Carly Rae Jepsen has shared her ABBA-inspired new song “Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor,” the latest single off her upcoming double album Day and Night.
The track — the first offering from the “Night” half of the 24-track album —was written by Jepsen
and producers CJ Baran and Arthur Besnainou after the singer experienced the ABBA Voyage show in London.
“I’d just been recording in Sweden and then traveled to London to see ABBA Voyage,” Jepsen said in a statement. “I came home with a mission of making my own ABBA-esque pop song – something with a perfect pop melody, but with some updated production. I wanted a hook that made you feel like you had to participate and sing along.”
“Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor” is accompanied by a new music video starring actor Alden Ehrenreich and actress Olivia Washington, and directed by Tony-nominated playwright/actor/screenwriter Jeremy O. Harris, who makes his music video directorial debut with the visual.
“With every song on Day and Night Carly, our last modern bard, has turned complex stories into a jaunty pop smash while also mining the joys and pains of loving and being loved as adult now,” Harris said in a statement. “I feel so lucky that Alden and Olivia were here to play a couple on the brink in the first of Carly’s night tracks, the song made me think of my relationship and so many others in this bleak moment in history who despite it all aren’t abandoning their partner on the dance floor but working it out together.”
Day and Night, Jepsen’s first album of new music since 2023’s The Loveliest Time, arrives on September 18. The singer has previously shared “On Wires” and “After All” from the double LP.
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