Carly Rae Jepsen debuted her unreleased song “Love Depressed” during a stripped-back, thirty-minute set at the Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on Monday night, kicking off Billboard’s Live Music Summit celebrations.
- Carly Rae Jepsen performed a surprise live debut of her new song “Love Depressed” at an intimate Los Angeles concert on Monday night, November 9, 2026.
- Billboard co-chief content officers Leila Cobo and Jason Lipshutz introduced the pop artist, holding up a 2012 magazine cover featuring her breakout hit “Call Me Maybe.”
- Carol Ades opened the evening and is set to join Jepsen on her upcoming Day and Night Tour kicking off April 15 in Edmonton, Alberta.
On an unseasonably warm night, the pop artist took the stage for a “One Night Only” concert presented by booking agency THE•TEAM, Billboard reported. Jepsen performed a stripped-back set with a full band for a small crowd featuring largely industry insiders.
Lipshutz held a 2012 edition of Billboard magazine with Jepsen on the cover to introduce her. The magazine celebrated the chart success of her breakout song “Call Me Maybe,” which remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks. Throughout the night, Jepsen engaged with the room as attendees sang along, danced, whooped, and hollered.
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“It’s so fun to do an intimate set.”
Jepsen told the crowd, according to Billboard.
The surprise of the night came when Jepsen performed her song “Love Depressed,” sheepishly admitting she and her band hadn’t decided to add it to their setlist until the day before. She asked the crowd if they wouldn’t mind joining her to sing along, but there was no need for her to request help as her soulful delivery captured each member of the audience’s attention, Billboard reported.
The setlist for the evening included “Runaway With Me,” “Versailles,” “Wild Child,” “Love Depressed,” and wrapped up with high energy on her 2017 single “Cut to the Feeling.” Jepsen said that she ends every set with the 2017 track.
Carol Ades opened the night accompanied by a guitarist, singing her song “Hope Is a Scary Thing,” which appeared in the television show Off Campus. Ades is slated to join Jepsen for her upcoming Day and Night Tour, which kicks off April 15 in Edmonton, Alberta, Billboard reported.
The intimate showcase served as the opening festivities for the Billboard Live Music Summit, which began Tuesday at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood.
