Carly

"This is the most unapologetically ‘Carly’ song I’ve ever written," the Kentucky native says of new single Carly Pearce has shared her new single “Hummingbird,” the title track of her upcoming album, due out this summer. “When I wrote this song, I knew I wanted this to be the title of the album,” Pearce said in a statement. “This song plays on my bluegrass roots but also lyrically tells the story of the journey I am on of finding love. This is the most unapologetically ‘Carly’ song I’ve ever…

After Carly Rae Jepsen released the album Emotion in 2015, her A&R asked to see the songs that had ended up on the cutting room floor. Jepsen wasn’t ready to let them go, but she also didn’t know if they would ever live to see the light of day. A year later, she found an excuse to revisit them and released the EP Emotion: Side B. It birthed a new series both Jepsen and her fans love, one she refers to as her “B-sides.” After releasing Dedicated in 2019, Dedicated: Side B followed, this time as a proper…

Sega revealed 20 songs that will be featured in its upcoming rhythm game Samba de Amigo: Party Central. The list includes some big pop stars, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, and more. Samba de Amigo: Party Central is a revival of Sonic Team’s maraca-shaking rhythm game that first appeared in arcades and on the Sega Dreamcast. Its set to launch on Nintendo Switch this June with 40 songs. We already knew a few tracks on the soundtrack, as some Sonic the Hedgehog tunes will appear in the game,…

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While musician Carly Simon mourns the loss of her sisters, who died a day apart last week, the “You’re So Vain” singer also said she can’t do it without “celebrating the incredible lives that they lived.”Opera singer Joanna Simon, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday, and the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Lucy Simon, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday.“I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting,” Simon, 77, said Saturday in a statement…

Before Carly Rae Jepsen takes the stage on her new tour, a large animated moon appears on the screen. “I’ll be your host this evening,” it announces in a shimmering voice, surveying the audience with its dark blue eyes. “I am the ambassador of love … I offer you a safe place to feel whatever it is you need to feel.”“I’ve been to James Taylor concerts, or American Utopia, the David Byrne musical,” Jepsen tells me over a video call, on a rare day off during her North American tour, “where I leave and I’m 10lb lighter and I…

Lucy Simon, the composer and sister of pop superstar Carly Simon who received a Tony nomination in 1991 for her work on the long-running Broadway musical The Secret Garden, has died. She was 82. Simon died Thursday at her home in Piedmont, New York, after a long battle with breast cancer, a family spokesperson announced. She and Carly began their careers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, as The Simon Sisters, and their folk act opened for the likes of The Tarriers in Greenwich Village nightclubs.…

The received wisdom around Carly Rae Jepsen is that the Canadian pop star is a bit of a flop. After her 2012 single Call Me Maybe became the bestselling single of the 21st century by a female artist, her next album, 2015’s Emotion, failed to reach anywhere near those commercial heights. Nevertheless, its rapturous, sax-garnished sound inspired a cult following, particularly among LGBTQ+ pop fans. And when her more successful peers are at pains to tell us how miserable fame is, and tonight Jepsen greets 3,500 Londoners who…