Favorite Lyric: “I’ve been thinking we were over / Got to know for sure...”
</div> <p style="text-align: justify;" data-type="item-text"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;" data-type="item-text"/> <div class="pager"> <ul class="pagination-list"> <li><a nofollow="" title="Next" href="https://younghollywood.com/scene/track-by-track-carly-rae-jepsen-s-dedicated.html?limitstart=15&ajax=1" class="pagenav" onclick="infload('https://younghollywood.com/scene/track-by-track-carly-rae-jepsen-s-dedicated.html?limitstart=15&ajax=1&ajax=1&paged=1', jQuery(this), true); jQuery(this).parents('.pager').remove(); return false;"> <i class="icon-next">Next</i> <i class="fa fa-chevron-right icon-rarrow"> </i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[ console.log('firing infinite ads - 1080'); // jQuery('.tab-divs').on('load', function() { (window.asc = window.asc || {"cmd":[]}).cmd.push(function(){ window.asc.processAdsOnPage(); }); // }); ]]></script> <script type="application/ld+json"><![CDATA[ { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "NewsArticle", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://google.com/article" }, "headline": "TRACK BY TRACK: Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Dedicated'", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "/templates/yh2016/images/logo.svg", "height": "867", "width": "950" }, "datePublished": "2019-05-23T12:00:00", "dateModified": "2019-10-25T18:41:26", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "<i>Kevin Norman" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Young Hollywood", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://younghollywood.com/templates/yh2016/images/logo.png", "width": 107, "height": 78 } }, "description": "<div _ref="content"> <div id="SafeStyles1558564190"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:10px;"><em>( &copy; Rich Fury/Getty Images)</em></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>Carly Rae Jepsen</strong> is a Broadway star and a total pop queen, and ever since I heard her catchy earworm &ldquo;Call Me Maybe&rdquo; in 2012, I&rsquo;ve been a total fan. Now she is back with her fourth studio album titled <em>Dedicated</em>, and it transforms that traditional pop sound with the sounds of disco, the &#39;80s, and synth-pop. This album is an emotional rollercoaster full of upbeat songs and melancholic lyrics, and I&rsquo;m here to break down each song for you!</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>1. &ldquo;Julien&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jepsen stated on social media that &ldquo;Julien&rdquo; is the song that taught her the heart and direction of the album, so it&rsquo;s very fitting that she opens with it. The song is about her fling with someone named (you guessed it) Julien and how she can&rsquo;t seem to get him out of her mind. It&rsquo;s one of those songs that makes you think of a Summer romance that fell apart come Fall but is filled with the nostalgia of that butterfly feeling. It&rsquo;s a slower dance song that makes you want to shake your head and smile rather than jump up and down and dance.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;I tried another to keep me satisfied / But all your colors are still dancing in my mind...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>2. &ldquo;No Drug Like Me&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This song has a very similar vibe to &ldquo;Julien&rdquo; and in a story context shows us the relationship with her Julien. Behind the synthetic sounds, Jepsen discusses how you need to be open and vulnerable to love when it comes your way. She uses the imagery of herself as a drug to emphasize how we can become addicted to people when we fall in love and crave them.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;And if you make me feel in love / Then I&#39;ll blossom for you...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>3. &ldquo;Now That I Found You&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Now, this is the first song on the album that will make you get up and dance. It&rsquo;s a total love pop that I have already dedicated to my significant other, to sum up my feelings. It explains perfectly the high you feel when you finally fall in love, and how happy it feels to find it.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t wanna hide my love / I don&rsquo;t want to waste it...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>4. &ldquo;Want You In My Room&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This jangly guitar pop makes me feel like I&rsquo;m at a beach dance club in the tropics. It&rsquo;s a very light and fun Summer song about wanting to get closer with your crush. It&rsquo;s a song without inhibition, and lyrically she states, &ldquo;I want to bad things to you.&rdquo; I will let you interpret that one on your own.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t go no the nights not over / I just wanna get a little bit closer...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>5. &ldquo;Everything He Needs&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Another slower song that doesn&rsquo;t make you dance but instead nod and move your head. The song repeats the lyric &ldquo;he needs me&rdquo;, claiming that Jepsen&rsquo;s lover needs her more than she needs him, but also shows a sense of doubt in her power over him when she sings, &ldquo;I could never give him enough.&rdquo;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;Like pressure points / My love can ease him in my hand...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-size:26px;">6. &ldquo;Happy Not Knowing&rdquo;</span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is a synthetic disco pop jam for those who don&rsquo;t want to share their feelings for a crush and would rather believe ignorance is bliss. This is a song we can all relate to, but it is a very different vibe lyrically than the previous songs on this album. Instead of embracing love and being vulnerable like she&rsquo;s been telling us to do, Jepsen explains how she would instead run from it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;But if there&rsquo;s something between you and me / Baby, I have no time for it...