Carly Rae Jepsen Asks The Hardest Question Of All On New Song 'Too Much'

"Is this also much?" Carly Rae Jepsen asks on her new single, released on Thursday (May 9). Nevertheless even if the lyrics speak to staggering self-consciousness — "Be cautious if you're wanting this touch / 'Cause if I love you, then I love you also much" — CRJ heads can never have enough.


The slow-burning track new continues along the same languid path laid by previous singles "No Drug Like Me" and "Julien," though its main concern is one of pesky self-doubt. "Party For One" this isn't — alternatively, also Much" is an ode to uncertainty.


Aided by the same production duo in back of "No Drug Like Me," also Much" gives CRJ's neuroses plenty of room to breathe on the sparse verses, ultimately yielding to a pensive trop-pop chorus that preserves the hesitancy of the lyrics. Like "Julien," the most viscerally grooving 2k19 Jepsen cut, also Much" doesn't build to a massive cathartic refrain, opting as a substitute for a quieter presentation. Of course, the one thing that's certain here's that it sounds good.


also Much" is the fifth song Jepsen's put out in advance of Dedicated, her fourth album set to drop on May 17. The singer told MTV News in March how she sifted through hundreds of recorded songs to arrive at a final tracklist for the album, something she also illustrated in a recent Rolling Stone interview.


"I rarely write a song and am like, 'It's done!,'" Jepsen mentioned. "It's categorize kind of my passion and obsession in a way: late at night being like, 'I noticed the lyric!' I envy writers that are like, 'I just wrote this and put it on the album.' I'm like, 'How do you sleep at night?!'"


With only eight days up until Dedicated drops, is it wishful thinking to hope we get that intimate NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert before then? Up until then, listen to also Much" above.