

"The metamorphosis of the tracklists I've made for Emotion have probably changed six times. When the time came to sequence Emotion, Jepsen's label gave her a hard limit of 17 tracks to work with. After completing the title track "Emotion", the songs Jepsen developed thereafter became "essentials" that could anchor the album as opposed to being throwaway material. From its inception in Los Angeles, Jepsen began to stray away from "mass-produced" writing sessions where she was unable to contribute in a significant way. Jepsen worked on her third studio album, Emotion (2015), for nearly three years and wrote over 250 songs in the process. See also: Emotion (Carly Rae Jepsen album) § Background E.MO.TION Side B has sold 17,000 copies worldwide as of 2021. A Japan-exclusive reissue of the EP was supplemented with the song " Cut to the Feeling", a Jepsen single for the Canadian-French film Ballerina (2016). The EP received favourable reviews upon its release and was placed on several critics' lists for best of the year. Several writers and producers on Emotion reprised their roles on Side B, including Greg Kurstin, Dev Hynes, and Rami Yacoub. Like its parent album, Side B takes heavy influence from 1980s pop music, with lyrical narratives that revolve around love and heartbreak. Side B features unreleased songs that were cut from the original effort. Jepsen developed Side B as a companion piece to her third studio album, Emotion (2015), in response to fan demand.

It was released on August 26, 2016, by 604 Records in Canada and School Boy Records and Interscope Records in the United States. TION: Side B) is the third extended play (EP) by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen.
