Mariah Carey [Always Be My Baby] - Live Tokyo Dome - SINGER REACTS

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This is my reaction, breakdown and analysis of Always be my baby by Mariah Carey live at the Tokyo dome. This is from her 1995 album Daydream which features other great hits like Fantasy, Underneath the Stars and forever, and has become one of my favorite albums of hers. In mariah’s singing we here a much brighter, more forward sound, placed in the nasal passageways, with more of a mix in it. This is very characteristic of this era of Mariah. By this time she was using less of her original chesty, a little more backwards placement and really bringing her sound forward. This tends to be a lot healthier even though I do miss the rich color we got in her earlier albums.
Mariah is such a genius when it comes to songwriting and pushing the limits in terms of what vocalists can do. She went on to influence many pop singers including Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera, and she is an influence of mine as well. Her agility is astounding, as is her mixing range and her whistle register. Not too many people can do that lol.
I am a jacc/R&B vocalist, saxophone player, music educator local to New Orleans. I have two degrees in music and have been studying and teaching for a long time. It is a joy to make these educational videos for all of you. Please let me know what you’d like to see next!

[@Fan-vv8wb]

The greatest vocalist of all time for a reason she always outsings the studio version of her songs with so much ease.

[@axelito6342]

Yes lamb

[@ismaelm.mbaangue9147]

For sure❤❤

[@Imxel21]

Whitney is.

[@Shinespheres]

@@Imxel21there is no one best than another they complement each other like on the song when you believe

[@ilovetati91]

@@Imxel21 erm no

[@mariahcareylambily1927]

That concert is from 1996 Daydream World Tour. She sold out the Tokyo Domethat has 200k seats in 2 hours (a record she holds 'till today) ❤️

[@axelito6342]

Yes receipts !!!!

[@minusevenfeb6751]

Less than 2 hours

[@whitepaper5241]

Actually, this concert had 150k tickets and she outdid her own record with Butterfly Tour with 200k tickets sold in less than an hour, if i'm not mistaken.

[@lukebrown1115]

Lie

[@davidg2573]

Intentional crack or not that sounded beautiful to me and provides that raw emotion needed when performing

[@Fan-vv8wb]

That “crack” Your referring to was an intentional vocal break which she is the master of it and does it all the time.

[@ilovetati91]

that wasn't one of her better intentional vocal breaks, though. She did it a lot during that part of the song but it didn't come out as well during this performance

[@Jo-qf1gd]

Didn’t sound intentional 😅 and if it was it didn’t sound healthy 💀 lambs will defend every Mariah note and I love it but let’s be real now …

[@fabio94gf]

@@Jo-qf1gd it was intentional, she does that a lot, it kinda leaks her whistle because of the nodules, it might not be healthy but it sounded VERY intentional to me because its sooooo her

[@ilovetati91]

@@Jo-qf1gd Babe, listen to the other Daydream Tour versions of ABMB (1996 Tokyo, London, Paris, Rotterdam). She did that intentional break each time. This one (Tokyo) just didn't work as well.

[@jasminefranc5889]

I think it was a crack but nonetheless it still sounds great! ❤️

[@fate5150]

I love your reactions. You should cover any of Mariah's songs

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Next cover is going to be one of Mariah’s songs :) ❤️

[@Ernie1978]

I loved the little rant at the beginning of this video haha! And of course, I love anything Mariah Carey! This was yet another phenomenal breakdown - "Always Be My Baby" is one of Mariah's loveliest records. And yes, please keep sharing more of your lovely voice, Erika!

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Yay I’m so happy you liked it!!! This is such a good song hahaha. Thanks for watching and supporting me 🥰❤️

[@JMacx]

Another phenomenal reaction 💕

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Thank you 🥰❤️

[@JacquelineRocco]

Love it!!!! Love it!!!! Love the song and LOVE the reaction!!!!❤❤❤❤ You cheered up my Friday!!!😍🤩

[@erikatorresmusic_]

❤️❤️

[@Hriscanul]

thank you for recognizing mariahhh

[@user-pj5us2xz2p]

This was a pleasure to watch. You really found your niche with Mariah. I love your understanding of her voice and its complexity. Thank you for the video!

