Halle & Mariah The Scientist, alone | Dazzling Duets

In the first edition of Dazzling Duets (2026), Halle and Mariah The Scientist collaborate on “alone.”

Sometimes, two is better than one! That is the case when it comes to Dazzling Duets! On Dazzling Duets, we highlight striking songs performed by two artists collaborating. These duets can be from any musical style, making Dazzling Duets a flexible, versatile column. In the first edition of Dazzling Duets (2026), Halle and Mariah The Scientist collaborate on “alone”. Let the dazzle begin!

Damn right, Halle (Halle Bailey)! Loneliness can be a total bi-otch! There is good news for the Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter, however.  She collaborates with fellow R&B standout, Mariah The Scientist (Mariah Amani Buckles) on “alone”! A duet strips away some of the loneliness, right? Right! “Alone” is the seventh track from Halle’s 2025 debut album, love?… or something like it. Halle and Mariah penned the brief, 2:11 cut alongside producers Needlz and D. Phelps.

“Alone” kicks off beautifully with a striking, detuned piano patch. It is a key part of the success of the musical accompaniment, which is sleek and well-produced (Get it Needlz and D. Phelps). Fittingly, Halle draws first blood, delivering a beautiful, refined vocal performance.  Doing the heavy lifting, she performs the tuneful chorus (excerpted earlier), first verse, bridge, and successive choruses.  In the chorus, she continues, “I’ve been working on my own, without you / Damn, I can’t leave you alone.” Again, I say damn right!  In the first verse, she’s taken by him: “When I go to bed, when I lay my head / I just want my daddy.” In the bridge, she touts her strength, but adds, “But there’s something ‘bout your love / That’s just got me, babe.” Mariah The Scientist performs most of the second verse, contrasting yet complementing Halle. “I wanted love, I wanted patience / You were a drug, I was a patient,” Buckles sings, and continues, “You filled all of my prescriptions / Damn, I’m so addicted and / Now we in love, that’s what you call it.”  Interestingly, the relationship appears to have ended, but both ladies conclude the verse, singing, “Somehow I’m still wishing I had you, yeah.” Halle concludes “alone” and performs most of the final chorus, with a few small contributions from Mariah (solo and collaboratively). Short but sweet, Halle and Mariah The Scientist shine on this R&B joint.

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Halle » love?… or something like it » Parkwood Entertainment LLC / Columbia » 2025

Halle & Mariah The Scientist, alone: Dazzling Duets No. 1 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Parkwood Entertainment LLC / Columbia; ANTONI SHKRABA production from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

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