WebProNews

Tag: carly rae jepsen

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Shares “Fuller House’ Theme Song With Ryan Seacrest

    Carly Rae Jepsen is the voice behind the theme song, “Everywhere You Look,” on the Full House reboot, Fuller House, During a visit with Ryan Seacrest earlier this week, the Canadian singer shared her version.

    Performed by Jesse Frederick during the opening of the episodes of Full House, Carly Rae Jepsen gives the song a new feel on Fuller House.

    Ryan Seacrest was taken aback when he found out just how many verses there are to the song.

    “I didn’t know the song had so many lyrics,” Seacrest admitted, as Carly Rae Jepsen read some of the lesser-known verses from her phone.

    Unfortunately, some people feel Carly Rae Jepsen singing the Fuller House theme song is the only thing worth tuning in to the Netflix series for.

    Have you checked out Fuller House, starring Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Kimmy Gibbler, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, and more? Were you a fan of the original show back in the 1990s?

    What’s your take on the reboot? Might Carly Rae Jepsen truly be the best thing it has going for it after all?

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Redoes Full House Song For New ‘Fuller House’ Theme [Listen Here]

    Carly Rae Jepsen Redoes Full House Song For New ‘Fuller House’ Theme [Listen Here]

    Carly Rae Jepsen who made a name for herself with the hit song “Call Me Maybe,” provides the theme song of Netflix’s Fuller House, which is now available to watch.

    A little bit different, but in many ways, very much the same, the Fuller House theme will smother you with nostalgia while bludgeoning you with its updated pop sensibilities.

    Oh, just listen for yourself:

    Here’s the iTunes links should you want to add it to your collection:

    Or you could go ahead and check out the show now streaming on Netflix. It’s bound to be the biggest thing since Making a Murderer.

    Jepsen is currently on tour. Dates below.

  • “Fuller House” Premieres on Netflix Later This Week, With Carly Rae Jepsen Singing Theme Song

    Fuller House, the long-awaited reboot of Full House, premieres this week on Netflix. Singer Carly Rae Jepsen–fresh on the heels of her Grease: Live appearance–has a big role to play in Fuller House, too. No, Jepsen isn’t acting as a friend or foe of the Tanner girls. Instead she is singing the theme song.

    The same theme song that opened each episode of Full House, “Everywhere You Look,” will be opening each episode of Fuller House, too. The big difference will be that in place of Jesse Frederick belting out the tune, Carly Rae Jepsen has that covered instead.

    Rolling Stone reports that Carly Rae Jepsen recorded her version of “Everywhere You Look” in 2015, setting aside time from promoting her album “Emotion” in order to do so.

    Jepsen said in her Rolling Stone interview that she has wonderful memories of watching Full House, making it all that more special to be singing the Fuller House theme song.

    “Full House is essentially my childhood. It was my favorite TV show growing up,” she said. “I can remember being on a camping trip with my parents and asking them what time it was, how much further ’til we get there kind of thing, and they said, “Three more Full Houses!” I understand what that means: two-and-a-half hours. So I was offered this and wondering if it could fit into my schedule; I had a lot going on at the time. I remember my team thinking, “I don’t think you’re going to have time to do this.” It was casually mentioned in one of those phone calls, and I said, “What? We have to make time for this! I’ll come in the middle of the night, whatever it is.” When I found out that Butch Walker was part of it too, that sealed the deal for me, because obviously I admire what he’s done and heard such great things that I was dying to get in the room and combine two things I was very curious about.”

    Has Carly Rae Jepsen been allowed any special privileges regarding the Fuller House reboot–as in has she seen any of the upcoming episodes?

    “No, not yet,” she said. “I’ve seen a poster for it, but I haven’t seen any trailers or things like that. Either way, I feel like there’s an amazing concept already, and I’m looking forward to watching the storylines. I told my girlfriends we’re going to have to have a popcorn night and really enjoy it from start to finish.”

    Will you be doing as Carly Rae Jepsen plans when Fuller House premieres on Netflix this Friday, February 26th?