[@maryamtara2934]

Just listened to your cover of “my hair”💕 just so smooth and glorious I loved every second of it❤️❤️

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Thank you so much sweetheart I appreciate you ❤️

[@sodade21]

amazing reaction! you will find many interesting things about unique things Mariah do in her vocals she is amazing and I love it when you discovered them as well and do them! you are spot on! ;) also i love it that you notice everything! not many do!

[@erikatorresmusic_]

So happy you liked it!!! So glad you enjoy my picking at the details hehehe. Thanks for all your support ❤️❤️❤️

[@sim19]

Awwww I watched with a smile on face all the way through ! How awesome was that ❤️❤️❤️ From the Tokyo Dome show, 'I dont wanna cry' is unbelievable ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Hope you react to it ❤️❤️

[@erikatorresmusic_]

So happy you enjoyed it :) ❤️

[@jasminefranc5889]

12:00 i love how you comment on the change in the musical instruments too on top of the vocals 👏🏼👏🏼😍

[@carlostorres5848]

You continue to amaze me with your knowledge, your voice, and your charisma. Not to mention your output: 3 uploads this week. Keep it up! All your fans are counting on your success. Thank you!!!

[@erikatorresmusic_]

❤️

[@damiankuklo1513]

Great content!!

[@epicdepiction2703]

Love your videos and the details you highlight in breaking down her vocals! If you take requests I would highly recommend you do I Am Free and/or Lead the Way by Mariah because both have a million incredible riffs in them :)

[@holobenthic]

These are amazing! Please please please do her cover of You and I next

[@jasminefranc5889]

9:51 your note on that is so spot on! Mariah demonstrated this too when she explained to Brandy recently when she did the Masterclass series where they tried to redo the “baa..ack in time” phrase in her song The Roof. She definitely loves to play with her bass.

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Honestly one of my favorite things she does!!! Anytime I hear a singer do it I know they’ve been listening to Mariah ❤️

[@ymaysernameuay1113]

Never noticed these nuances and subtleties of singing before. Makes me appreciate the art more. Thank you.

[@erikatorresmusic_]

You are so welcome ❤️

[@joshmitchell9477]

I just found out you are from NOLA! I am born and raised from the city and still live here, awesome to see locals thriving! ❤ hope to see ya one day and hear you sing live!

[@lilyrobert2224]

Hi Erika. Thank you for your in-depth analysis on this performance. I really enjoyed you using your voice to demonstrate Mariah's vocal technique. I like that you are not biased and objectively point out any possible issues (eg. crack), and at the same hype the positives in the performance. Your Master's degree helps point things that my casual listening ear would never identify, especially Mariah's excellent vocal techniques.

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Thank you so much Lily :) so glad you enjoyed this. I always try to be honest and unbiased so I’m glad you appreciate that! Even if people get mad or disagree haha. I make mistakes ALL the time and I recognize that we’re all human… even legends like Mariah have to make mistakes!! And it’s totally okay. Some people don’t get that! Part of learning is studying others mistakes, even the best of the best do it ! :)

[@brunopires8460]

I loved yours Mariah reviews, please do more. Thank u. Küss küss

[@iammeriah9594]

Loving all your Mariah analysis reactions !!! Please react to more Mariah us lambs are loving it !!! Pls react to Mariah’s love takes time live on SNL , and Vanishing SNL rehearsal !! Vocals are literally insane !!!

[@eltonsouzasantos4875]

The great, the Best 👑

[@jetblackhair92]

You have a really nice voice. Appreciate your technique and sound

[@erikatorresmusic_]

thank you so much!!

