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'''''Curiosity''''' was the intended second studio album from Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen. It was planned to be released on February 14th, 2012 exclusively in Canada under 604 Records.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120130234343/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/preorder/curiosity/id496688143 Curiosity by Carly Rae Jepsen - Pre-order Curiosity on iTunes - iTunes] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref>


'''Curiosity''' was the intended second studio album from Canadian singer-songwriter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Rae_Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen]. It was planned to be released on February 14th 2012 exclusively in Canada under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/604_Records 604 Records]. <ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120130234343/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/preorder/curiosity/id496688143 Curiosity by Carly Rae Jepsen - Pre-order Curiosity on iTunes]" iTunes Canada, January 30th 2012. Retrieved December 22nd 2022 - Archived via WayBack Machine</ref>
The ''Curiosity'' album was intended to feature a total of 11 tracks - including Jepsen's hit single "Call Me Maybe" (released in September 2011). Instead, the decision was made to reformat the album into a six-track extended-play. The ''Curiosity EP'' was released on February 14th, 2012 in Canada.<ref>[https://music.apple.com/ca/album/curiosity-ep/500815357 Curiosity - EP by Carly Rae Jepsen on Apple Music - Apple Music] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref>


The ''Curiosity'' album was intended to feature a total of 11 tracks - including Jepsen's hit single [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Maybe Call Me Maybe] (released in September 2011). Instead, the decision was made to reformat the album into a six-track [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_(EP) extended-play]. The ''Curiosity EP'' was released on February 14th 2012 in Canada. <ref>"[https://music.apple.com/ca/album/curiosity-ep/500815357 Curiosity - EP by Carly Rae Jepsen on Apple Music]" Apple Music, n.d. Retrieved December 22nd 2022</ref>
==Album Track List==
* Curiosity
* Talk To Me
* Call Me Maybe
* Both Sides Now
* Just a Step Away
* Lost and Found
* Picture
* Alice In Wonderland
* Dear Julien
* Europe
* Angels


===Album track listing===
When the decision was made to reformat the album into an extended-play, a total of five songs were cut from the track listing. These were "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCCyRTibNb4&ab_channel=1712acadia Lost and Found]," "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IoKwbUx72s&ab_channel=Meari Alice In Wonderland]," "[https://youtu.be/Vk8hWeXTBwI Dear Julien]," "Europe" and "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IREuTQilUc&ab_channel=panthurrr2 Angels]." The majority of the cut songs had been performed live by Jepsen between 2010 and 2012, except for "Europe," which has never been heard.


# Curiosity
==Announcement and Pre-Order==
# Talk To Me
The first preview of Jepsen's then-upcoming second studio album came on September 20th 2011 with the release of ''Call Me Maybe'', the song that served as the project's lead single. The album was officially announced via Jepsen's social media on January 12th, 2012.<ref>[https://twitter.com/carlyraejepsen/status/157570077141635074 CURIOSITY comes this Valentines Day <3 - Carly Rae Jepsen] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref> On January 24th, the album was made available to pre-order via iTunes Canada.<ref>[https://twitter.com/604Records/status/161616996407066624 You can now pre-order Carly Rae Jepsen's new album "Curiosity" on iTunes (...) - 604Records] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref>
# Call Me Maybe
# Both Sides Now
# Just a Step Away
# Lost and Found
# Picture
# Alice In Wonderland
# Dear Julien
# Europe
# Angels


When the decision was made to reformat the album into an extended-play, a total of five songs were cut from the track listing. These were ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCCyRTibNb4&ab_channel=1712acadia Lost and Found]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IoKwbUx72s&ab_channel=Meari Alice In Wonderland]'', ''[https://youtu.be/Vk8hWeXTBwI Dear Julien]'', ''Europe'', and ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IREuTQilUc&ab_channel=panthurrr2 Angels]''. The majority of the cut songs had been performed live by Jepsen between 2010 and 2012, except for ''Europe'', which has never been heard.
Alongside the album pre-order, 1:30 long snippets of the then-upcoming songs would be made available to preview on iTunes Canada. This is the only instance where the studio versions of the cut songs are known to have existed for public hearing. Of these songs, "Dear Julien" is the only track to have its snippet resurface. It was re-uploaded to Soundcloud sometime in 2014.


