History YMMV / CarlyRaeJepsen

* ColbertBump: while Music/JustinBieber gave Carly the bump to make "Call Me Maybe" a mainstream hit, Carly's reputation in alternative music circles is often seen to be a result of Anthony Fantano of ''WebVideo/TheNeedleDrop'' giving "E•MO•TION" a glowing review.

* LGBTFanbase: Carly's pretty popular among members of the queer community, male, female, and non-binary alike. Part of it is due to the TwistEnding of her crush being gay at the end of the "Call Me Maybe" video, but part of it may also stem from ''E•MO•TION'' having a lot of influences from 80s music, which itself is pretty popular among queer people. (Even those that weren't even alive in the 80s.) Her gay fanbase is [[https://psmag.com/social-justice/carly-rae-jepsens-brilliantly-queer-art prominent enough]] that there have been [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carly-rae-jepsen-gay-fans_us_55d62b2de4b0ab468da05b63 articles]] written about it, and when a photo of the mostly male crowd at one of her concerts [[https://www.comicsands.com/straight-people-carly-rae-jepsen-2666473447.html went viral,]] a lot of people (many of them fans of hers) chipped in to point this out. Carly herself has made it clear she loves her gay fans just as much as they love her.

* LGBTFanbase: Carly's pretty popular among members of the queer community, male, female, and non-binary alike. Part of it is due to the TwistEnding of her crush being gay at the end of the "Call Me Maybe" video, but part of it may also stem from ''E•MO•TION'' having a lot of influences from 80s music, which itself is pretty popular among queer people. (Even those that weren't even alive in the 80s.) [[https://psmag.com/social-justice/carly-rae-jepsens-brilliantly-queer-art Her gay fanbase is prominent enough]] [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carly-rae-jepsen-gay-fans_us_55d62b2de4b0ab468da05b63 that there have been articles written about it.]] Carly herself has made it clear she loves her gay fans just as much as they love her.

* EclipsedByTheRemix: 'Shooting Star' from her album ''The Loneliest Time'' is a rework of an earlier, unofficial leaked song, 'Disco Sweat'. 'Disco Sweat' was essentially in {{Main/Camp}} and SoBadItsGood territory amongst fans upon its leak, but 'Shooting Star' is much, much better, as attested by many.

* BigInJapan: The reason why E•MO•TION was released earlier in Japan. [[UpToEleven Taken up to eleven]] with her remix album for E•MO•TION released exclusively in Japan and her video for "First Time" made available only in Japan.

** After the release and acclaim of ''E•MO•TION'', Carly seems to have gained a fanbase among more indie/alternative music listeners. Case in point: [[{{Hipster}} readers]] of ''Pitchfork'' [[http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9780-readers-poll-results-2015/ voted ''E•MO•TION'' as the most underrated album of 2015]], the album, its B-sides EP and multiple of her singles are bolded[[labelnote:*]]Indicating that it's in the top 5000 in whatever category its in (i.e album, EP, single etc.)[[/labelnote]] on music aggregate site Rate Your Music, which normally isn't very kind towards mainstream pop releases.

** After the release and acclaim of ''E•MO•TION'', Carly seems to have gained a fanbase among more indie/alternative music listeners. Case in point: [[{{Hipster}} readers]] of ''Pitchfork'' [[http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9780-readers-poll-results-2015/ voted ''E•MO•TION'' as the most underrated album of 2015]], And "Run Away With Me" is bolded[[labelnote:*]]Indicating that it's in the top 5000 albums (very comfortably, in this album's case.)[[/labelnote]] on music aggregate site Rate Your Music, which normally isn't very kind towards mainstream pop releases.

** After the release and acclaim of ''E•MO•TION'', Carly seems to have gained a fanbase among more indie/alternative music listeners. Case in point: [[{{Hipster}} readers]] of ''Pitchfork'' [[http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9780-readers-poll-results-2015/ voted ''E•MO•TION'' as the most underrated album of 2015]], And "Run Away With Me" is bolded[[labelnote:*]]Being bolded means that a release is in the site's top 10,000 of all releases (albums, singles, [=EPs=], etc.), which includes over 1,400 singles[[/labelnote]] on music aggregate site Rate Your Music, which normally isn't very kind towards mainstream pop releases.

%% ** The iconic horns of "Run Away With Me" on Vine and Tumblr. <-- How are the horns iconic, and how are they popular on Vine and Tumblr?

%% ** The song "Store" with its hilarious lyrics. <-- How are its lyrics hilarious?

%% ** The back-to-back devastation that are "Right Word Wrong Time" and "Real Love".

