The "Call Me Maybe" song by Carly Rae Jepsen

[SuperMillionaire]

By now, I think we've all heard the infectuous summertime hit song "Call Me Maybe" by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It's inspired a whole bunch of parodies, including, among other things, a lip-synching by the U.S. Olympic swimming team, a lip-syncing by a bunch of British cheerleaders, a cookie-sharing themed parody by Sesame Street called "Share it Maybe," and a raunchy parody by The Key of Awesome (they also parodied Kesha's "Tik Tok," among several other songs).

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Hey, I just met you
And this is crazy
But here's my number
So call me maybe

Now, when you look at Carly Rae Jepsen and her music video for "Call Me Maybe," you would probably think that she's about the same age as Justin Bieber, the artist who signed her to his record label, if not slightly older, like his girlfriend Selena Gomez (by the way, she just turned 20 a few days ago), but I was shocked to find out, as were a whole lot of others, that she's actually 26 years old, and will be 27 in November. Yes, Justin Bieber apparently signed someone who's about nine and a half years older than he is to his record label. She is also older than Adele, Taylor Swift, and Colbie Caillat.

In addition, she was also previously a 3rd place finalist on the fifth season of Canadian Idol in 2008, which was their local version of what we Americans know as American Idol. She was 22-23 at the time, and was quite successful in her native Canada since then, but her "Call Me Maybe" song has now launched her popularity into the United States and several other countries as well.

Whenever I hear her song, it reminds me of those late 90s/early 2000s female pop stars like Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, and Britney Spears in her Hit Me Baby One More Time era. It's certainly a very catchy song, considering the many parodies that it has inspired since its debut; it's the song that keeps on giving.

I know that a lot of you tend to hate on Justin Bieber, but considering that Carly Rae Jepsen is about nine and a half-years older than him, and previously a 3rd-place finalist on Canadian Idol, do you feel any different about her? Personally, I was shocked, as were a whole lot of other people, to find out that she's actually 26, but I still like her, and I find her to be a whole lot better than Lady GaGa, Kesha, Katy Perry, and even Miley Cyrus in her regular incarnation (Carly Rae Jepsen is more like Miley Cyrus in her Hannah Montana incarnation, minus the blonde wig, but with a much better voice).