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Billboard just posted a great article!
It's Time to Get Excited for Carly Rae Jepsen's New Music
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Don't believe Carly Rae Jepsen is poised for a comeback? Think again! She's collaborating with big names, she's got a video with Bieber and Hanks, and plenty of strong early buzz surrounding her new music.
It would be easy to regard Carly Rae Jepsen as forever belonging to 2012. That was the year the erstwhile Canadian Idol finalist broke through to U.S. audiences with "Call Me Maybe," a single so undeniable, with a hook so insidiously catchy, that its pop culture ubiquity seemed inevitable from the moment the song graced American Top 40 radio.
Kiss, the 2012 album that "Call Me Maybe" called home, did not enjoy a particularly long chart run, selling 289,000 copies to date according to Nielsen Music and failing to turn follow-up singles "This Kiss" and "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" into hits. Instead of quickly releasing a Kiss sequel, Jepsen spent three months starring on Broadway, and over two years working on new music. Two-and-a-half years removed from the amazing run of "Call Me Maybe," Jepsen's mainstream career is largely defined by that single, and may very well always be.
But here are two important things to keep in mind: despite its lack of multiple smashes, Kiss is a tremendous record (), a triumphant collection of bubblegum music rightly heralded by pop addicts in the years following its release. And the follow-up to Kiss, which is slowly coming together, could be even better, based on many recent indicators.
Dev Hynes, the mastermind of Blood Orange, and songwriter/producer Ariel Rechtshaid. For those unfamiliar, these two guys have made some of the more compelling pop music of the 2010s so far.
Then, Jepsen shared a photo alongside Bleachers head/Fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff.
Okay, so combined with the Hynes/Rechtshaid news, we can conclude that Jepsen is going the indie-pop route! Maybe the Kiss follow-up will be Pitchfork-approved instead of a commercial comeback. Best New Jepsen!
Okay, so now Jepsen's comeback includes a must-see music video with Tom Freakin' Hanks and the Biebs as her co-stars. "I Really Like You" is coming out in March, and early word on the single is very strong.
Still not pumped for the Jepsen Train to roll into the station? Maybe yesterday's news, that Jepsen has spent studio time with Tegan and Sara, will get you there. If Tegan and Sara can help Jepsen re-create the warm hooks of a song like "Closer," then this project becomes even more enticing.
Jepsen's next album does not have an announced release date (most likely because it is not finished), and the list of collaborators is not concrete (Jepsen has also mentioned producers like Benny Blanco and Josh Ramsay being involved in the project). Yet the hints she has dropped represent promising signs for those of us who have heard what Jepsen can accomplish on a proper pop album and want her to have another shot at the spotlight. The success of "Call Me Maybe" may be darn near impossible to replicate, but Jepsen's mainstream moment will likely extend past one calendar year.
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full article: http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...ic-get-excited
And them acknowledging Canadian Idol
And the comments on Facebook even clocking Billboard:
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Comeback?? She didn't go anywhere lol
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I know right? It's only been like 2 years.
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Yeah I was expecting 10 years or something but 2?
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What do you mean Comeback? She never left, the girl is great no questions asked. to her
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she just went on tour and then on broadway, she didn't go anywhere.
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