* [[CultClassic Cult Artist]]: ''E•MO•TION'' and ''Dedicated'' have squarely put Carly in this position, not being overly popular beyond her megahit "Call Me Maybe", but instead being an acclaimed artist with a smaller, devoted fanbase.
** She's still not too widely known, but ''E•MO•TION: Side B'' managed to make it to many critics' short list for the best album of 2016.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The guy she's interested in in the video of "Call Me Maybe" has no lines of dialogue or lyrics but the fact that he is gay and is quite [[MrFanservice good looking]] made sure Carly has quite a PeripheryDemographic with gay men.

* FriendlyFandoms: With {{Music/Swans}} and Music/DeathGrips of all things. Due in part to people discovering their music through Anthony Fantano's reviews. Fans also say they're fans of all three due to the insane amount of energy from their music.
** Also with Charli XCX and Lorde, which is helped by the fact that she has, in no particular order, met them and expressed interest in doing work with them.

** The iconic horns of Run Away With Me on Vine and Tumblr

** The song "Store" with its hilarious lyrics.

* {{Moe}}: She's ''adorable''.
* OlderThanTheyThink: People who only know her from "Call Me Maybe" would be very surprised to learn that her first album (''Tug of War'') was released in 2008.
** On another level, ''Store'' from ''E•MO•TION Side B'' was originally written for an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roAkn53D3wk&t=6s ''anti smoking ad'']] back in 2011
* PeripheryDemographic: After the release and acclaim of ''E•MO•TION'', Carly seems to have gained a fanbase among more indie/alternative music listeners. Case in point: [[{{Hipster}} readers]] of ''Pitchfork'' [[http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9780-readers-poll-results-2015/ voted ''E•MO•TION'' as the most underrated album of 2015]], And "Run Away With Me" is bolded[[labelnote:*]]Being bolded means that a release is in the site's top 10,000 of all releases (albums, singles, [=EPs=], etc.), which includes over 1,400 singles[[/labelnote]] on music aggregate site Rate Your Music, which normally isn't very kind towards mainstream pop releases.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While ''Kiss'' is decent, it's pretty obvious the album was rushed to capitalize on the success of "Call Me Maybe". On ''E•MO•TION'', there is much more detail to its songs and lack of any AlbumFiller, and the catchy numbers are even more catchier and awesome than before.

** ''Dedicated'' has seen her more universally positive reviews yet, even if the album or it's main singles haven't quite gotten the same gushing adoration of ''Emotion'' or "Run Away With Me", respectively.
** ''Dedicated: Side B'' has received similarly positive reviews.

** [[AllLoveIsUnrequited "Your Type"]] hits hard close to home for anyone ever in a one-sided love.
** [[BreakupSong "Fever"]] and [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor "Roses"]] are the closest of what could be called "sad songs" from her.

** "Never Get To Hold You" for all those who were in a breakup.
** The back-to-back devastation that are "Right Word Wrong Time" and "Real Love".

* CultClassic: ''E•MO•TION'' and ''Dedicated'' have squarely put Carly in this position, not being overly popular beyond her megahit "Call Me Maybe", but instead being an acclaimed artist with a smaller, devoted fanbase.

** "Never Get To Hold You" for all those who were in a breakup.

* LGBTFanbase: For reasons no one can quite figure out, Carly's pretty popular among members of the queer community, male, female, and non-binary alike. Part of it is due to the TwistEnding of her crush being gay at the end of the "Call Me Maybe" video, but part of it may also stem from ''E•MO•TION'' having a lot of influences from 80s music, which itself is pretty popular among queer people. (Even those that weren't even alive in the 80s.) [[https://psmag.com/social-justice/carly-rae-jepsens-brilliantly-queer-art Her gay fanbase is prominent enough]] [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carly-rae-jepsen-gay-fans_us_55d62b2de4b0ab468da05b63 that there have been articles written about it.]] Carly herself has made it clear she loves her gay fans just as much as they love her.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: While ''Kiss'' is not a bad album per-se, a lot of fans believed that Carly could've done better. Indeed, EMOTION and Dedicated, along with their respective B-Side albums, brought back a lot of fans.

* FriendlyFandoms: With {{Music/Swans}} and Music/DeathGrips of all things. Due in part to people discovering their music through Anthony Fantano's reviews. Fans also say they fans of all three due to the insane amount of energy from their music.

* FriendlyFandoms: With {{Music/Swans}} and Music/DeathGrips of all things. Due in part to people discovering their music through Anthony Fantano's reviews. Fans also say they fans of all three due to the insane amount of energy from their music

** "Run Away With Me" can be interpreted as a song about someone losing a crush/partner in a love triangle, begging them to reconsider.