    You can bet lots of people–okay, so it will probably be mostly girls–will pop that popcorn and curl up on the couch in anticipation of the Tanner girls–Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen aren’t reprising their role as Michelle Tanner), along with Andrea Barber–in Fuller House form. Of course these people won’t get to listen to themselves sing the Fuller House theme song, the way Carly Rae Jepsen can.

  • Julianne Hough Gets Big Shout-Out from Brother Derek Hough Over “Grease: Live!” Performance

    Julianne Hough wowed fans as Sandy in Fox’s live musical production Grease: Live! on Sunday evening–but probably none more than brother Derek Hough, who gave his Dancing With the Stars costar a big shout-out.

    “Killin it ! #GREASELIVE my Sister ! Proud as a mutha,” the Dancing With the Stars pro captioned this short clip of sister Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit. You can hear the cheering in the background as Hough and his friends watch the production.

    A video posted by Derek Hough (@derekhough) on

    A short time later, Derek shared even more of his pride in his sister.

    “Singing live for all to hear!!!! Nailed it! #emotional #proudbigbrother,” he captioned yet another clip of Julianne Hough. Listen for Derek’s accolades directed at his sister in the background.

    A video posted by Derek Hough (@derekhough) on

    Julianne Hough was like a kid at Christmas ahead of Sunday’s performance.

    Did you see Julianne Hough–along with Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more in Grease: Live! on Sunday night?

    Is it any wonder Derek Hough is so incredibly proud of his little sister?

  • Julianne Hough Talks Trouble With “Grease: Live” Line Just Days Ahead of Premiere

    Julianne Hough stars in the upcoming Grease: Live, set to air on Sunday evening on Fox. She plays the part of Sandy, the iconic role made famous by Olivia Newton-John in the original film.

    During an interview with Entertainment Weekly on Thursday, the Dancing With the Stars alum talked about the trouble she’s having with one line in the production–not because she can’t memorize it, but because it touches at the core of who Julianne Hough truly is.

    “It’s a line that I should be able to deliver because it’s so me,” Hough said.

    Julianne Hough delivers the line while the main cast is inside the diner.

    Hough–as Sandy–says, “Who wants to watch a bunch of amateurs in a dance contest on live TV?”

    The line references the school dance being filmed on national TV, as is shown later in the show. It was added solely for Julianne Hough because of her past with Dancing With the Stars.

    “I mess it up every time,” she says.

    “The diner scene is the death of me for sure,” she adds.

    Early photos released of Julianne Hough in character as Sandy are reminiscent of Olivia Newton-John’s Grease era. Aaron Tveit plays Danny Zuko–the role John Travolta made famous in the film.

    In addition to Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit, Grease: Live stars Vanessa Hudgens, Carly Rae Jepsen, Keke Palmer, Carlos PenaVega, Ana Gasteyer, Eve Plumb, Mario Lopez, and more.

    Will you be tuning in to see Grease: Live on TV? It airs January 31 on Fox at 7 p.m. ET.

    Will Julianne Hough ace that tricky line for the live show?

  • Julianne Hough Shares First “Grease: Live” Photo on Instagram

    Julianne Hough is starring in the upcoming TV special Grease: Live on Fox in January. She is playing the role of Sandra Dee, made famous in the film Grease by Olivia Newton-John.

    This week the first official photos from the special were released, and Julianne Hough shared one of her, along with cast mates Vanessa Hudgens and Aaron Tveit, on her Instagram account.

    “Here’s a first look at @aarontveit @vanessahudgens and I for #GreaseLive I can’t wait to play the role of Sandy, and be with this incredible cast! Don’t miss it: Sunday, January 31st on @FOXTV ! #youbettershapeup,” she captioned the photo.

    A photo posted by Julianne Hough (@juleshough) on

    Aaron Tveit is a Broadway actor whose Danny Zuko is perfect opposite Julianne Hough’s Sandy. Vanessa Hudgens plays Rizzo. One of Julianne Hough’s Dancing With the Stars friends is in Grease: Live, too. Carlos PenaVega, who was eliminated from the DWTS competition just ahead of the finals on Monday, will play the role of Kenickie.

    Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit will no doubt become the Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta of this generation with their roles in Grease: Live. It will be fun to see if the TV version creates a fraction of the hype that the film did back in 1978.

