Mariah Carey Confirms Her New Album Is Finished and Teases ‘Some Mariah Ballads’ to Come

Carey recently shared the first single, “Type Dangerous,” from her upcoming sixteenth studio album

Are you ready for more new Mariah Carey music?

In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden on Monday, June 30 in Los Angeles to celebrate 10 years of the streaming service, the Songbird Supreme teased her upcoming sixteenth studio album.

Carey, 56, revealed the project will feature details about her life, which includes her 14-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan. “Definitely when the album is released, there’s a lot of who I am today, and the last 10 years, the last 14 years [in it],” she said. “It’s an interesting situation when you have kids, and it’s a whole ‘nother paint job. It’s a whole different thing.”

 

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While the “Fantasy” vocalist admittedly didn’t want “to tell too much about the new album,” she further teased the body of work with a lyric — “It’s a special occasion / Mimi’s emancipation” — from her hit 2005 The Emancipation of Mimi single “It’s Like That.”

“What is next? The album coming out. I don’t wanna tell too much about it because I just don’t want to reveal the whole thing,” said Carey, before revealing: “It’s finished.”

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She detailed the project will have either “11 songs, or 12” and hinted at its contents: “We got some Mariah ballads.”

Last month, Carey kicked off her new era with the single “Type Dangerous,” which she then performed at the 2025 BET Awards — where she was honored with the BET Ultimate Icon Award. The song debuted at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Before fans get the full new album, she told Apple Music, “A second single is coming soon.”

“I’m very excited about it,” Carey said. “It’s very summer-y. I like the beat as well.”

The new album will mark her first since 2018’s Caution, which featured songs like “GTFO,” “With You” and “A No No.”

While accepting the BET Ultimate Icon Award on stage last month, Carey reflected in her speech, “My life and career have been quite the adventure. I will spare you the long, drawn-out saga tonight. It’s all in my book [The Meaning of Mariah Carey] anyway.”
“It took me a while, but I finally realized life is far too short to live for anyone else’s approval, which is something I always did,” she said. “So I decided to own who I am. My extraness, my fabulousness, my and yes, my success and my iconicness.”

Carey continued, “I’m so grateful for you all to celebrate it with me tonight. Thank you so much. I just want to encourage everyone out there to believe in yourself. Love and respect yourself. Be a diva, be a boss, be anything you wanna be. But be iconic while you’re doing it.”

Source People.com