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"Carly Rae Jepsen knows the meaning of hard work. In the March issue of Seventeen magazine, the 27-year-old singer opens up about her struggle to make it in the music business.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;In college there was a time I felt lost and had the blues. I wanted to write songs, but I didn&amp;apos;t know how to make it a career,&amp;quot; she explains. &amp;quot;But I also knew I&amp;apos;d be happy working eight minimum-wage jobs to try to pull it off.&amp;quot;\r\nSo that&amp;apos;s exactly what Jepsen did. &amp;quot;I was doing every job imaginable to pay rent while I was pursuing this career,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I guess I like the hunger of not knowing if things will work out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut thanks to fellow Canadian and music superstar Justin Bieber, Jepsen&amp;apos;s career took off when he helped launch her debut single &amp;quot;Call Me Maybe.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Justin leads by example,&amp;quot; she says of getting advice from the 18-year-old heartthrob. &amp;quot;I love that he works hard and has fun.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I was in Paris promoting my new album, Kiss, for three days with no time off. So I went out at four in the morning to go explore the entire city,&amp;quot; the &amp;quot;Good Time&amp;quot; singer recalls. &amp;quot;I try to make moments happen that feel very special and memorable because that&amp;apos;s exactly how Justin does it.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nAnd like Bieber, who recently split from girlfriend Selena Gomez, Jepsen went through a breakup in June 2012 with Jordi Ashworth, the man who inspired her &amp;quot;Call Me Maybe&amp;quot; hit. But Jepsen has already managed to find love again with singer Matthew Koma.\r\n&amp;quot;When you meet the right person, you&amp;apos;re just like, Wow! I&amp;#x2019;m having the busiest year of my life and somehow I&amp;apos;ve met an amazing person who has been a grounding force,&amp;quot; the Grammy-nominated singer says. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t think anything can get in the way if you both really want it badly.&amp;quot;\r\nFor more on Carly, go to www.seventeen.com/Carly and pick up the March issue of Seventeen, on newsstands Feb. 5."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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