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Sep 2023
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Carly Rae Jepsen: How The Pop Superstar ...

Guy Raz | Wondery
About this episode

At the beginning of 2012, Carly Rae Jepsen was working as a waitress in Vancouver, BC, dropping off demo tapes and playing coffeeshops in her free time. By the end of that year, she was a global superstar thanks to her hit song "Call Me Maybe". Since then, Carly has become a pop fixture with four chart-topping albums. She joins Guy to talk about how she handled the pressure of her sudden rise to fame and built a career, her secret to good collaboration, and the inspiration behind her latest albums: "The Loneliest Time" and "The Loveliest Time".

Links from the show:

Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor

Carly’s Canadian Idol Audition

Call Me Maybe Music Video

Carly as Cinderella on Broadway

The Loneliest Time

Bends Official Lyric Video

The Loveliest Time


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