{"id":519657,"date":"2026-06-26T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519657\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:02:09","slug":"carly-rae-jepsen-talks-going-viral-on-tiktok-the-chances-of-playing-the-mighty-hoopla-and-new-double-album-day-and-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519657\/","title":{"rendered":"Carly Rae Jepsen talks going viral on TikTok, the chances of playing The Mighty Hoopla and new double album ‘Day And Night’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a> has spoken to NME about her upcoming double album, \u2018Day And Night\u2019, as well as heading out on tour for the first time since becoming a mother in March.<\/p>\n

Jepsen has always been a prolific songwriter who tends to follow each studio album with a companion piece featuring previously unreleased tracks. For example, her 2015 pop opus \u2018Emotion<\/a>\u2018 was accompanied by the 2016 EP \u2018Emotion: Side B\u2019, which yielded the euphoric hit single \u2018Cut to the Feeling\u2019. But this time around, the cult Canadian artist said she is going all-in from the start.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes in the past, it would feel like the B-sides [project] was my personal favourite, which was sort of strange,\u201d she told NME. \u201cBut I felt less like I had to hide my freak flag on this [album]. It\u2019s purely a passion project, and I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s [because of the] confidence that comes with putting in time in this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

After coming to attention on Canadian Idol in 2007, Jepsen scored her global breakthrough five years later with the chart-topping single \u2018Call Me Maybe\u2019, which has now amassed more than two billion streams.<\/p>\n

For \u2018Day And Night\u2019, which is set for release on September 18, she worked closely with trusted collaborators including Noonie Bao, Patrik Berger, Tavish Crowe, Markus Kruneg\u00e5rd and Pontus Winnberg. She also co-wrote songs with musician-producer Cole M.G.N., whom she married last October and welcomed a daughter with in March.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, he was just my boyfriend, and a lot of this album is really about that relationship: [us] falling in love and deciding to make a family together,\u201d Jepsen said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing wilder than writing a love song about your husband, then showing it to him, and having him participate in it! It was honestly a really beautiful process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the interview below, where Jepsen recalls how the \u2018Day And Night\u2019 concept took shape, outlines her future touring plans, and explains how her new single \u2018On Wires\u2019 reflects the tensions of pop star life.<\/p>\n

NME: Hi Carly! So, did the songs inform the album concept, or did the album concept inform the songs?<\/p>\n

Carly Rae Jepsen: \u201cYou know, the honest truth is it was a little bit of both. I never want to have constraints on what the album is supposed to be until I allow myself to play a little bit and just reach for what I\u2019m attracted to. Then there\u2019s a point where I stop and look at it, usually with my close friend and collaborator, Tavish Crowe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI write a lot, so even in the beginning phases, I still had a pretty hefty body of work on my hands. So I flew Tavish to New York and said, \u2018I\u2019m really torn. I love this and I love this, but I don\u2019t know how to make it go together.\u2019 What I had was obviously the beginnings of \u2018Day And Night\u2019. The \u2018Day\u2019 songs were a bit more organic in nature, with more live instruments and a little hint of my roots in folk music. But then I also wanted to go in this darker, more experimental, synth-based direction, which is [what became] the \u2018Night\u2019 songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mix wasn\u2019t making sense to me, but Tavish just said: \u2018It\u2019s like this amazing house party with an upstairs and a downstairs\u2019. I was like, \u2018That sounds a little like Downton Abbey, but I feel you\u2019. And then later on, when I was back in LA, the idea of \u2018Day And Night\u2019 really got formed in my head. And we all got excited about the indulgence of not having to decide, and just getting to do everything that you want. I\u2019ve released B-sides projects in the past, so I was like, \u2018You know what, with intention, at age 40, let\u2019s just do a double album.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CarlyCarly Rae Jepsen\u2019s \u2018Day And Night\u2019 artwork<\/p>\n

How do you see the project as a whole, now that it\u2019s all finished and ready to go?<\/p>\n

