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Cut to the Feeling
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Cut to the Feeling
| cover = Cut_to_the_Feeling.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Carly Rae Jepsen
| EP = Emotion: Side B+
| released = May 26, 2017
| recorded = 2015
| studio =
| genre = *Power pop
*synth-pop
| length =
| label = * 604
* School Boy
* Interscope
| writer = *Carly Rae Jepsen
*Simon Wilcox
*Nolan Lambroza
| producer = Sir Nolan
| prev_title = It Takes Two
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Party for One
| next_year = 2018
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}}
"'Cut to the Feeling'" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, from the Canadian-French animated film 'Ballerina' (2016). It was released as a single on May 26, 2017, to promote the film's release under the title 'Leap!' in the United States. The song was written by Jepsen, Simon Wilcox, and Nolan Lambroza, and produced by Lambroza. The song serves as the theme song for the MTV reality series 'Siesta Key'.
'Billboard', 'The Guardian', 'Pitchfork', 'Rolling Stone' and 'Vanity Fair' named it one of the best songs of 2017 in their respective year-end lists. Commercially, the single was successful in Japan where it reached the top twenty, peaking at number 13, and was certified gold by the RIAJ.
Background
"Cut to the Feeling" was written during the creation of Jepsen's third studio album, 'Emotion' (2015), but was not included on the album because it was too "cinematic and theatrical". It was later intended for the album's follow-up EP, 'Emotion: Side B', but was then slated for release with 'Ballerina' after Jepsen signed on for the film and felt the song was fitting for the story. The track was one of two songs, along with "Runaways", that Jepsen contributed to the film. "Cut to the Feeling" was included on the new edition of 'Emotion: Side B', released exclusively in Japan on September 13, 2017 and re-titled 'Emotion: Side B+'. It was also used as the theme song for the MTV reality television show 'Siesta Key'.
Composition
"Cut to the Feeling" was originally published in the key of A major in common time with a tempo of 115 beats per minute. Jepsen's vocals span from A3 to F#5.
Critical reception
J. Lynch of 'Billboard' called the song "flawlessly constructed", and said it is "the closest we'll get to Whitney Houston's late-'80s dancefloor euphoria in 2017". Hayden Manders of 'Nylon' describes "Cut to the Feeling" as a "masterclass" of the "best, sweetest pop music" today, celebrating the "possibility of big love" with a "chorus that blasts off to stars and doesn't let up for the rest of the song's duration". She further describes the song as being like the "butterflies you get before a first date with a crush". It was featured as 'Pitchfork's "Best New Track", with Laura Snapes describing it as "bombastic and gaudy" while praising it for being "distinctly Jepsen, her coaxing vocal creakiness convincing her paramour to stop denying what they want and just fucking go for it with her".
'Rolling Stone' said Jepsen "saved 2017 with her bracing rejoinder to Xanax-pop malaise", and that her "boisterous vocal ['sic'] adds extra urgency to this jump-along anthem's much-needed emotional rescue". 'Slant Magazine' said the single is her best since "Call Me Maybe", adding that it "delivers breathless, syncopated vocals over a measured handclap beat before the whole thing erupts into its euphoric hook." 'Spin' praised the song for deemphasizing 'Emotion's "explicit '80s posing, using that well-worn synth-pop chug for something brighter, bigger, and more bombastic." DJ Louie XIV of Vanity Fair praised Jepsen's directness, as she "cuts straight through the crap...No artifice. No posturing". He described the song as an ecstatic celebration of "diving in headfirst with a new guy (or girl)", providing "the smile we all needed in 2017".
Year-end lists
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| 'Billboard'
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| 50 Best Songs of 2017, So Far
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| 'Esquire'
| 50 Best Songs of 2017
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| 'The Guardian'
| The Top 100 Tracks of 2017
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| 'The Line of Best Fit'
| The Best Fifty Songs of 2017 Ranked
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| 'Noisey'
| The 100 Best Songs of 2017
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| 'Nylon'
| The Best Songs Of 2017, So Far
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| 'Popjustice'
| The Top 45 Singles of 2017
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| 'Pitchfork'
| The 100 Best Songs Of 2017
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| 'Rolling Stone'
| 50 Best Songs of 2017
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| 'Slant Magazine'
| The 25 Best Singles of 2017
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| 'Spin'
| 50 Best Songs of 2017, So Far
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| 'Vanity Fair'
| 17 Best Songs of 2017
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Music video
The music video for "Cut to the Feeling" was filmed on July 26, 2017, directed by Gia Coppola with whom Jepsen had previously worked on the "Your Type" video. It begins with a behind-the-scenes footage of making this very video, which shows the singer and her team getting ready for the shoot. As a clock positioned in the corner counts down from 1 minute and 32 seconds, Jepsen is seen having her make-up applied, posing with her team outdoors, making coffee and playing around the studio. She then arrives at the filming set and the clip launches into the 'actual' black-and-white performance-style music video, which sees Jepsen singing the last chorus of the song into a microphone, surrounded by her band. The video premiered on September 15, 2017.
Prior to the official music video, a lyric video for the song was released in June 2017.
Track listings
* 'Digital download/Streaming'
# "Cut to the Feeling" 3:27
* 'Digital download/Streaming (Remix)'
# "Cut to the Feeling" (Kid Froopy Remix) 3:13
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:2017 singles
Category:2017 songs
Category:604 Records singles
Category:Schoolboy Records singles
Category:Interscope Records singles
Category:Carly Rae Jepsen songs
Category:Power pop songs
Category:Songs written by Carly Rae Jepsen
Category:Songs written by Simon Wilcox
Category:Songs written by Sir Nolan
Category:Songs written for animated films
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