(this will make sense after the video premieres) 21:22 For this stat, I know the numbers are different from what I said in a post long ago (I think I said 20% for 2022 and 10% for 2023). The reason is because ever since I started the series I’ve been calculating on a different metric. Here, I’m dividing the length of live vocals over the total length of vocals (live + lipped). Back then, I was dividing by the total length of the SHOW, including dance interludes, times when Mariah is offstage, etc. Which is why the current calculations are higher and more meaningful-hope that clears things up.

15:40 the exact moment where our lives had changed

THE TRAILER HELP- 😭

That vision of love clip still haunts me in my nightmares 💀

Also, confusingly, she got better at lipping recently. It used to be really really obvious but now in 2024 she is actually kind of convincing at times…

Just finished this with teary eyes, a living legend crumbling emotionally/mentally right in front of our eyes and yet lambs still bashing her even in this comment section. I wish nothing but a true vision of love for Mimi, even if it means stepping back from the spotlight for a moment or two, in fact indefinitely let her enjoy the fruits of her labor, but ik she’d never let herself do that either. A double edged sword 😢

Every time i see that lovers and friends clip my heart sinks💀

Also, I wouldn’t say she “lost a bit of her love for singing”, what I think she lost was that fire she had to prove people wrong. I think during this time she was going through so much, combined with her vocals not being what she hoped for, I think she just said “f this, I’m not going to fight it anymore”. And just resorted to lipping which doesn’t force her to “fail” any vocals, kind of like swimming the way the current takes her, instead of against it, which is what she did for over 30 years

“she’s telling us that vision will never be the same again” STOP I’M GONNA CRY 🥺🥺

This video takes 6 months off my life every time I see it

It was really symbolic that she didn't sing VOL fully live 😢 And wow she fell below 50% love singing, that was shocking too

I 100% agree with you that the playback is no longer used when she just can’t hit the notes, it’s now just holding her voice back from singing live. Which is why I really do think she’s doing it to just keep her voice is good condition. Bc literally what’s the purpose of lipping all of Silent Night, which isn’t a hard song, except one verse??? Why not sing the first verse live too? It literally makes no sense Mariah!!!!

I don't think she's lost her love of singing one bit. I think the frustration with her instrument not behaving the way she wants it to and being extremely inconsistent is the sadness and disappointment you're picking up on. She WANTS to sing live but her voice's inconsistency simply won't allow her to and that's terribly difficult for any vocalist to come to terms with, let alone a woman renowned by many to have the greatest voice of all time.

For 2023 LA Pride Mariah sang a touching Rainbow interlude however the ending was lipped. I did appreciate her love to the lambs in that performance. She said “You got to get through the storm before the sun comes back.” I hope her sun - her voice and energy - comes back in like Emancipation 2.0 for MC16.

