THE LONELIEST TIME 💌 Oct 21. I’m quite fascinated by loneliness. It can be really beautiful when you turn it over and look at it. Just like love, it can cause some extreme human reactions. Preorder now. 💖🖤🌛🍇https://t.co/Sui6vttiR9 pic.twitter.com/hLCVDrmbXS— Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) August 2, 2022
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
thinkingbaoutthings
― imago, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
QUEEN OF PARENTAL ADVISORIES
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
Holy shit
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
personally I think loneliness is really fucking boring but I hope she can change my mind
― Left, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
Bullion + Jepsen is a fantasy come true and I have the highest hopes for this
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
i'm very excited, personally i love loneliness and i can't think of anyone i'd rather hear sing about it.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
I'm also excited to hear what she does with Bullion
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
Is that some kinda cryptocurrency thing?
― peace, man, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:57 (one year ago) link
here for CRJ's version of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8cLdgJ5LE
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 01:08 (one year ago) link
personally I think loneliness is really fucking boring
If you're not lounging in chiffon with bejeweled fruit, you've been doing loneliness all wrong.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 01:24 (one year ago) link
Close... Elon Musk's latest child
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 04:58 (one year ago) link
I already regret invoking his name on what should have been a celebratory thread
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 05:00 (one year ago) link
Mods plz dlt user
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
Oh God I just realized I misspelled her name in the thread title!!!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 12:01 (one year ago) link
mod fix plz?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 12:02 (one year ago) link
Karl Ray Jetson
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 13:40 (one year ago) link
Kenley Ray Jepsen
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
Curly Joe Jackson
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
Carly Ray Vaughan
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
well the new single "beach house" is quite the pivot from "western wind". just about stays on the right side of quirky i think. insanely sticky chorus - it's giving aqua
i wish she didn't give the quirkiest lines to some random men, i think she'd sell "i've got a lake house in canada and i'm probably gonna harvest your organs" a lot better!
― uberweiss, Thursday, 4 August 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
hmm this is mediocre
― ufo, Thursday, 4 August 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
Where are y'all located? It's not out in US Eastern yet :(
― J. Sam, Thursday, 4 August 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
I thought "Western Wind" was hinting that the album was going in a more chill direction, but now this one... Aqua is a good comparison. Catchy but pretty lightweight
― Vinnie, Friday, 5 August 2022 00:19 (one year ago) link
I'll be honest, my expectations were lowered once I saw the album art. Haven't heard Beach House yet, and I'm still unenthused by Western Wind, so I'm holding a wait-and-see position.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 5 August 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I'm not sure about this one. Weird to hear her come out with such a weak chorus.
― kitchen person, Friday, 5 August 2022 02:31 (one year ago) link
i'd take "good time" over "beach house" really
― ufo, Friday, 5 August 2022 04:07 (one year ago) link
was expecting a lot worse based on the reaction to it
― Murgatroid, Friday, 5 August 2022 04:23 (one year ago) link
heh it's actually worse than I was expecting
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 5 August 2022 04:27 (one year ago) link
the more i listen the more i hate it
― ufo, Friday, 5 August 2022 04:31 (one year ago) link
Three times was my limit. Fortunately I doubt I'm in any danger of ever hearing this in the wild, so I may never hear it again.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 5 August 2022 04:45 (one year ago) link
Aqua is a good comparison
You have my attention.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 5 August 2022 09:48 (one year ago) link
Can’t see the Aqua comparison. Sounds like a decent but not great CRJ track.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 5 August 2022 09:58 (one year ago) link
there's a plastic, uber-catchy, 90s europop vibe to the chorus that reminded me of something like aqua
― uberweiss, Friday, 5 August 2022 10:10 (one year ago) link
Oh it def reminds me of them, the europop vibe. Also male/female vocals with quirky lyrics
― Vinnie, Friday, 5 August 2022 10:27 (one year ago) link
She comes out with bad songs sometimes. Party for One was a rough introduction to the Dedicated era for me. I was very relieved when it didn't actually end up on the record. I liked Cut to the Feeling at first but it really is just a chorus, isn't it? Let's Be Friends had that stupid dick joke/laugh in the middle. What were you thinking, Ms. Jensen?
Anyway, I don't think this is one of her bad ones! It definitely sounds musically out of character as far as her past few records. It's not like, sophisticated Carly. But I think it's a fun, funny song. If I have a criticism of it, it's that at 2:30 it gets in and out too quickly, much like the 2:41 Want You In My Room from Dedicated. I really think it could have used one more verse about boys number 5 and 8 or something. I really like the guy background singers on the chorus and bridge. So yeah, I'm on Team Beach House.
