'Emotion' overtakes the Troubadour

Carly Rae Jepsen celebrates 10 years of her 2015 cult-fave LP with sax and sparkles.

- MIKAEL WOOD POP MUSIC CRITIC

POP SINGER Carly Rae Jepsen grooves along to all the tracks of "Emotion," her follow-up to the 2012 megahit "Call Me Maybe," at a sold-out anniversary show.

Almost 10 years to the day after a show at the Troubadour that marked the release of her album “Emotion,” Carly Rae Jepsen brought the 2015 LP back to the same West Hollywood club on Tuesday night for a sold-out one-off gig in which she played “Emotion” from beginning to end.

TO CELEBRATE 10 years of her fan-favorite LP "Emotion," Carly Rae Jepsen sang the whole project from front to back and announced six "C-sides" that will accompany a reissue of the album landing in October.

The followup to Jepsen’s un-follow-uppable 2012 smash “Call Me Maybe,” “Emotion” wasn’t exactly the hit the singer and her team were hoping for. Yet over time, the album — which Jepsen made with a host of hip producers and songwriters including Rostam, Ariel Rechtshaid and Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes—became a cult favorite beloved for its squirmy ’80s R&B grooves and its tone of unabashed yearning.

“We are blown away,” Jepsen, 39, said as the crowd loudly welcomed her and her band to the stage. Here are nine highlights from the show: