{"id":3039,"date":"2025-06-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/a-decade-of-feeling-emotion-looking-back-at-carly-rae-jepsens-most-underrated-album\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:00:00","slug":"a-decade-of-feeling-emotion-looking-back-at-carly-rae-jepsens-most-underrated-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/a-decade-of-feeling-emotion-looking-back-at-carly-rae-jepsens-most-underrated-album\/","title":{"rendered":"A Decade of Feeling \u2018Emotion\u2019: Looking Back at Carly Rae Jepsen\u2019s Most Underrated Album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By the end of 2012, \u201cCall Me Maybe\u201d had conquered pop music. <\/strong>The song had reached No. 1 on the charts in 14 countries, scored multiple Grammy nominations, topped a variety of year-end lists, and became the year\u2019s best-selling single worldwide. This rapid rise meant Carly Rae Jepsen, previously best known as a singer-songwriter who came in third on Canadian Idol<\/em>, appeared to have only two predestined paths forward: a hit second single that cements you as a superstar\u2026 or else, the unshakeable label of \u201cone-hit wonder.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Jepsen attempted to cleave a different, third path for herself in the summer of 2015, with her June 24 release of Emotion<\/em>, or per its cover, E\u2022MO\u2022TION<\/em>, a stylization that doubles as a heads-up that this album is not exactly the follow-up you expected. Rather than committing to the bubblegum pop she had become the face of, Emotion<\/em> finds Jepsen flirting with \u201880s synths, \u201890s R&B beats, and European dancefloor grooves. She also let her singer-songwriter roots show, largely eschewing bubbly topics like crushes and first kisses for earnest musings on complex relationships.<\/p>\n

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