― peace, man, Friday, 5 August 2022 11:19 (one year ago) link
her worst song is that one christmas song she put out, just the pits
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 5 August 2022 12:05 (one year ago) link
or let’s be friends, which i had completely forgotten about
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 5 August 2022 12:06 (one year ago) link
Thought you meant her cover of "Last Christmas", Brad, until I looked it up. The lyrics of "It's Not Christmas Til Someone Cries" have put me off wanting to hear the song
― Vinnie, Friday, 5 August 2022 12:25 (one year ago) link
I'm not even a scrooge about Christmas music, but yeah, It's Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries is a stinker.
― peace, man, Friday, 5 August 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
all of these terrible songs are on streaming and yet utter jam “me and the boys in the band” still isn’t, it’s a cruel world
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 5 August 2022 12:39 (one year ago) link
love the lyric of the new one but do not enjoy it musically, it made me think of jessie j and typing this sentence has made me depressed
cut to me in october saying “beach house sorta works in context” lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 5 August 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
lol
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 5 August 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
don't even hate the song as much as some of you but if the song works in context, then i'd be worried about the album
― Murgatroid, Friday, 5 August 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
This sounds more like Black Eyed Peas than Aqua and it sucks.
Hope Western Wind is a better indication of what the album sounds like.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 August 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
xp Well, the next track is about what gets done with those organs
― Vinnie, Friday, 5 August 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
Listening again and it’s worse than Black Eyed Peas. It sounds like a DNCE song.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 5 August 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
This is giving me deja vu to the time Taylor Swift released ME! as the lead single for Lover (Beach House is better than that, but I was hoping for more of a Warm Blood vibe for this album)
― enochroot, Friday, 5 August 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
That was disappointing. It doesn't flow - the chorus grinds to a halt with "I'm probably going to hurt your feelings" and then the song seems to start again. It's just irritatingly stop-start. The middle eight doesn't work. It has surprisingly little Carly Rae Jepsen in it.
I enjoyed "I Want You In My Room" because it flowed well, it had some clever chords, and the production was retro without being overpowering. The chorus was like a one-two punch - it came in two parts, with the second part acting like a bonus chorus, a pleasant surprise. In contrast "Beach House" has a weak single-part chorus that just brings the song to a halt.
It has nothing to do with Aqua. It's not in the same league as Aqua. Aqua was genius. You, "Beach House", are no Aqua. If anything this song reminded me of how well-written "Happy Boys and Girls" was. To this day I still can't tell if the melancholic undercurrent running through that song was deliberate was real or exists only inside my head.
I still have faith in Carly Rae Jepsen but I fear she has been led astray. I'm not suggesting she should be kidnapped and forced to work with Mark Ronson. Kidnapped is such a loaded word. Enticed, with cheese.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Friday, 5 August 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
brad otm about it sounding like jessie j lol
― ufo, Friday, 5 August 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
New article.
https://crackmagazine.net/article/profiles/carly-rae-jepsen-new-album-the-loneliest-time-western-wind-beach-house-cover-story/
Despite the more maudlin theme, The Loneliest Time is wide-ranging. While her 2015 hit album Emotion was embedded in 80s synth-pop and its polished follow-up Dedicated mainly took its influence from sultry 70s disco, lately Jepsen has been less conscious of the decades she’s been moving between. “I had the playground of all the eras to jump from, and this was more just writing from the heart, in whatever direction the songs wanted to go,” she explains of the new album. She was also more intentional about the lyrical content not just being about a boy or nursing a crush. Instead, she became more self-reflective and analytical of her own behaviours. “It excited me to have those moments of flirtation on the new album, but also broaden the spectrum of what the subject of a pop song was allowed to be,” she declares.The Loneliest Time sees the pop star breaking the mould again. Jepsen’s insatiable curiosity is what’s helped her remain a creative force, and on this record, that meant mixing the wistful 80s pop of Belinda Carlisle with horn-flanked funk numbers and victorious disco jaunts. But it was also important for her to not be seen as one-dimensional. For instance, recent single Beach House is the antithesis of the soothing ambience of Western Wind. One of the singer’s most playful tracks, it’s a campy pop anthem that finds Jepsen and her bandmates larping as boys going on bad dates. “This is a song for the girls!” she asserts with a wide grin. It also features some of her most absurd lyrics. “It was the shortest straw-pull for who had to sing, ‘I’ve got a lake house in Canada, I’m going to come harvest your organs,’” she snickers about the song’s lyrics. But while the track veers toward being lighthearted, there are harsh realities within it. “I wanted to highlight that feeling when you’re disenchanted after being on a dating app for a hot minute to be like, ‘That guy’s just going to… he’s going to wreck me.’”
