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Mariah the Scientist at TwoGether Land and Kali Uchis at Coachella 2023

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Key Takeaways:

• Mariah the Scientist and Kali Uchis debut their first-ever duet, “Is It a Crime,” forward of Mariah’s upcoming album.
• The monitor blends R&B and Latin influences as each artists mirror on love, vulnerability and emotional complexity.
• Following the success of “Burning Blue,” this new single continues Mariah’s momentum with a extra introspective sound.

With HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY approaching quick, Mariah the Scientist isn’t letting the album drop with out one other pre-release single. On Thursday (July 31), the singer teamed up with Kali Uchis for his or her first-ever collaboration, “Is It a Crime.”

Produced by Mat1k and Nineteen85, the music follows Mariah and Uchis as they wrestle with the query of whether or not it’s unsuitable to fall in love greater than as soon as. “Sometimes I look around for someone who might understand it / I seen it in they eyes that they’ll, they’ll never get it,” the Atlanta singer opens the monitor.

Uchis then takes over on the latter verse: “Is it a crime? How’s it a crime? No / ’Cause if loving me is jail, then you’re my prisoner / So let me throw away this key ’cause you won’t give me up.” The single retains the momentum going for Mariah’s forthcoming album, whose rollout started again in May with “Burning Blue.” Take a pay attention under.

Speaking of “Burning Blue,” the monitor grew to become Mariah’s first Top 25 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and has already been licensed Gold by the RIAA. Back in May, she took to social media to make clear that, regardless of the hypothesis, the music “has no specific meaning at all.”

“Everybody’s trying to force me to have a specific meaning for it, and it just doesn’t,” she wrote on Instagram. “It’s what was on your heart in the moment.”

HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY is ready to reach on Aug. 22 with simply 10 tracks, which shouldn’t come as a shock to anybody who’s been following Mariah’s profession. She’s saved all of her albums, together with her final full-length, To Be Eaten Alive, on the shorter facet.

Ahead of the discharge, followers can catch her stay at Lollapalooza 2025. She’s slated to carry out on Sunday (Aug. 3), with one other set scheduled for the Global Citizen Festival in September.