Carly Rae Jepsen returned to the Troubadour nearly ten years after the album Emotion’s release to perform the 2015 LP in full for a sold-out one-off show. The album, produced with collaborators including Rostam, Ariel Rechtshaid and Dev Hynes, evolved into a cult favorite noted for its '80s R&B grooves and unabashed yearning despite not matching the commercial peak of "Call Me Maybe." The concert featured intimate touches — a saxophone intro, modest staging and a small fan during "I Really Like You" — and included moments of personal storytelling about moving to Los Angeles and embracing it as home.
"Almost 10 years to the day after a show at the Troubadour that marked the release of her album "Emotion," Carly Rae Jepsen brought the 2015 LP back to the same West Hollywood club on Tuesday night for a sold-out one-off gig in which she played "Emotion" from beginning to end. The follow-up to Jepsen's un-follow-uppable 2012 smash "Call Me Maybe," "Emotion" wasn't exactly the hit the singer and her team were hoping for. Yet over time, the album - which Jepsen made with a host of hip producers and songwriters including Rostam, Ariel Rechtshaid and Blood Orange's Dev Hynes - became a cult favorite beloved for its squirmy '80s R&B grooves and its tone of unabashed yearning."
"After "Making the Most of the Night" - which, according to the internet, she hadn't played live since 2018 - Jepsen talked about moving to Los Angeles from her native Canada when she was 26. "I had brought a little suitcase, and I kept calling my parents and saying, 'Send more clothes!'" she said. "Five years later, I was like, I think I live here now. I'm very happy to say L.A. has become my home.""
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