While this may not be intentional, the lyrics “cause when the heart breaks/it always feels like the first time” feel like a comment to Jepsen die-hards who supported the shit out of E-MO-TION after it was released and saw how it subsequently failed to gain the kind of reach we all thought it would. In retrospect, that simple action is like a start/stop of E-MO-TION a public clicking on and off of a great song or record without any regard. Opening track “First Time,” which is an immediate standout, has a click of a cassette, playing and stopping, before launching into the synth heavy break-up song. These B-sides build upon the shimmery ‘80s pop base Jepsen began on E-MO-TION but then blow it wide open. They are the quirky, experimental options we didn’t know we longed for.
For those of us thirsty for more off E-MO-TION, this is the best quencher. Jepsen teased the release of these songs, one by one, on Instagram, allowing us a handful of seconds over top videos of The Addams Family and a young, dancing Drew Barrymore, to name a couple. These are songs that were recorded during the E-MO-TION sessions but didn’t make the cut for the album proper. For this week’s one year anniversary of E-MO-TION, Carly Rae Jepsen’s undeniably perfect and incredible third record, the singer has today given us a packed eight song EP of sorts simply called E-MO-TION Side B.
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