Carly Rae Jepsen showed off short blonde hair in NYC Friday. Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker

The INSIDER Summary:

You know Carly Rae Jepsen for hits including "I Really Like You" and "Call Me Maybe."

Jepsen is currently working on her next album.

The singer told fans at The New Yorker Festival Friday in New York City she has already written 80 songs for her next album.

She's been influenced by disco for the record.



If you can't stop listening to the '80s-inspired tracks on "Emotion," Carly Rae Jepsen is knee-deep in her next untitled album. The singer told a crowd at the New Yorker Festival Friday night in New York City that she has already written 80 songs for her fourth record.

"Being 80 songs, it could be a lot of things," said Jepsen when asked to give an update on the album. "At this point, it's about kind of choosing them and polishing it and getting it to a place where I can feel the order makes sense."

That sounds like a lot of music to wade through. But Jepsen said she wrote over 200 songs for "Emotion," some of which ended up on her equally excellent "Side B" release.

As for the tone of the album, Jepsen shared a few influences.

"I was really highly attracted to this understated disco," said Jepsen as she was cut off by a round of cheers and applause. "In going into the studio sometimes I would realize that, 'Oh, I wanted disco, but I've made a mambo.' So, I'm not really doing any disclaimers about what this is going to be, because I think it's got different flavors in there."

Carly Rae Jepsen and The New Yorker's Amanda Petrusich. Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker

Jepsen was tight-lipped on saying too much more, but she did say she was working with producer Patrik Berger who worked on some of Swedish singer Robyn's albums. You probably recognize the singer's 1993 hit "Show Me Love" and the more recent single "Dancing on my Own."

Earlier in the evening, Jepsen said she was playing some samples of her new music for her friends while in New York City. They told the singer she has "some sexy moves going" in her new songs.

During the hour-long conversation with The New Yorker's Amanda Petrusich, Jepsen also teased that she may have been brainstorming some sort of tour for "Emotion Side B" after a fan asked if there was a chance we could see her bring those songs on the road. If you hear some tour announcements in the next few months, don't be surprised.