Carly Rae Jepsen • Kiss

two minute previews of all 8 songs are here:

https://ca.7digital.com/artist/carly-rae-jepsen/release/e%C2%B7mo%C2%B7tion-side-b-5684745?f=20%2C19%2C12%2C16%2C17%2C9%2C2

1 minute*

Not available in UK it seems.

the previews got taken not long after they went up there

Ah, OK. Looking forward.

It's already on Spotify @ just past midnight!

I hope they make a movie about the writing/recording sessions for this album someday. These "leftovers" are better than just about anything that has been or will be released by anybody this year.

they don't even feel like leftovers whatsoever! they do such a great job of cohering into their own little standalone album.

anyway i think "roses" is gonna be the one i'll be listening to face down on the bedroom floor at 2 in the morning

<3 the one

the rest is whatever

"fever" is not whatever

Good listen so far here.

lol @ "store" though

love that "store" has the grindin' beat

store is her "california"

'Cry' has been the one on repeat this morning.

feels a bit underwhelming? I mean, if out of those 250 songs "store" rose to the top, maybe I don't want to hear the 230 unreleased ones.

with the De La Soul out today and my still absorbing the Britney, I'll wait till next week to listen

now that carly has songs called "fever," "body language," and "the one," is she kylie

I listened to it this morning and agree that there isn't anything here that really measures up to the stuff on Emotion. I'm fine with that though - I much prefer the format of a B-side collection as opposed to a Deluxe Edition that features the full album being re-released with a bunch of also-rans. The only ones that really stood out were "First Time" and "The One". I was kinda sleep-deprived while listening though, so I'll give it some more time.

OK fuck it I listened to the back half. "Cry" ranks with her best.

First Time, Higher and Fever are all as great as anything on Emotion

Store's chorus sounds plugged in from a completely different, less good song, which is disappointing as the verses really do feel like they're building to something great.

Cry, Roses, Fever, and First Time could've easily replaced some of the actual tracks on the album and ended up being highlights of said album.

can't even deal with "cry"

uh lol

'store' from the E•MO•TION B sides is actually 5 years old, it was originally written for an anti-smoking ad in 2011

Haha!

It's really the only blight on the whole thing, though.

"Higher" is my jam.

the divisiveness of 'store' is a mystery to me, it's fine! has the feeling of a scratch lyric that she just couldn't shake, why doesn't everyone like that???

that Canadian anti-smoking ad killed me - "you could buy so many clothes!!!". I like "Store" better now.

The chorus hook reminds me of something and I can’t quite place my finger on it.

I'm just going to the store, to the store. I'm just going to the store. You might not see me anymore, anymore. I'm just going to the store.

Is that a reply to me?

no i just felt like writing out the chorus. love that song.

bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay. bow wow yippie yo yippie yay.

where my dogs at

Sorry! Must have been feeling a little paranoid :)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/113177402/carly-rae-jepsen-inspired-unholy-death

https://img0.etsystatic.com/007/0/6198438/il_570xN.388632944_4xe2.jpg

gimme

so good
friend showed me tonight a pic of someone wearing a carly rae tshirt to the logo of thrasher

you mean the one on her instagram? https://www.instagram.com/p/BKpKYtCBya7/

Not as cool, but I made this for my daughter:
http://i.imgur.com/HvLJ2Gp.png

that's good

yeh i like it
there's a good tee peggy noland designed for wacko wacko that had some stuff like this (aqua in an acdc style etc)
been sold out for years tho :(

Love that. On a similar note been trying to find this one but it's not for sale?

http://i.imgur.com/g7Szn0u.jpg

the artist that did that has four available at soft-metal.com

I wasn't crazy about the singles from Emotion (dunno how to make the dots), but I'm so glad I finally listened to the full album. Everything is good to great and even the singles sound better in the context of the album. "Making the Most of the Night" is such a fucking rush

Reading through this thread was the first time I realized "I Really Like You" was not a big hit in the US? I've been living in Vietnam the past couple years and all my students knew the song. Typically, the only western music that gets popular here are the artists everyone in the world knows like Swift and Bieber, so I just assumed "I Really Like You" was as huge as "Call Me Maybe". I guess whatever makes her popular in Japan makes her popular here

Last I checked Spotify the spins for "I Really Like You" were about 228 mil while "Call Me Maybe" was 240 mil - surprisingly not too far from each other. Living in the US, I didn't realize she had any other songs that came close to her signature hit's popularity.

does anyone know who she was in sessions with in Sweden the past few weeks?
according to her insta...

There was this back in June:

https://www.popjustice.com/thenews/carly-rae-jepsen-is-in-sweden/

Noonie Bao!!