===Announcement and pre-order===
==Album Scrapped and Reformatted==
On February 8th, 2012, just days prior to its intended release date, 604 Records decided to reformat the ''Curiosity'' album into an extended-play. The decision came as, at this same time, Jepsen was in talks to sign a record deal under School Boy and Interscope Records due to the growing worldwide success of her song ''Call Me Maybe'' which had only been released in Canada up to this point. Once Jepsen's deal with Interscope was finalised, the ''Curiosity'' album was scrapped to ensure ''Call Me Maybe'' had "time to grow" before an official album release would come later.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190618181456/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1092852/call-me-maybe-tops-the-hot-100 'Call Me Maybe' Tops the Hot 100 - Billboard] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref><ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carly-rae-jepsen-signs-to-schoolboy-recordsinterscope-run-by-scooter-braun-and-justin-bieber-140841643.html Carly Rae Jepsen Signs to Schoolboy Records/Interscope (...) - PRNewswire] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref>


The first preview of Jepsen's then-upcoming second studio album came on September 20th 2011 with the release of ''Call Me Maybe'', the song that served as the project's lead single. The album was officially announced via Jepsen's social media on January 12th 2012. <ref>@carlyraejepsen "[https://twitter.com/carlyraejepsen/status/157570077141635074 CURIOSITY comes this Valentines Day <3]" Twitter, January 12th 2012. Retrieved December 22nd 2022.</ref> On January 24th, the album was made available to pre-order via iTunes Canada. <ref>@604Records "[https://twitter.com/604Records/status/161616996407066624 You can now pre-order Carly Rae Jepsen's new album "Curiosity" on iTunes (...)]" Twitter, January 24th 2012. Retrieved December 22nd 2022.</ref>
Jepsen discussed the ''Curiosity'' album in a 2015 interview, stating: <blockquote>"I was planning to put out my second release, we had this whole album ready to go. Then, the song [Call Me Maybe] took off, and everyone funnelled in with, 'Do you want to come down to LA and meet some writers here?' It was my dream to do that, so I threw all those songs into the abyss and went and started new. I had the security blanket that if I didn’t write anything I loved, I could go back and release bits of that album."<ref>[https://time.com/4002571/carly-rae-jepsen-emotion-new-album/ Carly Rae Jepsen on the Song She Wrote About Mike Tyson That Didn't Make Her New Album - ''Time Magazine''] Retrieved 22 Dec '22</ref></blockquote> Once in Los Angeles, the ''Curiosity'' album was scrapped entirely and work began on what became Jepsen's second official studio album ''Kiss'', released worldwide in September 2012.


Alongside the album pre-order, 1:30 long snippets of the then-upcoming songs would be made available to preview on iTunes Canada. This is the only instance where the studio versions of the cut songs are known to have existed for public hearing. Of these songs, ''Dear Julien'' is the only track to have its snippet resurface. It was re-uploaded to Soundcloud sometime in 2014.
==References==
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===Album scrapped and reformatted===
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On February 8th 2012, just days prior to its intended release date, 604 Records decided to reformat the ''Curiosity'' album into an extended-play. The decision came as, at this same time, Jepsen was in talks to sign a record deal under School Boy and Interscope Records due to the growing worldwide success of her song ''Call Me Maybe'' - which had only been released in Canada up to this point. Once Jepsen's deal with Interscope was finalised, the ''Curiosity'' album was scrapped to ensure ''Call Me Maybe'' had "time to grow" before an official album release would come later. <ref>Lipshutz, Jason "[https://web.archive.org/web/20190618181456/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1092852/call-me-maybe-tops-the-hot-100 'Call Me Maybe' Tops the Hot 100]" Billboard, June 22nd 2012. Retrieved December 22nd 2022 - via WaybackMachine.</ref><ref>Interscope Records "[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carly-rae-jepsen-signs-to-schoolboy-recordsinterscope-run-by-scooter-braun-and-justin-bieber-140841643.html Carly Rae Jepsen Signs to Schoolboy Records/Interscope (...)]" PRNewswire, February 29th 2012. Retrieved December 22nd 2022</ref>
 
Jepsen discussed the Curiosity album in a 2015 interview, stating "I was planning to put out my second release, we had this whole album ready to go. Then, the song [Call Me Maybe] took off, and everyone funnelled in with, 'Do you want to come down to LA and meet some writers here?' It was my dream to do that, so I threw all those songs into the abyss and went and started new. I had the security blanket that if I didn’t write anything I loved, I could go back and release bits of that album." <ref>Lanksy, Sam "[https://time.com/4002571/carly-rae-jepsen-emotion-new-album/ Carly Rae Jepsen on the Song She Wrote About Mike Tyson That Didn't Make Her New Album]" Time Magazine, August 19th 2015. Retrieved December 22nd 2022.</ref> Once in Los Angeles, the ''Curiosity'' album was scrapped entirely and work began on what became Jepsen's second official studio album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(Carly_Rae_Jepsen_album) Kiss]'', released worldwide in September 2012.
 
