Carly Rae Jepsen Reveals Inspirations Behind Double Album ‘Day and Night’

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Sep 21, 2026 8:00am PT

Carly Rae Jepsen on How Marriage, Motherhood and the Joy of Pop Music Fueled Her Ambitious Double Album ‘Day and Night’: ‘I Knew What Colors I Was Playing With’

By Steven J. Horowitz

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Steven J. Horowitz

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It sounds like an obvious approach, but Carly Rae Jepsen began working on her new double album “Day and Night” with a simple ethos: make the type of music she would want to listen to. “Like, what do I have to offer to the musical landscape right now?” the 40-year-old tells Variety over Zoom, just weeks before her sixth album released this past Friday. “And that began with how I always begin every project, which is, what am I attracted to? What music am I listening to that I love?”

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_Originally reported by [Variety Music](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/carly-rae-jepsen-on-marriage-motherhood-day-and-night-1236870694/)._