Carly Rae Jepsen • Dedicated

i meant "want you in my room" not the album. "for sure" and "party for one" are officially bonus tracks though

https://www.stereogum.com/2040713/carly-rae-jepsen-dedicated-album-review/franchises/premature-evaluation/

this review is pretty otm

i don't agree with it v much at all, least of all that it sorta disses kiss

nstead, we’re getting bland songs to soundtrack inspirational Queer Eye ads -- yeah

mostly i think critics projected too hard onto emotion

As a whole, Dedicated’s palette is more muted. It’s more in line with the current vogue of anesthetized songs than E•MO•TION was, which felt like a bright burst in the face of pop’s moody grays.

also this is an inaccurate description of the record

also, bad writing

shouting “firsties” shouldn’t be a command to be taken seriously. and yet

Stereogum in bad writing shocka

i think this album rules and blows emotion out of the water

but i’ve come to understand that most ppl will find that position crazy

I never considered Emotion a front-to-back masterpiece; it's its own sonic identity, different from Kiss, which I like as much.

i'll be your girl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

i think even the one that sounds like random access memories is great

As a whole, Dedicated’s palette is more muted. It’s more in line with the current vogue of anesthetized songs than E•MO•TION was, which felt like a bright burst in the face of pop’s moody grays.

people get too affected by album cover art sometimes

The stereogum review is pretty OTM about Emotion (there really isn't a bad song anywhere on there), so i'm a little apprehensive about hearing the new one now.

1 day, people!

Emotion wasn't meant to be this big statement album. It, like Dedicated, was just another collection of songs that happened to be excellent across the board. It was merely just the next album. The record found its own high critical acclaim, and it resonated with a sizable audience, and a large part of that connection had to do with the internet word-of-mouth for CRJ that came out of the love for Kiss (which is still an incredible record ftr). Not only is this Stereogum review holding Decidated in constant comparison to Emotion, but it's also creating this false narrative out of what this critic remembers witnessing during the Emotion era and is furthermore imbuing Carly Rae with false intentions as to how she makes music and navigates her career.

I don't have access to this fancy-ass leak yet. Just gonna have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm just gonna share this emotion-era brain worm that has been troubling me.


But I still love you I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I love you
I didn't mean to say what I said
I miss you, I mean it
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/158/Peanut.jpg

“everything he needs” is brilliant, eagerly awaiting jepsen sings nilsson

Jepsen Schmepsen

i think even the one that sounds like random access memories is great

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 16, 2019 8:43 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is this "feels right"? i think it is kind of a jam

i'll be your girl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 16, 2019 8:40 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YOU'RE MY
BABY

is this "feels right"? i think it is kind of a jam

― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, May 16, 2019 6:32 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark

ha no i meant the one you compared to harry nilsson

"automatically in love," a jam, "happy not knowing," a jam, album is lousy with jams

"automatically in love" is my actual favorite

ha no i meant the one you compared to harry nilsson

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:43 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ahhh i hear it lol

i love the "automatically in love" chorus is so good that i'm not only overlooking the multiple mixed metaphors but embracing them

i think the**

should I get “Kiss” I’m sensing perhaps I should, I haven’t heard it

YES

preferably a copy with all the bonus tracks you can get

kiss is amazing

kiss rules, the japanese bonus track "melt with you" is essential

I....think I like Dedicated better than Emotion overall? At least on first blush? A more consistent vs higher highs type deal.

yeah, Dedicated is really good. I've only listened to it once so far but I can only see myself warming to it more and more

Oh my god, this is so good. This is gonna age sooo well

this was enjoyable enough and then a track began and i thought 'shit this sounds like warmed-over 1980s' and of course it's the track ilx is going mad for

yeah, imo this is a good first three tracks then a very long snooze. 'party for one' came on eventually as a bonus track and woke me up. that style for me is her strength, not the sophisti-mithering that makes the bulk of this

but anyway, go wild

This is currently one of the three headlines on the BBC front page. Amazing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48265955

i live for 'real love'. such a jam.

i think this album rules and blows emotion out of the water

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:35 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(wonder if this'll be a less uncommon opinion among kiss partisans generally)

this > kiss (there are a few mediocre tracks but at least they're mediocre solo tracks and not mediocre tracks with owl city) > emotion

this > kiss

a ranking i can’t resist

coming around to thinking this is better than emotion

oh boy

After three consecutive listens, I thought this the weakest of her records on beats alone; for me the rhythms go splat

i think this one is pretty great up until and including "Too Much" but then falls off a little. idk where it'll end up in relation to Kiss, which is mostly fantastic except for "Good Time" (which would probably be perfectly tolerable if unspectacular without Owl City's presence), "Beautiful" and "Guitar String/Wedding Ring" (just rather awkward to me).

it doesn't quite reach the same highs as consistently as Emotion did or hold together quite as well either imo but Emotion really captured a certain syncopated sophisti-pop sound perfectly for me on some tracks so i'm fine that she's done something a little different and a bit more playful.

"Feels Right" is the only one I'd ditch, I think.

<3 "i'll be your girl"