    Fans can catch Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, and Vanessa Hudgens, as well as Carly-Rae Jepsen, Carlos PenaVega, and more in Grease: Live on the Fox network. It airs January 31 at 7 p.m.

  • Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit Share First Look of ‘Grease: Live’

    Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit were captured in a first look for People magazine of their characters for the much-anticipated Grease: Live, which hits the small screen in January.

    The special, which will air from 7 to 10 p.m. on each coast (tape-delayed in the Pacific time zone), features Dancing With the Stars judge Julianne Hough as the Sandy, which was portrayed in the 1978 film made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. High School Musical alum Vanessa Hudgens stars Rizzo, and Broadway vet Tveit plays Danny Zuko.

    Although not yet scene in any stills, DWTS final four competitor Carlos PenaVega will play Kenickie.

    Danny and Sandy are pictured after she ditches the goody-two-shoes look, but a shot of Hough decked out in Sandy’s iconic cardigan/poodle skirt combo is just too adorable.

    The live performance will also star Scream Queens actress Keke Palmer as Marty, singer Carly Rae Jepsen as Frenchy, You’re the Worst‘s Kether Donohue as Jan, and David Del Rio as Putzie.

    “Grease is one of the movies that made me want to be an entertainer, and I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy,” Hough said after it was announced that she was cast in the role of Sandy. “My siblings and I watched it and played it out over and over when we were kids. This is my dream role and performing it live on television will be one of the most thrilling opportunities I’ve had in my career so far.”

    Grease: Live airs Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 at 7 p.m. on Fox.

  • Mario Lopez Joins Julianne Hough, Carly Rae Jepsen, and More in Fox’s “Grease: Live

    Mario Lopez Joins Julianne Hough, Carly Rae Jepsen, and More in Fox’s “Grease: Live

    Mario Lopez is joining Dancing With the Stars judge Julianne Hough, actress Vanessa Hudgens, and singer Carly Rae Jepsen in Fox’s first foray into live performances. He will play the role of Vince Fontaine when Grease: Live airs in January.

    The Extra host has a smaller part than his famous counterparts. Vince Fontaine is a DJ who emcees a Rydell High dance competition that will showcase Julianne Hough, in her role as Sandy, showing off her amazing dance skills.

    No stranger to musicals, Mario Lopez danced his way through A Chorus Line on Broadway in 2008 during the show’s revival. He played the role of Zach.

    In addition to Extra, Mario Lopez hosts two MTV productions–America’s Best Dance Crew and MTV’s Top Pop Group. He played the role of A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell, and reprised the role on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon earlier this year.

    Mario Lopez is part of an impressive lineup for the TV version of the cult classic film. In addition to his role as Vince Fontaine, Julianne Hough plays Sandy–played in the film by Olivia Newton-John. Aaron Tveit plays Danny–the role brought to life on the big screen by John Travolta. Vanessa Hudgens is Rizzo and Carly Rae Jepsen plays Frenchy. Jessie J will open the show performing of a new version of the Bee Gees hit “Grease (Is the Word).”

    Grease: Live airs on Fox on January 31st, and follows NBC’s lead in airing live productions. The Sound of Music Live aired in 2013, followed by Peter Pan Live in December of 2014.

    Will you tune in to see Mario Lopez, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, and more bring Grease to the small screen?

  • Carly Rae Jepsen to Play Frenchy in Fox ‘Grease’ Reboot, Celebrates Release of ‘Emotion’

    Carly Rae Jepsen is set to star in the upcoming Fox reboot of Grease. Called Grease: Live, the musical will air in January 2016, and the “Call Me Maybe” singer will play the role of beauty school dropout Frenchy.

    Taking to Twitter to share her excitement, Carly Rae Jepsen boasts her upcoming role.

    Carly Rae Jepsen isn’t the only big name to sign on to this upcoming production. So far the cast includes Julianne Hough as Sandy–the role Olivia Newton-John played in the original screenplay. Les Misérables actor Aaron Tveit will play the role of Danny Zuko–first made famous by John Travolta.

