blog: october 19th, 2023

after last night is so fucking good . every time we listen to it , we stop and take note that after last night is just so good . i listen to the album over and over and over and it always catches my attention . it's everything to me .

listening to come over makes me the happiest person in the entire world

signed , jyliet

blog: april 1st, 2024

the above still stands

signed, maddy

carly rae jepsen (crj) is our favorite musician. we love her music and spend a lot of time listening to it. her music is 80s inspired dance pop "chill disco" with buttery feathery vocals and tender lyrics.

her most well known song is call me maybe, a song on her 2012 album kiss. the song was so popular that it was even referenced by cookie monster. unfortunately, the light-hearted pop song branded crj as a twee girlish bright-eyed darling in the minds of like everyone on earth. undaunted, crj went on to knock the ball out of the park with her album emotion, an underrated gem that critics loved.

a year after emotion came out, emotion: side b dropped. it was a complete surprise, and it rules.

crj took her time (four years!) crafting dedicated, a much more mature and confident voice. and, just like emotion before it, dedicated: side b was released. we're torn as to which we like better because they're both really good.

her latest album, the loveliest time was really fun! we have extensive thoughts about it, along with its previous album the loneliest time down below.

carly rae jepsen makes music that makes me feel like when you grab your friend's hand and pull them to the dance floor and you do a silly little wiggle to get started. and isn't that a good feeling?

the loveliest time is crj's eighth studio album (after tug of war, kiss, emotion, emotion side b, dedicated, dedicated side b, the loneliest time) and it fucking rules. it's so good. please listen to it.

this album is raucous and joyous, a true lovely time. the songs are about jumping headfirst into love. it focuses on the aftermaths and the cyclical push-pull nature of affection and love.

the loveliest time track reviews

reviews of every song on the album

1. anything to be with you

   an appetite for stars tonight / and you're the reason

   immediately, we're thrown into carly's party of love. it's a bright and jazzy bop with a catchy chorus that sticks like honey to the mind.

2. kamikaze

   you mind if i need to come kamikaze / crash into your way?

   the echoing gives it a nice haunting and textured quality to it. wish that she hadn't made a like world war 2 reference though.

3. after last night

   in the pale moonlight / in the moment, i was / hypnotized

   bright with a fun dip for the chorus. the lyrics flow together beautifully. like other places in the album, crj alludes to being bad at love previously and is getting her groove back (thanks to someone special) and it's cute.

4. aeroplanes

   we're only earth angels / and every day i want you

   slower song that's a little confusing. does he return her affections or not? :thinking: maybe smarter folks than us can decide

5. shy boy

   shy boy, stir me up / you didn't even know you got the midas touch

   a sweet little disco number. definitely a highlight of the album, and it was released as a single before the rest of the album.

6. kollage

   i'm still in the dark / paralyzed emotions a very slow ballad in the middle of the album. it's smooth and slick with a more complicated melody than some of the other songs. 27 really likes it, but it may be too slow for this to be a favorite.

7. shadow

   city to city, heartbeat to heartbeat / body to body

   another slow song but the chorus is sticky. we get another airplane reference. the bridge is very cute.

8. psychedelic switch

   'cause baby i'd be satisfied forever / with a couple years of this

   this psychedelic song with a heavy backbeat might be the most divisive song on the album. maddy thinks it's a teeny bit cringey but jyliet really likes it. teresa thinks it's cute that jyliet likes it.

   here's some specific lyric thoughts:

   • don't wake me 'cause i'm lucid dreamin'cliche, but endearing
   • meditatin' on your lips makes maddy cringe a tad, but teresa thinks it's romantic
   • 'cause, baby, i'd be satisfied forever / with a couple years of this is just soooo sweet, that young fresh raw kind of love
   • make me feel like in my birthday suit makes maddy cringe even more, but jyliet thinks the line delivery is just bubbly and adorable

9. so right

   sometimes we get it so right / we can get it so right

   this is the same spot as "so nice" in the loneliest time, so nice parallel. this is also her second song with an explicit rating. this song is also slightly confusing, but it's buttery smooth and fun to listen to.

10. come over

    i'm already dreamin' / come over come over

    our tied-for-first on the album with after last night. this is superduper sweet with the same kind of fun as want you in my room. just puppy love.

11. put it to rest

    like your moon / won't let me sleep

    this song is about setting aside the past that keeps you lonely, which means a lot coming after an album called the loneliest time.

12. stadium love

    hey boy, saw you on the weekend / full stop, now i'm in the deep end

    we just realized now what this song reminds us of and it reminds us of fun., especially they're first album. we'll ask 27 if they agree

13. weekend love

    soft light hits me on the high line / so go on foolin' around / i'll be already, i'm alright

    a slow and stylish way to end the album. another weekend song, too!

our rankings

1. after last night
2. come over
3. shy boy
4. psychedelic switch
5. anything to be with you
6. kamikaze
7. so right
8. stadium love
9. shadow
10. put it to rest
11. aeroplanes
12. shadow
13. kollage

the loneliest time is crj's seventh studio album (after tug of war, kiss, emotion, emotion side b, dedicated, dedicated side b) and it fucking rules. it's so good. please listen to it.

the first six songs just absolutely fucking rule. the 7th song is bends, which really slows everything down and it stays pretty lowkey after that. shooting star brings the energy back up a bit. so nice has a very similar vibe to everything he needs.

the loneliest time track reviews

please understand these eight albums are still all in our top like 20 albums ever

occasionally, crj releases singles. some of them are singles written for other works, such as cut to the feeling, which was written for a canadian ballerina animated movie.

crj's music process includes writing and recording a lot of music and then whittling down to the best tracks according to a theme. however, this process also yields a lot of leaked music.

some of her leaks rank in our top favorites of her discography.

• got fifth on canadian idol
• put out 1st album tug of war in 2008
• 2nd album kiss in 2012 featuring the single call me maybe
• call me maybe goes viral
• emotion, album #3, drops in 2015 to critical acclaim
  • and not Just because of the sax solo in run away with me
• a surprise b-side album a year later: emotion: side b that doesn't count among her discography according to wikipedia (strange)
• dedicated joins the ranks in 2019, with dedicated: side b coming a year later
• album #7 !! , the loneliest time, comes out october 2022!
• and most recently, the companion album the loveliest time in july 2023

• she's sang in simlish before to put run away with me in the sims
• she's said in a couple of interviews she wants to write a musical
• japan has laws in place that make it profitable to make japan-exclusive tracks, and usually they are Very good and Very easy to get through various methods
• she did a music video with shrampton, the instagram famous cat
• cut to the feeling, arguably one of her very best songs, was made for a canadian animated children's movie called 'ballerina'

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