Nyr’e Jones, Editor

As a girl, love is a dream that is wholeheartedly desired. It’s constantly shown in childhood shows and Disney princess movies how the girl falls madly in love with her Prince Charming and they run off happily ever after.

As time goes on, the same little girls become teenagers and eventually adult women. Although one thing stays the same: the craving for love.

But what wasn’t promised in those nostalgic princess movies was heartbreak. To most, a teenage girl or woman experiencing heartbreak or soul-captivating love is just another life experience. Mariah The Scientist uses her music to convey how much more it truly is and the many emotions that come with the simple desire for love.

Mariah The Scientist, a contemporary R&B artist, uses her music to display vulnerability and the complexity of being in love, as well as the dangers and the indescribable joy.

Rising to fame in 2019 with her debut album, “Master,” which she wrote about her ex-boyfriend, Mariah explores the many emotions of betrayal and sadness following the breakup. This album opened up a safety net for other girls and women who’ve felt the exact same way but had nowhere to turn.

“Master” gained many fans, and she maintained her same standpoint on love and heartbreak within her subsequent bodies of work.

In 2021, there was “Ry Ry World,” which showcased the newfound love she had begun and also the desperation that came with being in love. In 2023, she released “To Be Eaten Alive,” an album about the ups and downs of her then-distant love. And most recently she released, “Hearts Sold Separately,” where she uses a metaphor of women being soldiers for love while men see women as “play soldiers” to throw around.

Mariah’s lyrics are what captivate the listener and make the song more than just a song, highlighting the relatable pain. She uses strong language in many songs that other artists shy away from.

Let’s take a look into her beautifully complex mind. In her song, “Reminders,” she explores the desire to harm her lover because of  infidelity and the pain it left her with. “Memories of our dead garden, is it a crime that I planned to leave you in our Brooklyn apartment? It seems like it ended before it got started. Know that our parents called it, said I’d end up broken-hearted.”

Mariah’s beautiful lyrics come from her life experiences with love. The dangers of it, “Rainy Days,” and the beauty of it, “From A Woman.” The many emotions she feels, which are described and heard through her music, evoke a beautiful tragedy of the fantasy of love but also the hopefulness of the next life experience. But I can’t help but wonder, is love worth the possible destruction of heartbreak?

And again in her song, “Rainy Days,” where she writes/sings about the aftermath of being heartbroken. The sadness that comes in waves, where she can feel nothing but disgrace with the past. “Put forth an open heart and I’ve been hurt, looking back in retrospect, that ain’t what I deserve. Want it back in blood, and blood I’m going to get, and still I pray for love instead of common sense. I was trying to live with it. You can say I’m uninterested now. Fool me once, I guess that’s allowed. But fool me twice, well, I’m not as proud. To you, it seems insignificant. To me, everything’s different now.”

And lastly, “Burning Blue,” where she describes the love for her current boyfriend and the intense fight between staying because of love but also being ready to fight the blue flame. “As long as you’re a true (True) leader (Leader) Then I’ll oblige, promise to please ya (Please ya). But if you open fire, then it’s treason. And I decide to go out swinging. If you shoot, then you can bet, every single dollar and your last few cents, that I will too, and I mean it.”