carly rae jepsen - emotion POLL

no side b or "cut to the feeling" but man

jealous. It looked like a great time.

Anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o97_jDomyqc

GREAT song, but the video is pretty annoying. The combing is excessive (we get it, it's supposed to be a handicap), and then all the weird product placement. Do they really need Mini, Freixenet and Lavazza to underwrite the cost of this?

"handicam"

I assumed this revive was for...other reasons but this is much nicer

I'm often handicapped with my combing.

I assumed this revive was for...other reasons but this is much nicer

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, September 15, 2017 8:14 AM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i prefer ilx as an alternate universe where i could potentially never encounter these "other reasons"

OK I'll bite - what are these other reasons?

no

ILM not brave/twisted enough for that music crit, would blow too many minds

Worst music writing might be the appropriate thread for the other thing, not that I've read it.

yeah let's keep it there

oh right that thing. I assumed it was so negligible and uninviting to be minor and thought it was something more scandalous

At least today, Favourite Colour is back to being my fave track, as the having it play on a loop for the last 34 minutes would indicate.

Warm Blood

Oh man, why was this revive not news of a new album?

That's an awesome song though, so I'm not totally mad.

^ cosign

Heart skipped a beat for a second.

I've been rediscovering this excellent album too

“🤗 the gangs back together.”
via: @carlyraejepsen pic.twitter.com/Ngqsz8Lsr1

— Carly Updating (@CarlyUpdating) October 6, 2018

Party for one pic.twitter.com/IJAPR2iZcj

— Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) October 30, 2018

lol thats great
but we really need a *btw no new music* alert tag on bookmarks haha

(it portends new music, this week i think)

:O

ayyyy

She’s so weird I love it

god i hope this album is as good as or better than Emotion. i can't even fathom that it could be, but i hope it is.

omg finally

oh yes i need it i need it

The new single is out Friday it looks like - "Party For One", 3:04.

https://i.imgur.com/ibA7jeT.jpg

it's supposed to be out Thursday actually, so very soon

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpmuye5Fwdg/

snippet

julia michaels has a credit on this song iirc

it's fine but certainly underwhelming and has no chance of being any sort of hit

Just the snippet, or is the whole song somewhere?

it showed up on canadian itunes so it's floating around out there

Haven't heard it yet but technically emotion contained no actual "hits" so not a huge concern for me

I Really Like You was a decent hit in most of Europe iirc

this is great imo. maybe the verses are a little undercooked but the chorus is huge

unsurprisingly i love this

wordless post-chorus vocalizations really sell it

once upon a time i thought you wanted me
was there no one else to kiss?

Love it. This bodes well for the new album.
The syncopation in the chorus was the hook for me. Also that rim-shot percussion that announces the drop in the chorus.

Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDmbOFN_Aw

i think the 'back on my beat' line in the chorus doesn't quite resolve in the sort of satisfying way i'd want it to and that's what i dislike? but it's still pretty good and growing on me

I'm generally not super into her singles but this is p good, if not a million miles removed from the last album sonically

here’s the semi official upload

http://youtu.be/DJ6A3aFR5Is

and here's the music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0ih3FriG1k

^^^ uh nsfw warning for that

what, really

drum solo after "back on my beat" also

I appreciate that she actually says "makin' love to myself" rather than some rote euphemism

Love her music, but Carly's videos are almost always terrible and this one is no exception. Like, even ignoring the egregious product placement, it just seems like it was conceived by a high school drama class.

^this

she’s got some good videos! (“run away with me” and “your type” in particular)

I appreciate that she actually says "makin' love to myself" rather than some rote euphemism

― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Saturday, November 3, 2018 1:14 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but this... is itself a euphemism?

anyway, this song is like 90% of the way to being great and I think I've figured out what the 10% is -- there are some unfortunate things happening with the vocal production on the verses. most apparent on "some-BODy's in your way"

How in god's name did "Cry" not make it onto the album proper?
(also, did we ever poll the B-sides collection of this album?)

Yeah "Cry" is the standout from Side B by far

I don't think I voted in this poll because I got on the CRJ train a little late but "Never Get to Hold You" is what I would vote for now. That song sounds like the warmest hug