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Carly Rae Jepsen Performed ‘E•MO•TION’ With A Symphony Orchestra And It’s Just Too Perfect

We're not worthy.

by Jules LeFevre  21 June 2017

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Last September, pop queen Carly Rae Jepsen performed her song ‘Your Type’ at Canada’s Polaris Music Prize, backed by the string quartet from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

The performance was a hit, and both parties enjoyed it so much they teamed up again last Saturday night — this time to perform Jepsen’s pop masterpiece E•MO•TION in its entirety.

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Every single song from the album was stripped back and rebuilt, with strings replacing synths, flutes replacing guitars, and a whole horn section laying down the iconic riff from ‘Run Away With Me’.

She even threw in a version of her 2012 breakout single ‘Call Me Maybe’ for good measure. Watch a bunch of clips from the performance below, and listen to a full fan recording of the set below that.

Jepsen never had a full solo tour in support of E•MO•TION, a strange decision that seemed like yet another mistake in its infamously poor promotion and rollout. She locked in some support slots for pop-rock band Hedley earlier last year, but for the most part her appearances have been sparse.

Unfortunately for Australian audiences, the orchestra show was billed as a one-off — but we can dream, right?

So fun! So full of #e•mo•tion #carlyraejepsen #tso #canada150

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This was FAR more enjoyable than I expected it to be. And I knew it was going to be fun. #CRJTSO #carlyraejepsen

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