Songs of 2019 by Carly Rae Jepsen
A few years ago I read an amazing post/tweet/article that I can't find anymore, but it explained that the seemingly innocuous "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen has hidden depths. In the bridge of the song, she sings:
"Before you came into my life,
I missed you so bad,
I missed you so bad,
I missed you so, so bad"
And while that seems like not much of anything at first glance, it's actually pointing out a real fact about our understanding of the nature of time and our experience of the universe: physicists can't find any proof of causality. Things happen, in our experience, one after another, events falling like dominoes, but that's just our experience. We experience time in a linear way that leads us to believe that one thing causes another, but in a real sense that isn't true.
Wild thoughts for a silly pop song to bring to mind.
But at that point I decided I liked Carly. I liked her voice, I liked her songs, and more than anything I liked her persona. She's just great. And then I noticed that a lot of younger people, Millennials with serious jobs and right-on politics LOVED Carly. So I checked out her music in earnest.
And I loved it.
What really activated me was Carly Rae Brackets, a twitter poll/March Madness parody where a bunch of fans tried to determine the greatest Carly Rae Jepsen song of all time (of course it was "Run Away With Me" - that's not the point). I started listening to her all the time. I preordered her next album - on vinyl. I got tickets to see her in concert. I listened to her music when I felt down or stressed. I became kind of a super fan. Why?
All I can think is that there was a Carly Rae-sized hole in my life, and she filled it. Before she came into my life, I missed her music so, so bad.
Stats for Carly Rae Jepsen in 2019:
- Songs: 37
- Combined Length: 02:09:40
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1 | Store | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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2 | Run Away With Me | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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3 | I Really Like You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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4 | When I Needed You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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5 | E•MO•TION | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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6 | Party for One | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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7 | Boy Problems | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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8 | Gimmie Love | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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9 | Cut to the Feeling | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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10 | Fever | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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11 | Let’s Get Lost | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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13 | LA Hallucinations | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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14 | Body Language | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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15 | Turn Me Up | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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16 | First Time | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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19 | Drive | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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21 | Higher | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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22 | Sweetie | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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24 | Too Much | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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25 | Guitar String / Wedding Ring | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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26 | The One | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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27 | Hurt So Good | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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30 | Warm Blood | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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31 | Your Type | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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32 | Now That I Found You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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33 | Tiny Little Bows | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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34 | Take a Picture | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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35 | This Kiss | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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36 | No Drug Like Me | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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37 | Favourite Colour | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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38 | Cry | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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39 | Tonight I’m Getting Over You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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40 | I Didn’t Just Come Here to Dance | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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41 | Making The Most Of The Night | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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42 | Curiosity | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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43 | More Than a Memory | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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73 | Julien | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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