Mariah Carey has been having ‘conversations’ with some filmmakers.
The We Belong Together hitmaker has teased that she has a ‘very exciting prospect for the next chapter’, fueling speculation she could be making a film about her life.
‘The best thing is that we’re keeping on going, Trevor, and that this is a new era. This is a new moment, and we have music and lyrics, combined in a body of work that I feel very proud of,’ she told Trevor Nelson on his BBC Radio 2 show Rhythm Nation.
Now a film? Mariah Carey has been having ‘conversations’ with some filmmakers. The We Belong Together hitmaker has teased that she has a ‘very exciting prospect for the next chapter’, fueling speculation she could be making a film about her life
‘Now I will say that I wish I had another three or four months to work on it, but I’ve been having some conversations with some very creative friends of mine who may or may not be in the world of film and that’s a very exciting prospect for the next chapter of this moment,’ said the songbird.
And Mariah has praised her fans for always supporting her, branding them as more of a ‘family’.
Speaking to Trevor, she added: ‘I did have a connection with my fans and I did make this phone call that everyone was like, “Oh, my God, why is she calling her fans directly?”‘
More on this? ‘The best thing is that we’re keeping on going, Trevor, and that this is a new era. This is a new moment, and we have music and lyrics, combined in a body of work that I feel very proud of,’ she told Trevor Nelson on his BBC Radio 2 show Rhythm Nation
Hints: ‘Now I will say,,, I’ve been having some conversations with some very creative friends of mine who may or may not be in the world of film and that’s a very exciting prospect for the next chapter of this moment,’ the crooner added
‘They didn’t understand, we had already been doing that. Me and my fans had already been back and forth with me leaving messages on my website and them responding.
‘We, and you know this, have always had this incredible bond because of what they represent to me as not only an artist, but as a person that never felt that sense of family and they became my family. Obviously now, Roc and Roe [Moroccan and Monroe] are my family. They are my actual family, but the lambs, my fans helped define me in terms of my ability to feel a sense of belonging.’
This comes after she said artists need a passion for music to achieve longevity.
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The siren has opened up on the way the industry has changed since she became a household name in the 1990s, and she isn’t sure if she’d be able to navigate the current landscape.
She told BBC Radio 2: ‘It was steeped in music from the very beginning. So I think if you don’t have that love of music or someone behind you, that is the force field of your career, then like you may get a good couple records, but it ain’t gonna be, you know, it might [not] be a lifelong thing.
‘So that’s why, do I think I would have the same career if I started now? I have no idea. I really don’t know. I really don’t know.’
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Mariah noted that she ‘wouldn’t want’ to start out in the modern music business because it’s so far removed from her own experience.
She added: ‘I wouldn’t want to do [it], it’s totally different. I would hate it. It’s interesting because there are people that have started eight years ago, however long ago that have had, are having wonderful success right now. They could have a very long career.
‘But you just have to be devoted to really go through all of it and a lot of it now, I think is much more, I know, in the beginning certainly in the beginning of my career, it was not about “Here’s a scandal.”
‘It wasn’t about “Here’s the, you know.” It turned into that “Well, here’s this sexy ensemble,” or “Here’s this, that, whatever,” but it really wasn’t based on that.’