

If you need any proof, consider this: When Jepsen plays the Warfield on Feb. “Emotion” seems to have endeared Jepsen to a whole different set of fans. “It’s more people my age, and I think for my bandmates and myself, there’s something about being able to (perform) for people who are more close in age,” she says. But what stood out most was when the magazine asked her to describe her “average” fan. In a recent interview with Cosmopolitan, Jepsen, who just turned 30, dished about the usual stuff - her recent role in “Grease Live” recording the theme for “Fuller House,” the spin-off of the beloved late ’90s sitcom “Full House” how she feels about “Call Me Maybe” some four years later. The album reveled in the sounds of the ’80s - sax solos, power ballads, twinkling synths - and landed her on several year-end lists.
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Last summer, Jepsen released “Emotion” (her third studio album) to broad critical approval. Well, that was one side of pop that I love, but why do I really love pop music? What is it about it that isn’t just a generation of young people but can have maturity to it as well?” she says.īy all measures, her plan worked. “I wanted to take a step back and say, ‘OK. But that break, according to her, was intentional. We’ve got two months.”)Īfterward, Jepsen seemed to sort of disappear. (For the record, Jepsen calls the album a “fun challenge” - something she’s proud of but also something along the lines of “OK, let’s make an album. The pressure was probably particularly acute after “Kiss,” Jepsen’s second album, which garnered some OK reviews, but never really went anywhere.
