Dedicated (album)/Timeline

## **2016**

#### **February 2016**

* **February 16th:** \*Writing with Tavish Crowe - Carly teases new lyrics - "Painted up my lips and fingertips, hoping that the red was showing / Could of worn my heart on my wrist, with the way the night was going."

#### **April 2016**

* **April 2016:** Carly mentions new songs she's written titled Tenderly and Sails

#### **May 2016**

* **May 7th:** Recording a new song with Tavish Crowe
* **May 16th:** Recording with Tavish Crowe
* **May 17th:** Recording with Tavish Crowe
* **May 23rd:** End of the Gimmie Love Tour
	+ Whilst on tour, Carly wrote Disco Sweat, No You, Julien, Tenderly, Emergency Love, Feels Like, So Different, Hungry Heart, Ricochet, Sails, and Four Leaf Clover with Tavish

#### **June 2016**

* **June 2nd:** Studio session in New York with Dev Hynes
* **June 3rd:** Studio session in New York with Dev Hynes
	+ Jepsen records the original versions of This Is What They Say and Julien, as well as Disco Sweat songs Disco Sweat, No You, Tenderly, and Emergency Love

* **June 26th:** Jepsen visits Sweden to work on new music
	+ Carly works on writing new material for Disco Sweat with Patrik Berger
	+ At this point, Carly states she had written an extended-play's worth of music for the project.
	+ Jepsen also works with Mattman and Robin, Shellback, and Rami Yacoub whilst in Sweden and developed seven or eight new song ideas

#### **July 2016**

* **July 5th:** Writing new music with Patrik Berger and Noonie Bao in Sweden
	+ Around this time, Berger advises Jepsen that the disco influence is too constraining.
	+ Jepsen records For Sure with Berger and Bao.

* **July 11th:**
	+ Studio session with Pontus Winnberg, Patrik Berger, and Markus Krunegård
	+ Likely recorded Now I Don't Hate California After All and/or Let's Sort The Whole Thing Out

* **July 13th:** Studio session with Pontus Winnberg

* **July 2016:** You Were My Party and Summer Love were potentially written around this time in Sweden.

* **July 2016:** Whilst in Sweden, Jepsen writes Party For One in her hotel room and records the song in a session with Anton Runberg and Julia Karlsson. Fake Mona Lisa is also recorded around this time.

* **July 23rd:** Writing Super Natural with Danny L Harle, Kyle Shearer, and Nate Campany
* **July 31st:** Carly is in London writing new music - likely with Danny L Harle

#### **August 2016**

* **August 12th:** Interview with Fader magazine
	+ Jepsen states she's "allowing [herself] the freedom to not be totally committed" to just disco.

* **August 15th:**
	+ Jepsen reworks the original demo of Julien at writer's camp in Maderas Village, Nicaragua
	+ From this point on, work begins on Dedicated and Disco Sweat is scrapped entirely

* **August 29th:** Carly records Crybaby and posts a snippet of the track to Instagram

#### **October 2016**

* **October 6th:** Studio session with Nate Campany, Kyle Shearer, and Nate Cyphert - "a version" of Shy Boy was recorded, possibly It's Like This
* **October 7th:** The second demo version of Summer Love is recorded, likely in Sweden
* **October 26th:** Carly is still in Sweden per her social media posts

#### **November 2016**

* **November 4th:** Studio with Pontus Winnberg and Patrik Berger in Sweden
* **November 8th:** Nearing the end of the Sweden trip, per Carly's socials

## **2017**

#### **January 2017**

* **January 30th:** Jepsen flies to Sweden to work on new music, teases "99c Dreams"

#### **February 2017**

* **February 11th:** In Stockholm nearing the end of another Sweden trip, per socials
* **February 15th:** Unknown studio session

#### **March 2017**

* **March 15th:** The third demo version of Summer Love is recorded
* **March 17th:** Studio session with Patrik Berger and Justin Raisen, joined by Charli XCX
* **March 22nd:** Studio session with Jack Antonoff in New York

#### **April 2017**

* **Late April:** Carly writes Comeback with Jared Manierka in Los Angeles
* **Late April:** Hotel room writing with Tavish Crowe

#### **May 2017**

* **May 24th:** Vacation to Italy, Carly states she's written "50 something" songs for the album

#### **July 2017**

* **July 6th:** Writing at home with Nate Campany
* **July 29th:** Studio session with Jack Antonoff at Conway Studios