The Loneliest Time sees the pop star breaking the mould again. Jepsen’s insatiable curiosity is what’s helped her remain a creative force, and on this record, that meant mixing the wistful 80s pop of Belinda Carlisle with horn-flanked funk numbers and victorious disco jaunts. But it was also important for her to not be seen as one-dimensional. For instance, recent single Beach House is the antithesis of the soothing ambience of Western Wind. One of the singer’s most playful tracks, it’s a campy pop anthem that finds Jepsen and her bandmates larping as boys going on bad dates. “This is a song for the girls!” she asserts with a wide grin. It also features some of her most absurd lyrics. “It was the shortest straw-pull for who had to sing, ‘I’ve got a lake house in Canada, I’m going to come harvest your organs,’” she snickers about the song’s lyrics. But while the track veers toward being lighthearted, there are harsh realities within it. “I wanted to highlight that feeling when you’re disenchanted after being on a dating app for a hot minute to be like, ‘That guy’s just going to… he’s going to wreck me.’”
― peace, man, Saturday, 6 August 2022 12:55 (one year ago) link
The video has sold the song to me a bit more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLvVbazi0B4
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 12 August 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
Listening to it again I often wonder what it was like for OG Gary Numan fans circa 1982 or so. I wasn't turned on to Gary Numan's vibe until the late 1990s, just when he finally got his mojo back, but from essentially 1981 until the one-two punch of Sacrifice in 1994 and Exile in 1997 he was a nobody. I have the impression that by the late 1980s his OG fans had moved on, but there was a period post-Telekon when he was in theory a major pop star, albeit only in the UK, but with an increasingly limited mainstream appeal.
And yet his fans stuck with him, because they could remember the first time they saw "Are Friends Electric" on the Old Grey Whistle Test or whatever. They could remember how it made them feel and they wanted to recapture that. Just like the first time I had a Dragonflight and a click frenzy in Cookie Clicker. I will never recapture that feeling, but I remember that I had it. I remember what it was like. I eventually found out I could maximise my clicks by sacrificing grandmas, but it didn't feel the same.
I came to the Carly Rae Jepsen music machine much later in life, but I clearly remember the point in time when it dawned on me that "Call Me Maybe" was one of the greatest pop songs of the early twenty-first century, alongside Death Grips' "I've Seen Footage". I remember exactly where I was. The surroundings. The thing is that while Gary Numan had some good tracks on I, Assassin and even Warriors he then settled into a rut where each album had one good single, one good b-side, and lots of filler, and that's the feeling I have with this new song. It's like "I Still Remember" or "My World Storm" or something.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Friday, 12 August 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
The video is delightful. I didn't think much of the song as a song, but as a comedy sketch it's great.
― Lear, Tolstoy, and the Jack of Hearts (Lily Dale), Saturday, 13 August 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
Sorry but I don’t think Carly has it in her to make as many godawful album covers as Numan, which if you ask me was half the experience
― frogbs, Saturday, 13 August 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
Ok, music video is great. Almost makes me like the song.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 13 August 2022 16:59 (one year ago) link
I didn't think much of the song as a song, but as a comedy sketch it's great.
The Lonely Island Effect!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 August 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
New song “Talking To Yourself” sounds like something from Kiss? It’s good but I’m starting to think “Western Wind” was a giant red herring.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 September 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
it's so much better than the other two, very kiss yeah
― ufo, Thursday, 15 September 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
oh my GOD
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 16 September 2022 04:03 (one year ago) link
all of the interviews i've read with crj around this record suggest she didn't drift toward any one sound with this record, there's apparently a real range, of which "beach house" and "western wind" represent the poles
"talking to yourself" has plunged me in a perfectly-synesthetically-recreated sense memory of 2012 when i was depressed and listening to crj's kiss daily, this should be horrible but for whatever reason i am really enjoying timecrushed "th1s k1ss 2.0" complete with wormhole-dilated crj vocal fx
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 16 September 2022 04:18 (one year ago) link
FINALLY a good song
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 16 September 2022 06:00 (one year ago) link
i sure hope "western wind" and "beach house" are both outliers
― ufo, Friday, 16 September 2022 06:28 (one year ago) link
New song “Talking To Yourself” sounds like something from Kiss?
Doesn't sound much like Kiss to me. Maybe a little like their disco phase?
