Mariah Carey still has plans to release the grunge album she recorded in 1995.
The diva wrote about the project – titled ‘Someone’s Ugly Daughter’ and previously released with vocals from Clarissa Dane under the moniker Chick – in her 2020 memoir ‘The Meaning Of Mariah Carey’.
“I’d bring my little alt-rock song to the band and hum a silly guitar riff,” she penned. “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—but I also wanted to laugh. I totally looked forward to doing my alter-ego band sessions after ‘Daydream’ each night.”
Following a flurry of fan interest, she sought out the lost project and revealed plans to finally release it – and although it’s yet to materialise, the We Belong Together singer insists it’s coming.
Speaking to Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang on the ‘Las Culturistas‘ podcast, she shared: “I’m so mad I haven’t done that yet.”
When the hitmaker asked how she should release it, Rogers suggested an independent route via Garage Band, to which she agreed: “I could do that. 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.”
