To Be Eaten Alive


To Be Eaten Alive is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah the Scientist. The album was released on October 27, 2023, through Buckles Laboratories and Epic Records. The album features guest appearances from Vory, 21 Savage, and Young Thug with production from herself alongside producers such as 18yoman, Kaytranada, London on da Track, Nineteen85, and WondaGurl, next to several other producers.

Background

Days before the album's release, Mariah's interview with Complex was released, in which she spoke about the album's title:

Singles

On October 28, 2022, "Bout Mine" was released as the lead single from the album. The music video was released a week later on November 4, 2022. The track details "her frustrations about the romantic complications she is experiencing from a nonchalant lover". The second single from the record, "From A Woman", was released almost a year later on October 13, 2023. It was released in tandem with the track, "From A Man", by her boyfriend Young Thug. A promotional single, "Different Pages" was released two days prior to the release of the full project on October 25, 2023. "Out of Luck" began impacting urban contemporary radio as the third and final single from the album on November 13, 2023.

Critical reception

Writing for Pitchfork, Jackson Howard wrote that the album "ditches the well-drawn, sometimes-treacly origin stories of her first two full-lengths" and that "in their place is a collection of disappointingly aimless and often impersonal takes on distant love". Howard wrote that throughout the project, Mariah "sounds bored and uninspired, too exhausted by her circumstances to jolt herself awake". Concluding his review, he pointed out the production as the weakest point of the album, writing that "the beats are often the problem " and that "the beats on To Be Eaten Alive are mostly plodding and bland, making the album’s 27-minute runtime feel twice as long as it actually is".

Personnel