2013 was poised to be a huge year for Mariah Carey. The diva scored a high profile TV gig as a judge on American Idol. She also released the new single, “#Beautiful,” which, unlike “Triumphant,” was a huge hit — her biggest in years, as a matter of fact.
But you know, Nicki Minaj out-shined her on the show and they both ultimately got the axe for never mending their rift. Then Mariah injured her arm — stopping herself dead in her tracks.
Fortunately, however, the big voice diva is back and feeling better than ever!
Mimi took to Facebook to address her fans, promising us that we are due for a treat in her forthcoming album, The Art Of Letting Go.
On the album, Mrs. Cannon wrote, “This is, to me, one of the most important albums I’ve ever made in my life.”
My body is ready. Ya’ll didn’t appreciate Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. For shame. FOR. SHAME.
As for her injury, she explained: “It took me three months to get to this point but thank God I was able to recover and get my arm back. It’s a huge deal, it should have taken eight months and even my doctors can’t believe it. It’s been a long journey, the physical therapists have been incredible and I am very grateful to all of them for helping me.”
Be strong, dahling.
Check out the post in full:
Hiiii lambs!!
I’m so happy to be able to catch up with everybody here on Facebook. The last three months of my life have not been easy. Getting through this injury has been the toughest experience of my life. It took me three months to get to this point but thank God I was able to recover and get my arm back. It’s a huge deal, it should have taken eight months and even my doctors can’t believe it. It’s been a long journey, the physical therapists have been incredible and I am very grateful to all of them for helping me.
When people expected me to go “Here I am, I’m back and everything’s great!”, it didn’t happen because my hand was still in tremendous pain and it took this long for it to heal. I’ve been working day and night, and it took a lot of rest (though I did sneak in to the studio a couple o’ times!) but I can finally say that I am on my way to a full recovery.
There’s a lot of excitement that I’m going to reveal to you very soon, and sooner than you know it, you’re going to understand why but more than that, you’re going to feel what I’ve been feeling for the past- not three months- but three years.
This is, to me, one of the most important albums I’ve ever made in my life. If you’re a lamb, a fan, or just a human being that needs to feel good, happy, sad, miserable, joyous… “I gotcha” (said like Roc- you haven’t heard how he says it yet but you will soon, it’s a complete+total classic!)
LYM!!!! –MC
