Canadian princess of pop and famed wielder of swords Carly Rae Jepsen is just over a week away from her new The Loneliest Time album release. Thankfully, the generous star decided to feed the fans well one more time before the drop.
In her new music video for titular track, Carly dances through an old film spectacle on the rooftops with duet partner Rufus Wainwright.
The two then take their lonely hearts up to the prance among the stars, with a cute little A Trip to the Moon reference for good measure.
Serving up a galactic Fred and Ginger on the moon to a bouncy disco beat — complete with the occasional laser trill — this duo gives exactly as much gay energy as the pairing warrants. The chrome-clad backup dancers and drag queen they brought along certainly assist with that!
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The track is an upbeat, celebratory sounding jam with the most mournful little lyrics. Apparently, this dichotomy is what made Carly tap Rufus for the song in the first place.
“No one gets happy/sad like Rufus. I thought, ‘he needs to be on this track,'” she writes in an Instagram post. “So I did what any normal person would do and I ever so politely stalked him.”
Her hard stalking work paid off for the rest of us!
Let this duo lead you through “The Loneliest Time”:
Jack Meoff
Nope
guezwhoitis
You have no taste.
lmdoane55
C A M P??
humble charlie
jed clampit has more sex appeal and singing talent than doofus wainwrong.
overitreally
AGREED
CNY1983
thank you, i was just thinking that.
bachy
sweet
LumpyPillows
I usually am not fond of Rufus’ signing, but this was good. Overall, I found the song catchy and the video fun.
Thad
When I first heard “The Loneliest Time,” I thought: at last, someone is using Rufus Wainwright’s voice in a great way!
I’m a big Carly Rae Jepsen fan, saw her in concert this month, and find it appalling she’s not a major star. To a large set of us, she is.
blf49
Thanks for showing this, I might otherwise have missed it.
I liked it. The tune is catchy. The video has more depth than I would have expected. It is body positive in terms of the back-up team. The rocket to the moon and on the moon recall one (or several, I can’t remember) early silent films. I’m going to watch it several times. And the song goes on a Spotify playlist.
junior40
I said the same thing I’m going to have to watch this several times. It throws you off and deciding if you like it or not I just kept getting these Flash Gordon vibes with the rocket and the extra characters. I guess listening to it without watching the video will help LOL. Undecisive?Daniella D. where are you when you’re needed?
Den
Fun song.
Not at all surprised that Wainwright’s voice had to be filtered to have tone that would work in a duet. He may be one of the best songwriters of his generation, and have a great sense of pitch, but unfortunately he cannot get the whininess out of his voice without electronic help!
dbmcvey
Rufus Wainwright always brings out the bitterness.