Carly Rae Jepsen Wants to Party in ‘Versailles’ Music Video — SkimNews
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- "Versailles" music video was filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Kanya Iwana, showing Jepsen dancing at a party she imagines at the French chateau.
- "Day and Night" album dropped today as Jepsen's first album of new music since 2023's "The Loveliest Time," featuring 24 tracks split across two LPs of 12 songs each (Day and Night).
- "Versailles" track was inspired by Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" and co-written with Elias Kapari, Noonie Bao, and Markus Krunegård, with production by Kapari.
- Album rollout began in June: her official website played snippets of two different instrumentals for 12 hours each on June 1, followed by twice-daily postcard-style social media posts starting June 11.
- Jepsen will play a special sunset set at New York City's All Things Go Festival on Sept. 27, marking her first live performance of the year.
- Prior single "Don't Leave Me on the Dance Floor," an ABBA-inspired track with its own music video, preceded "Versailles" as a pre-release track from the album.
Why it matters: Jepsen's 24-track double LP — split evenly into 'Day' and 'Night' themes — is her first full project since 2023's 'The Loveliest Time,' pairing an unusually large catalog drop with a rare live return. Her Sept. 27 sunset set at All Things Go gives fans both new music and a first 2024 performance within weeks of each other.
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