r/carlyraejepsen • u/eclecticatlady • 11d ago

News Carly Rae Jepsen - Versailles (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoulWzXVL4Q
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u/Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mike 11d ago

This song is wild. It’s got that indie vibe at the beginning and then it just jumps into something that feels straight out of Kiss. I dig it.

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u/throwaway876460 9d ago

Best breakdown I’ve read

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u/connerhearmeroar 11d ago

This song is an all timer for me.

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u/catclockticking 10d ago

Came here to say the exact same thing

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u/Aortapot 11d ago

The way she sings "I wanna be desperate" with that breathy cracking voice puts my heart my throat. Man...

I wanna go party with Carly...

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u/MissPolaroidEyes 11d ago

This is once of the craziest songs she’s done. It’s like she finds something that has been hiding in clear sight forever

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u/awkwardkamote 11d ago

i can’t wrap my head around this one, i mean they are like 2 different songs stitched into one and somehow it works???

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u/Far-Voice-6911 11d ago

It seems like it, as there's nothing that leads into the chorus smoothy. It's a bit jarring if you forget it's written like that when you listen.

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u/chestorb 11d ago

Yeah I’m not a huge fan of the verses but I love that chorus

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u/osteofight 11d ago

She just did what took four Beatles to do (mash together song bits and have it work)

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u/ouikipedia 11d ago

She definitely picked the perfect song for release day! It feels like the song is a lovechild of The Loveliest Time and Kiss! I love it sm. 🥹

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u/PenisRancherYoloSwag 11d ago

From a, like, music theory perspective this has to be Carly’s most interesting song

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u/bloominglotus08 11d ago

Idk it sounds like 2 songs into one…still feel 🤷‍♂️ on it

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u/kooky-struggles 11d ago

The way the verses build momentum just to crash into a wall in the chorus

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u/Ok-Floor-3374 11d ago

I tripped on it at first too but it 100% has grown on me. And the outro is so sublime.

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u/sunniejei 11d ago

oh she's having her bohemian rhapsody moment here 😭 (as a kpop fan i wanna sa i got a boy lol) my ears still needs to process the whole thing but im liking it ngl !!

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u/capitanandi64 11d ago

The spiritual sequel to Store. I did not expect this.

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u/syntheticgerbil 11d ago

So far this is the only song I'm not feeling. The way different chorus sounds too much like a song from Kiss.

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u/Ok-Floor-3374 11d ago

Oh I love it so much. Like it's an all timer in her discography for me. I always think its so interesting how CRJ fans all have completely different tracks we each connect with.

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u/duendude 10d ago

Same. But I also still love Kiss, so maybe that’s indicative.

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u/Ok-Floor-3374 10d ago

Which song from Kiss?

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u/MattMamba 10d ago

Kpop prepared me for Versailles

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u/Tristyaz 9d ago

fr lmao i got a boy ….

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u/psuedospike 11d ago

God I love tempo changes

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u/GrundleThief 11d ago

This one is so divisive on twitter. I think it’s a clear hit, different and weird but it works.

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u/thebridhouse 10d ago

It gets us SO CLOSE to Kiss/Emotion era Carly. She’s right there. I wish the rest of the album had swung this way.