*I agree wholeheartedly & love that you/someone is documenting all of this & sort of holding her 'accountable' (?) as this is the worst shes sounded, & most shes lipped ever in her entire life. I mean, really, each song is 99% lipped, with MAYBE [if we are talking vision of love, or ILL BE THERE, etc] 10 seconds of live vocals. ---- this is undoubtedly the saddest, era especially when I know for a fact, I wouldnt be singing the way I do without Mariah & her being my musical teacher for my entire life... so to be a singer, now watching the woman who inspired me to even sing, struggling to sing, is such a depressive moment to be alive for/witness....* *in fact, as much as I wish this wasnt the case, as I used to be that die hard lamb who would legit be like "AMAZING SO LIVE!!!!" on every performance, despite me knowing certain ones were lipped, I tell u this so yall know I am in no way a hater, but someone who FR used to worship this woman lol but now, its almost impossible to even pretend to act like she actually singing live. ------- I was JUST conversing with a friend over MC'S voice, we was talking about how her case is so unique, there hasn't been such a vocal change/decline quite like hers.... its almost bizarre.. I mean, NOBODY's voice changes THIS drastically EACH YEAR... EACH YEAR, her voice has deteriorated & shes picked up new bad habits, vocally.* *WHY is this happening? WHAT is causing her voice to be in such a condition? well, many can speculate, what I SPECULATE is this: in regards to the MENTAL aspect behind her decline, I truly feel Mariah has STOPPED wanting to be the best & put in the work to uphold a great voice.. I truly feel she is defeated, or feels that way.. you can see it in her face when she performs. - shes gotten so used to lipping & 'cheating' she figured she didnt have to any longer PRACTICE, GRIND, put in that REAL vocal work...* *now for the pHYSICAL ASPECT of her voice, I feel its due to her CONSTANTLY being surrounded by a team of people... if you are a singer, you know just how SIGNIFICANT & CRUCIAL it is to PRACTICE, to HAVE private moments to SING, to ALLOW your voice to "sound ugly" to "crack" & "break" etc.. THATS how you establish your current range & allow ur voice to grow & overall strengthen... however, I DO not see Mariah allowing herself to adhere to this logic.. I feel pride is behind that choice & I feel because she never likes being alone... ALSO, I believe she has been very adamant about NOT removing or getting surgical treatment of her VOCAL NODULES, as its what allows her to whistle ... but, lets be real yall... she cant even whistle now, or barely does... I feel at this point, NOT getting the surgery is more risky than getting the surgery...* *LASTLY, I feel she REFUSES to acknowledge her vocal change, she REFUSES to change her classics to fit her current voice... if only she knew how important vocal reinvention is for her.. she would be back on the top... changing her songs to be more JAZZ-LIKE, keeping the same melodic structure, but with a lower range, different inflections etc... AND, most importantly, SHE NEEDS A VOCAL COACH... I know pride is another reason that MAYBE preventing her to get one, I dont blame her, cus imagine telling MARIAH how to sing or what she should do different etc.. when she most likely influenced that person to be a vocal coach to begin wit... however, she would benefit greatly & I truly believe the MORE she lips, the MORE her vocal chord muscles will weaken/deteriorate, & the more her technique & diaphragm will weaken.... there is a lot for her to work on from MY perspective. aagain, this is just my opinion.. I love her as an artist. she still makes incredible music, is a phenomenal writer & still has a beautiful voice & tone, I just think it's TIME FOR A REINVENTION of her IMAGE & SOUND.... she needs to try something NEW. that fits her CURRENT voice!!!!!!* *oh yea, lastly, per observing her recent performances, watching how defeated, slow, & almost depressive her body language is, I think MAYBE medication might also be affecting her voice or at least her STAGE presence or behavior? cus Mariah has never acted like this.... however, I could imagine how depressed one would be, especially her, knowing she has to now lip 99% of her songs, I feel it depresses her to even do it, hence her outward response while singing.. I know I wouldnt be happy as a singer. I PRAY she gets all the help she needs to reinvent herself & SANG again.. I know she got it in her... she can do it! she just needs to COMMIT to the idea & be 100% dedicated*

Lovers and Friends were so interesting because even the live notes were so pitchy and her voice just sounded so tired and dry. She must have not had enough sleep or her chords were inflammed.

the trailer gave me ptsd 😵‍💫

Can you imagine she drops the microphone out of the stand . It will be beyond embarrassing

5:12 Banyan really shooked me at the time like the way she was struggling so bad 😭 though i still appreciate her even attempting the stuff she attempted

20:18 it's interesting that she started to fully lip Shake it Off in Qatar, and then went back to the old lipping formula in Abu Dhabi, then, to go back to the new lipping formula in TCOM 😭

Watching that part from Lovers to LA pride almost made cry. It was like seeing " Mariah Carey - the performer" literally vanish from existence. Honestly, I don't think we'll get another live performance in Vegas Her vocal state and creativity are at their very best in probably a decade, but her entity as a live performer is not

as a lamb for years this saddens me as much as everyone, but my opinion is she should focus on raising her children, and live a happy life. Her legacy is set on stone and she’s immortalized as the songbird supreme.

well now we start getting to the part where it really gets depressing 😢

I know this was more about her lipping, but it was and still is concerning how much she was pushing the live stuff. She sounded extremely winded and I don’t think nodules can be blamed here and neither can her breakup. I hope she’s okay

I feel like there is the mental aspect of bipolar disorder affecting her, but I feel like there might a physical health issue as well.

