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

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