{"id":42598,"date":"2026-02-13T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=42598"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:57:29","slug":"i-was-furious-the-secret-1995-tape-mariah-carey-buried-for-30-years-is-finally-out-and-she-just-gave-the-one-permission-that-shocked-her-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=42598","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Was Furious.\u201d \u2014 The Secret 1995 Tape Mariah Carey Buried for 30 Years Is Finally Out, and She Just Gave the One Permission That Shocked Her Team."},"content":{"rendered":"

For decades, it lingered as one of pop music\u2019s strangest urban legends: Mariah Carey, queen of melisma and immaculate pop balladry, secretly fronted a gritty alternative rock project in 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the story has exploded back into public view.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring Carey, the long-whispered-about Someone\u2019s Ugly Daughter<\/em>\u2014recorded under the pseudonym \u201cChick\u201d\u2014was not only acknowledged but performed live with her blessing. And insiders say the permission she gave stunned even her inner circle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cChick\u201d Experiment<\/span><\/h3>\n

During sessions for her Daydream<\/em> album in 1995, Carey was at the height of commercial dominance. But behind the scenes, she was reportedly navigating intense creative control and personal turmoil.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same studio complex\u2014often late at night\u2014Carey co-wrote and co-produced an alternative rock project inspired by the era\u2019s grunge and punk scene. Bands like Hole and L7 were reshaping radio, and Carey, by her own later admission, wanted an outlet that felt raw, messy, and emotionally unfiltered.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Sony executives reportedly discovered the tapes, concerns arose that such a project could fracture her carefully cultivated pop image. A compromise followed: the album was released under the band name Chick, with lead vocals performed by Clarissa Dane. Carey\u2019s contributions were reportedly layered into background harmonies under the alias \u201cD. Sue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For nearly 30 years, that version was all the public knew.<\/span><\/p>\n

The MusiCares Shock<\/span><\/h3>\n

At the 2026 gala, rocker Taylor Momsen<\/span><\/span> joined forces with Foo Fighters<\/span><\/span> to perform tracks including \u201cLove Is a Scam\u201d and \u201cHermit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to event attendees, Carey personally encouraged Momsen to \u201cgo as hard as you want\u201d vocally\u2014a striking move for an artist known for guarding her catalog carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even more surprising, Carey was visibly singing along from her seat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Industry observers describe the moment as a \u201cradical shift\u201d in how she views that era of her artistry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reclaiming the Masters<\/span><\/h3>\n

Carey revealed in her 2020 memoir that she had been working to regain access to the original multitrack masters featuring her own lead vocals. Reports now suggest those recordings have been located and restored.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rumors are swirling about a potential 2026 reissue featuring Carey\u2019s original performances\u2014a move that would rewrite one of the most unusual footnotes in \u201990s pop history.<\/span><\/p>\n

If released, it would mark the first time fans hear the grunge experiment exactly as she recorded it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breaking the Polished Image<\/span><\/h3>\n

Carey\u2019s career has often balanced immaculate vocal precision with carefully managed branding. The Chick project represents something different: unfiltered emotion and stylistic rebellion during a period when her public persona left little room for edge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to break free,\u201d she wrote of that era.<\/span><\/p>\n

By publicly endorsing the MusiCares performance\u2014and embracing the narrative rather than distancing herself\u2014Carey appears to be reclaiming that freedom decades later.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Rockstar in Disguise<\/span><\/h3>\n

For years, Someone\u2019s Ugly Daughter<\/em> was a trivia question. Now, it feels like a missing chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the original vocal tapes do receive an official release, it won\u2019t just be nostalgia\u2014it will be restoration. A chance to hear a global superstar experimenting at full volume, before the industry decided it wasn\u2019t commercially safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three decades after burying it, Mariah Carey isn\u2019t furious anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019s ready for the world to hear what she was hiding.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For decades, it lingered as one of pop music\u2019s strangest urban legends: Mariah Carey, queen of melisma and immaculate pop balladry, secretly fronted a gritty alternative rock project in 1995. Now, the story has exploded back into public view. At the 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring Carey, the long-whispered-about Someone\u2019s Ugly Daughter\u2014recorded…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}