To me, the main factor during 2022 and 2023 is her mental state, mainly her bipolar disorder. to me it's very clear that during 2022 she was having this "mania" episode typical in the disorder, the way she's moving it's very VERY excesive, it made it seems as she has the energy that fans are currently looking but to me it seems like she's on the edge of a panic attack, it also coincide that the mania episode coincides with lack of sleep and not being able to control yourself, leading her to a more easy vocal fatigue due to the lack of rest. Mid 2023-now is when the other state of the disorder appear, the more "depressive" state, this can coincide with her and Tanaka breaking up, but now she seems more stiff, barely moving and not showing much expression, similar to 2017. however this more "off" state and the fact that she's not singing much leads to her to get some better rest on her voice, leading to a more concistent and healty approach to her vocals

ngl, when she started lipping VOL during lover’s and friends, i got kinda sad cause she and us have so much respect for that song but i still had hope cause it was just one line. but when LA PRIDE came…….it wrecked me 😢 but hey, we aint mimi’s vocal cords

21:02 chile- reading this text without knowing the context behind it is so real 😭

Looking back her Banyan Tree's performance is so underated. VOL had agility, rasp, and creativity but imagine if she had 2016riah's belting ability and stamina.

i just finished the video and what really bothers me is how her energy dropped so low in just months…was it just the vocals? the breakup with tanaka? or something more serious happened? like, what was going thru her head when performing during those times. like she doesnt even try to make the lipping believable

Great video!! I think it's worth mentioning that she didn't lip the entire Emotions intro on the first Toronto show and even attempted the staccato run over the track, but ultimately decided to lip the full intro for the rest of the tour. Also the track she used in 2022 is slightly different from that live performance from 2018 (especially in the beginning). It also sounds very studio-esque to me, it was probably recorded in a rush a few days before the opening night.

it makes me quite sad how the last MSG show of the 1&A tour was almost fully lipped, that was the show i went to and it sounded so impressive how well her voice appeared to be. i hope she’s doing alright because i feel like there is something emotionally or physically going on regarding her confidence in live singing and personal life..

It's crazy how much better she's suddenly gotten at lip-synching as well. Before 2022, her tracks were alwaysvery obviously tracks, sounded quite distinct from the live mic feed regardless of her voice's state, and her physical lipping was incredibly unbelieveable. I think this was on purpose so the Lambs knew which vocals were really her, while locals still saw a great show. Now, everything is so realistic that it's like shes trying to fool everyone :/

I think the reason why she lipped some 'easier' parts in the 2023 christmas is because they were very airy vocals and she already sounds dry and scratchy by default now so singing the airy parts would have made her voice even more dry and rigid. The belts she did live were probably easier bc they did not dry out of her voice. Also the girl should just get that nodules surgery atp (i'd rather her lose her whistles entirely over sacrificing her vocal fluidity and chest range) and then get like a year minimum of vocal training. This is just sad.

0:07 gosh I thought that was the actual text shown on the stage lol imagine

That emotions whistle was very airy, and usually her studio whistles dont possess that airy quality. Live mics process it way differently compared to studio mics, due to volume differences & equalizer differences, so i think its live. She didnt have great whistles that night anyway so maybe she struggled

I don't know why but when she started fully lipping songs like VOL, Emotions, MIH, IBT, Hero, ABMB and My All, those specific 7 songs actually, it kinda made me feel like something precious was taken away from her live performing. All through the years, those songs were the ones where I think she would give it her all. I wasn't fazed at all when she started fully lipping songs like Honey, WBT (at least not as much), Shake It Off, or even Love Takes Time.

She really start lipping VOL at the perfect time because Bey lips CIL fully now and only do the last adlibs already and Celine been lipping where does my heart beat now since 2010.

