carly rae jepsen - emotion POLL

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

dildos!

lol not available in canada :(

This song sets its sights on being just okay.

It's a nice single, but I'm surprised she's played it so safe. Feel like this would have fit perfectly on Side-B.

as far as first singles go i think this is much better than “i really like you,” it isn’t nearly as weighed down

otm

kinda curious to see if this ends up being a tight focused record or (given how prolific she's said to be in the studio) a huge stat-juking behemoth

way better video at the very least

would be ok if we got a ridiculous double album since all 26 songs we got from the emotion session were good to great

Big fan of “I Really Like You.” );

it's a good song that i enjoy don't get me wrong

Are the 3 or 4 posts upthread on "Cut to the Feeling" the sum total of the discussion that song received here??

this is nice, would order the lead singles as follows:

I Really Like You => Party for One => Cut to the Feeling

Cut To The Feeling was just a standalone single for a film track. i presume you mean call me maybe?

and xp: there's another, longer thread for carly but there wasn't a whole lot of conversation there about Cut To The Feeling either

No, "Cut the Feeling" -- it was huge on Twitter, I guess, haha (and a great song).

I consider it a lead single, that's how it was treated

good song, but a notch under the Emotion singles, imo. i'm hoping they're just getting her back in the public consciousness and the next one is the real banger.

Are the 3 or 4 posts upthread on "Cut to the Feeling" the sum total of the discussion that song received here??

Surely not. It came in #3 in last year's Tracks Poll.

Ah cool

This is the first song in a long time I can recall being improved considerably by being heard in conjunction with its video.

i had an emotionally traumatic experience at an ex's party last night so now "party for one" is the greatest song i've ever heard

i am definitely feeling this song

i feel like it's the perfect salve for emotional trauma involving exes. it's light and soothing.

it also makes me wish i was still djing at a gay club

watching a few faces light up after having their first drink and this song comes on

how the hell is "cut to the feeling" one of the most praised songs of her career

rmde

I don’t really like this song, but thematically it’s a nice variant on her thing where she makes songs about being right at the beginning of some great transcendent experience, full of anticipation. This time it’s not some budding romance but a withering one and she’s excited to reconnect with herself? I mean I know it’s about lol masturbation but that’s my takeaway.

my favorite part of this song is the "i'm not over you"/"i'm not over this" backing vocal

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