Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time
Pop Culture Happy Hour
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🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | When the song Call Me Maybe became a hit in 2012, it didn't seem like we'd still be talking |
| 0:08.9 | about Carly Rae Jepsen a decade later. |
| 0:11.8 | But here we are. |
| 0:12.8 | In these last few years, Jepsen has become a full-blown pop star thanks to well-received |
| 0:17.2 | albums like Emotion and Dedicated. |
| 0:19.8 | And now she's back with a new record. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm Aisha Harris. |
| 0:22.8 | And I'm Steven Thompson. |
| 0:23.8 | Today, we are talking about Carly Rae Jepsen's new album, The Loneliest Time, on Pop Culture |
| 0:29.5 | Happy Hour from NPR. |
| 0:31.5 | Joining us today from NPR Music is Lars Gottrich. |
| 0:39.2 | Welcome back, Lars. |
| 0:40.2 | Hey, it's nice to see you all. |
| 0:41.8 | It is great to see you all too. |
| 0:43.5 | Very excited about this one. |
| 0:45.2 | As I noted at the top, Carly Rae Jepsen first broke through with the inescapable and in |
| 0:50.2 | my mind, unimpeachable banger, Call Me Maybe, Back in 2012. |
| 0:54.8 | That song was featured on her album Kiss. |
| 0:57.2 | Jepsen didn't show real signs of staying power until her follow-up album Emotion came out |
| 1:02.9 | in 2015. |
| 1:04.5 | That record in 2019's Dedicated are both stuffed with sumptuous pop jams. |
| 1:10.2 | Now Carly Rae Jepsen is back with a new album called The Loneliest Time, which mixes hard-driving |
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