Ageing 'just doesn't happen' to Mariah Carey
The 56-year-old said she had written a song about her approach to getting older in an interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, before the release of her 16th studio album, Here For It All.
Asked about how she deals with ageing, Carey said: "I don't allow it - it just doesn't happen. I don't know time. I don't know numbers. I do not acknowledge time - I have a new song that starts with that line."
Carey also spoke about looking back at her life while writing her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, with journalist Michaela Angela Davis.
"Working on it together was challenging, but it was also therapeutic," she said.
"We stayed up late figuring out how we were going to put the story forth.
"I knew it was going to bring up bad memories I didn't want to relive.
"It was a tough situation to go to sleep listening to it, I'd wake up and be kind of freaked out.
"Because this is me and I went through that."
But the star also said she wanted to "have a laugh" on the new album's lead single Type Dangerous, which she described as "tongue in cheek".
Carey's career began in the late 1980s, and has had a number of hits and top-selling albums.
The singer is probably best known for her evergreen festive track, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
The full interview with Carey is in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar UK.
Singer Mariah Carey claims ageing "just doesn't happen" to her as she refuses to acknowledge the passing of time.
The 56-year-old said she had written a song about her approach to getting older in an interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, before the release of her 16th studio album, Here For It All.
Asked about how she deals with ageing, Carey said: "I don't allow it - it just doesn't happen. I don't know time. I don't know numbers. I do not acknowledge time - I have a new song that starts with that line."
Carey also spoke about looking back at her life while writing her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, with journalist Michaela Angela Davis.
"Working on it together was challenging, but it was also therapeutic," she said.
"We stayed up late figuring out how we were going to put the story forth.
"I knew it was going to bring up bad memories I didn't want to relive.
"It was a tough situation to go to sleep listening to it, I'd wake up and be kind of freaked out.
"Because this is me and I went through that."
But the star also said she wanted to "have a laugh" on the new album's lead single Type Dangerous, which she described as "tongue in cheek".
Carey's career began in the late 1980s, and has had a number of hits and top-selling albums.
The singer is probably best known for her evergreen festive track, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
The full interview with Carey is in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar UK.
Singer Mariah Carey claims ageing "just doesn't happen" to her as she refuses to acknowledge the passing of time.
The 56-year-old said she had written a song about her approach to getting older in an interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, before the release of her 16th studio album, Here For It All.
Asked about how she deals with ageing, Carey said: "I don't allow it - it just doesn't happen. I don't know time. I don't know numbers. I do not acknowledge time - I have a new song that starts with that line."
Carey also spoke about looking back at her life while writing her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, with journalist Michaela Angela Davis.
"Working on it together was challenging, but it was also therapeutic," she said.
"We stayed up late figuring out how we were going to put the story forth.
"I knew it was going to bring up bad memories I didn't want to relive.
"It was a tough situation to go to sleep listening to it, I'd wake up and be kind of freaked out.
"Because this is me and I went through that."
But the star also said she wanted to "have a laugh" on the new album's lead single Type Dangerous, which she described as "tongue in cheek".
Carey's career began in the late 1980s, and has had a number of hits and top-selling albums.
The singer is probably best known for her evergreen festive track, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
The full interview with Carey is in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar UK.
Singer Mariah Carey claims ageing "just doesn't happen" to her as she refuses to acknowledge the passing of time.
The 56-year-old said she had written a song about her approach to getting older in an interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, before the release of her 16th studio album, Here For It All.
Asked about how she deals with ageing, Carey said: "I don't allow it - it just doesn't happen. I don't know time. I don't know numbers. I do not acknowledge time - I have a new song that starts with that line."
Carey also spoke about looking back at her life while writing her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, with journalist Michaela Angela Davis.
"Working on it together was challenging, but it was also therapeutic," she said.
"We stayed up late figuring out how we were going to put the story forth.
"I knew it was going to bring up bad memories I didn't want to relive.
"It was a tough situation to go to sleep listening to it, I'd wake up and be kind of freaked out.
"Because this is me and I went through that."
But the star also said she wanted to "have a laugh" on the new album's lead single Type Dangerous, which she described as "tongue in cheek".
Carey's career began in the late 1980s, and has had a number of hits and top-selling albums.
The singer is probably best known for her evergreen festive track, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
The full interview with Carey is in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar UK.
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