Carey has stated that the song was also written for Barbra Streisand to sing. The album begins with " Here We Go Around Again" in which Idolator writer Mike Wass stated was "hard to understand how something this effortlessly charming and catchy didn’t make the tracklist of Mariah’s debut album." Carey channeled the Jackson 5 on this "buoyant bop from 1990, sounding so innocent that she can barely contain the sheer joy of relishing in her own melismatic powers." "Can You Hear Me" was described as "a stunning ballad originally penned for Emotions (1991)". The album also features Carey's Daydream World Tour concert at the Tokyo Dome, recorded in March 1996, which includes live renditions from her hits, including " Emotions", " Fantasy", " One Sweet Day", " Vision of Love", " Hero", " All I Want for Christmas Is You", among others. The album consists of a 15-track collection of unreleased songs, B-sides, demos and live performances. But they're songs that have previously not been released." "Basically, I found stuff in my vault that I had either started to work on a long time ago and never released or that I wanted to finish mixing or do whatever. Carey stated on Good Morning America that, To celebrate and promote the 30th anniversary of her self-titled debut studio album, Mariah Carey and her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, Carey announced the release of her eighth compilation album. TV+ officials later confirmed the news on Tuesday, revealing that Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues will debut globally in December and feature the first and only performance of Fall in Love at Christmas."This year, been taking something of a victory lap with a celebration she’s calling "MC30", opening the vaults on never-before-seen video footage and an album of unreleased songs and demos called The Rarities, and she’s finally put all that legendary shade to paper with a memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey."
Mariah subsequently hinted that she would be back with another Apple TV+ special this year, as she shared a photo of a clapperboard bearing the name "More Magic: MC x K x KF", and added, "The Magic Continues. The Hero singer released her third Christmas album, Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special, the soundtrack to her Apple TV+ special of the same name, last year. The footage then cut to her throwing snow at the camera as she sat beside presents under the tree at home as All I Want for Christmas is You can be heard playing. In this year's edition, Mariah smashed some pumpkins with a candy cane-patterned baseball bat as the clock turned midnight on 1 November. The announcement comes the day after the pop superstar marked the beginning of Christmas with a humorous video, as per tradition.
Mariah shared a 30-second clip of the song, which appears to be a slow romantic ballad, a change of pace from her 1994 festive classic All I Want for Christmas is You, which usually returns to the top of the charts at the end of every year.
The song is a collaboration between her, Young Dumb & Broke hitmaker Khalid and choir director and gospel singer Kirk Franklin. The self-appointed Queen of Christmas hinted that she had a festive project in the pipeline when she celebrated the end of Halloween and declared the beginning of the Christmas season on Monday.Īnd on Tuesday, she announced she will be releasing a new holiday track titled Fall in Love at Christmas on Friday. Mariah Carey has teamed up with Khalid for a new Christmas single.