All ThatCarly Rae Jepsen · 2025

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“Carly Rae Jepsen reached fame as the memory of a guile-free pop past. "Call Me Maybe" was not superficially retro: it did not recall a specific era so much as it did a pre-EDM, pre-hip-hop, pre-pubescent pop spirit. It was the sugar rush freed not just from its wrapping, but from shape, taste and texture. In its unselfconscious sweetness was a reminder of how popular music sounds at its denominato”