Carly Rae’s “Shy Boy” makes the lonely hour a little less lonely

This bubbly slice of disco is the first single from an upcoming companion album to last year’s The Loneliest Time.

June 23, 2023
Carly Rae’s “Shy Boy” makes the lonely hour a little less lonely

For Carly Rae Jepsen fans, it's become tradition that an album release is never the end of an era. Emotion had (the arguably superior) Emotion: Side B, Dedicated the same, but Jepsen — who recently appeared on The FADER Interview — confirmed last week that The Loneliest Time will be receiving the slightly different treatment of a companion album.

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Now, we have ostensibly the first taste of that project. "Shy Boy" is a slice of bubbly disco that shares more than a bit of DNA with the Jessie Ware of That! Feels Good!! Of course, this is CRJ we're talking about, so the innuendo here is more demure, sometimes to the point of incomprehension (What does "Get a lil' somethin' for your morning cup" even mean?). Check out the black-and-white date night visualizer below.

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Carly Rae’s “Shy Boy” makes the lonely hour a little less lonely