Carly Rae Jepsen has released "Don't Leave Me on the Dance Floor," the latest single from her upcoming double album Day and Night, arriving September 18. The track dropped at midnight ET on August 7, accompanied by a music video directed by playwright Jeremy O. Harris in his directorial debut for the format. Rolling Stone

The song has a direct origin point: Jepsen attended the ABBA Voyage concert residency in London and walked out with an idea. She wrote "Don't Leave Me on the Dance Floor" with producers CJ Baran and Arthur Besnainou, and the ABBA influence is the stated creative catalyst rather than a critic's after-the-fact comparison. It is the first track listeners are hearing from the "Night" half of Day and Night, a 24-track double album split into two sides.

The video brings its own star power. Actors Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Washington appear in the clip, which Harris — best known as the playwright behind Slave Play — directed for the first time in the music video format. The video premiered at 9PM PT on August 6, matching the midnight ET single release, as announced on Jepsen's official X account.

Day and Night is Jepsen's first album of new music since 2023's The Loveliest Time, and the double-album structure gives her room to work across two distinct moods. Two earlier singles, "On Wires" and "After All," have already been released from the project. Jepsen's official website, carlyraemusic.com, lists all three alongside the album itself on its music page.

For Jepsen, the release continues a career arc that has kept her productive across labels and cycles since her 2012 breakout. A 24-track double album is a substantial delivery by any measure — it doubles the standard major-label release in track count — and the September 18 date places it squarely in the fall release corridor, when labels stack their biggest fourth-quarter titles ahead of the holiday sales window and Grammy eligibility deadlines.

The ABBA Voyage connection adds a layer of cross-format storytelling. ABBA Voyage, the London show featuring digital avatars of the Swedish group performing in a custom-built arena, has been running since 2022 and has drawn artists across genres as spectators and, in Jepsen's case, as a creative spark. Whether Day and Night's "Night" side carries that influence further will become clear when the full album arrives in six weeks.