I think the "so deep so deep" or whatever that adlib was in BET was the only live part there

i really wish she just got rid of those damn nodules. I'd rather no whistles with excellent and healthy chest voice than no voice at all 😭

26:32 looks like Mariah is ripping a massive fart

PLS I JUST FINISHED THE VIDEO WHY AM I GETTING EMOTIONAL, WHAT DID YOU DO TO US OMG 😭😭😭 You gotta repay us by making this series a career-long series starting now 👿😭

do you think her new stiffness in performances comes from her new standard of lipping at all? it must not be easy trying to remember exactly how things were phrased or attempted in the pre-recordings, and now there's a lot more of them

I have been binge watching this series and I truly enjoyed it. It's literally after midnight now where I am and I just finished. The work and research that went into this. Wow❤❤ Mariah does have some performances still coming up in September and then it's closer to December. I honestly would like to suggest waiting till December Christmas shows to finish part 10 off properly as the year 2024 also comes to an end. Thank you ❤❤

12:38 I said this before I think, but I don't think it was intentionally dubbed out. With the way the special was rushed out, I feel like it was just a case of they just so happened to use the night 1 audio with the video from night 2 (cuz there were two nights recorded for the special, iirc).

I don't know... she is just not breathing right... she looks and sounds constricted, throaty... her voice is not coming out and when she tries, she's hoarse... I wonder why she doesn't go to a good voice coach and revise her tecnique from scratch, at this point !

This is my first comment on this channel but I want to say thank you and I appreciate you for making this kind of content because it’s not easy to reveal the truth and deeply analyze the whole tabooness of lip syncing, especially with Mariah’s case. I do believe that there are certain key factors that could be the reason why Mariah isn’t as confident with her voice or seems low energy on stage. 1. Menopause (and I’m sure a lamb linked a video about singing with menopause), 2. Medication for her Bipolar Disorder (knowing these medication have very strong effects and can make you lethargic), 3. Her Breakup with Bryan Tanaka (it was her longest relationship to date), and 4. Knowing that her voice isn’t the same/changing (it’s pretty obvious that Mimi knows that her voice isn’t the way she wants it to sound or how it used to sound). I know some of the lambily have said that maybe it’s time to get rid of the nodules. While I agree with that, the entire process is very difficult and even with surgery, they can possibly end up growing back. Im also thinking that she doesn’t want a similar incident happen to her that happened to Julie Andrews. For context, Julie Andrews was in the Sound of Music and had a 4 octave range before the nodules. When she found out, she tried to remove them with surgery but ending up losing her voice. This was back in the 90s, the same decade where Mariah found her fame. Also, I think that Mariah feels like if she removes her nodules, she loses her prized possession (her whistle register). Another thing is that some of the lambily has also expressed is that she should get a vocal coach, full time. I know that she has had vocal teachers before throughout her career but I don’t think that she has been working on getting that voice semi back through vocal training, maybe she has behind the scenes but who knows? Again, this was a great video and I can’t wait to see the final part of this topic

Lowkey France 2023 is just Banyan but with better vocals although less performing of songs like VOL or IBT which she always taxed herself to sing live that time

'Hello lovers and friends' after the obvious lip sync 😭 oh Mariah

What makes me feel sad is Mariah herself is more aware than anyone else that her voice is slowly changing and become uncontrollable compared to her young self. When some of u upset about Mariah’s voice changing, I believe she is way SADDER than anyone else. No matter how her voice change, can’t change the fact that I love her so much that her song literally saved my whole life ❤

Ppl don't realize mariah is still human and critics are always on her and that really affects her mentally I think the reason why she seems to have low energy is because she goes through depressive episodes wich makes her have low energy and the sad thing is she can't controll when they happen and I think the stress really triggers it too. I do think that we as a lambily need to stop and take a step back on focusing on her voice and look at her mental health state. I also do think after 2024 she shouldn't do any touring except for christmas touring and stop and get therapy if she dosent have it and get a vocal coach to help her.

