Carly Rae Jepsen moved from Kiss-era charm into glossier, vintage-inspired pop, embracing gated drums, squealing synths and occasional saxophone flourishes. E*mo*tion compiles diamond-sharp, full-on pleasure songs that are unselfconscious and effervescent, rejecting the idea of pop as a guilty pleasure. The record pairs big feelings with big-budget production, featuring tightly structured uptempo hooks, singable choruses and relatable lyrical moments. Tracks like "Run Away With Me" and "Boy Problems" showcase confetti-bright exuberance while songs such as "Warm Blood" add brooding texture. The deluxe 10th-anniversary edition preserves the album's radiance and highlights the strengths of the original.
"In the summer of 2015, Carly Rae Jepsen was looking to the future: "My desire now," she told an interviewer, "is to see how far I can stretch pop." Her latest moves had evolved from the good-enough charm of Kiss-the album that contained her unexpectedly planet-dominating hit "Call Me Maybe"-into glossier, vintage-inspired territory: gated drums, squealing synths, a couple saxophone solos."
"In countless interviews, she has rejected the notion that pop music-hers or anyone else's-ought to be considered a "guilty pleasure," and E*mo*tion is, fittingly, a record of full-on pleasure: unselfconscious, effervescent, no irony to be found. These are songs about big feelings, matched by big-budget production, evincing a shameless devotion to pure pop: uptempo, tightly structured, stuffed with singable hooks and lyrics that don't exactly hold up perfectly under scrutiny yet nonetheless scan as immediately relatable."
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