    Vanessa Hudgens will play Rizzo, Keke Palmer will play Marty, and Dancing With the Stars contestant Carlos PenaVega is set to portray Kenickie. Yes, Carly Rae Jepsen is in good company bringing Grease to the small screen.

    This won’t be Jepsen’s first foray into the acting world either. Carly Rae Jepsen starred in Cinderella on Broadway last year.

    Grease: Live isn’t the only big Carly Rae Jepsen news this week. Her new album, Emotion, came out earlier today.

    Does the upcoming star-studded cast of Grease: Live have you longing for a poodle skirt or leather bike jacket? If so, you have a bit of a wait–but one that will no doubt be well worth it.

    Grease: Live, starring Carly Rae Jepsen, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, and more is set to air on January 31, 2016 on Fox.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Joins Cast of Upcoming ‘Grease: Live’ on Fox

    Carly Rae Jepsen Joins Cast of Upcoming ‘Grease: Live’ on Fox

    Carly Rae Jepsen has joined the cast of the upcoming Grease: Live, scheduled to air on Fox in January.

    Signing on to play the role of Frenchy in the reboot of the popular musical, Carly Rae Jepsen will star alonsgide a top-notch cast.

    So far the cast includes Julianne Hough as Sandy–the role Olivia Newton-John played in the original screenplay. Les Misérables actor Aaron Tveit will play the role of Danny Zuko–first made famous by John Travolta.

    Vanessa Hudgens will play Rizzo, Keke Palmer will play Marty, and Dancing With the Stars contestant Carlos PenaVega is set to portray Kenickie. Yes, Carly Rae Jepsen is in good company bringing Grease to the small screen.

    The Canadian pop singer has made a big name for herself in the music world. Breaking onto the scene back in 2012, Carly Rae Jepsen’s breakout hit was “Call Me Maybe.”

    Definitely not a novice in the acting world, Carly Rae Jepsen starred in Cinderella on Broadway last year.

    Jepsen isn’t the only cross over from the music charts starring in Grease: Live, however. Jessie J just signed on to open the show with her own arrangement of the show’s theme song, “Grease (Is the Word).”

    Fans who don’t want to wait until January to se Carly Rae Jepsen can check out her most recent album. “Emotion” has earned her even more rave reviews.

    Grease: Live will air on Fox on January 31, 2016. Will you be tuning in to see Julianne Hough, Carly Rae Jepsen, Vanessa Hudgens, and more?

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Drops New Single ‘Warm Blood’, New Album Coming

    Canadian singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen gifts us with another taste of her upcoming album E•MO•TION. This new single dubbed “Warm Blood” stayed true to the album’s theme that features a new breed of ‘80s-inspired pop songs.

    “Warm Blood” follows “I Really Like You” and “Run Away With Me” as the frontrunners of Jepsen’s summer album. This new single has an electro-pop feel to it that becomes better as the synth kicks in.

    The new album has Jepsen calling all the shots, from the theme right down to the release. E•MO•TION was presumably due for an early 2014 release but Carly Rae opted not to rush the album to assure its quality.

    Now, the Canadian Idol 2nd-runner up plans to premiere a new track off her album every Friday leading up to Aug. 21.

    These new array of tracks could potentially put Jepsen in a new light. The pop star was judged as a one hit wonder after the release of the hit single “Call Me Maybe.” The song was tagged as a novelty and considered to have only been commercially successful due to its catchiness.

    Her second album Kiss—which many critics are calling the best pop album of the year—didn’t receive the commercial success it deserved and only sold 289,000 copies in the U.S.

    Despite her underrated status, Jepsen continues to write and create her own brand of music, evolving herself and the pop genre in the process.

    “My desire now is to see how far I can stretch pop,” said Jepsen.

    This third album shows more mainstream promise as its filled with not only songs of substance, but also songs perfect for radio and sing-alongs.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Burned Out on ‘Call Me Maybe’ Too

    Carly Rae Jepsen seems to have had enough of “Call Me Maybe.” The song that went viral and was the Number One Earworm of 2012 has become somewhat of an albatross around the neck of the Canadian pop singer in the years since it hit us like a sugar-coated wrecking ball. Some have stopped calling it “viral” and instead call it a “virus.”

