E=MC²

Mariah Carey's latest album E=MC² has just been released since April 15th, 2008. I knew MC by the song "Without you". Music Box then became my first purchase of her albums. Lately, her albums make big volumes in my CD collection, since I rarely buy albums.

At first, I loved Hero so much because I left my home for study and it felt so alone. Since then, I have become a person residing far from home. And Hero was the best bedtime music for me. I even wrote down every line of the lyric to ask my English teacher, just so as to understand the song furthermore. That is the theme of my high school life. After college, Eric lived in the same room of the dorm as I did. He really made me know MC. I mean, before that I just liked to hear and learn her songs, while I never knew anything about her. Then I started to buy the earlier albums, and got interested in other things about her than singing. So many, such as One Sweet Day, Honey, Whenever You Call, Can't Take That Away, Thank God I Found You, just color my life in every single part. Listening to her singing would make me high, especially when she sings in her incredible high frequency. That is awesome. That is amazing.

However, I am not talking about how she breaks the record or how many #1 singles she has. This information is so easy to get online. Instead, I tend to describe what MC means to me. She is not only my idol, but my friend who has got me through so much by her songs. In addition, she has the most beautiful voice, which she always controls so well. In late 1990's and early 2000's she was unfortunately going down. With her high pressure from work and her sorrow and frustration from relationships, she got sick. Still, I purchased her album Glitter. I support her as a friend, even though I knew she was not fine then. She seemed less powerful than she had ever been in 1990's. And she got bigger. Sometimes I wondered if that was it for her. When I heard "Through the Rain", she told me what she wanted to say. Meanwhile, I just encountered the difficulty in my life as well. Through the Rain gave me the strength, after all. Besides Hero and Can't Take That Away, I believe Through the Rain still touches numerous people's hearts around the world. She is not just singing. She communicates.

I bought E=MC² on April 16th. I also shared a lot with Eric. This time she loses much weight, much slimmer than in 2000's. On the other hand, some people would have negative opinions toward her. She may show off too much, or she looks slutty. Well, to me she really looks more beautiful and confident. She becomes happier and sings more steadily. I strongly feel happy for her change. Everyone would feel the same when they see their friends get through the shadow, wouldn't they? Yes, she might have lip-synching performance sometimes. But she has been singing for decades. The truth is she gets old like everyone. Normally for the conditions of the environment, she would sing lip-synchingly. That does not mean she can't sing. Well it depends on audience. No one can satisfy everybody. She just needs to be responsible.

Here I would like to share Bye Bye, the thirteenth song of E=MC². This song made me cry when I first listened to it. It is obviously for her dead father. While she sings: "This is for my people who just lost somebody", she connects herself with all her fans. Everyone has different story, but one thing for sure is MC's Bye Bye has the touching appeal that arouses people's tears. This is another "Hero". I do think of someone I lost. In the mean time, I do feel better when I am listening to it. Thank you MC.

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