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Friday, 16 September 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
This new song is amazing, can't wait for the album
― Bee OK, Friday, 16 September 2022 22:30 (one year ago) link
I can't tell if Keyes is joking or not.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 17 September 2022 05:09 (one year ago) link
same here, not feeling these singles at all sadly..
― fragglerock, Saturday, 17 September 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwZjjiD8eoE
lol i really do not like the way their voices go together, but the track is fine otherwise
― ufo, Friday, 7 October 2022 04:11 (one year ago) link
v classy like "julien," love it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 7 October 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
the coda ("and in the morning...") is fucking amazing basically
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 7 October 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
"bends" ;_;
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 9 October 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
Good song, this album is going to be great.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 9 October 2022 00:38 (one year ago) link
this is very solid, i like the generally chill vibe. the only thing i don't like is "beach house". "western wind" was an odd single but works better in context of the album's vibe. "bends" and "bad thing twice" are especially great
― ufo, Sunday, 9 October 2022 01:42 (one year ago) link
"keep away"!!!!!
this album settles into such a gorgeous, relaxed groove from "bends" onwards
― uberweiss, Sunday, 9 October 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
big fan of this record even though it is obv her most varied offering yet. simultaneously it's also the one that hits the most yacht rock/sophistipop notes in a row tho
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 9 October 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link
yeah the sophisti- vibes on this are wonderful
― ufo, Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:25 (one year ago) link
Where/how is this album already available?
― Tim F, Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
it leaked so soulseek or wherever else
― ufo, Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
wtf I love "Beach House" now
― J. Sam, Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
It really fits as part of that opening run of sub-3-minute songs
― J. Sam, Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:54 (one year ago) link
it kind of fits with the vibe but not really, easily the worst thing on here
― ufo, Sunday, 9 October 2022 23:55 (one year ago) link
last time I tried to find an early leak of one of her albums I downloaded a false-labelled hour of a man shouting "I am Carly Rae Jepsen I like to sing the songs" so the bar for me trying to find this is quite low
― boxedjoy, Monday, 10 October 2022 07:14 (one year ago) link
i'm feeling dramatic i like the moon and the magic of thisoh i oh i i i i
I'MFEELING DRAMATICI LIKE THE MOON AND THE MAGIC OF THISOH I OH I I I I
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
― boxedjoy,
I would pay for this.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link
"shooting star" has me completely delirious
there are so many amazing outros on this album
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
"bad thing twice" => "shooting star" => "go find yourself or whatever" => "the loneliest time" is cinema
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
Was alerted to this by sample of video with Rufus Wainwright that will appear in full tomorrow.
― Askeladd v. BMI (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0A0pQmGPM
wonderful video imo
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
and in the morningsun hits the wateris this nirvana?
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 00:36 (one year ago) link
― Askeladd v. BMI (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:33 (one year ago) link
― Askeladd v. BMI (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
Is this some kind of sly tribute to Rufus and Carla Thomas?
― Askeladd v. BMI (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 October 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
The early singles work really well in the context of the album. Loving the sophisti-pop vibes on a few of these tracks. On my second run through now and it's hitting the spot.
― The Ghost Club, Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
Far Away is great. Love the Scritti Politti-esque synth bassline in the chorus.
― The Ghost Club, Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
Ok so Beach House still misses. But Western Wind does work much better in the album context. Still not a great single, but it adds some nice mid-album atmosphere.
The last two singles (Talking to Yourself, Three Loneliest Time) both slay on the record.
― The Ghost Club, Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
Lol the*
Are y'all too busy listening to Taylor?
This album is really good, much better than Dedicated. Much more variety.
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 21 October 2022 05:34 (one year ago) link
It's late in America, tomorrow is going to be a fun day. Can't wait to hear this.
― Bee OK, Friday, 21 October 2022 05:39 (one year ago) link
it leaked like two weeks ago so there's a million other things to hear today. i think it's a little worse than dedicated just for "beach house" but still pretty good overall
― ufo, Friday, 21 October 2022 05:41 (one year ago) link
Fair enough. And yeah Beach House isn't great...
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 21 October 2022 05:44 (one year ago) link
Far Away being good seconded!
― imago, Friday, 21 October 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
Jesus, I somehow hadn't heard Western Wind until now
― imago, Friday, 21 October 2022 13:07 (one year ago) link
Works so well in context!
I think the only track which hasn't really convinced me yet is the opener, weirdly, cos people seem to love that one
― imago, Friday, 21 October 2022 13:10 (one year ago) link
WW rules i don't know what the naysayers are on aboutBeach House though, that had me worriedLook forward to sitting down with the whole thing
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 21 October 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
this record is just so fucking great
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
world stops and the autumn leaves freeze in time mid-fall for the entirety of "western wind" every time i play it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 21 October 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
sheesh maybe this is her best album
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 21 October 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
I like this album. Also I like "Beach House," it's her most convincing disco track.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
This album is fun
― Bee OK, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
Beach House isn't great, I find it cringey, both lyrically and musically.
