Carly Rae Jepsen released the video for her insanely catchy new single "Call Me Maybe," which is her certified platinum debut US single, and the lead single taken from her first EP, "Curiosity." The 26-year-old Canadian singer first came to the public attention in the summer of 2007 when she came third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol, and her "Call Me Maybe" is a fluffy pop gem depicting what happens when love strikes at first sight. It's giddy, catchy, and instantly memorable with clever lyrics.The upbeat pop track draws influences from dance-pop and disco. Lyrically, the track alludes to the inconvenience that a love at first sight brings to a girl who hopes for a call back from a crush. The song's narrator is obviously no shrinking violet and is confident enough to ask a cute boy out. "Call Me Maybe," is breezy and sweet, a eyelash-fluttering flirtation run hard through the Disney-pop model of digitized feelings and brusque, chipper arrangements, and the ubiquitous pop smash is shaping up to be the song of the summer.
MTV News asked Jepsen if she is anything like that girl on her song? She replied: "When you write a bunch of songs, it's like being asked to pick a favorite kid. You wonder what will be loved and which will just be my own little journal entry that I personally like. It was a surprise that it took off the way it did, but a welcome surprise. I think how it was written and how it is about trying to pick up a guy. It is simple and feels good, and I am a romantic at heart. I like the idea of being in the moment of meeting someone, feeling that buzz and that feeling of attraction that you act on. You have to be spontaneous and brave. I have never been brave enough to ask for his number, but that's how I would do it if I was."
The Ben Knechtel-directed clip portrays Jepsen rehearsing the track with her band, and her bandmates push her to go wash her car, where she trying to gain attention from her attractive neighbor, portrayed by Holden Nowell, while he's working on his lawn, and is revealed to be gay at the close of the story. "It felt like a really welcoming gesture," Jepsen says of the video. "We had just signed the documents not a day or two before and then they posted the video and I kind of realized how sincere they were about helping me."
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