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>7. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll Be Your Girl.&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This song produces a unique sound to the album. It&rsquo;s a blend of reggae, ska, and rock sounds and is a clear difference in tone from her earlier disco tracks on the album. This song is about jealousy and the red rage you feel when someone else goes after your crush.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;All I mean is I&rsquo;m going out of breath for the way that I feel when you hold me like that...&rdquo;&nbsp;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>8. &ldquo;Too Much&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This might be my favorite song on the album because it is so relatable to me and my personality when I date. It&rsquo;s a synth-pop song all about being and feeling &ldquo;too much&rdquo; -- Dancing too much, drinking too much, and, when it comes to dating, loving too much. This song is almost like an upbeat warning saying, &ldquo;If I love you, expect all of me.&rdquo;&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;So be careful if you&rsquo;re wanting this touch...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>9. &ldquo;The Sound&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This song starts slow and sounds very much like a ballad but turns into a melancholic dance song. It summarizes that feeling when people are just talking and not showing any action -- &ldquo;love is more than telling me you want it.&rdquo;&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I can breathe with the way you let me down...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>10. &ldquo;Automatically In Love&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This track reminds me of a &#39;90s R&amp;B song, but now featuring some synthetic beats. It&rsquo;s a song about love at first sight and just jumping into it. It discusses how it was all unexpected but still just happened. Could this be how it was for Jepsen and her &ldquo;Julien&quot;?</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;But every morning with you / I wake up dreaming...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>11. &ldquo;Feels Right&rdquo; (feat. Electric Guest)</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is the only song on the album to feature another artist. Jepsen teams up with the band Electric Guest to bring us a song about a casual relationship becoming more. It explains how once she didn&rsquo;t care about the relationship but now it&rsquo;s the only thing on her mind.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;Now I got ya and I only think of you...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>12. &ldquo;Right Words Wrong Time.&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is the song you will dedicate to a lover when you&rsquo;ve finally had enough. It has a repeating sound of snapping and synth-pop and showcases Jepsen&rsquo;s power to walk away from a relationship that no longer serves her. She expresses her sacrifices to attain love but how, in the end, it wasn&rsquo;t worth it. This is a song for my terrible ex.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;Only want me when I&rsquo;m leaving you...&rdquo;&nbsp;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>13. &ldquo;Real Love&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This melancholic song makes me want to get up and dance, but lyrically it&rsquo;s heartbreaking and ends like a ballad. Jepsen talks about those moments in a relationship where you know it should be over, but you still accept its lies because you want to have love. It&rsquo;s a moment I know I have experienced all too well, so the rollercoaster of upbeat and downbeat sounds for this track makes sense for me.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;And I&rsquo;m so used to the lie / And you&rsquo;re so down to deny...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>14. &ldquo;For Sure&rdquo;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Track 12 brought you snapping noises, and in this one, Jepsen brings out the claps. This song is very different than previous songs on the album. It has a drumming sound that reminds me of the soundtrack of <strong>James Cameron</strong>&rsquo;s movie <em>Avatar</em> and has very subtle jungle sounds layered underneath her vocals. The song is about the end of a relationship and wanting to know if her suspicions were correct. It is the most receptive song on the album with the least amount of lyrics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been thinking we were over / Got to know for sure...&rdquo;</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <hr class="system-pagebreak" /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size:26px;"><strong>15. &ldquo;Party For One&rdquo;&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The final song on the album is the most dancey of them all. It&rsquo;s a power anthem about moving on from a relationship and learning to be independent. I would argue and say that it is the poppiest sounding song on the entire album and the one that would be considered the most dance-worthy. It is the perfect song to end her journey with &ldquo;Julien&rdquo; or whoever captured her heart and broke it. It&rsquo;s also another song for my terrible ex.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em>Favorite Lyric: &ldquo;Back on MY beat.&rdquo;</em></div> </div> </div>" } ]]></script> <a href="https://younghollywood.com/scene/track-by-track-carly-rae-jepsen-s-dedicated.html?limitstart=15&ajax=1&ajax=1" class="ai-next">Next</a>