Overview

• The 16th studio album arrived Sept. 26, her first full-length since 2018’s Caution.
• In a Sept. 24 CBS Mornings interview, Carey said she “made peace” with her mother before her 2024 death.
• She said she was with Patricia “the whole time” near the end, while she had not seen her sister Alison in years.
• Carey described feeling badly about the estrangement and said recording the album was “extremely difficult” during that period.
• Asked about Anderson .Paak after public hand-holding, she declined to define the relationship beyond calling it “something special.”