Carly Rae Jepsen releases her eighth studio album, Day and Night, on Friday. The 24-track double project splits its sound between organic folk-pop and synth-driven house music. The release follows recent milestones including her marriage to music producer Cole M.G.N. and the birth of their son, Ilya.
Fourteen years after Call Me Maybe became a global phenomenon, Carly Rae Jepsen is taking a deliberate step away from the pressures of mainstream pop chart placement. Her new double album, Day and Night, arrives with 24 tracks divided into two distinct sonic moods. The project reflects a period of significant personal and artistic change for the singer, who celebrated her marriage to music producer Cole M.G.N. at Manhattan’s Hotel Chelsea and welcomed her son, Ilya.
Splitting the Dial: The Dual Sound of Day and Night
The ambitious 24-track length was a double album that offers an honest, introspective look at how differently she responds to music during the day and at night. Born and raised in the city of Mission in British Columbia, Jepsen had no intention of making a double album, which she likened, in an interview with Range magazine, to a "stream of consciousness poem."
This album has two sides and if I could perfume it in a bottle for you, Day would be like jasmine star or daffodils when you really get your nose in there. And Night would be the ocean breeze, pine and citrus
Carly Rae Jepsen
The Day side leans into organic instrumentation, while Where Day is "more organic," Night is "synth-based" and "gets a little bit more experimental," according to Jepsen. Lead single "On Wires," from the Day side of Day and Night, featured a rollicking piano sample thumping along, harkening back to Jepsen’s jazz roots, until the chorus explodes in psychedelic guitar distortion.
From Breakout Megastar to Offbeat Pop Autonomy
The path to Day and Night stretches back to when Jepsen had come third on Canadian Idol in 2007, and then released a low-key folk album called Tug of War in 2008, before dropping Call Me Maybe four years later. It became the bestselling global single of 2012; her second album, Kiss, came out subsequently. When Carly Rae Jepsen debuted in the mainstream with the inescapable and polarizing “Call Me Maybe” in 2012, the world decided that she would be a one-hit wonder, but she has since proven she’s anything but.
Reflecting on her mainstream entry, Jepsen, 40, noted from her experiences in Los Angeles that there was always an idea that you have to be one thing, stating, There was always this idea, especially when I first came to L.A., you have to be one thing. I fight that idea.
That drive eventually produced records like 2015’s E•MO•TION, 2019’s Dedicated, and 2022’s The Loneliest Time. With her latest release, Day and Night, she offers—in a CRJ first—a full double album upfront.
Balancing New Motherhood and Broadway Aspirations
The creative process for Day and Night overlapped directly with major life events. When Carly Rae Jepsen performed at her Los Angeles show celebrating the 10th anniversary of Emotion last year, she was four months pregnant, strutting around in heeled boots, jumping on risers, and performing every single track from her acclaimed album in August 2025 while her family in the audience experienced unparalleled levels of stress about the baby.
Now, Jepsen has had the baby, a boy named Ilya, but she’s still expecting the release of her new double album Day and Night out on Friday. Across 24 songs, Jepsen explores the full spectrum of human emotions, channeling folk pop for the "Day" side and leaning into house music for the "Night" side.
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