The title track is a way better disco bop, after she yells: "I'm coming back for you!" Iconic moment. Then those disco strings!
Talking to Yourself is def the best single from the bunch imo.
― The Ghost Club, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
"beach house" feels like its knowingly cringey, which makes it...camp?
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
Technically I think it's knowingly camp, which makes it ironic. I don't know, it's a goofy song, hard to hate. She's kind of goofy! That's what charmed me about her live show, she's got kind of a shtick going.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
And I agree, the title track is her best disco. But Beach House is fun too.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 21 October 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
Bends is driving me crazy because I'm certain the melody of the verse is basically the same as a Momus song, but I can't figure out which one. I think I might be thinking of Voyager, but I'm not really sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKDUXp2gDk
Almost certainly a coincidence, just too weird to imagine Jepsen listening to Momus of all people.
Anyway, this album rules, can't stop listening to it.
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 21 October 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
This album is good, not great. I think it may be a grower. Beach House does kinda suck and take you out of it, I do wish it wasn’t there. Nothing really sticks out, which is a shame, she has had some great star making moments and this seems to lack a “Too much” or “Boy Problems”. It’s a nice pop star “growing up” record though, like Taylor has been doing for a while.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 21 October 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
On a first listen I love this album. The back half I think really nails that convalescent feeling of coming out of a long isolation, the emotional neediness of it, that mix of joy and gratitude and fragility and a sense that the good things may not last. "Bends" into "Western Wind" is perfect.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 22 October 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Can't wait to listen to this in full. She was amazing last night in Berkeley
― Half Japanese Breakfast (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 22 October 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
Did she play songs from the album? I've been wondering about her setlists, since she started touring before the album was out.
― Lily Dale, Sunday, 23 October 2022 05:20 (one year ago) link
she's playing a bunch of the new album on this tour yes
― ufo, Sunday, 23 October 2022 05:57 (one year ago) link
ooh bullion co-produced/wrote "bends" and "far away"
― ufo, Sunday, 23 October 2022 06:01 (one year ago) link
After one listen, I definitely like The Loneliest Time more than Dedicated, which never really hooked me apart from a couple songs. we'll see how it compares to EMOTION after a few more listens. "Beach House" still sounds out of left field tho, not sure I'll ever really like that song
― Vinnie, Sunday, 23 October 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
"shooting star" reminds me of the last kylie album, i really like it but wish it rode out the coda more
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link
just like with EMOTION, the bonus tracks are amazing. "Anxious" might be better than anything on the album
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
I didn’t realise that was a bonus track, seems odd not to be part of the album to me.
I guess thinking back it’s a classic CRJ move, see “Drive”
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 08:51 (one year ago) link
Heh, I similarly wasn't aware the EMOTION bonus tracks were bonus tracks when I first heard it. I just thought it was a very long, very good album
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:08 (one year ago) link
I wish the whole album was co-written by Bullion. Far-away and Bends are great. I want more of that.
Bends to Western Wind is indeed a perfect combo.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:09 (one year ago) link
Xxxpost: maybe CRJ doesn’t know Momus but Bullion might.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 10:11 (one year ago) link
i don't think "bends" is ripping "voyager" at least
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
lol at some point it came out that haim co-wrote "making the most of the night" under a pseudonym and i never knew until now?
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 12:10 (one year ago) link
I finally listened to the song "The Loneliest Time." It sounds like it's going for an Olivia Newton John vibe.
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
Not hearing Momus per se but it does sounds like german electropop from early 00’s - backing track at least - something like Barbara Morgenstern, Lali Puna, isan… stuff like that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
"the loneliest time" is excellent. that and "western wind" outclass everything else on here.
the rest is fine, but those are just excellent!
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
Huh I never knew that either. When I heard Sia's version of it, it made perfect sense that she co-wrote - it's a very Sia melody. I'm not sure what part Haim wrote, but the chorus has the quick pace of some of their songs
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
Add my name to the list of ilxors who love "Western Wind". Suggests an alternate universe where she collaborated on an album with Benoit and Sergio.