[@joeymoricone9008]

I love you and this !!!🤣🤣❤️

[@erikatorresmusic_]

❤️❤️❤️

[@brunopires8460]

Pleaseeeeeeee do more MARIAH

[@somespecies]

Lmao the Japanese people are so polite that they don't want to sing out loud. There's a moment in that concert that I can sense Mariah's a bit frustrated because the people are so polite and she said that it's okay for them to be rude and scream and she loves that haha. She also performed this song in New York, same era, and you can definitely see the difference in the audience behavior lol

[@radostdinkova7909]

I love your Mariah reactions . Can you please react to "Its over " from SNL

[@jasminefranc5889]

Her voice is like butterrrrr

[@Lefs86]

Love your reactions. Please react to "Joy to the World live 1994"

[@imahesasitio]

Hi Erika ! You’re such a good music educator. I learned a lot of music stuff from you! Please react to Mariah Carey - Fantasy Live at the Tokyo Dome 1996. Thanks! 🤍

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Yay thank you so much :) I’ll see if I can get to that one ❤️❤️❤️

[@keithhunt5328]

Why have you not reacted to Vanishing rehersal live performance yet? That is a jazz masterpiece.

[@DS-zx6tl]

Really really enjoying your reaction & analysis! Thankyou I’m sure so many request & these might have been bought up already but if anything they’re great performances & during a point in 00s when her voice was really impressive. Her resonance, clarity & control with range & fluidity through registers is beautiful but her voice has definitely matured or maybe placed differently to post 98. Would be great to hear your thoughts on them Mariah Carey - I’ll Be There 2001 (Home For The Holidays) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl6af2l5ipJ4nJI Mariah Carey - Reflections 2001 (Home For The Holidays) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYeuh3earrGCi5Y

[@DS-zx6tl]

Along side this performance of You & I by Stevie Wonder is like no offer performance of Mariana that I’m sure you’d enjoy (if you haven’t already) regardless if it makes an upload kzbin.info/www/bejne/iobVZXiJo8yoqK8

[@o6279]

You should react to outside the acapella version it really just shows how intentional and beautiful her voice is

[@eleeveeayees3425]

Mariah has the most fragile voice in Pop Music and her not so durable voice created some of the most vocally demanding songs.

[@kingofmeereen]

2:28 I believe the background singers did the same thing as the record: “doo doo doo”. Only Mariah does the “dum” on the record on that first bit but she didn’t here. And as for the “crack”, it’s an intentional vocal break. I’m not even saying this as a defensive lamb lol, she has cracked on occasion even in her prime but those sound different from this. Consider that she always placed that “crack” on that specific part in all the tour dates. Which means she intended to have that texture and it’s the rule rather than the exception.

[@SilentAssassin01234]

That was crack was not intentional and I am saying this as a hardcore lamb who has seen every live performance by Mariah ever. It went off key for a start, she was trying to do an F5 (like the G5 in the remix version with DaBrat). It sounds nothing like an intentional vocal break.

[@adrianmantilla60]

Please react to her Underneath the Stars Tokyo Dome live performance. It has a jazzy and RnB vibe.

[@vladimirpereira2009]

This is my favourite Mariah song alongside VOL, Butterfly and Outside.

[@PEDROHenrique-se4nq]

Please react to Mariah Carey's cant let go, its beautiful

[@burburchacha]

Daydream era vocals are the best!

[@lambchop3805]

You should do a video on Anytime You Need A Friend C&C Club Remix. It’s not a live performance but it’s the craziest vocals I’ve ever heard.

[@Truthhurtz618]

Tokyo done is thr closest you'll get to that

[@paolosolinas]

Nice! What do you think of Vanishing (Live At The Music Box Tour, 1993, NYC)?

[@Maidhi]

love it.♥ btw Gabriel Henrique he cover MC's songs.

[@erikatorresmusic_]

❤️❤️❤️

[@richardfranz3180]

Don't know if you've reacted to or analyzed any international artists, but I'd be remiss if I didn't suggest one Morissette Amon, who I believe is a desciple of Mariah. I would begin with her cover of "Never Enough". She blows Loren Allred out of the water. If I'm wrong, I'll go back to hiding under my rock. Love all of your analyses. And by all means keep putting out your own music.

