Tim: I first heard this yesterday morning, when I woke up and thought “ooh, I never got round to listening to that new Carly Rae Jepsen track yesterday, let’s give it a go.” What an excellent decision that was.
Tom: I heard someone describe Carly Rae Jepsen as “the Meghan Trainor of two years ago”. Harsh, but not entirely unfair. Let’s see if she can break that.
Tim: Starts off nice and calmly, with a few seconds of gentle build and no indication of what’s to come, by which I mean that wonderful wonderful chorus, which for the first couple of times I heard it made me think there were too many ‘really’s in there, but of course there aren’t.
Tom: You cut off my first complaint there. There are several ‘really’s too many.
Tim: Nope, there are an excellent number, driving home the theme of being in an early relationship with a massive amount of feels and all the desperation that entails.
Tom: Oh good grief, you actually just used the phrase “massive amount of feels”. Tim. You are not 15. And I think that might sum up the difference between our reactions to the song: you see it as desperately emotional, I see it as desperately clingy.
Tim: I might not be 15, but I do know exactly how to push your buttons. Also, the people this song is targeted at, and will ideally be bought by, actually do have a massive amount of feels, and so can identify entirely with Carly when she sings that. You may hate the phrase, but I’m afraid it’s entirely suited for the task.
The lengthy ‘yeah’s at the end also pack it in, in case we haven’t yet got the message (which we totally have) or we still want to hear more (which we totally do). Quick obligatory mention of the verses (standard) and production (great), but really really it’s all about that chorus, because what a chorus line that is.
Tom: And I think my answer is “no”.
Tim: GREAT TRACK.
Tom: OKAY TRACK.