#### **August 2017**

* **August 13th:** Living room studio writing with Tavish Crowe
* **August 2017:** Nicaragua sessions;
	+ Jepsen writes Now That I Found You on the first day of a writer's camp alongside Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon, and Ryan Rabin
	+ Real Love and The Sound are written and recorded in Nicaragua
	+ Carly reworks Back of My Heart and records Euphoria, On The Weekend, and Naked

#### **September 2017**

* **September 9th:** Studio session with Ben Romans and CJ Baran

#### **October 2017**

* **October 2017:** Carly states she's written around 80 songs for the album

#### **Unknown**

* **Unknown:** Carly writes the unreleased Dedicated title-track, sometime after the summer of 2017. No Drug Like Me is also written about Flannigan sometime after.
* **Unknown:** In 2017, Carly recorded Hold Back and Let's Be Friends

## **2018**

#### **February 2018**

* **February 5th:** Carly teases lyrics to Disco Darling in her Instagram bio: "When you move it’s like a disco darling – all my dreams come true"

#### **March 2018**

* **March 16th:** Studio session with Jack Antonoff in New York.
* **March 17th:** The Dedicated / Comeback demo produced by Jack Antonoff is recorded

#### **April 2018**

* **April 2nd:**
	+ Carly records a demo of This Love Isn't Crazy with Jack Antonoff and shares a snippet
	+ Carly teases lyrics to Ricochet - "Ricochet, boomerang / How does the heart come back?"
* **April 5th:** Still in New York with Jack Antonoff, records an unknown song with Kimbra
* **April 2018:** Album outtakes Addict and Shy Up are recorded at this time
* **April 2018:** Carly states she's recorded around 100 songs for the album.

#### **May 2018**

* **May 5th:** Studio session with Leland, Kyle Shearer, and Nate Campany - Carly records All To Myself

#### **July 2018**

* **July 2nd:** Carly and Jack Antonoff work on This Love Isn't Crazy at Conway Studios
* **July 7th:** Working on a song from Nicargua, August 2016 - likely Julien
* **July 16th:** The Dedicated album photoshoot takes place with Natalie O'Moore

#### **August 2018**

* **August 6th:**
	+ Carly updates her Instagram bio to include lyrics from Julien
	+ Carly records Little of Mine in the studio and posts a snippet of the song to Instagram

#### **November 2018**

* **November 1st:** The album's lead single Party For One is released

#### **Unknown**

* **Late 2018:** Jepsen finishes up I'll Be Your Girl in the studio with John Hill and saxophonist James King
* **Unknown:** In 2018, Carly also recorded Affect Your Body and Three Cheers

## **2019**

#### **January 2019**

* **January 18th:** The first track listing for Dedicated is decided upon

#### **February 2019**

* **February 10th:** Carly works on Heartbeat in the studio and posts a snippet
* **February 27th:** The album's second and third singles Now That I Found You and No Drug Like Me are released

#### **March 2019**

* **March 25th:** The placeholder Dedicated album cover is created
* **March 28th:** The official Dedicated album cover is created
* **March 2019:**
	+ Everything He Needs is added to the album after receiving sample clearance, track list finalised
	+ Dedicated is handed in to Carly's label

#### **April 2019**

* **April 1st:** Dedicated is officially announced
* **April 18th:** The album cover and track listing for Dedicated is officially revealed
* **April 19th:** Julien is released as the album's first promotional single

#### **May 2019**

* **May 9th:** Too Much is released as the album's official fourth single
* **May 17th:** Dedicated is officially released

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The BUILD Queen, Carly Rae Jepsen Is In The House! Youtube, May 29 2019.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cliff, Aimee "Carly Rae Jepsen And Danny L Harle On Their PC Music Collaboration “Super Natural”" TheFader, August 12th 2016.
3. ↑ @carlyraejepsen "Writing songs and eating apples in Stockholm with #PatrikBerger and @nooniebao today" July 5th 2016 - via Instagram
4. ↑ Harding, Charlie; Sloan, Nate "How Carly Rae Jepsen whittled 200 songs down to 12 for her new album" Vox, May 26th 2020
5. ↑ "Carly Rae Jepsen hits the studio with Miike Snow’s Pontus Winnberg" hamadamania.com. July 13th 2016.
6. ↑ @the\_knocks "@carlyraejepsen’s ‘Julien’ is out today!! Took a trip down to @maderasvillage in Nicaragua with some amazing people a couple years..." April 19th 2019. Retrieved March 7th, 2021. - Via Instagram
7. ↑ @carlyraejepsen 'Nicaragua for some writing. 🎶' August 15th 2016 - via Twitter]