Lollapalooza Pack: Carly Rae Jepsen, Karol G, and Key Glock
The Loveliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen After releasing two of the best pop albums of the 2010s Carly Rae Jepsen established herself as the best and one of the most underrated songwriters in all of pop music. Her most recent project, last year's The Loneliest Time, was the first time in a decade that I wasn't blown away by her material either studio albums or B-sides. Despite having a few incredibly good moments it was surprisingly inconsistent for an artist who felt like they just never ran out of good songs. Now, that album is getting a quick follow-up in companion album The Loveliest Time . While it's easy to reflexively call this a B-Side project, it also kind of feels like a more romantic answer to its predecessor. Given that has historically been right up Carly's alley and that I thought the lead single Shy Boy was pretty good I was excited about this. Unfortunately, the four songs proceeding Shy Boy on the album don't add up to a ton of intrigue. The o...