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LISTEN: The Knocks & Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Love Me Like That'

By: Feb. 24, 2016
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Billboard.com reports that New York dance duo The Knocks have recently released a new track "Love Me Like That" which features acclaimed pop star, Carly Rae Jepsen.

Check out the song below!

This Jepsen collaboration is just one of the many features they have planned for their upcoming album 55, due out March 4 on Neon Gold. Along with Jepsen, they duo produced tracks with Walk the Moon and Fetty Wap.

The Knocks sharing how they hooked up with Jepsen, "While we were wrapping this album, we had an idea for a song that we thought she would sound perfectly on, so we cold called her about collaborating and she was into it. We flew out to LA that week and recorded it together. We are really happy with how it turned out."

The Knocks are an electronic music duo consisting of Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson. They are known for their own releases on labels such as Kitsuné, Neon Gold, A&M Octone, and Interscope and for their remixes featured on HypeMachine, Beatport, and various DJs' set lists. They are also known for their single "Classic", featuring alternative pop duo POWERS, which was released in 2014. Their debut album, 55, is expected to be released on 4 March 2016.

Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Mission, British Columbia, and later based in Vancouver. In 2007, she placed third in Canadian Idol season five's competition. Jepsen independently released her debut album, Tug of War, in 2008. In 2011, she released the single "Call Me Maybe", which was followed in 2012 by her debut EP, Curiosity, and her second album, Kiss. "Call Me Maybe" reached number one in 18 countries during 2012 and was the year's best-selling single worldwide. Jepsen's third album, Emotion, was released in 2015 and is influenced by songs from the 1980s. Its single "I Really Like You" reached the top five in the United Kingdom and top fifteen in Canada.

PHOTO CREDIT: Carly Rae Jepsen's Offcial Facebook Page



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