    “We did Good Morning America and they wanted a verse and chorus of ‘Call Me Maybe,’” Carly Rae Jepsen told The Guardian recently, “and basically I ended up flubbing it. I never thought I’d get the words wrong to that song.”

    Maybe that’s her subconscious imposing itself on her waking life. Maybe that is Carly Rae Jepsen burning out on that cotton candy like the rest of us.

    The song spawned so many parodies that, even after it had run its own course, the call-and-response factor kept it going much too long.

    “It didn’t really feel like I was in the centre of it,” Carly Rae Jepsen says of the whole phenomenon. “It felt like something that took off and I was running to catch up with it. It was separate from me, but in a really lovely way. I like that it became its own little thing. It didn’t feel like it was just my song, it belonged to other people and that’s the best thing about music.”

    Worse than anything, that one track flamed up so big that it drowned out everything else on the album that carried it. The album was called Kiss, but that song was the kiss of death to the rest of the album. Carly Rae Jepsen wished for a follow-up. She didn’t want to go down as a one-mega-hit wonder. But she says everything else was pretty much just runner-up.

    But she found a way to be positive about it.

    “I look back and I’m proud of the album but clearly nothing did as well as that song and it was a challenge to get attention on the rest of the B-side tracks,” she says, laughing. “But it was a happy challenge and a problem you can go at two ways; you can either be really pissed off or you can be grateful that you had some attention at all. I did the latter. I saw it as an amazing gift that has allowed me to take my time with this new record and make sure that I have a really strong body of work and not just one song.”

    Then Carly Rae Jepsen leans very close to putting into words what so many of us have felt since 2012.

    “I can’t imagine anyone’s comfortable being pigeonholed into one stereotype of who they are and who they’re supposed to be for ever,” she says. “That sounds like some sort of hell, actually. I’m constantly fighting and it’s an uphill battle because, in the world of pop, people are trying to put you in a hole and label you and I’m constantly trying to be as authentic as I can.”

    “Call Me Maybe” … “some sort of hell.”

  • Tori Kelly, ‘American Idol’ Alum, Blows Fans Away at Billboard Music Awards

    Tori Kelly, an American Idol contestant from season nine, blew fans away at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday with her guitar and vocal performance of her song ‘Nobody Love.’

    Under the management of Scooter Braun (of Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen fame), Tori Kelly will soon release her first album–Unbreakable Smile.

    “There was definitely ups and downs,” she says of creating the album. “I wouldn’t want people to think that it was just like ‘snap your fingers’ and the album is done. There is definitely a lot of hard work that goes into the album.”

    Tori Kelly is a very versatile music artist. In addition to her guitar and vocal skills, she also plays the piano and drums.

    She cites her parents as big influences behind her music ventures. Her dad is a singer and bassist, and her mom plays the saxophone and piano.

    In addition to competing on season nine of American Idol, she beat out country superstar Hunter Hayes on America’s Most Talented Kids back in 2004.

    That said, no one should be surprised about the stellar performance Tori Kelly gave at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday.

    Even Ed Sheeran was blown away by Tori Kelly’s performance.

    Did you catch Tori Kelly singing ‘Nobody Love’ on the Billboard Music Awards stage?

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Gets Help From Justin Bieber To Promote Her New Song

    Carly Rae Jepsen has finally followed up her super-popular and incredibly catchy 2011 hit, Call Me Maybe.

    Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song, “I Really Like You”, is just as catchy, if not more, and apparently the young elite love it.

    Justin Bieber took it upon himself to help Carly Rae Jepsen, a fellow Canadian whom Bieber signed to his label in 2012, promote her infectious new song.

    Bieber made his own crazy video of Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “I Really Like You” featuring other young stars like Kendall Jenner, Ariana Grande, Moschino designer Jeremy Scott, Empire actor Bryshere Gray, and even Lance Bass of N*Sync fame.

    The young stars recorded themselves dancing wildly and singing along to Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit in various locations of Justin Bieber’s home.

    Some of the antics take place by the pool and others inside his house.