I think you made a mistake. There wasn’t one televised night in the Christmas shows. They recorded both nights and what aired was a hybrid of both

6:02 even though she was struggling alot in that My All performance, i still love it and listen to it alot idk why

i’ve never considered that nevertheless could be included in the album but you may be right lol i don’t think she’s ever lipped a non-televised cover, especially one that isn’t on an album (yet)

I see you're points about the 2022 Emotions E6, but I still do think it's live! if she knew her whistles were in good quality that night (which she clearly did based off all the amazing attempts), she wouldn't need to keep her face relaxed to focus on whistling. Back when she consistently performed Emotions live, she always scrunched her face just for the drama of it all! And the texture could just be how she chose to hit the note. I'm not 100% sure either way to be fair

2:00 The last time was on the James Corden show, when she perfom Oh Santa

As a vocal coach and a huge fan of Mariah I can say she does all this because she understands she’s a legacy act with a very delicate instrument and it seems she’d rather preserve her voice for studio recordings as opposed to fleeting live moments that only the fans are paying attention to which honestly makes a lot of sense. She’s focusing on her legacy and on the future of her children

just watched the whole thing, it's very interesting! thanks for making this

Thing is…I think her voice became over-rested in quarantine. If an olympic sprinter doesn’t exercise for 2 years straight and just hit the ground thereafter, they cannot expect to be top notch.

It saddens me to see this decline in live singing and energy, I barely watched these last copy paste performances. Since the lipping is working so well with the general audience I doubt she’ll ever go back… 😢

i love ABMB 2022, banyan was also really special imo ❤️ amazing video btw!!! her lipping the emotions intro was when i was like ok.. i think we're over.. i kinda felt it at that point yk

In the next one can you touch a little on why some lambs are so sensitive about the fact that she lips to the point of denial and delusion? Call them out please lol

Great video - a very honest assessment of her recent performances and overall vocal condition. Do you think she will undergo another vocal renaissance like she seemed to do circa 2012/2013?

9:30 lmao it’s literally 3/4 takes chopped into one

8:52 wrong! it's actually a supported resonant squillo(?) belted B6 ❤

Imagine one day she actually goes back to her Caution lipping formula like just imagine the possibilities 😍

Can't wait!

So sad it's ending but this series has been so interesting to watch! Can't wait for the last part asap!

So we are waiting for 2024riah

also, i wonder if this intentional, but ever since c*vid she seems to have put in a lot more effort into her ensembles and styling - compare caution tour’s party city costumes to the celebration of mimi’s couture moments with custom looks from prominent designers.. just an observation cuz she literally wore dresses from prom brands in the 2010s lol

I don’t believe 2023 L&F was the first time Mariah lipped Vision of Love - I believe the first time was actually the 2020 GMA performance.

4:06 I think the main reason is that in these first performance after quarantine, she wanna prove that she still had that Quarantine era’s consistency in serving live vocals which were before always lipped in those days. So basically she just wanna prove that she can sing the old lipped notes live by recording raw, new lip tracks at that time 😭

This series has been absolutely amazing. I began binge watching it yesterday and I love how insightful you are with your comments. I cannot wait for the next part! To be honest, watching Lovers and Friends live made me kinda sad for one particular reason. I became a fan of Mariah in 2018 when I watched her Vision of Love performance at SNL and I took a deep dive in her career and realized she's never lip synced that song. It made me happy that the song that made her famous is so sentimental to her that she chose to never lip sync it. So when I noticed she was lip syncing VOL, I was so disappointed. I really did not care that she lip synced her other songs, but idk, Vision of Love is different to me. Anyways, I am being kinda dramatic haha.

I m amaze how her sound engineer keep up with her lip sync trick,because it change here and there lot of time.

Lowkey putting a VOL as a snippet intro and lipping it is so disrespectful 👿👿 But I still love that C#5 upward run in “And it was all” tho 😍

I'm just gonna leave a random thought here before this video comes out: has she ever lipped a low note besides the Rainbow one in LA Pride? I thought it was kinda weird when it happened. I wonder why she did that, she's not usually worried about the consistency of her lows.

Ok so I was thinking what would lead to such a drastic decline in Mariah’s voice other than being overworked. Usually tours like Rainbow and TAOM make sense cause her chords are tired. But honestly 2022 kinda reminds me of Oprah 1997, cause I think she said she hadn’t been singing for a month- and 2022 is probably similar except for losing more technique. And I’m glad in a way that 2022 happened because I think it definitely forced Mariah to take care of her voice better- it was the first time she realized that resting chords and sleeping 14 hours isn’t really going to save her voice.

