Sixty-Three Years Apart, Both Songs Still Sound Like Love in Motion
Bobby Darin can barely believe the love is real on “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me,” while Carly Rae Jepsen finds the glow that remains “After All.” Sixty-three years separate the recordings, but both live in that delicious space where romance feels a little too good to trust — one in immaculate crooner swing, the other in warm, shimmering modern pop.
Two tracks. Two discoveries. One daily detour.
Come Thru Vocals is INYIM’s long-running daily music discovery series spotlighting voices and songs worth hearing. Selections may also move into Musique Dig’s Weekly Playlist and rotation on INYIM Radio.
Bobby Darin
Tune: I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
WHY IT CAUGHT OUR EAR
Bobby Darin sings this 1920s standard like the good news still has not fully landed. The orchestra swings underneath him with elegant restraint while Darin keeps the phrasing conversational, almost amazed, turning disbelief into charm instead of melodrama. Crooner music this polished can sound effortless — which is exactly why it takes somebody like Bobby to sell it.
Carly Rae Jepsen
Tune: After All
WHY IT CAUGHT OUR EAR
“After All” starts in a soft glow and keeps opening up, with piano, percussion and Carly’s warmly centered vocal gradually giving way to a brighter pop pulse. Written with Kyle Shearer and Nate Cyphert, the song treats love less like fireworks arriving out of nowhere and more like the strange realization that ordinary life has quietly become the thing you wanted. That emotional patience is what makes the payoff hit.
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