Between their idiosyncratic songwriting styles, generational hits, Grammys, and Billboard chart domination, Mariah Carey and SZA made a natural pair at Wednesday night’s Apple Music-hosted Flowers conversation at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Serving as the official pilot of Flowers, a new Apple Music live show created by gamma. co-founder Larry Jackson, Carey and SZA’s conversation was a heartfelt lovefest that doubled as a Lambily reunion. With Here for It All, Carey’s forthcoming 16th studio album, arriving on Friday (Sept. 26), the Flowers conversation featured exclusive snippets of the title track, as well as behind-the-scenes stories of the album’s creation.

Carey appeared very excited, if not a little nervous, about her first album in seven years — but once she started g

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