Lead single “Western Wind” was indicative of that stretching.
I wanna do a bad thing twice").
Who wouldn’t appreciate this kind of honesty?
Carly Rae Jepsen.Meredith Jenks
Her voice is framed simply yet not starkly; mournful strings rise as she sits inside her feelings.
Jepsen hasn’t been this songwriter-ly or seemed so tormented in a minute.
The Loneliest Timeconcludes with the title track, a duet between Jepsen and modern troubadour Rufus Wainwright.
Most important, her clarion soprano and his world-weary tenor intertwine in sublime fashion.
The song closes with Jepsen and Wainwright harmonizing, wondering where things will go as the sun comes up.
