An amazing album. For the longest Butterfly was my favourite album. It probably still is. I think this is the first time Mariah was allowed to me Mariah and it shows. This album houses some of her best lyrics, best melodies and sexiest vocals.
You've only recently split from your husband, Tommy Mottola, so was your album Butterfly easy to make?
"Throughout my entire life, music has always been a source of peace and stability. This was especially true with this album. I went through so much in my personal life, everything I've been through has made me a stronger person. It's been a learning process."
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Being a huge rich star, is it important that a future husband would be able to match your income?
"Oh, it would be totally impossible for me to be with somebody who couldn't. No, just kidding! I don't think you can focus on that aspect of things. To get into a relationship for that solely would be really sick and materialistic. That's not what I am all about."
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Where did the idea of the Honey video come from?
"Actually the idea for the video came when I was in Puerto Rico on a catamaran. I was sailing back to a little island where I was staying. I was writing the song at the time and I thought that the atmosphere and the environment would be really great for the video. I fell in love with the whole aura of the place."
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Where do you see yourself on the next ten years?
"I haven't got a clue! At the moment I'm concentrating on the album I've just put out. I worked really hard on it. I've also been working on an acting project which I can't really say anything about right now so I'm looking forward to get into that. Hopefully the next ten years would be just successful as the last ten.
I've never listened to Butterfly in full
I bought a copy last year but when I got home it had Daydream in it instead (so now I have two copies of it but ones in a BF case)
I never liked Breakdown. I know all fans rave about it, but I don't use it at all, although it does sound like a late 90's hit, so it should have been one
The Roof is more of a fan favorite than it is a potential smash, but Butterfly and Breakdown were done wrong by the label. Neither would have been #1, but two top 10 hits wouldn't hurt anybody
Butterfly would be one of the greatest pop/R&B eras of 90's. Album was lauded as great and well-produced, without any doubt. But it deserved more. "Honey" is a summer breezy jam with innovative (for pop mainstream music) urban sound, "My All" is a continuation of "Always Be My Baby" for more adult audience. "Breakdown" doesn't deserve commercial backlash from Columbia. It's best collaboration with rap artists, to be honest. "Butterfly" could be #1 with physical release. She supported this era everywhere, but some stupid conditions from label restrained her future sales and success.
It was kind of revenge.
My personal favorites: "Butterfly", "Breakdown", "Honey", "The Beautiful Ones" and "Outside".
Butterfly would be one of the greatest pop/R&B eras of 90's. Album was lauded as great and well-produced, without any doubt. But it deserved more. "Honey" is a summer breezy jam with innovative (for pop mainstream music) urban sound, "My All" is a continuation of "Always Be My Baby" for more adult audience. "Breakdown" doesn't deserve commercial backlash from Columbia. It's best collaboration with rap artists, to be honest. "Butterfly" could be #1 with physical release. She supported this era everywhere, but some stupid conditions from label restrained her future sales and success. It was kind of revenge.
My personal favorites: "Butterfly", "Breakdown", "Honey", "The Beautiful Ones" and "Outside".
Butterfly was going up against Candle In The Wind, so it wouldn't have been #1 and I think that's why they didn't bother with the physical release. Which is stupid, cause it could have been a top 5 hit
I don't know what happened to Breakdown. I don't even know if they properly pushed it to radio, cause it wasn't even getting a whole lot of airplay
The label pissed me off with the Butterfly singles treatment. I'm sure Breakdown could have been a bigger hit if it had been released properly. It was clear Tommy was bringing personal problems into business.