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Planning on doing Morissette for sure!

[@kingjuicy3023]

14:38 you killed that F5👏🏾👏🏾

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Thank ya! 🥰

[@zusman84]

I believe that was an intentional vocal break and not a crack. But great reaction. Can you please react to Mariah's "You and I" tribute to Stevie Wonder.

[@ondyandraandra5346]

her intentional vocal break so iconic. thats not crack

[@furplepink]

I LOVE HOW YOU ANALYZE ABMB I think you're a lambily? 😊

[@kylewippel6492]

OMG LUV..YOU!!! But ya, as polished and strong as this was, her 'Hero' from Tokyo Dome is WIDELY considered the BEST performance of it EVER..and that's saying a lot cuz Lambs have strong (and usually differing) opinions but most agree with the aforementioned claim. Also,Anytime You Need A Friend is one of her best (probably THE best) performances of that particular one. You should just do a 5 part (hour per) breakdown of the FULL concert!

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Omg thank u SO much love u too 🥰🥰 wow I hadn’t thought about a 5 part breakdown of this concert but that’s really not a bad idea

[@shinichikudo2669]

@@erikatorresmusic_you should react to the Rotterdam show too. In my opinion, it’s better than Tokyo Dome, 😊

[@zomekrog]

pls do mariah carey vanishing liveee

[@krissy9128]

Great analysis as always! Of course, I'd love more MC but can we get some Toni Braxton? If you take requests: •Love should've brought you home live -kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6HMY4d-gpx2i9U •Seven whole days •You mean the world to me

[@David-vq6qg]

The Crack was intentional. She did it different times

[@SilentAssassin01234]

It wasn't.

[@mikeehrmantraut7274]

@@SilentAssassin01234 it looked and sounded totally controlled. It’s okay if u didn’t like the choice but it was not like a regular crack like this girl demonstrated

[@SilentAssassin01234]

@Mike Ehrmantraut I disagree. But that is fine, we will just go on with own opinions. For me this wasn't an intentional crack as it sounds nothing like Mariah's other intentional breaks. It went off key slightly. In my opinion, she was clearly trying to hit an F5 (similar to how she does the G5 in the remix).

[@mikeehrmantraut7274]

@@SilentAssassin01234 she still kept it in the dubbed version tho and she looked relaxed and in control. Usually when singers crack they look a little awkward and try to cover it up

[@SilentAssassin01234]

@Mike Ehrmantraut I don't know why she left it in the dubbed. But she also left the off key YEAH in Make It Happen so maybe she did it to make it not seemed dubbed idk. She probably didn't crack in the actual live performance she could have just cracked when dubbing and it got left in.

[@KeepItReal213]

You’re so pretty with just a little makeup. Most girls have to use lots. Natural beauty. Great analysts btw

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@wolfhunterplays3954]

Hey Erika, this was a very nice reaction. While Mariah is an awesome vocalist, no doubt about that, I’m not huge into Mariah Carey like some other singers. I don’t know the last time I’ve listened to one of her songs besides your videos. Hey, everyone has their preferences, and I don’t watch entirely for the videos you react to anyway, I watch mainly for the beautiful soul in front of the camera💖😊😘💖

[@erikatorresmusic_]

Hey there!! So happy you enjoyed this one even if you’re not as big into Mariah. Thanks for supporting me always :) ❤️

[@Marcusrafaelfet]

12:54 Don't wanna be pretentious, but those 'intentional vocal breaks' are one of her trademarks in singing, she does that a lot even in studio, of course her voice is inconsistent due to nodules, but I'm pretty sure it's intentional here =).

[@goodboy-lf7ng]

please react mariah carey make it happen live at tokyo dome 1996

[@jasminefranc5889]

It’s from March 1996!

