The Knocks feat. Carly Rae Jepsen

Love Me Like That (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) [The Knocks 55.5 VIP Mix]

The Knocks feat. Carly Rae Jepsen

1 SONG • 6 MINUTES • MAY 27 2016

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Love Me Like That (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen) [The Knocks 55.5 VIP Mix]
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The Knocks are a production and DJ duo who specialize in melodic, carefree dance music that draws from soul, funk, disco, rap, and pop. Making their name with several singles and remixes, as well as EPs like 2011's Magic, they made their full-length debut in 2016 with 55, which featured a diverse array of guests such as Cam'ron, Carly Rae Jepsen, Wyclef Jean, and Walk the Moon. Following side project diversions that delved into future funk (Amelia Airhorn) and tropical house (the Mary Nixons), the Knocks presented another feel-good disco-house throwback with 2019's New York Narcotic. The duo subsequently released projects with artists like Gallant, Rivers Cuomo, and Foster the People, with whom they recorded the covers-heavy 2021 EP Melody & Silence. The collaboration-heavy full-length outing HISTORY appeared the following year.

The Knocks were formed in 2008 by James "JPatt" Patterson and Ben "DJ B-Roc" Ruttner. Patterson and Ruttner met at New York City's New School and shared an apartment, where they set up small recording studios in their bedrooms. The loud noise coming from their apartment led to neighbors constantly knocking on their door in order to get them to pipe down, hence the duo's name. Early success as remixers, however, enabled them to build their own studio in Manhattan. During 2008 and 2009, Knocks remixes surfaced for Katy Perry ("I Kissed a Girl"), Britney Spears ("3"), and PRGz ("Soul Glo"). B-Roc and Andrew W.K. also released DAMN! The Mixtape Vol. 1 in 2009, featuring several Knocks productions.

In 2010, the Knocks released their first singles, the sunny "Dancing with the DJ" (which later appeared on their 2011 EP Magic) and the whistling "Make It Better." Over the course of the next few years, the duo's profile was magnified by additional remixes for Tegan and Sara ("Closer"), the 1975 ("Girls"), and Dragonette ("Let It Go"), among others, in addition to tours with Ellie Goulding, Dragonette, and Sleigh Bells. They also collaborated with Fred Falke for the Kitsuné Music release "Geronimo" in 2012, as well as Treasure Fingers for "DYWT," released on Fool's Gold Clubhouse in 2014. Also in 2014, the group released an EP, titled Comfortable and released on the Neon Gold label, that included collaborations with X Ambassadors and Ra Ra Riot.

Signed to Big Beat, the Knocks slowed it down a bit for the 2014 single "Classic," one of their funkier and more disco-indebted singles, featuring Powers. An EP titled So Classic appeared in April 2015, followed by a new version of "Classic" featuring a verse by Fetty Wap. The Knocks spent much of the year working on their long-delayed debut album, which was previewed by the singles "I Wish (My Taylor Swift)" (with Matthew Koma) and "New York City" (featuring Cam'ron). Finally, in March 2016, the duo released their first full-length, 55, which included additional guest appearances from Wyclef Jean, Walk the Moon, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alex Newell, and Semi-Precious Weapons' Justin Trantor. That July, the pair remixed selected tracks from the album on the 55.5 EP.

In early 2017, the Knocks released Testify, an EP of new songs featuring collaborations with MNEK, Delacey, and Tayla Parx. Later that year, the duo teamed up with Skylar Spence and released a future funk mixtape as Amelia Airhorn. They also formed the Mary Nixons, a group with Mat Zo, and issued the single "Adrian." They followed with the Captain Cuts collaboration "House Party." July 2018 saw the release of the single "Shades" which appeared later that year on the Knocks' second full-length, New York Narcotic. The album also featured contributions from Method Man, Sofi Tukker, and Foster the People.

2019 brought several singles, including the Kah-Lo collaboration "Awa Ni" and "Lucky Me" (with Great Good Fine Ok). Most of these were collected on the EP Summer Series: 2019. Several more singles arrived in 2020, including "One Fine Day" (with Idris Elba), "Bodies" (with MUNA), and "All About You" (featuring Foster the People). The following year, they released Melody & Silence, an EP with Foster the People that included a remix of the single, as well as covers of hits by Beck, Moby, and the Verve. Also in 2021, the Knocks released "R U High" (featuring Mallrat) and "Sound the Alarm" (featuring Rivers Cuomo and Royal & the Serpent), and were featured on Purple Disco Machine's "Fireworks." The following year saw the release of the full-length effort, HISTORY, which featured collaborations with Foster the People, MUNA, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Cold War Kids, Parson James, and Yoke Lore, among others. ~ Andy Kellman & Paul Simpson

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One of the 21st century's most joyful pop stars, Carly Rae Jepsen crafts songs that are as approachable as they are catchy. After her global success with the Grammy-nominated 2012 smash "Call Me Maybe," she expanded on her sunny, uninhibited style. Her debut album, 2012's Kiss channeled the rush of first love -- as well as stylish influences like Kimbra, Robyn, and La Roux -- into swooning, relatable songs. She pursued this niche further on 2015's critically acclaimed E-MO-TION, a love letter to the epic '80s sound of Madonna and Prince that set trends in late-2010s pop and made her a pop culture fixture. Jepsen's range grew further on 2022's reflective, genre-hopping The Loneliest Time and its danceable 2023 companion The Loveliest Time, but her music's friendliness and irresistible melodies remained.

