Mariah Carey‘s new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (which was announced on Twitter back in May) will not be released in stores until August 25 but TODAY Mimi will be releasing the first single from the album. Obsessed makes its worldwide premiere on radio later today … but here is our first look at the single’s cover artwork:
Mariah Carey Puts Finishing Touches on Her New Album, MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, for August 25th Release
“OBSESSED,” FIRST NEW SINGLE PICK – GOES TO RADIO ON JUNE 16th – WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY MARIAH, THE-DREAM AND TRICKY STEWART
“The 1st single from my new album MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL is called ‘Obsessed’ and will be at radio next Tuesday. I’m a lil’ exc … Seriously, this is one of my favorite songs ever. I love the whole album. I’m completely immersed in it. I can’t wait for you to hear it. LY”
- Mariah Carey, on Twitter
First came the emancipation, then came energy and power, and now comes MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, the new album by international superstar Mariah Carey, scheduled to arrive on August 25th. The first new single pick from MEMOIRS is “Obsessed,” which blasts out to radio today, Tuesday, June 16th. The video for “Obsessed” will be directed by Brett Ratner. “Obsessed” was written and produced by Mariah, The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, who are responsible for the majority of tracks on the new album. MEMOIRS was executive-produced by Antonio “L.A.” Reid. MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, the 12th studio album of Mariah’s career, is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her RIAA platinum-selling album E=MC² (released April 15, 2008), and her worldwide 10 million selling The Emancipation Of Mimi (released April 12, 2005). Both were Soundscan #1 debut albums that made chart history for Mariah in the U.S. and numerous territories around the globe.
Homegirl needs a hit … here’s hoping Obsessed will be the Summer jam that she’s been lookin’ for. Mariah has tweeted that Obsessed is an “uptempo fun summer record” and that is just what I was hoping to hear. I’m a huge Mariah Carey fan — I’d love for her to add more #1s to her repertoire. Chicago radio station B96 will be premiering the single TODAY … click HERE to stream the station online. I’ll try to add the song later on once the single hits the Internets.
UPDATE: Click HERE to hear the single now!
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I can’t wait for the single to drop and I am so happy to hear we won’t have to wait much longer for the album! I had heard that she would release it in august to beat the grammy deadline, but I wasn’t sure it would happen. Now let’s just hope the music is worthy of a grammy, or at least a nomination this time around.
The wet dog/drowned rat look is not workin’ for her. Let’s hope the song is much better than the pic.
ugh, the album title sounds like such a cliche! And I hear you nancy… the wet look is not a good look on her
i cant wait for the single & the album, im super excited. and a part of me reallllly likes that picture.
Looks like she should be posing for Playboy, not an album cover. Sorry, but this girl tries too hard, yet just doesn’t seem to hit it.
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If we’re judging the single by the artwork, it should’ve been called Airbrushed.
This girl is over the hill. I’m tired of her too.
Particular girls (such as previous commentors) seem to really like to hate lol. Mariah is successful and can do whatever the hell she wants. Looks damn good to me! If I put 1 and 1 together, the SINGLE cover (NOT album.. read, you dumb twatts) is meant to coincide with the single’s title, “Obsessed.” Clearly, the song addresses Eminem, in retaliation to his album cut “Bagpipes..”
the single is pretty good – i dont think it’ll hurt eminems feelings like she wants too – but i like it.
That silly “look at my half-naked body” is so old and stereotypical. Go away, Mariah. You’ve become a joke.
Can’t Mariah Carey do anything apart from show off her body in near-naked poses? She’s become a lame joke.
I LOVE MARIAH AND I LOVE THIS SONG!
All the haters are just jealous <3
I love her single and the new sound! Can’t wait for the new album!
I miss the old Mariah! The single is kind of growing on me but it still needs work. I’m sure it will get to #1 because the music scene right now is extremely dead. Isn’t Mariah almost 40? it comes off as… not desperate but a little too hard.
Question: Why is she using that voice thingy? She’s not Kanye; she can SING. WTF?
I like it. It’s growing on me. It’s catchy, but I really really REALLY miss old-school MC. I want her blow me away with her voice again. BLOW ME AWAY MARIAH!! PLEASE?!
her rib area looks oddly large in this photo.
I like it, I gotta say, it’s not really what I was expecting… I was thinking a new club anthem for the summer… so it’s a little slower than what I was led to believe but It’s good. I like that Mariah can sort of reinvent herself when she feels she needs to… She should have sped it up a little bit though… there really is no new song out right now that gets you in the mood to go out and have a good time… I def gotta get this for my iPod though!
the only thing she’s obsessed with is herself.