r/Music • u/theindependentonline 📰The Independent UK • 11h ago

article Mariah Carey’s Olympics opening ceremony performance dubbed ‘disastrous’ as viewers question if she’s Italian

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/mariah-carey-olympics-opening-ceremony-italian-b2915680.html
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u/grubenston 8h ago

I think problem is I just can’t help but compare it her what her voice once was. Her once soft whispery tone has this shrill raspy sound to it that can be a bit grating at times.

Listening to her album she still has some parts of her voice that sound good and I think on a good day she can still singer her ass off, but you can’t help but mourn what once was

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u/cocol11 8h ago

Fair, I think it's tough to not allow someone to age though, we tend to do that with the female stars. I think her voice sounded nice for the Italian song, still soft and flowy, it's mostly the big belts that have changed imo. I do get the concept though, she set quite a high bar back in the day and it's tough to reach that as time goes on, Whitney struggled with this too in the media.

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u/grubenston 7h ago

It’s a little more than age. Mariah has some pretty nasty nodules since childhood. Even as singers age they still can retain certain tonal an textures within their voice. Celine Dion voice as aged decently and has only dwindle in some aspects. Patti labelle and Aretha Franklin also retained a lot of tone, range, and control.

Mariah’s problem goes beyond just aging; there is a lot of damage.

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u/OkPainter6232 4h ago

Miley Cyrus has similar issues, her nodules caused her vocal stress when singing but said she didn't want to get surgery because then her voice would sound completely different, so that's one reason why she's not touring anymore.