Beach House (Carly Rae Jepsen song)

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"Beach House"
An overhead photo of a crowd of beachgoers and multicolored umbrellas
Single by Carly Rae Jepsen
from the album The Loneliest Time
ReleasedAugust 5, 2022
GenrePop
Length2:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alex Hope
  • SameSame[a]
Carly Rae Jepsen singles chronology
"Move Me"
(2022) 		"Beach House"
(2022) 		"Talking to Yourself"
(2022)
Music video
"Beach House" on YouTube

"Beach House" is a song by the Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released as the second single from her sixth studio album, The Loneliest Time, on August 5, 2022. Jepsen wrote the track with Alex Hope and Nate Cyphert, the former of whom handled the production with SameSame.[a]

Background and release[edit]

A blonde woman in a red top and yello bottoms holding a microphone
Carly Rae Jepsen in 2019

In February 2020, Carly Rae Jepsen began collecting ideas for her sixth studio album, The Loneliest Time, while embarking on her Dedicated Tour (2019–2020). Her creativity was stimulated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and she transformed an old office space that was a part of her Los Angeles residence into a home studio.[2] On August 1, 2022, Jepsen announced the album and was preceded by the lead single "Western Wind" earlier in May.[3]

Jepsen was inspired to write "Beach House" by someone who invited her to his Malibu beach house for dinner prior to revealing that he already had a girlfriend. Feeling displeased but also reinvigorated, Jepsen the next day brought the song to a studio session with Alex Hope and Nate Cyphert: "I've got a concept! The hook is going to say, 'I've got a beach house in Malibu, and I'm probably going to hurt your feelings". They were confused before she explained that it was about dating apps.[4] Jepsen co-wrote the song alongside Hope and Cyphert, with Hope handling the production with SameSame, who is credited as an additional producer.[1]

On April 4, 2022, Jepsen shared a 15-second snippet of "Beach House" on the social media site TikTok.[5] The song was released as the album's second single the next day.[6][7] Its music video, directed by Taylor Fauntleroy, was released on August 12. Filmed in Malibu, the video is set on a seaside and depicts the "nightmare dates" that were presented on the song.[8][9] "Beach House" reached number 11 on Billboard Japan's Hot Overseas Chart issued on August 31, 2022.[10] The song is listed at track number six on The Loneliest Time, which was released on October 21 by Interscope and Schoolboy Records.[11][12]

Style[edit]

The New York Times's Lindsay Zoladz says that on the "cheeky earworm" "Beach House", "Jepsen employs her deadpan sense of humor as she lists off the red flags and deal-breakers that marred relationships with 'Boy No. 1' to 'Boy No. I Can't Keep Count Anymore'", "effectively tap[ping] into the romantic frustration of endless, Groundhog Day-esque first dates and long-term singledom."[13] The Fader's David Renshaw notes that the song "takes its title from a date idea by someone Jepsen explains she has matched with on an app" and includes the singer "detail[ing] the notoriously tumultuous landscape of Tinder et al", including "disappointment in a man whose mum made the picnic they ate together and another potential partner who, of course, turns out to be married", all centered on the chorus lyric "I got a beach house in Malibu and I'm probably gonna hurt your feelings".[14] Mxdwn.com's Federico Cardenas notes that the chorus has backing vocals all sung by men.[15]

In an interview with Crack's Ilana Kaplan, the writer described "Beach House" as "the antithesis of the soothing ambience of "Western Wind"", "one of the singer's most playful tracks", and "a campy pop anthem that finds Jepsen and her bandmates larping as boys going on bad dates." The song "features some of [Jepsen's] most absurd lyrics", with the singer saying "It was the shortest straw-pull for who had to sing, 'I've got a lake house in Canada, I'm going to come harvest your organs.'" Kaplan concludes that "while the track veers toward being lighthearted, there are harsh realities within it", with Jepsen saying "I wanted to highlight that feeling when you're disenchanted after [being on] a dating app for a hot minute to be like, 'That guy's just going to... he's going to wreck me.'"[16]

Rankings[edit]

Year-end rankings for Beach House
Publication List Rank Ref.
Time Out TimeOut's 22 Best Songs of 2022
11
[17]

Personnel[edit]

  • Carly Rae Jepsen – lead vocals, songwriter
  • Alex Hope – songwriter, producer, guitar, synthesizer, programming
  • Nate Cyphert – songwriter, backing vocals
  • SameSame – additional producer
  • Ben Romans – backing vocals
  • Bobby Wooten – backing vocals
  • Jared Manierk – backing vocals
  • Joey Hendricks – backing vocals
  • Tony Marino – backing vocals
  • Rob Cohen – programming
  • Mitch McCarthy – recording and mixing engineer
  • Chris Allgood – mastering engineer
  • Emily Lazar – mastering engineer

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Beach House"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[10] 11

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b SameSame is credited as an additional producer[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Schoolboy Records, Interscope Records (2022). The Loneliest Time (Media notes). Carly Rae Jepsen.
  2. ^ Kaplan, Ilana (August 5, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen: More than a Feeling". Crack. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Tenreyro, Tatiana (August 2, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen Announces New Album The Loneliest Time". The Fader. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  4. ^ Kuga, Mitchell (August 8, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen Doesn't Want to Stay in Her Lane". Nylon. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  5. ^ Kenneally, Cerys (August 4, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen Shares Snippet of New Single 'Beach House'". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  6. ^ Rowley, Glenn (August 5, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Beach House' Is a Sunny Delight: Stream". Consequence. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  7. ^ Aubrey, Elizabeth (August 5, 2022). "Listen to Carly Rae Jepsen's Upbeat New Song 'Beach House'". NME. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  8. ^ Daly, Rhian (August 12, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen Heads to the Seaside in 'Beach House' Video". UDiscoverMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  9. ^ Chunes, Gracie (August 13, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen Debuts Stunning New Music Video for :Beach House'". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of August 31, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). August 31, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  11. ^ Phares, Heather (October 21, 2022). "The Loneliest Time – Carly Rae Jepsen". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  12. ^ Jepsen, Carly Rae (October 21, 2022). "The Loneliest Time". Apple Music. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  13. ^ Zoladz, Lindsay; Caramanica, Jon (August 5, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen's Brand-New Boy Problems, and 7 More New Songs". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  14. ^ Renshaw, David (August 5, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen finds herself in a disastrous dating loop on "Beach House"". The Fader. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  15. ^ Cardenas, Federico (August 5, 2022). "Carly Rae Jepsen Shares Anthemic New Single "Beach House"". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  16. ^ Kaplan, Ilana (May 8, 2022). "Cover story: Carly Rae Jepsen: More Than a Feeling". Crack. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  17. ^ de Semlyen, Phil (December 6, 2022). "The 22 best songs of 2022". Time Out. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
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