Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter born in Mission, British Columbia in 1985, who followed the global smash Call Me Maybe with one of the 2010s' defining pop albums. Emotion (2015) is the one — '80s-inspired synth-pop done with total conviction — with Dedicated close behind. Shop Carly Rae Jepsen vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Carly Rae Jepsen was born in Mission, British Columbia on November 21, 1985. She placed third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol in 2007 and released her debut Tug of War (2008) on Maple Music in Canada. Her single Call Me Maybe (2011) became a global phenomenon, reaching number one in dozens of countries and relaunching her international career. Her album Emotion (2015) is widely regarded by critics as one of the defining pop albums of the 2010s, particularly within the pop critical and queer pop communities.
Carly Rae Jepsen's sound combines pop, dance-pop, electropop, and synth-pop with 1980s-influenced production and confessional, hook-driven songwriting. Emotion in particular drew on synth-pop traditions of the 1980s and was framed as a critically reclaimed pop album following the saturated cultural moment of Call Me Maybe.
Interscope pressings of Emotion, Dedicated, and The Loneliest Time have been issued in multiple color variants and limited editions, often with B-side companion releases.
Listeners new to Carly Rae Jepsen typically start with Emotion (2015).