Don't get the hate for "Beach House"! If No Doubt got back together and released it I'd love it. And I love it this way too
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
'western wind' definitely one of my songs of the year.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
Might be just the pop duet thing but Loneliest Time is giving me vibes of Annie/Jake Shears on Neon Lights
― kinder, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
Okay, late to hearing this, but it really is terrific, especially the back half. Damn. Cut "Beach House" and it comes within swinging distance of flawless, imho. Absolutely love "Western Wind", "Go Find" and "The Loneliest Time" in particular.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 22:52 (one year ago) link
another beach house hater wtf
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 17 November 2022 00:11 (one year ago) link
and he's probably gonna hurt your feelings
― enochroot, Thursday, 17 November 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link
It’s not that it’s terrible, it sticks out too much.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 17 November 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
I don't hate it, it's just not great and sticks out like a sore thumb, ruining the flow.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
i can sense your hate, don't lie
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
"Beach House" was a real crowd-pleaser live by the way, a fun moment in the show
― erasingclouds, Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
Being a good live-show tune is definitely what I feel the intention behind Beach House is.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
I genuinely don't hate it, I would like it more as a standalone single that works great live and shows up on her inevitably killer singles comp. It just takes me out of the album's otherwise great vibe.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
It’s not that it’s terrible, it sticks out too much.― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:28 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:28 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
When I stick out, then I stick out too much.
― peace, man, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
The sequencing on this album is a thing of beauty. I mentioned Bends into Western Wind, but also love Go Find Yourself or Whatever into The Loneliest Time. Bc The Loneliest Time, on its own, is poised on this knife-edge between genuine hope and false hope: it could be a love story, or it could just be the kind of self-deluding fantasy you spin when you're lonely and starting to think it's a good idea to call up your ex. But Go Find Yourself or Whatever is so clearly about being able to hold reality and false hope in your mind at the same time: "Tell me that we'll meet up someday/I'll tell you that I'm no good at tellin' lies," but also, simultaneously, "and I'll wait for you." So that when The Loneliest Time starts after that final "I'll wait for you," the balance tips just slightly in the direction of fantasy: this vision of reuniting, loneliness ended, everything back the way it was and the sun on the water in the morning, it's beautiful but it isn't real.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 19 November 2022 03:16 (one year ago) link
that's so sweetcame by just to say it's clear to me now this is her best work yet. It mightn't even be close.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 03:52 (one year ago) link
"bends" is really so good i hope she does a full album with bullion next
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 12:46 (one year ago) link
Ohh that's Bullion producing? Maybe I knew and forgot. The song is great, yes. Doesn't seem her style to do a whole album with one producer, but I do hope they work together again
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
"keep away" really should have been on the album instead of beach house
― ufo, Thursday, 9 March 2023 01:08 (one year ago) link
New song! So, so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9SchUO-Qr8
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 June 2023 07:40 (nine months ago) link
Full Glastonbury show will be shown live on the BBC coverage tonight.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 23 June 2023 08:59 (nine months ago) link
Correction, today at 15.45 BST apparently
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 23 June 2023 09:00 (nine months ago) link
Great single ^ When it got to the interpolation of Midas Touch my mind exploded.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 23 June 2023 09:04 (nine months ago) link
Love it when the artist looks like they're having an absolute blast, which she clearly is
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 June 2023 14:56 (nine months ago) link
I mean, how is she not an absolutely massive pop star?
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 June 2023 15:06 (nine months ago) link
US chart preview (sales only) - debut: @carlyraejepsen 12-15k.― james brooks, Saturday, August 22, 2015 6:55 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglinkoh man, that's not good.― how's life, Saturday, August 22, 2015 7:36 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglinkwow― johnny crunch, Saturday, August 22, 2015 7:38 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglinklol who is surprised by those numbers― mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Saturday, August 22, 2015 8:00 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― james brooks, Saturday, August 22, 2015 6:55 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
oh man, that's not good.
― how's life, Saturday, August 22, 2015 7:36 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
wow
― johnny crunch, Saturday, August 22, 2015 7:38 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol who is surprised by those numbers
― mods = chickenshit idiots (D-40), Saturday, August 22, 2015 8:00 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
l-r me, D-40 https://media.tenor.com/pRbKLLxPB9cAAAAC/ralph-thesimpsons.gif
― peace, man, Monday, 26 June 2023 13:50 (nine months ago) link
this is better than anything on Loneliest Time
― Murgatroid, Monday, 26 June 2023 16:59 (nine months ago) link
no it’s not
― ivy (BradNelson), Monday, 26 June 2023 19:06 (nine months ago) link
I’m not sure I would say better, but it is definitely more immediate. Hope it does well.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 26 June 2023 20:37 (nine months ago) link
it's decent but quite a different vibe for her. definitely not better than anything on the last album but there's tracks i would take it over, sure. presumably some sort of loneliest time side b is on its way?
