--- description: It's an E•mo•tion-al cover of Wham!'s 1984 classic title: Hear Carly Rae Jepsen's Delightful 'Last Christmas' Cover image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Christmas Came Early With Carly Rae Jepsen's Delightful Cover of 'Last Christmas'  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2015 3:28 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2015 3:28 PM CUT In addition to being [one of the best pop albums of the year](http://time.com/4004524/carly-rae-jepsen-review-emotion/ "undefined"), Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album _E_ _•_ _mo_ _•_ _tion_ is also a loving tribute to mid-1980s synth pop. So it shouldn’t come as a total surprise that the “Call Me Maybe” singer’s foray into holiday music would be a cover of Wham!’s 1984 classic [“Last Christmas”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI "undefined")—it’s the kind of brokenhearted yet warm and sweet song [she excels at](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlFMVzo9zuE "undefined"). It’s also one of the better cases for why Christmas music should be [acceptable before December](http://time.com/3503348/idina-menzel-christmas-album/ "undefined"). **Read next:** [_Idina Menzel Doesn’t Understand Why Her Christmas Album Is Out in October_](http://time.com/3503348/idina-menzel-christmas-album/ "undefined") **Read next:** [_Watch Carly Rae Jepsen’s Colorful New Video For ‘Your Type’_](http://time.com/4098029/carly-rae-jepsen-your-type-video/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4121945/carly-rae-jepsen-last-christmas-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4121945/carly-rae-jepsen-last-christmas-cover/"},"headline":"Christmas Came Early With Carly Rae Jepsen's Delightful Cover of 'Last Christmas'","datePublished":"2015-11-20T15:28:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:48:14.103Z","description":"It's an E•mo•tion-al cover of Wham!'s 1984 classic","url":"https://time.com/4121945/carly-rae-jepsen-last-christmas-cover/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4121945/carly-rae-jepsen-last-christmas-cover/","name":"Christmas Came Early With Carly Rae Jepsen's Delightful Cover of 'Last Christmas'"}}]}] ```