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This is partner content.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0In conversation with Billboard<\/em> and Honda Stage, Mariah The Scientist explores authenticity, artistry and connection \u2014 reflecting on her creative journey, the vulnerability behind her songwriting and the deep, honest relationship she shares with her fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mariah The Scientist:<\/strong> Mariah The Scientist is just a scientist, you know? Mariah The Scientist was a scientist, at least, and one day she just decided she wanted to explore a different science. <\/p>\n \n\tI think songwriting is really, really important. I think that the way I look at it is that it\u2019s something that you make from scratch. \u201cRainy Days\u201d is more the kind of song where I\u2019m, like, super vulnerable and discussing, constantly fighting to prove a point. Vulnerability is very expensive. <\/p>\n \n\tHonestly, to make a good song, you wind up exploiting your trauma, but it becomes rewarding at the end, once you do 1,000 shows, and you go and you see people crying and singing it because it makes you feel like you did something that people can connect to, and they feel seen and now, and them feeling seen now, you feel seen. When my fans tell me that they feel like I\u2019ve written something about them, or I look at them more like my friends than a fan. <\/p>\n \n\tThe very first show, I was like, \u201cOh my gosh, people are coming to see me, they\u2019re singing.\u201d I was so nervous, but I felt like I didn\u2019t have to be nervous by the end because they were singing the words for me. Honestly, sometimes I get emotional when I hear them singing certain songs or, like, and I\u2019ll just cry on the stage. I\u2019ll be trying not to do that, though. <\/p>\n \n\tWhen Honda Stage gave me a call and said, \u201cHey, would you like to collaborate on this Rising Star opportunity with Billboard<\/em>?\u201d I said, \u201cWow, I\u2019m not under a rock anymore, and maybe all the work, tireless nights and tireless days are getting me somewhere.\u201d I\u2019m just so flattered, and I am hoping that I can live up to my new title, Rising Star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/mariah-the-scientist-gets-real-about-love-pain-her-process\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mtshonda.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard This is partner content. \u00a0In conversation with Billboard and Honda Stage, Mariah The Scientist explores authenticity, artistry and connection \u2014 reflecting on her creative journey, the vulnerability behind her songwriting and the deep, honest relationship she shares with her fans.\u00a0 Mariah The Scientist: Mariah The Scientist is just a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1905832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1905832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1905832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1905832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1905832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}