Mariah Carey has unveiled her latest single, titled “Type Dangerous”. This marks the pop icon's first new release in several years, following her 2018 album Caution. The song is anticipated to be a teaser for her upcoming LP.
“Looking for the dangerous type,” Carey sings in the upbeat track. “I like them dangerous/ That’s my type/ I said I love them dangerous.”
Carey has been hinting at new music on social media throughout the week, sharing snippets from the official lyric video for “Type Dangerous.” In one clip, she is seen listening to a track titled “T:D_MC16.mp3.” Her car's license plate reads: MC16, suggesting her 16th studio album is on the horizon.
Earlier this year, Carey celebrated the 20th anniversary of her album The Emancipation of Mimi with a special edition release. Reflecting on the album, she told Rolling Stone, “When you sit down and go through the whole Emancipation of Mimi as an album, and go, ‘Some of these songs were a little bit more that way or a little bit more this way,’ it’s just really interesting. I love the album so much that it’s hard to pick it apart and go, ‘Oh, I like this part less than I like that part.’ It really is one unit.”
Her 2018 album Caution was praised by Rolling Stone as “thrillingly current without swallowing Carey’s charm.”