by Jack Gillespie Often times, when it comes to pop stars who failed to reach the highest echelons of popularity after a short peak, it’s the material that is released after their peak that can be the most interesting displays. There are artists like Macklemore that continued to try and capture what brought them fame in the first place, Gotye seemed to drop off of the face of the earth with no new material ever to be released, and artists like Kesha who found the lack of pressure from the worlds expectation freeing and came out with their most daring, interesting material. For the most part, Carly Rae Jepsen fits into the the last category. With her 2015 album ‘Emotion’, she not only collaborated with indie darlings such as Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and Blood Orange’s Devonte Hynes, but came through with the best songwriting and production on a record of hers yet. While it failed to achieve the type of success that she did with the single “Call Me Maybe” or her record, ‘Kiss,' she had a cult classic praised to the heavens from pop and indie publications on her hands.
The heart holds it together
What goes up, must come down
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