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Answer: THURSDAY

Track listing for Mariah Carey's album Emotions:

  1. Emotions
  2. And You Don't Remember
  3. Can't Let Go
  4. Make It Happen
  5. If It's Over
  6. You're So Cold
  7. So Blessed
  8. To Be Around You
  9. Till the End of Time
  10. The Wind


Referencing the conversation to this list, and identifying symbols in emoticons:

Line Substring Song Symbol Name
1 If It's Over 5 He
2 Can't Let Go 3 Ya
3 Emotions 1 De
4 Make It Happen 4 Tse
5 So Cold 6 U
6 Till the End of Time 9 Epsilon
7 And You Don't Remember 2 Aleph
8 So Blessed 7 Nabla
9 The Wind 10 Rho
10 To Be Around You 8 Delta

Ordering the first letters by track number you get DAYTHUNDER. This refers to the day which is named after the god of thunder.