    It’s somewhat of a departure from Carly Rae Jepsen’s official video for “I Really Like You”, which stars Tom Hanks and Justin Bieber.

    Justin Bieber’s posting of his video for Carly Rae Jepsen’s poppy song is credited for a boost on the Billboard charts with a brief stint at number one on the list of trending tracks.

    Of course, that’s not all that Justin Bieber has been up to.

    Besides promoting Carly Rae Jepsen, he has been keeping his rumored girlfriend, Kendall Jenner, company.

    Recently, the two were spotted at the Coachella music festival together with their friend Hailey Baldwin.

    They freely shared their good times on Instagram.

    baby Jo

    A photo posted by Kendall Jenner (@kendalljenner) on

    when ur at coachella for the first time

    A photo posted by Hailey Baldwin (@haileybaldwin) on

    What did you think of Justin Bieber’s take on Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song?

  • Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘I Really Like You’ Gets Lip-Synced By Justin Bieber — Must-See!

    Lip Sync Battle might be held accountable for the popularity of lip syncing these days. And this time around, Carly Rae Jepsen’s single “I Really Like You” is getting the lip dubbed treatment.

    In a recently uploaded YouTube clip that’s already starting to generate views, Justin Bieber and a bunch of his pals are hamming it up to Jepsen’s new single.

    The video shows a shirtless Bieber dancing, flexing his muscles and lip syncing Jepsen’s song, along with friends like Ariana Grande and her Big Brother brother Frankie, Kendall Jenner, Empire’s Bryshere Y. Gray, Lance Bass, the boys of Rixton and a host of other people. Even Kendall Jenner’s dog has gotten into the act.

    This is the second time that Bieber has made his own lip dub of his friend’s song. The “Baby” singer also did a clip of himself lip syncing Jepsen’s previous hit “Call Me Maybe.”

    That show of support was probably instrumental in making the song 2012’s “Song of the Summer.” Jepsen reciprocated by headlining Bieber’s Believe tour.

    But the real video for Jepsen’s “I Really Like You” is as star-studded as Bieber’s just-for-fun YouTube vid.

    Megastar Tom Hanks, THE Tom Hanks, appears in the original video, lip syncing and dancing up a storm in front of the Mondrian Hotel in Manhattan. Bieber has a cameo at the end.

    Jepsen herself seems surprised that happened but Hanks had only nice things to say about the singer.

    “She’s a nice girl. We had a good time,” the award winning actor said.

    It’s really a mystery for the ages how “I Really Like You” has spawned a Nine Inch Nails mashup, got Tom Hanks to dance and now has Bieber’s pseudo opus, just weeks after being released. The song isn’t even in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 charts (it’s currently sitting at number 80.)

    But who knows, maybe the song will hit number 1 soon, thanks to Bieber and friends.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Gets The Bieber Treatment…Again

    Carly Rae Jepsen has done it again.

    The Canadian songstress keeps dropping chart-topping singles, and this time around Justin Bieber is lending his face to a singalong, just like he did with her breakout hit “Call Me Maybe”.

    Bieber, Ariana Grande, Kendall Jenner, and Lance Bass lip-sync along to the new song–“I Really Like You”–in a video that’s making it’s way around the web pretty quickly and promoting the single along the way. The last time, Bieber teamed up with then-girlfriend Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale–among others–to do the same thing with “Call Me Maybe”. Their version was Jepsen’s favorite, even though it was covered and changed up a million times after finding success on the airwaves.

    “I have been quietly so alive and now at long last I am ready to share my heart about it. The first single is called, ‘I Really Like You’ and I do—really really really really really really like you that is. Your support as my fans and friends has been everything,” Jepsen said in a statement before the new song debuted.

    Carly Rae Jepsen made headlines in March when she was spotted on the streets of NYC with Tom Hanks, who agreed to be in her music video before he even knew who she was. The actor said he did it just for fun and didn’t even get paid.

    “One word: gratis. I received no remuneration for it. I got a free sandwich at lunchtime, that was about it. No complaints,” Hanks said. “I didn’t know it was Carly Rae Jepsen. They were like, ‘Would you like to do Carly’s video?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, sure!’ And then I found out later the whole name. She’s a nice girl. We had a good time.”

