Many artists would struggle to move on from a viral mega-smash hit without the label of ‘one hit wonder’ taped to their back.

And many would have assumed Carly Rae Jepsen would fall victim to this fate after the success of the insanely catchy Call Me Maybe, which hit number one in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and all across Europe in 2012.

But then came her critically acclaimed 2015 album Emotion, which cemented Carly as a pop music darling and revolutionised Spotify playlists and LGBTQ+ club night setlists forever. Since then, Carly has given us the sublime Cut To The Feeling, scrapped an entire disco album and released her fourth studio album, Dedicated.

However, she’s not done with her world domination plans just yet.

‘I am definitely a workaholic, but it’s also my passion, so it doesn’t feel like I’m just work-obsessed – it’s what I want to do, and I’m lucky to have found that at a young age,’ Carly told Metro.co.uk while in Finland, working with Sound of Lapland.

‘I’ll be on the road til March, we’re doing Canada, then Japan, south-east Asia. But after that, I don’t know. I’m considering moving to New York.

‘But I don’t think I’ll be jumping directly into a new album – maybe another project. I’ve been talking about writing a pop musical. That’s a really fun dream. It was a friends meeting that turned into a business meeting. We were collaborating and performing, and our musical producer was like “what do you do with the rest of your songs?”

‘It’s maybe a five, ten year plan because it would take a lot of time to create, but yeah, it’s always been something I’ve dreamed about doing.’

A Carly Rae Jepsen musical? We’re already putting pennies aside for the tickets.

However, while Carly is considering taking her music to the stage, she’s not as keen on treading the boards for it. The 33-year-old has acted before, nabbing the leading role in the Broadway production of Cinderella and starring as Frenchy in Fox’s Grease: Live, but they weren’t the easiest of gigs.

‘I really enjoyed Cinderella, but Fox Live was a little scary for me. I got through it, but I was so scared.

‘It would have to be the right thing. It doesn’t mean I’m not interested in theatre and acting, but it would have to be the right thing and that I felt comfortable.’

Carly released her fourth album this year (Picture: Rich Fury/Getty Images for Spotify)

Since her debut in 2008 with Sunshine On My Shoulders and Tug of War (following her coming fifth place on Canadian Idol), Carly – who hails from British Columbia in Canada – has gone from strength to strength.

Her second album Kiss was a huge hit thanks to Call Me Maybe, Good Time with Owl City and Tonight I’m Getting Over You, and while Emotion wasn’t as commercially successful, the 2015 record was a critical smash, landing on numerous best albums of the year lists and achieving cult status with fans.

So when it came to releasing her fourth studio album, Carly admits there was definite pressure.

‘I’m an album lover, maybe one of the last,’ she said. ‘With Dedication, it was a real decision I made that I wasn’t going to rush. It’s been such a rollercoaster ride. I really loved pop music, but I felt like I hadn’t found my kind of take on it yet.

‘Emotion helped that, and I was really excited to work on Dedicated, but I wanted to keep things moving. With life, love, experiences and travel, I had a new perspective on things.

‘It was a different pressure – I think it was a pressure I put on myself, knowing that I wanted to create something different but not knowing what that was yet. I loved the 80s vibe of Emotion, but I wanted to do something different, and I think we got there eventually. But did I put pressure [on myself], yes – I wrote 200 songs.

‘I mean, it was a long period of time, and I started writing immediately after Emotion, and some of those songs have four different versions.

‘I’m not saying everything I have is right there, but my process is just to write and write until I find something.’

Carly was inspired by Lapland (Picture: Blake Price)

And writing and writing until she finds something led to Carly completing an entire disco album, which is now ditched forever – and that’s not the only scrapped album the starlet has hiding away.

Admitting there may be some other records we’ll never hear, Carly added: ‘Knock on wood, I’ve never really had writer’s block, but it doesn’t mean I don’t write really bad songs or that I don’t write the same song a couple of times.’

Dedication was released in May, seven months after its lead single Party For One, but Carly hasn’t stopped playing with the material.

Carly has new projects in the pipeline (Picture: Xavi Torrent/WireImage)

Earlier this year, she flew out to Lapland, Finland in collaboration with the Sound of Lapland to soak up the sounds of nature in the stunning region, culminating in a live recording at a stunning lake in Ruka-Kuusamo.

Carly and her band stripped back fan favourite track The Sound to include tranquil instrumentation, resulting in a totally live performance with both audio and video recorded outdoors on a remote lakeside jetty.

And the visit to Lapland gave Carly plenty of inspiration.

‘It’s been magical,’ she said. ‘There are some places that you go to where you’re just stopped in your tracks. It’s a totally different kind of beauty.

‘It was a dream opportunity in my mind, and I wouldn’t have said yes if I wasn’t so fascinated about coming, because I’m right in the middle of my US and Canada tour. My manager was like, “won’t you be tired?” and I was like “I’ll be fine, it will be worth it!” And it definitely has.’

Speaking about the performance, she said: ‘Nature is a part of my childhood and my very best memories. Here in Lapland I’ve been amazed by how the quiet space allows for ideas to float into my head. It has been unlike anything I have ever experienced.’

For more information, visit House of Lapland and Visit Finland.

Finnair flies to Kittila via Helinski from London Heathrow, with fares from £270 in economy class and £815 in business.

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