Carly Rae Jepsen • Dedicated

Her show here next week has been moved from a 2,000 capacity theater (that e.g. Paramore sold out in 2018 and where Taylor Swift played her one-off last year) to a 700 capacity venue :(

only the real hedz

yeah kind of a bummer for her but good news for everyone attending

tbh I didn’t even know she was playing here until I saw the story about the move. It’s a Monday night, that can’t help.

This album grew on me a lot but it took a bunch more plays than Emotion.

I'm going to see her live on Friday! That venue was upgraded from a bigger one too.

The show on Sat in London I'm going to was upgraded from under 2,000 capacity Roundhouse to 5,000 capacity Brixton Academy. I feel like nothing will live up to seeing her in the 800 size Islington Town Hall on the Emotion tour though, one of my fondest gig memories, certaining from the last 10 years.

the Assembly Hall you mean? (which is next to the Town Hall) I was there and it was like one long ecstasy rush - absolutely incredible.

That’s the one, what a night.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6tcjcJFRSdkIlThUUP39mJ

song seems great but the vocal production is horrible

every sound in this sounds weird not just the vocals

How are you listening? Spotify tells me it’s not out until tomorrow. Am I supposed to understand you all have some kind of cool guy magic that permits you to hear songs from the future?

the cool guy magic of timezones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_OYT396cYw

lol yeah the vocal production is v bizarre, sounds like a low quality kylie minogue demo. song's pretty cute

I'm glad this didn't make the album (assuming it's an outtake) - I'm not a big fan of CRJ in mocking mode

I'm not much a fan of the "dicks" skit in the middle.

poptimism found murdered

Turns out live she is the fucking best

the show I went to in December was absolutely fabulous

what the actual fuck has happened to carly's vocal production post-emotion

Her vocal prod sounds like my voice after screaming about her West Coast tour announcement this morning!

Alsooo guess what west coast...I’m playing three special shows in addition to Coachella this spring! Oakland, Seattle, Portland – I can hardly wait! 💕
Presale starts Tuesday at 10 AM with code FRIENDS, in honor of my new song 🤩https://t.co/00Rj4ihjRc pic.twitter.com/nOBoo54sbc

— Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) February 7, 2020

Rumours going around that Dedicated Side B is coming in two weeks. Twelve new songs not including Let's Be Friends.

really hope it's true

"automatically in love" greatest song of all time

pic.twitter.com/bOMFPLLd1X

— friends of pudding (@friend2pudding) May 7, 2020

Dedicated Side B out now everywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/7oHKKCXCFIv3J1Yh5F08pu?si=PuVRmWLLSECtedhQ1vS-ww

Awesome!

how on earth did "this love isn't crazy" not make the album

wow "comeback" rules

"my home is your body, I can't stay away" <--- finally, a love song for Cronenberg fans

make that two songs! that broke my brain a bit.

not to knock the songs on this one too harshly but I think she just about nailed the song selection for the "real" album

jesus christ she did it again

there are quite a few songs on here i have no idea how she could have chosen "feels right" over for instance.

hence "just about" lol

"window"!!!!! what was that!!!!

xps Interesting, I feel the exact opposite. For me the back half of Dedicated is a bit patchy, but after one listen I love this one all the way through. Which is a pleasant surprise bc I thought Emotion Side B was significantly weaker than the og album (except for Cry, which is all-time).

Man, Now I Don't Hate California is sooo lush w/the twinkling synths and wave sound fx. I wish it went on for twice as long. Also side B is only five minutes shorter than the album proper!!

"stay away," wtf... how is this happening

i agree about the back half of dedicated being a bit patchy and this one being more consistent

back half of dedicated is all jams except "feels right" which is almost too linear of a "jam" to be a jam, but it ruled live so whatever

anyway thrilled to have another perfect collection of crj songs somehow, HOW IS SHE SO FUCKING GOOD

For me the back half of Dedicated is a bit patchy

imo "Feels Right" is the only sour note on the whole thing. "Right Words Wrong Time" and "Real Love" ar etop tier for moi.

lol xp

like "heartbeat," what's up with that glistening backdrop, where did it come from

the strings on "summer love"

Gonna have to put the entire Dedicated set on shuffle for a few days to sort this out. What a trial.

the early-new order instrumentation of "let's sort the whole thing out"

Can't wait to check this out. Dedicated never really bit me. Maybe I can cobble together my own tracklist between the two of them.

"comeback" is donna lewis-core

i like that she put "felt this way" and "stay away" together on the tracklist. variations on a theme

Oh man, this is so much better than last year's record.