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