[@mijalakis3]

Actually the chorus of the song is recorded backup singer and Mariah imply does ad libs in the back

[@Truthhurtz618]

The one from msg..ny was singing for and to her

[@Robertmeyer7291]

The cracks are vocal breaks.. it’s intentional

[@aexxer]

I'm honestly surprised that she doesn't (?) know or recognize that..

[@Robertmeyer7291]

She’s said a lot of stuff that was wrong.. like singers should not sing through there nose… that’s the worst singing technique… everything is supposed to come from the diaphragm

[@SilentAssassin01234]

The crack on the 'ohOOho baby believe me...' was not intentional. It went off key and she has never cracked there before. It wasn't horrinle but her voice broke. It happens to every singer so it isn't an issue at all, I am just surprised she left it in on the dubbing.

[@SilentAssassin01234]

​@Robertmeyer7291 it is impossible for sound to come from the diaphragm given the vocal cords are in the throat. Singing from the diaphragm is a myth. What people actually mean by that is you need to use your core muscles to support and control your air flow when singing.

[@davidpanjaitan9555]

React to Butterfly by Mariah Carey live please

[@yosep9313]

Yep, it's not about high and low note only, but the capability of her to combine two or more timbre in one prhase. That's why her songs are difficult to sing 🤣🤣🤣

[@jasoncedrick]

It’s not that they didn’t wanna sing. Japanese people are very respectful. That’s the only place where you can really enjoy listening to singers when they are on stage. No screaming no yelling and they would only clap when you finish singing the song.

[@hughhowell389]

You

[@oscar6043]

Your name is so popular in Brazil. Are you a Brazilian girl? 👀

[@vladcampos4372]

This is 1996!

[@RhonJed]

The crack was intentional. For sure you know if you listen to hear everyday or watch her videos everyday.

[@ilovetati91]

I think she meant to do an intentional vocal break and it just didn't come out right. The second one is her taking a breath, though.

[@4rchr8]

Only Mariah could make it sound good when her voice breaks

[@raphaelbhz]

Maybe vanishing 93 livr music box tour or Anytime you need a friend? Kisses

[@ricardorollom7575]

Erika Torres plz react to Katrina Velarde thank you

[@vanessam.mpantig886]

this era mariah''s voice get tired easily, who can hear it, maybe because of the concert tour, and started of the making her Butterfly Album, DAydream Era ended 1996, and butterfly Era started 1997, then the Album #1's in 1998, Rainbow era in 1999, glitter was in 2001, so can u imagine how hectic her schedule? wondering how often her vocal rest she's getting during these Eras?

[@MoncureCoyote]

The Japanese audience is so respectful. They just want to listen. 🤐😬

[@daydreamworldtour]

12:54 I think that is made on purpose

[@johnj.kalachuchi6495]

Mariah like Whitney has problem when it comes to endurance , she needed to talk to the audience more often when performing live over an extended period of time. That is why she tend to miss some notes during full concert performances as a result of vocal fatigue. That even reduces the vocal intensity and quality compared to her studio recording. Had he been born in Europe we could have seen a better version of her to what we are familiar of her right now.

[@mitchywilson9892]

I half suspect she used this song to warm up on.

[@alexandresousa338]

Hey, great reaction!!! I would love to see you reacting to this performance she made w Michael Bolton before she debut, she was only 19, her tone sounds so rich and different from this show you just saw kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGSkqGuGZbtkhKM

[@wesselpricken6342]

Vanessa Carlton?

[@whitneyhouston1122]

On the crack it was intentonl 12:57

[@Andrea-cp8ng]

Sometimes she cracks intentionally. Loads of examples.

[@hughw2377]

Why the Japanese be so scared lol

[@Danner907]

And at the end the Japanese couldn’t understand

[@eleeveeayees3425]

This was 1996 and those outfits aren't her favorite.

[@eleeveeayees3425]

This was 1996 and those outfits aren't her favorite.