  • Carly Rae Jepsen & Nine Inch Nails Mashup Is Very Clever — Listen

    Carly Rae Jepsen & Nine Inch Nails Mashup Is Very Clever — Listen

    You’ll either love or hate Carly Rae Jepsen’s new mash-up with Nine Inch Nails and surprisingly enough, a lot of punters out there appear to love it.

    The new mix, from artist yepimthetoaster, is an eerie but catchy combination of Carly Rae Jepsen’s new single “I Really Like You” and Nine Inch Nails’ classic “Head Like a Hole.”

    It’s actually amazing that Trent Reznor’s pseudo anti-government song perfectly fits with Jepsen’s electropop offerings.

    Vimeo user YIIT does a clean and crisp job of alternating lines from Trent Reznor’s aggressive song with that of Jepsen’s cloyingly sweet lyrics. The accompanying video that shows old-school footage of Reznor mixed with images of Jepsen and her dancers performing is also disturbingly perfect.

    This isn’t the first NIN/Jepsen mashup to come out though. Several years ago, pomDeterrific also cobbled together a mix of “Head Like a Hole” with Jepsen’s infamous ditty “Call Me Maybe.”

    Despite what NIN fans will say, the mashups work in Jepsen’s favor. When “Call Me Maybe” came out, a lot of people believed her career would be a one-off. But “I Really Like You,” while not as catchy as her first hit, shows potential especially since producer Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange) is also onboard.

    And Jepsen has been busy. She made her debut performance at Saturday Night Live recently where she performed her new song “All That” and “I Really Like You.” The performance also got good reviews and the Studio 8H audiences particularly seemed to enjoy the Purple Rain-esque vibe of “All That.”

    With the appearance of “I Really Like a Hole,” it’s a safe bet that things will definitely work in Jepsen’s favor, despite the mashup’s iffy sounding title.

    So why not give it a listen? It might have you questioning your musical tastes, but I guarantee it’ll be your earworm for the day.

    YITT – Carly Rae Jepsen vs. Nine Inch Nails – I Really Like A Hole (Mashup – Duet Mix) from YITT on Vimeo.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Releases New Single, ‘All That’ On ‘Saturday Night Live’

    Carly Rae Jepsen fans were in for a treat this weekend. The ‘Call Me Maybe’ singer released a new single on Saturday Night Live. Jepsen premiered ‘All That’ following her performance of ‘I Really Like You.’ ‘I Really Like You’ was released in music video format last month, and features Tom Hanks, Justin Bieber, and more, dancing along with Jepsen.

    During her SNL performance, Carly Rae Jepsen was joined on stage by Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes and Ariel Rechtshaid, who produced the song.

    USA Today reports that ‘All That’ is a total 360 from her bubblegum ‘Call Me Maybe’ days. In fact, they compare it with Prince and his performance of ‘Purple Rain.’

    Check out Carly Rae Jepsen with Tom Hanks and Justin Bieber, performing ‘I Really Like You.’

    Do you really like Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest song? Did you catch her on Saturday Night Live this weekend?

    Might ‘All That’ send Carly Rae Jepsen soaring to the top of the charts, the way she did with ‘Call Me Lately?’

  • Tom Hanks Stars in Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘I Really Like You’ Video and It Is Epic [WATCH]

    Tom Hanks stars in Carly Rae Jepsen’s music video for her new single, I Really Like You, and it is epic.

    In an interview with Access Hollywood, Carly Rae Jepsen explained how it all went down.

    Carly Rae Jepsen said her first meeting with Tom Hanks at manager Scooter Braun’s wedding was just a little awkward.

    “There was a hummingbird in one of the tents and everyone was trying to free the hummingbird from the tent, and I saw a man grab a broom and I guess he was trying to move the tent so the bird could run free,” she said. “But in my mind – I may have had a cocktail or two— I thought he was going to attack the bird with the broom.

    “So I ran over to him and I grabbed his arm and I was like, ‘Don’t hurt the bird!’ and he turned around and I was like, ‘Tom Hanks!’ So that’s how we said hello,” she continued. “And then I met his wife Rita [Wilson] and we hit it off. It was a nice little exchange – but nothing serious.”