===References===
{{reflist}}

Latest revision as of 18:59, 27 December 2022

Carly Rae Jepsen Curiosity album cover.jpeg

The album's cover.

Status: Partially Lost

Curiosity was the intended second studio album from Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen. It was planned to be released on February 14th, 2012 exclusively in Canada under 604 Records.[1]

The Curiosity album was intended to feature a total of 11 tracks - including Jepsen's hit single "Call Me Maybe" (released in September 2011). Instead, the decision was made to reformat the album into a six-track extended-play. The Curiosity EP was released on February 14th, 2012 in Canada.[2]

Album Track List

  • Curiosity
  • Talk To Me
  • Call Me Maybe
  • Both Sides Now
  • Just a Step Away
  • Lost and Found
  • Picture
  • Alice In Wonderland
  • Dear Julien
  • Europe
  • Angels

When the decision was made to reformat the album into an extended-play, a total of five songs were cut from the track listing. These were "Lost and Found," "Alice In Wonderland," "Dear Julien," "Europe" and "Angels." The majority of the cut songs had been performed live by Jepsen between 2010 and 2012, except for "Europe," which has never been heard.

Announcement and Pre-Order

The first preview of Jepsen's then-upcoming second studio album came on September 20th 2011 with the release of Call Me Maybe, the song that served as the project's lead single. The album was officially announced via Jepsen's social media on January 12th, 2012.[3] On January 24th, the album was made available to pre-order via iTunes Canada.[4]

Alongside the album pre-order, 1:30 long snippets of the then-upcoming songs would be made available to preview on iTunes Canada. This is the only instance where the studio versions of the cut songs are known to have existed for public hearing. Of these songs, "Dear Julien" is the only track to have its snippet resurface. It was re-uploaded to Soundcloud sometime in 2014.

Album Scrapped and Reformatted

On February 8th, 2012, just days prior to its intended release date, 604 Records decided to reformat the Curiosity album into an extended-play. The decision came as, at this same time, Jepsen was in talks to sign a record deal under School Boy and Interscope Records due to the growing worldwide success of her song Call Me Maybe which had only been released in Canada up to this point. Once Jepsen's deal with Interscope was finalised, the Curiosity album was scrapped to ensure Call Me Maybe had "time to grow" before an official album release would come later.[5][6]

Jepsen discussed the Curiosity album in a 2015 interview, stating:

"I was planning to put out my second release, we had this whole album ready to go. Then, the song [Call Me Maybe] took off, and everyone funnelled in with, 'Do you want to come down to LA and meet some writers here?' It was my dream to do that, so I threw all those songs into the abyss and went and started new. I had the security blanket that if I didn’t write anything I loved, I could go back and release bits of that album."[7]

Once in Los Angeles, the Curiosity album was scrapped entirely and work began on what became Jepsen's second official studio album Kiss, released worldwide in September 2012.

References

  1. ↑ Curiosity by Carly Rae Jepsen - Pre-order Curiosity on iTunes - iTunes Retrieved 22 Dec '22
  2. ↑ Curiosity - EP by Carly Rae Jepsen on Apple Music - Apple Music Retrieved 22 Dec '22
  3. ↑ CURIOSITY comes this Valentines Day <3 - Carly Rae Jepsen Retrieved 22 Dec '22
  4. ↑ You can now pre-order Carly Rae Jepsen's new album "Curiosity" on iTunes (...) - 604Records Retrieved 22 Dec '22
  5. ↑ 'Call Me Maybe' Tops the Hot 100 - Billboard Retrieved 22 Dec '22
  6. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen Signs to Schoolboy Records/Interscope (...) - PRNewswire Retrieved 22 Dec '22
  7. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen on the Song She Wrote About Mike Tyson That Didn't Make Her New Album - Time Magazine Retrieved 22 Dec '22
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