Mariah Carey eyes release of unreleased 1990s grunge tracks

Mariah Carey used an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday to perform her new single Play This Song with Anderson .Paak and to publicly revisit a long-shelved 1990s project, saying she may seek to release original recordings of an unreleased grunge album she made during the Daydream era. The performance and interview came as Carey continues promotion for her newly released album Here for It All.

Carey and .Paak delivered a televised debut of Play This Song, with .Paak at the grand piano and members of the Roots providing the rhythm section. Following the performance, Carey sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss her family, the new album and the so-called Someones Ugly Daughter project, playing brief snippets of previously unheard tracks and describing her motivation for making them. She said the songs were recorded around 1995 as a rebellious outlet while she was working on Daydream.

Carey told Fallon she originally recorded lead vocals on the grunge-leaning tracks with the band Chick but that at the time her label discouraged releasing that material under her name. The record later appeared with Clarissa Dane singing lead and Carey on backing vocals...