VIDEO : How Carly Rae Jepsen Broke 'Call Me Maybe' Mold

Carly Rae Jepsen was 26 when "Call Me Maybe" hit the U.S. charts in 2012, making her an instant tween idol. Everything about the track felt young: the MIDI-like string flourishes, the subject matter (references to wishing wells, ripped jeans, the way "maybe" was tacked on to the chorus in Valley Girl patois), even the candy colors of the music video. "Call Me Maybe" may have been the song of the summer, but its sparkly sugar trail seemed to melt as quickly as the track caught on ? and right as Jepsen released Kiss, an album she says her label rushed out to try to capitalize on the breakout single. Kiss was a solid pop record, a bouncy background for a slumber party. But the curse of the one-hit wonder seemed to hit Jepsen hard: Kiss was released to disappointing sales, and her young fan base moved on to the next radio banger.But now, at the end of a three-year writing period, Jepsen had more than two dozen songs that she later whittled down to a slick 12 tracks. The result, Emotion, out Friday, sounds like the work of a completely different artist.