"You will hear it." Mariah Carey is still hoping to release the secret grunge album she recorded in the 90s
· louderBy Merlin Alderslade
published 17 October 2024
The pop icon recorded the album in 1995, but it is yet to be released into the wild
Legendary pop icon Mariah Carey has revealed that she is still hoping to release the infamous secret grunge album that she recorded in the mid-90s.
In September 2020, the Queen Of Christmas revealed that she had written and recorded the record, titled Someone's Ugly Daughter, during sessions for her 1995 album Daydream, Tweeting: "Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making [1995 album] Daydream. Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days."
Now, Carey has confirmed that she still hopes to release the album at some point. “I’m so mad I haven’t done that yet," she tells the Las Culturistas podcast, adding: "It’s a good album. OK, you will hear it. I was getting life from that, seriously. It was jokes, as well. They’re everlasting."
When Las Culturistas host Matt Rogers suggests Carey could pull a punk rock manoeuvre and release the album via Garage Band, Carey replies: "I could do that."
Expanding on the reasons she decided to record the album in her 2020 autobiography The Meaning Of Mariah Carey, the singer explained: “I’d bring my little alt-rock song to the band and hum a silly guitar riff. They would pick it up and we would record it immediately. It was irreverent, raw, and urgent, and the band got into it. I actually started to love some of the songs. I would fully commit to my character.
“I was playing with the style of the breezy-grunge, punk-light white female singers who were popular at the time. You know the ones who seemed to be so carefree with their feelings and their image. They could be angry, angsty, and messy, with old shoes, wrinkled slips, and unruly eyebrows, while every move I made was so calculated and manicured.
"I wanted to break free, let loose, and express my misery," she added, "but I also wanted to laugh. I totally looked forward to doing my alter-ego band sessions after Daydream each night."
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Merlin Alderslade
Executive Editor, Louder
Merlin moved into his role as Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has previously written for the likes of Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.
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