{"id":42550,"date":"2025-07-31T19:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/mariah-the-scientist-taps-kali-uchis-for-is-it-a-crime-listen\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T19:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:42:55","slug":"mariah-the-scientist-taps-kali-uchis-for-is-it-a-crime-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/mariah-the-scientist-taps-kali-uchis-for-is-it-a-crime-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah the Scientist Taps Kali Uchis for &#8216;Is It a Crime&#8217;: Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Is It a Crime&#8221; is off Mariah&#8217;s upcoming fourth album, out at the end of August<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Hearts Sold Separately<\/em> is just weeks away \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mariah-the-scientist\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mariah-the-scientist\" data-tag=\"mariah-the-scientist\">Mariah the Scientist<\/a> is giving fans another song to preview her upcoming record. On Thursday, the R&amp;B singer released the sultry \u201cIs It a Crime,\u201d featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kali-uchis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kali-uchis\" data-tag=\"kali-uchis\">Kali Uchis<\/a>\u2018 luscious vocals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cTell me, what\u2019s it to ya? Tell me, is it a crime\/To fall, to fall in love, in love a couple times?\u201d questions Mariah in the chorus. Uchis then responds in her sexy verse: \u201cIs it a crime? How\u2019s it a crime? No\/\u2019Cause if loving me is jail, then you\u2019re my prisoner.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mariah the Scientist, Kali Uchis - Is It a Crime (Official Audio)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PWf8jHWrK5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMat1k and Oliver Easton produced the song, which is set to be featured on Mariah\u2019s fourth album, <em>Hearts Sold Separately<\/em>, out Aug. 22. The collaboration follows the album\u2019s lead single, \u201cBurning Blue,\u201d which dropped in May. Mariah the Scientist is set to perform at Lollapalooza this weekend before some shows through September. Her last album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mariah-the-scientist-2024-tour-dates-to-be-eaten-alive-1234900136\/\">To Be Eaten Alive<\/a><\/em>, was released in 2023, featuring collaborations with 21 Savage, Young Thug, and Vory.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs for Uchis, who teased the collaboration with Mariah on Instagram, she released her album <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/kali-uchis-sincerely-review-1235335484\/\">Sincerely<\/a><\/em> earlier this year, featuring standouts \u201cIt\u2019s Just Us,\u201d \u201cSunshine &amp; Rain,\u201d and \u201cSugar! Honey! Love!\u201d  <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0gave\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/kali-uchis-sincerely-review-1235335484\/\">Sincerely<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0four stars and called it a \u201cvulnerable meditation on motherhood, her own childhood, and the challenge of holding opposing truths with equal care.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Colombian-American star is set to go on her first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kali-uchis-sincerely-tour-1235338212\/\">headlining arena tour<\/a> in mid-August, stopping at venues such as the Kia Forum in LA and Madison Square Garden in New York. Thee Sacred Souls will join her as an opener.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mariah-the-scientist-kali-uchis-drop-is-it-a-crime-1235397898\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is It a Crime&#8221; is off Mariah&#8217;s upcoming fourth album, out at the end of August Hearts Sold Separately is just weeks away \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}