Jepsen spent her formative years absorbing pop culture in her hometown of Mission, British Columbia, Canada. She starred in productions of Annie, Grease, and The Wiz at her high school and became one of 25 female students to be admitted to the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, British Columbia. After graduation, Jepsen -- who had relocated to Vancouver and worked as a barista and pastry chef assistant at a coffeehouse where she performed at open-mike nights -- was persuaded by her drama teacher to audition for Canadian Idol. She competed in the fifth season of the show in 2007, ultimately winning third place and performing in the show's nationwide tour. Meanwhile, her demo for the competition caught the ear of manager Jonathan Simkin, who helped her get a deal with 604 Records. In 2008, she released her folky debut LP, Tug of War, which featured a cover of John Denver's 1974 hit ballad "Sunshine on My Shoulders." The album's singles "Tug of War" and "Bucket" were both Top 40 hits on the Canadian Hot 100.

For her second album, Jepsen took a more danceable pop direction. Working with Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench -- who appeared on Tug of War and also took Jepsen on tour with his band -- as well as Ryan Stewart and Tavish Crowe, she premiered her new sound with the 2011 single "Call Me Maybe." It became the best-selling single of 2012, topping the Canadian, U.S., and U.K. charts as well as those of 18 other countries, and ultimately earned a Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year and won a Juno Award for Single of the Year. The Curiosity EP, which featured "Call Me Maybe," followed in early 2012. That June, the Owl City duet "Good Time" arrived and peaked at number eight on the Billboard charts. Jepsen's second album, Kiss, appeared in September 2012. It debuted in the Top Ten in Canada and the U.S. and won Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year Juno Awards a year later. The Japan-only release Kiss: The Remixes appeared in 2013.

Jepsen began work on her third album in early 2013, collaborating with producers Ramsay, Stewart, and Max Martin on songs inspired by '80s pop and folk. In early 2014, she began a 12-week run as the lead role in the Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. She returned with new music in March 2015 with "I Really Like You," which became another Top 40 hit. Featuring collaborations with songwriters including Sia, Devonté Hynes, and Ariel Rechtshaid, and producers such as Mattman & Robin and Greg Kurstin, her third full-length, E-MO-TION, arrived that August. Boasting a more mature sound, the album was a Top Ten hit in Canada and a Top 20 hit in the U.S. and was ultimately shortlisted for the 2016 Polaris Prize. She made appearances on Bleachers' Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2 in 2015 and the Knocks' debut album a year later.

In early 2016, Jepsen played Frenchy in the live television performance of Grease and recorded the theme song to Fuller House, the reboot of the family sitcom Full House. In August 2016, she released E-MO-TION: Side B, an EP featuring eight tracks that had been in consideration for the album. The following May, another E-MO-TION outtake, "Cut to the Feeling," featured in the animated film Leap, in which Jepsen voiced the character Odette. Following a tour with Katy Perry, in November 2018 Jepsen released the single "Party for One." For her fourth album, she wrote almost 200 songs, with the feel-good sounds of ABBA and Donna Summer among her wide-ranging inspirations. Featuring collaborations with Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger, Tavish Crowe, and Captain Cuts, Dedicated arrived in May 2019 and balanced its '70s disco influences with tropical pop and other 2010s trends. It debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200, becoming her third Top 20 album. Dedicated Side B, an album-length collection of outtakes, appeared a year after Dedicated's release.

Alongside 2020's holiday-themed "It's Not Christmas 'til Somebody Cries" (which reached number 11 on the Billboard Holiday Digital Songs chart), Jepsen spent much of the next couple years writing songs for her next album with Crowe. The July 2022 stand-alone single "Move Me," a collaboration with Lewis Ofman, preceded that October's full-length The Loneliest Time. A reflective set of songs blending folk, funk, disco, and pop from the '70s and '80s, the album's creative team included Crowe, Captain Cuts, Alex Hope, Rostam Batmanglij, and Bullion. It cracked the top 20 of the Canadian, U.S., and U.K. albums charts and was nominated for the Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year. Jepsen toured in support of the album into early 2023, around the time she contributed the theme song to the Amazon Kids+ show Hello Kitty: Super Style!. The James Ford-produced single "Shy Boy" appeared in June 2023, heralding the July release of The Loveliest Time. The companion album to The Loneliest Time, it gathered uplifting, uptempo songs from the Loneliest sessions that featured production work by Ford, Batmanglij, Patrik Berger, and more. The Loveliest Time peaked at number 20 on the U.K. Album Downloads chart and number 72 on the Top Current Album Sales chart in the U.S. ~ Heather Phares & James Christopher Monger

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