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Carly Rae Jepsen

May 20 | Rogers Arena

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For those who know Carly Rae Jepsen only for her 2011 hit Call Me Maybe, the saxophone riff that opens her most recent album Emotion should be a wake-up call. You may think you know the singer, but there’s definitely more to her than the feel-good hit of the decade.

“I think there’s a couple of moments where you start to slowly place the pieces of the puzzle together,” Jepsen said, speaking of the opening riff and the album but also, perhaps, a little about herself.

Emotion is third full-length from the Mission, B.C.-raised 30-year-old, who got her first taste of national fame in 2007 when she appeared on Canadian Idol. It’s her first album to follow 2012’s Kiss, a record which propelled Call Me Maybe into a worldwide smash.

Although Kiss sold in the low six figures — a surprisingly lacklustre performance, considering that Call Me Maybe climbed to No. 1 on the iTunes Singles charts in more than 47 countries and sold over 17 million singles worldwide — the singer received a number of awards, as well as critical praise.