Carly Rae Jepsen releases 24-track double album Day and Night

Carly Rae Jepsen has released "Day and Night," a 24-track double album that splits her pop instincts into two moods. The "Day" side leans into sunny, organic folk-pop. "Night" turns toward sleeker, synth-driven songs. It is Jepsen's first double album and her sixth studio record.

The concept emerged mid-process. Jepsen was working on material when her guitarist, Tavish Crowe, recognized she was writing in two distinct lanes. He suggested thinking of the songs as a party with an upstairs and a downstairs. The "Day and Night" framework followed. "I knew what colors I was playing with," Jepsen told Variety. She said the concept let her show up to sessions with more intention.

The album also tracks a period of personal change. Jepsen married musician and producer Cole M.G.N. (Cole Marsden Greif-Neill) in October 2025, and their first child arrived in March 2026 as she finished the record. Cole M.G.N. contributes production to several tracks. Opener "After All" is inspired by their romance. Pitchfork's review notes the tracklist "teems with songs about the ecstasy of fresh romance and the dream of turning infatuation into stability."

The music

"Day" favors windswept ballads and disco-inflected pop with acoustic touches. "Wild Child" carries a folk current; "After All" and "Something Tragic" are lightly psychedelic. "Night" is more strictly synth-pop. Pitchfork calls "Don't Leave Me on the Dancefloor" the cleanest ABBA homage Jepsen has managed. Both halves sag in their second acts, with fewer razor-sharp hooks than her earlier work. But the sprawl leaves room for detours: bossa nova on Day's closer, a sitar-like solo on "Soft," and discordant synth stabs on "Near or Far."

Rolling Stone reports that Jepsen also released a music video for "Versailles," a single inspired by Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette." Directed by Kanya Iwana and filmed in Los Angeles, the video shows Jepsen dancing at a party while imagining herself at the French chateau. Jepsen began teasing the album in June, playing instrumentals on her website and posting lyric-captioned images on social media.

Why it matters

For Jepsen's listeners, "Day and Night" is the clearest picture yet of how her life has shifted. She has described herself as an artistic observer, drawn to impossible situations. This album comes from someone who chose lasting commitment: marriage, a child, a family. That change in stance, from writing about longing to writing about permanence, is the real departure, more than the double-album format.

Jepsen plays New York's All Things Go Festival on September 27, her first live set of the year. She is also writing music and lyrics for a Broadway adaptation of "10 Things I Hate About You," with Lena Dunham on the book. Previews begin August 2027.