\u201cAs two full bodies of work that in my mind really belong together; it\u2019s 12 songs for \u2018Day\u2019 and 12 songs for \u2018Night\u2019. They\u2019re kind of the full spectrum of my musical tastes. I started to show up at sessions and be like, \u2018Today I\u2019m in a \u2018Day\u2019 mood, so let\u2019s do something that feels Minnie Riperton-inspired.\u2019 Or, \u2018I just got back from London and saw \u2018ABBA Voyage<\/a>\u2018, so I really feel like we should do our version of ABBA<\/a>, but with synths.\u2019 But it wasn\u2019t necessarily that LA thing of like, \u2018Here\u2019s the catchphrase [for the song], here\u2019s the jingle.\u2019 It was more like \u2018I\u2019m working with friends here, so let\u2019s throw it all together and see what happens.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Why is your new single \u2018On Wires\u2019 the right song to launch this era with?<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an artist, you\u2019re always searching for something that you haven\u2019t quite done before, which feels powerful and exciting. This song is all of those things. It feels like a way for me to say: \u2018Expect the unexpected with this album.’\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the story behind the song?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it\u2019s really funny to answer this question with the [added] perspective of the music video, because it\u2019s brought a whole new meaning for me. When the song was born, it was more of a cut to the heart, \u2018come hither\u2019 kind of song. I pictured chasing this man through the streets of New York \u2013 just being unabashedly bold about it, like I almost can\u2019t stand the pleasantries of flirting and dating. There\u2019s something really exhilarating about being the pursuer like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then, by the time we shot the video \u2013 and I hope this isn\u2019t too much of a giveaway \u2013 I was like, \u2018How do I chase a man through the streets when I\u2019m six months pregnant?\u2019 It would look like I\u2019m looking for child support! So my creative directors came up with this concept where there\u2019s, like, this really beautiful tug-of-war between me and the microphone cable.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the more we talked about it, the more it became [a metaphor for] what was really going on in my life, which was me carving out space for my personal life within the business of music, while I\u2019m in the middle of this pregnancy. So this tug-of-war I\u2019m having with the microphone cable, it\u2019s like the umbilical cord! No, that\u2019s a little too far, a little too gross, let\u2019s not go there. But in the video, I take the microphone out into the streets and you see it pulling me, then me pulling it back. And you kind of see who wins at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CarlyCarly Rae Jepsen in \u2018On Wires\u2019. Credit: Still\/Press<\/p>\n

One of the songs from the album, which we\u2019re not allowed to name yet, definitely seems to celebrate the idea of family\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I sort of love the anthem [quality] of a family song, but my version is complex and dynamic\u2026 I was thinking of my own [biological] family and my chosen families and everything in between. And as I was halfway into making it, I also pictured the family that comes to my concerts. I thought of how in love I am with this little carved-out space that we\u2019ve created together. It\u2019s actually been the gift of my life, because I can\u2019t believe what kind, open-hearted, beautiful people come to my shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can we expect a tour announcement soon? And might we see you at Mighty Hoopla? You seem like an ideal headliner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, sign me up, thank you, yes! I am so excited to tour. I actually don\u2019t know what we\u2019re announcing, but I do know that we\u2019ve got plans in the works, and there\u2019s something really amazing about the idea that it\u2019s going to be, like, [touring with] my band boys, my baby and my husband: this whole group going out and doing it in a completely different way,<\/p>\n

\u201cMy team has been with me for a really long time, so now we have back-up singers with babies and glam artists with babies. So maybe we\u2019ll have [baby] play stations on tour instead of, like, trips to the Great Wall of China? But I can\u2019t wait to bring this body of work to life; it\u2019s gonna be such a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n

@markkanemura<\/a> <\/p>\n

It\u2019s tiiiiiime! HAPPY PRIDE!!! \ud83e\udd17\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udf08 #pride<\/a> \ud83c\udfb5Cut To The Feeling \u2013 @Carly Rae Jepsen <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound \u2013 Mark Kanemura<\/a> <\/p>\n

Your fans have sent your songs viral in the past \u2013 most notably, \u2018Run Away With Me\u2019 and \u2018Cut To The Feeling\u2019. Which unsung Jeppobop would you like to pop off next?<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the past? This is the first thing that comes to mind\u2026 My friend Nate Cyphert, one of the collaborators on my new album, just sent me this picture of a little girl with her cat in a grocery bag going to the store, and he was like, \u2018She\u2019s just going to the store\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I just died because of all the songs I\u2019ve written, \u2018Store\u2019 [from 2016\u2019s \u2018Emotion: Side B\u2019] is one of the most out there. Like, I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m choosing my strangest song, but I can see \u2018I\u2019m just going to the store\u2019 as a TikTok song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018On Wires\u2019 by Carly Rae Jepsen is out now. The album \u2018Day And Night\u2019 follows on September 18.<\/p>\n