Songs of 2021 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 2021:
- Songs: 43
- Combined Length: 05:36:52
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1 | Super Natural (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) | Danny L Harle Carly Rae Jepsen |
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4 | Boy Problems | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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6 | Warm Blood | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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7 | Gimmie Love | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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9 | Felt This Way | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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10 | This Love Isn't Crazy | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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11 | All That | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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12 | I Really Like You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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13 | Run Away With Me | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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16 | LA Hallucinations | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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17 | This Is What They Say | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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18 | Stay Away | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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21 | Party for One | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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23 | Now I Don't Hate California After All | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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24 | Heartbeat | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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26 | Emotion | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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28 | Let's Sort The Whole Thing Out | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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29 | Window | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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33 | When I Needed You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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34 | Making The Most Of The Night | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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35 | Solo | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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36 | Fake Mona Lisa | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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37 | Summer Love | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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38 | Good Time | Owl City Carly Rae Jepsen |
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41 | Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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45 | Store | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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46 | Favourite Colour | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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47 | Let’s Get Lost | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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54 | I Didn’t Just Come Here to Dance | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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62 | First Time | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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63 | Comeback (feat. Bleachers) | Carly Rae Jepsen Bleachers |
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64 | Too Much | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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65 | Body Language | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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78 | Higher | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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79 | Black Heart | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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80 | Julien | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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81 | More Than a Memory | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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86 | Mittens (Robert Orton Mix) | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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87 | Now That I Found You | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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88 | No Drug Like Me | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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89 | Your Heart Is a Muscle | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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90 | This Kiss | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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100 | Your Type | Carly Rae Jepsen |
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