Mariah Carey is America’s least subtle national treasure. Her most recent record was called Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, her baby twins entered the world to the sound of applause from a live recording of “Fantasy,” and, just the other day, she was spotted wearing fishnets and stilettos on a stairclimber. It should come as no surprise that Mariah’s new song, “I Don’t,” is an explicit (though never foul-mouthed) response to her sudden split from her billionaire fiancé, James Packer.

Mariah Carey是當(dāng)今美國(guó)最不顯眼的國(guó)寶。她最新發(fā)行的專輯是《Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse》。隨著《Fantasy》現(xiàn)場(chǎng)錄制中陣陣掌聲，她的雙胞胎寶寶誕生了，就在第二天，她就被拍到穿著漁網(wǎng)襪和細(xì)高跟鞋爬樓梯健身。不出意料，Mariah的新歌《I Don’t》是對(duì)她和億萬(wàn)富翁未婚夫James Packer突然分手的坦白回應(yīng)(雖然沒(méi)出現(xiàn)臟話)。

Billed as “an anthem for women overcoming harsh breakups,” “I Don’t” finds the glittery goddess flipping her script from “We Belong Together,” “gass[ing] up the whip,” and belting her way towards new happiness. (To really drive the point home, in the accompanying video, she sets a wedding dress on fire.) YG is here, too, playing the role of ex-lover gloriously. He’s not quite sure why Mariah would want to leave this lavish lifestyle but concludes that every time she looks at her ring, she will dream of him. (For what it’s worth, in a clip from “Mariah’s World,” the singer makes a point of discarding her 35-carat engagement ring in the recording booth). The Jermaine Dupri-produced track skitters along dramatically as Mariah recounts how she became the “pity party of the year” after being blinded by love. “I Don’t” never reaches red-hot levels of anger, but it doesn’t need to. She knows exactly?how to use her voice to express pain and regret. Even when she’s heartbroken, Mariah is her own master.

單曲《I Don’t》被標(biāo)榜為“女性克服艱難分手的頌歌”，標(biāo)志著這位璀璨女神顛覆了《We Belong Together》的劇情走向，就此了斷，昂首闊步，一路狂奔向新的幸福。(為了真正闡明這一點(diǎn)，在伴隨的MV中，她點(diǎn)燃了一件婚紗。) 歌手YG也在這里，光榮地扮演著前任的角色。他搞不懂為什么Mariah會(huì)想要離開(kāi)這種揮霍無(wú)度的生活方式，但他斷言道，每次Mariah看到自己的戒指，都會(huì)夢(mèng)到他。（不管怎樣，這是值得的，在紀(jì)錄片《Mariah’s World》一場(chǎng)面中，她特意展現(xiàn)自己把35克拉的訂婚鉆戒扔到錄音棚里的畫面），這首由?Jermaine Dupri制作的單曲中，Mariah聲情并茂地講述了，她是如何被愛(ài)情蒙蔽后，成為“年度最可憐人物”的前因后果。單曲《I Don’t》絕沒(méi)達(dá)到憤怒的程度，但也不需要。Mariah心里很清楚如何用自己的聲音表達(dá)痛苦和遺憾。即使自己悲痛欲絕，也能得心應(yīng)手。