Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen rose to fame with 2012’s “Call Me Maybe,” the unavoidable single from her second album, “Kiss.” The pop song spent nine weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and produced lip-syncing videos produced by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, the US Olympic swimming team and more. But while the single rose, “Kiss” itself performed below commercial, selling just 46,000 copies in its first week.
The task of trying to recreate the success of “Call Me Maybe” – and on top of that, craft an album that cemented its place in the pop scene – was certainly daunting. But Jepsen’s follow-up, 2015’s underappreciated and critically acclaimed “Emotion,” has earned the singer a following and likely rescues her from wherever the single hit wonders go after their time is up. The album testifies to the singer’s ability to convey emotion in an important way, even if it seems obvious on paper. She spins the labyrinths of anonymous suitors and promotes the idea of love as something that overflows without giving up. Want to throw everything to the wind and dive into a relationship (or infatuation) that may or may not end well? Jepsen Music grants its listeners the license to do so. In her world, feeling takes the cake — and eats it, too.
After 2019’s Dedicated and 2020 Dedicated Side B album, Jepsen’s sixth album “The Loneliest Time” dropped on Friday. In celebration, we’ve ranked her top 15 songs below.
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