― ufo, Monday, 26 June 2023 23:37 (nine months ago) link
I like it a lot and - presumably because it's produced by James Ford - I can totally imagine Jessie Ware singing it.
My understanding is that there won't be a full-length side B this time but just an EP of about 5 tracks in length.
And yes she's established herself as a pretty reliably excellent live experience. I saw her again a few months ago and it was just relentless joy and ebullience from beginning to end.
― monotony, Monday, 26 June 2023 23:55 (nine months ago) link
this is better than anything on Loneliest Time― Murgatroid, Monday, June 26, 2023 12:59 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Murgatroid, Monday, June 26, 2023 12:59 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I agree with you. I didn't really talk much about Loneliest Time after it came out, but I listened to it about 3 times and then shelved it. This is something I could spin over and over again.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 01:16 (nine months ago) link
^ this
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:21 (nine months ago) link
she's announced the loneliest time outtakes project the loveliest time is out early august, no details on whether it's an album or ep, but rumours are that it's an ep
― ufo, Friday, 7 July 2023 11:20 (eight months ago) link
12 track album, let's go
The Loveliest Time. July 28th. 🌚🌻🎈🪩https://t.co/KYioFORiS1 pic.twitter.com/FiqTvSQ5aZ— Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) July 12, 2023
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:08 (eight months ago) link
oooooooooooooo!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 12 July 2023 19:24 (eight months ago) link
Lovely.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 13 July 2023 17:26 (eight months ago) link
the first track on this is kinda reminiscent of "1 thing" but chiller? jazzier? she's never made anything that sounded at all like this before
― ufo, Friday, 21 July 2023 04:34 (eight months ago) link
wow "after last night" !
― ufo, Friday, 21 July 2023 04:40 (eight months ago) link
this is very much an outtakes collection in that there is some wild stylistic variation and quality is a bit inconsistent but the highs are excellent and it's nice to hear her go relatively out there
― ufo, Friday, 21 July 2023 05:09 (eight months ago) link
did this leak or something
― Murgatroid, Friday, 21 July 2023 14:58 (eight months ago) link
yes
did not expect from "shy boy" that this would contain some of the most daring music of her career
― ivy (BradNelson), Friday, 21 July 2023 15:31 (eight months ago) link
"shadow" ;_;
"put it to rest" is going to be my favorite crj song of all time for a while. thinking of it as an indirect sequel to "warm blood," where that took place on the inside this one's on the outside, cool air rushing across bare skin
― ivy (BradNelson), Friday, 21 July 2023 15:52 (eight months ago) link
I can't listen to it yet, so i'm stuck revisiting The Loneliest Time. And i'm realizing i was wrong about "Beach House". It's glorious.
― enochroot, Friday, 21 July 2023 17:42 (eight months ago) link
i'm not entirely convinced by the song of "put it to rest" but the textures are absolutely gorgeous
― ufo, Friday, 21 July 2023 21:37 (eight months ago) link
Enjoying the variety and new avenues on this.
Psychedelic Switch is almost a Perfume track but with the dial tuned a bit more back towards Daft Punk.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 22 July 2023 07:36 (eight months ago) link
This whole album is fantastic, but woah at Put It To Rest. Unbelievable song. Kind of goes a bit Heaven by Emeli Sande towards the end.
― kitchen person, Friday, 28 July 2023 14:38 (eight months ago) link
I love "Kamikaze"
― alpine static, Friday, 28 July 2023 15:22 (eight months ago) link
what is the style of "Put It To Rest" call? that sorta intersection of the stuttering beat and floaty piano ... it's beautiful. i figure it sounds like some style of dance music i'm not familiar with.
― alpine static, Friday, 28 July 2023 17:29 (eight months ago) link
Music · TrendingCarly Rae JepsenTrending with Presidential Records Act
huh?
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Friday, 28 July 2023 18:32 (eight months ago) link
One of Obama's picks I guess
― Vinnie, Friday, 28 July 2023 19:08 (eight months ago) link
― alpine static
Float house?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 28 July 2023 19:18 (eight months ago) link
I think I've made peace with the fact that the only time CRJ and I were really vibing on the same plane was in 2015. Ah well.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 29 July 2023 02:50 (eight months ago) link
After Last Night, Kollage, Psychedelic Switch and Put It To Rest are up there with my favourite things she's done. I was not expecting to love this album as much as I do.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:10 (eight months ago) link
^^ I'd add "So Right" to those picks. I wasn't crazy about "Shy Boy" so I'm also surprised how much I like this album - her first side-B that rivals the parent album imo
― Vinnie, Monday, 31 July 2023 00:56 (seven months ago) link
It's the first one I've liked more than the parent album. It might be my favourite since Emotion.
