why do i go apeshit nuts on people who talk out of their asses and say she's lost it?
has her voice changed? sure! but lost it, she hasn't.
a singer's voice and texture can change not only over a long course of time, but also from day to day, depending on a myriad of factors - humidity, dryness, her health, how much sleep she's had etc etc etc.
if you're asking if she can still sing like she used to before, YES. if you are asking if she can sing her difficult songs the way she used to before - also YES - because even before, when she was younger, she always performed her difficult songs with added 'help' because those particular songs are actually almost humanly impossible to perform live.
this is why i hate it when people say she's lost it, or gone beyond her prime. because they have no understanding of voice etc. vocal range-wise, her register is still the same. meaning she can still reach all the notes she used to. the only thing that's changed is that her voice sounds a bit deeper now. and that happens to every singer over time, with the possible exception of dolly parton.
the mistake mariah made was to record some songs with such an super-human level of difficulty. because most people expect her to perform them live, the same way they heard her singing in the recording of those songs. and the truth is, some of her songs are just impossible to duplicate vocally, live, that way.
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