--- title: Best Music 2015: Carly Rae Jepsen E•MO•TION Interview description: Go behind the scenes of TIME's photoshoot with the singer canonical: https://time.com/4140777/best-of-2015-carly-rae-jepsen-emotion/ author: Adam Perez article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T13:00:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:40:26.212Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: How Carly Rae Jepsen Made One of the Best Albums of 2015 og:description: Go behind the scenes of TIME's photo shoot with the singer og:url: https://time.com/4140777/best-of-2015-carly-rae-jepsen-emotion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta68e47f6f7adc80c/69887470428a9e751acd079a/carly-rae-jepsen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1248 og:image:height: 702 og:image:alt: carly-rae-jepsen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Carly Rae Jepsen Made One of the Best Albums of 2015 twitter:description: Go behind the scenes of TIME's photo shoot with the singer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta68e47f6f7adc80c/69887470428a9e751acd079a/carly-rae-jepsen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:14 video:published: 2015-12-09 section: entertainment topics: pop music, hit songs, artistic expectations, album making, creative honesty, fan reception, Call Me Maybe genre: pop, interview tones: reflective, candid, grateful, humble emotions: gratitude (medium), uncertainty (medium), surprise (low) sentiment: positive audience: pop music fans, music industry followers, Carly Rae Jepsen listeners, aspiring musicians people: Carly Rae Jepsen products: Call Me Maybe transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # How Carly Rae Jepsen Faced Her Fears Following Up 'Call Me Maybe' > Sponsored content. 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She describes feeling frozen about what to do next, and a desire to make something different from her earlier hit. She explains that making an album involves filtering out outside expectations to focus on an honest record she wants to say. She closes by saying she was surprised by how positively people responded to the album and that it meant a great deal to her. ## Key points - Jepsen says she was not expecting "Call Me Maybe" to take off in the way that it did. (00:10) - After the hit, she felt frozen about what to do next because of the expectation to deliver that same thing again. (00:18) - She says she did not want to repeat the exact formula and wanted to do something a little bit different. (00:26) - She describes making an album as scary because it requires filtering out everything except what matters to the artist. (00:39) - She says the goal is an honest record that expresses what she feels and wants to say. (00:48) - Positive reception of the record would be a bonus rather than the main aim, in her view. (00:52) - She says people reacted to the album more positively than she expected, and that this has meant the world to her. (00:59) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:14] Reflecting on the unexpected hit. Jepsen says she did not expect "Call Me Maybe" to become the hit it was and calls having a hit a gift. - [00:14 to 00:39] Pressure to follow a hit. She describes feeling frozen about the next step and a wish to do something different from what listeners expected. - [00:39 to 01:14] Making an honest album. Jepsen explains the challenge of filtering out outside influence to make an honest record and is surprised by its positive reception. ## Key quotes - [00:10] Carly Rae Jepsen: "I think having a hit is a gift." - [00:18] Carly Rae Jepsen: "that moment afterwards where you feel kind of frozen" - [00:30] Carly Rae Jepsen: "I really wanted to kind of do something a little bit different." - [00:39] Carly Rae Jepsen: "It's scary when you're making an album" - [00:52] Carly Rae Jepsen: "if that's received well, it's just a bonus." - [00:59] Carly Rae Jepsen: "It's meant the world to me." ## Questions this video answers - How did Carly Rae Jepsen feel about the success of "Call Me Maybe"? [00:10] - What did Jepsen find difficult after having a major hit? [00:18] - Why did Jepsen want her next work to differ from her earlier hit? [00:26] - What does Jepsen say makes making an album scary? [00:39] - What does Jepsen say matters most when making an album? [00:48] - How did listeners respond to the album, according to Jepsen? [00:59] by [Adam Perez](https://time.com/author/adam-perez/), [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/), [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/) and [Sam Lansky](https://time.com/author/sam-lansky/) Dec 16, 2015 1:00 PM UTC Best of 2015: Carly Rae Jepsen by [Adam Perez](https://time.com/author/adam-perez/), [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/), [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/) and [Sam Lansky](https://time.com/author/sam-lansky/) Dec 16, 2015 1:00 PM UTC 2015 was the year when Carly Rae Jepsen stopped being just the “Call Me Maybe” singer. Her album [_E_ _•_ _MO_ _•_ _TION,_](http://time.com/4004524/carly-rae-jepsen-review-emotion/)one of[ the best albums of the year,](http://time.com/4131352/top-10-albums/) was packed with euphoric sing-alongs about new crushes, and intimate electro-pop tunes about what happens when those crushes grow into something else. “Having a hit is a gift,” Jepsen told TIME during a photo shoot that appears in the magazine’s Person of the Year issue, on stands now. “There’s also that moment afterwards where you feel frozen, as in, ‘What do I do next?’ There’s this expectation of, ‘Can you deliver the exact thing again?'” She didn’t—and was all the better for it. Instead of trying to replicate her past successes, Jepsen first threw herself into Broadway in the title role of _Cinderella_ and then teamed up with [the coolest people in music](http://time.com/3731717/carly-rae-jepsen-new-album-i-really-like-you/) to make a slick but heartfelt album inspired by the best of ’80s pop. “It’s scary when you’re making an album because you’re trying to filter everything else out other than what matters to you, as in, what you feel is a honest record, what you feel is something that you want to say,” Jepsen said. “I was not expecting people to react so positively to this album. The fact that they have—it’s meant the world to me.  Erik Madigan Heck for TIME Carly Rae Jepsen, November 2015. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:10] I think having a hit is a gift. I was not expecting for Call [00:12] Me Maybe to take off in the way that it did. [ MUSIC ] [00:14] There is also [00:18] that moment afterwards where you feel kind of frozen, [00:20] as in what do I do next Max, cuz there's this [00:22] expectation of, [ UNKNOWN ] to deliver that exact thing [00:26] again. And I didn't want to, I really wanted to kind of [00:30] do something a little bit different. [ MUSIC ] [00:39] It's scary when you're making an album, because [00:42] They're kind of trying to really filter everything else out, [00:45] other than what matters to you, as in what you feel is [00:48] an honest record. What you feel is something that you [00:52] wanna say, and that at the end of the day, if that's [00:55] received well, it's just a bonus. I [00:59] was not expecting people to react so positively to this [01:02] album, and the fact that they have It's meant the world [01:05] to me. 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