― kitchen person, Monday, 31 July 2023 01:13 (seven months ago) link
idk Dedicated Side B was pretty great. And Emotion Side B was "only" an EP. So it's not like this has happened so much.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 31 July 2023 09:45 (seven months ago) link
i think it's easily better and more interesting than dedicated side b, but i prefer the loneliest time as an album to this which is much more eclectic for better & worse
― ufo, Monday, 31 July 2023 09:48 (seven months ago) link
It took me a long time to come around to Dedicated and Dedicated Side B. Now I really love them in addition to (and as a continuation of) Emotion. Maybe that will happen to me again with Loneliest/Loveliest, but so far I haven't warmed up to either of them.
― peace, man, Monday, 31 July 2023 13:31 (seven months ago) link
Oops got the names mixed up. "Shadow" was the one I'd call a highlight, not "So Right". "So Right" has a nice pre-chorus though
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 12:16 (seven months ago) link
no I'm relistening now and "So Right" is a highlight too. Goddamn it everything is a highlight
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 12:23 (seven months ago) link
“shadow” is really great…
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 August 2023 01:33 (seven months ago) link
it's so great, she and rostam have really got something
― ivy., Wednesday, 2 August 2023 01:34 (seven months ago) link
i hesitate to call it one of her best songs about having a crush (so i guess just one of her best songs) but "the architecture of this connection is your reflection / it's always following me" is an amazing pop chorus lyric
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 August 2023 01:57 (seven months ago) link
this album fucking owns
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 02:13 (seven months ago) link
I am very much in love with 'After Last Night'.
― Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 13:49 (seven months ago) link
I am very much in love with 'After Last Night' - feels like a drum and bass Joe Hisaishi theme for a Ghibli movie.
― Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 13:51 (seven months ago) link
Same about « After Last Night ». I hadn’t noticed it was a Rostam co-written/produced track. It doesn’t have his usual style.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 14:22 (seven months ago) link
yeah also surprised it was his track. "Shadow" too. both great songs atypical of his prior productions (that I've heard)
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:01 (seven months ago) link
crj and rostam:
warm bloodwestern windgo find yourself or whateverafter last nightshadow
they should make a whole album together
― ivy., Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:13 (seven months ago) link
Whoa, this album's great! Way better than the last one for me
― imago, Saturday, 5 August 2023 12:31 (seven months ago) link
peace, man at 9:31 31 Jul 23It took me a long time to come around to Dedicated and Dedicated Side B. Now I really love them in addition to (and as a continuation of) Emotion. Maybe that will happen to me again with Loneliest/Loveliest, but so far I haven't warmed up to either of them.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 00:24 (seven months ago) link
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/carly-rae-jepsen/2023/the-rooftop-at-pier-17-new-york-ny-73a45a39.html
can’t believe i just saw this. best crj show i’ve ever been to. pure joy
― ivy., Wednesday, 9 August 2023 02:56 (seven months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/FtLWhE8Y6K— gabriel (@gabrielkdt) August 6, 2023
― peace, man, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:40 (seven months ago) link
Love that.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 10 August 2023 13:16 (seven months ago) link
I managed to see her twice in 8 days just recently (opening for Boygenius and then at Osheaga) and she was delightful as always.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 14 August 2023 14:24 (seven months ago) link
This album is so sick
of everybody tellin' me what to do
― peace, man, Monday, 14 August 2023 17:43 (seven months ago) link
"after last night" and "anything to be with you" are immediately my favorite ever carly rae songs.
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 19:21 (seven months ago) link
when that bari sax comes squonking in
― peace, man, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 23:44 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XnifCyL5aU
Kollage on Good Morning America. Amazing performance, although it's just a late night song that it seems a little weird in front of the bright "summer concert series" backdrop.
― peace, man, Thursday, 17 August 2023 12:02 (seven months ago) link
Kollage has become my favourite on the album. That's a great performance of it.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 17 August 2023 13:41 (seven months ago) link
does after last night give anyone else super mario 3 vibes?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwk9mrE-cFA
― peace, man, Saturday, 19 August 2023 15:26 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8NDNapmd4
― ivy., Friday, 25 August 2023 15:44 (seven months ago) link
listening through the ILM albums of 2023 and Kollage popped up, genuinely surprised that Men I Trust weren't involved with that track, it sounds just like them
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 19:10 (one month ago) link