    Carly Rae said it was during a dinner between her manager and Tom Hanks that a “miracle” occurred.

    “I wanted something Wes Anderson, kind of dark. Something to counter-balance how sweet the song was. And I had an idea that it would be great to have a male lead not just co-star, but like, sing the entire thing, something totally unexpected,” she said, adding that it was then the “miracle” happened. “Scooter was telling the story to Tom over dinner, because like I said they are friends. I wasn’t there but Tom apparently said ‘Well why not me, why didn’t you ask me?’”

    Carly Rae Jepsen had nothing but praise for Tom Hanks during the shoot.

    “The entire day he just wowed me,” she said. “I don’t think he knows that he’s Tom Hanks! He’s the sweetest, kindest, most humble man you’ve ever met. [He was] out in the freezing cold, singing my song take after take while I was in the trailer with my hot chocolate being like, ‘Good job, Tom. Do it again. He worked so hard and was in such good spirits. I don’t think the video could have come out better.”

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Has New Song You Might Really, Really, Really, Really Like

    Carly Rae Jepsen has been off of the musical radar for quite a while.

    In fact, I know it doesn’t seem like it, but 2011 was the year that saw the mega-hit “Call Me Maybe” take over radio and internet.

    Now, four years later, Carly Rae Jepsen is gearing up to take it all over again.

    Carly Rae Jepsen released a new single, called “I Really Like You”, and you just might like it back.

    It seems Carly Rae Jepsen finally made a song that might overtake “Call Me Maybe” in popularity.

    “I told her that she couldn’t come out with anything unless it was on the level of ‘Call Me Maybe,’” Jepsen’s manager Scooter Braun told Billboard in January. “And, now we have a new one that is on that level.”

    One of the most awesome parts of Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song is definitely the video.

    The video for “I Really Like You” stars none other than the great Tom Hanks.

    It seems Tom Hanks ended up in Carly Rae Jepsen’s video after a night of drinking.

    “I was at dinner with friends of ours who works with Carly and they said, ‘We were maybe going to ask you if you’d want to do this thing,’ and I literally had a beer in my hand and I said, ‘Yeah sure I’ll do it,’” Hanks told ET. “And that was it! Next thing I know, boom! Carly Rae Jepsen video.”

    Tom Hanks is apparently friends with Scooter Braun, Carly Rae Jepsen’s manager. He attended Braun’s wedding last year, where he famously jumped onstage to perform Montel Jordan’s hit “This Is How We Do It” with the band.

    I guess Tom Hanks parties harder than I thought he would!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcUS8GjOW8

    The video for Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song looks really fun, and will be out later this month.

    What do you think about Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song? Do you think it will level up with “Call Me Maybe”?

  • Carly Rae Jepsen Finally Has A New Song, And You Might “Really, Really” Like It

    Carly Rae Jepsen has finally released a new single.

    Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song is called “I Really Like You”, and has the poppy, giddy sound the world loves from Jepsen.

    It was back in 2011 when Carly Rae Jepsen took over radio, video, and internet with her song “Call Me Maybe”.

    A new hit was way overdue.

    Carly Rae Jepsen released the song this past Sunday, and it has already been a hit on the web.

    Listen to it, if you haven’t already:

    So, it does sound a lot like “Call Me Maybe”, but that was song was such a huge success for Carly Rae Jepsen. Why mess with success?

    “I told her that she couldn’t come out with anything unless it was on the level of ‘Call Me Maybe,’” Jepsen’s manager Scooter Braun told Billboard in January. “And, now we have a new one that is on that level.”

    Carly Rae Jepsen has reportedly enlisted the help of her mentor, Justin Bieber, in the video for her new song and for help getting the word out about it.

    Also, Carly Rae Jepsen has a pretty impressive star in her new video. None other than Tom Hanks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcUS8GjOW8

    That’s right, Tom Hanks dances in the streets with Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber, and a bunch of other dancers for her “I Really Like You” video.

    What do you think about Carly Rae Jepsen’s new single?