Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Listening Party in HK Reveals New Details
Mariah Carey’s upcoming album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel had a listening party in Hong Kong recently that revealed further details about the album. A number of songs were played, including Candy Bling, Standing O, H.A.T.E. U, Impossible, and I Want To Know What Love Is. These details are courtesy of Toya’s World.
First, I’m baffled that Candy Bling is a slow jam. With a name like that, I never would have guessed it and thought the song was a cheap club track. Standing O sounds like something I’ll skip on, and H.A.T.E. U’s demo was tight so I expect big things from that. Still, my most anticipated track right now is definitely I Want To Know What Love Is. Comparing the track to Through the Rain has me pumped as that’s one of my favorite songs by Mariah Carey. Check out the full details below.
Candy Bling
- Mariah’s slowest jam to date, I can’t quite think of a song to compare it to…
- Very nice flow with an initmate feeling. In the middle, when Mariah sings ‘STOP’, there is a pause with no music (similar to “We Belong Together” when she sings “too deep”), bass is heavy, very slow and soulful jam.Standing O
- Very Mary J. Blige, ‘Standing O-O-O-O-O…’ Another urban/R&B type song.
- Similar in style to “Obsessed” with a little harder feel. With ‘oh oh oh’ in the chorus. There are more electric effects and a special ending.H.A.T.E.U
- Much much better than the leaked demo, but the overall melody and production is the same and the baby sound is still there.
- Similar to the demo, but with an extra bridge.Impossible
- Another slow ballad… very Blackstreet.. Jodeci references in the lyrics.
- Chorus lyrics: ‘Love You Like…… love you like….’ quite lot of whispering in this song, sounds like a side-track.I Want To Know What Love Is
- It’s got that whole “Through The Rain” vibe… breathy first chorus, then it’s “bring on the choir”.
- Piano intro, then drum, arrangement something like “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak.” Yet it also has a ‘world music’ kind of feeling (like “Fly Like a Bird”, “What More Can I Give”). The whole song is short in length