16:42 stop you're gonna actually make me cry 🤕

0:15 The transition between Mariah and the squeal from the audience lol 😂😂😂

ATEEE

Lol it feels appropriate that there is a premier for the period the brought the end of a live vol

i love your videos so much, you probably are one of the few lambs that actually analyze mariah lip sync objectively without being delusional, im js having beef w people on tik tok because they be calling you hateful and ignorant for no reason 😭😭

Also for the final 2022 Christmas show, I think someone said she might’ve warmed up. I think it makes sense considering Dec. 13’s vocals 💀. Like she probably was kinda sad about her vocal state, and cared about the fact that it was televised. But obviously she did not warm up nearly as much as Beacon- or maybe she tried but realized she couldn’t without getting more tired

i'm not ready! *clicks play*

Whewwww, the way the ending of this snippet triggered my ANXIETY 🥵🥵🥵

Mariah has historically had good and bad years, this is no different because MC16 is coming next year.

This is the best and most accurate investigation of her voice I have ever seen. The interesting thing is that the Hark intros from 2023 Xmas are some of her strongest vocals for about 5-7 years

Thank god that music is her life because if I had a fan like this, I would never release music again.

I haven’t finished watching the video, however I do want to point out that I think she used different tracks on December 13 (the night we all want to forget) because she was probably planning on that being the date she would air on her televised performance, but as we all know, her voice was not up to par, which is why she probably opted to take clips from both MSG dates and mix them up. On December 13 she also used her Christmas Special Joy To The World vocals as her lipped track, so I assume that’s what she had in mind. Edit: Typo

I really wanna enter into her body ( not in wrong way) and sing and see for my self if mariah lost her voice? Or she has it? Does i need to use different approach/technique to sing ??how is my breath aupport??( Considering she is 52 years old)...like some singers in India like Lata Mangeshkar did concerts in her 70s and had career of 90+ active years. But ofcourse im not degrading mariah...lata ji cant whistle and didnt belt like mariah.... obviously...what im trying to say is....um idk...Mariah can retire gracefully!! Or ahe just want to sing forever....like im just amazed ,how patti pabelle SANG love takes time...does mimi want to prove that she can sing even in her old age by Lipping everything in future....? This vid just makes me sad ...im about to sleep last ep of moon knight is left to watch..btw if i had to to choose a singer whose music i'll be listening to rest of my life ...that will be anyone from sp Balasubramaniam ,shreya ghoshal, lata Mangeshkar and from western .. either lana del rey or Mariah.....(And S.Janaki said that she used to sing soo much in one breath, 8 lines or something like that.now she requires breath for every 4 words....) She is an amazing singer too ,she is old now❤

i will flip a table when I see "Overall, only 0.7% of the vocals were live" in part 10

This makes me so sad as a lamb :(

bahahaha that comment was right - you’re really avoiding 2024 well makes sense. as u said u wanna give it some time 😭

This is when everything got more serious 😢

I want to share my thoughts, I Love Mariah like everyone else here ( I hope ) since i discover her i haven’t stop listening and watching her performances, As a lamb make me sad to see her in this stage but more than lip syncing. Look at her, she seems different, well at least of what i seen in the last months she looks with lack of energy, we would never or at lest now know what is happening to her, but wish her the best cause she said that #mc16 is coming but, is she ready? are we? i think she should take time to you know, feel her self, instead of doing more shows, or maybe im wrong and she is fine and she just wants to lip because she is recording her next album, that might be too. I just hope that she gain that confidence, energy and strength, she needs to remember that we are all ways for her. love u mimi 🦋🌌

20:08 she fully lipped my all on final msg show (2022.12.16)

18:36 Oh my God, I forgot she recorded a new one. Why's she using the 2012 one for TCOM??

Finally finished this so I could watch the last part and honestly it’s so sad to see her lipping go from small lines / climaxes to full verses to full songs.

Kind of missing hwo she used to add C5 (and other higher notes) randomly just like 2022 😭

Its actually sad that a talent like Mariah has been lipping for a longer time than singing live