History Trivia / CarlyRaeJepsen

** Chart expert and music writer Chris Molanphy wrote a piece for the ''Village Voice'' [[http://www.villagevoice.com/music/100-and-single-three-rules-to-define-the-term-one-hit-wonder-in-2012-6637330 on rules that could be used to define one hit wonders]], and used Carly Rae and Owl City's success with "Good Time" as a specific example. Like Carly, Owl is remembered as a one-hit wonder for 2009's "Fireflies" despite the second hit.

* OneHitWonder: She is commonly called this; although she technically had two hits outside of Canada; the other hit, "Good Time," is a duet with Owl City, and it's he who gets first billing. "Call Me Maybe"'s view as a novelty song only makes things worse. She did attempt a CareerResurrection three years later with "I Really Like You" and "Run Away with Me", and while it was nowhere as big as "Call Me Maybe", it was quite successful, ''especially'' from a critical point of view.
** Chart expert and music writer Chris Molanphy wrote a piece for the ''Village Voice'' [[http://www.villagevoice.com/music/100-and-single-three-rules-to-define-the-term-one-hit-wonder-in-2012-6637330 on rules that could be used to define one hit wonders]], and used Carly Rae and Owl City's success with "Good Time" as a specific example.

** "This Kiss" is not a Music/FaithHill cover.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Her 2008 album ''Tug of War'' should not be confused with Music/PaulMcCartney's 1982 album of the same name.

** ''Emotion'' may have not set the charts on fire in America, but it did considerably worse in her home country of Canada. Its shown in her tour schedule for the album, too: In early 2016, she came off a well received and fairly successful headlining American tour of indie clubs and theaters, and went straight into being merely the opener for pop punk band Hedley on their tour of Canada.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench appears in "Sour Candy".
*** Ramsay also wrote the music for "Call Me Maybe," and apparently still catches hell for it. He [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKIPh1w4s18 "Here's to the Zeros"]]:
--> So they say, 'where's the next hit, baby?' / God, how could I top "Call Me Maybe"?
** Jepsen herself appears in Music/OwlCity's "Good Time".
** TomHanks lip-syncs in the "I Really Like You" video.

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite highly positive reviews from critics and fans alike, ''Emotion'' debuted at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and suffered dismal sales.

* OneHitWonder: She is commonly called this; although she technically had two hits outside of Canada; the other hit, "Good Time," is a duet with Owl City, and it's he who gets first billing. "Call Me Maybe"'s view as a novelty song only makes things worse. She did attempt a CareerResurrection three years later with "I Really Like You" and "Run Away with Me", and while it was nowhere as big as "Call Me Maybe", it was quite successful.

* HeyItsThatVoice:

* OneHitWonder: She is commonly called this; although she technically had two hits outside of Canada; the other hit, "Good Time," is a duet with Owl City, and it's he who gets first billing. "Call Me Maybe"'s view as a novelty song only makes things worse. She did attempt a CareerResurrection three years later with "I Really Like You", and while it was nowhere as big as "Call Me Maybe", it was quite successful.

* OneHitWonder: She is commonly called this; although she technically had two hits outside of Canada; the other hit, "Good Time," is a duet with Owl City, and it's he who gets first billing. "Call Me Maybe"'s view as a novelty song only makes things worse. She did attempt a CareerResurrection three years later with "I Really Like You", but it fell off before it could reach the Top 40.

* OneHitWonder: She is commonly called this; although she technically had two hits outside of Canada; the other hit, "Good Time," is a duet with Owl City, and it's he who gets first billing. "Call Me Maybe"'s view as a novelty song only makes things worse.
** Averted. She managed a CareerResurrection in 2015 with "I Really Like You".

** Jepsen herself appears in Music/OwlCity's "Good Time".

* BigNameFan: Music/JustinBieber said on his Twitter that "Call Me Maybe" was his favorite song.
* BreakthroughHit: "Call Me Maybe".
* ColbertBump: The odds of a third-place runner-up on ''Series/AmericanIdol'' going to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 are small enough, while the odds of a third-place runner-up on ''Canadian'' Idol going to #1 in the States are next to nothing... but that's exactly what happened with her and "Call Me Maybe" after Music/JustinBieber praised the song on {{Twitter}}, putting in motion what later became a huge musical and [[MemeticMutation memetic]] phenomenon.

--> "''Series/SesameStreet'', man. It doesn’t get any better than that!”

* ColbertBump: The odds of a third-place runner-up on ''AmericanIdol'' going to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 are small enough, while the odds of a third-place runner-up on ''Canadian'' Idol going to #1 in the States are next to nothing... but that's exactly what happened with her and "Call Me Maybe" after Music/JustinBieber praised the song on {{Twitter}}, putting in motion what later became a huge musical and [[MemeticMutation memetic]] phenomenon.

* ApprovalOfGod[=/=]SesameStreetCred: Most notably [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8 "Share It Maybe"]]:

* ApprovalOfGod / SesameStreetCred: Most notably [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8 "Share It Maybe"]]:

* ApprovalOfGod: Most notably [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8 "Share It Maybe"]]:

* CelebrityResemblance: Resembles a cross between Music/KatyPerry and Music/MirandaCosgrove.