Max Landis discovers music criticism, writes hundreds of pages about Carly Rae Jepsen

Max Landis, director, writer, and producer on films like Chronicle and American Ultra, has discovered that songs have meaning. In a sprawling, slickly designed website, Landis presents a multi-part article (he calls it “a living document”) discussing his grand theory of Carly Rae Jepsen’s thematic concerns. Because nobody but Landis is capable of understanding her music like he does, he calls his work A Scar No One Else Can See.
In it, he presents “The Jepsen Pattern,” which, once a layer of hubris has been brushed aside, is really just a simple observation: Jepsen’s career is defined by songs that, while upbeat melodically, always return to themes of heartbreak and unrequited love.
“I don’t give a fuck about music criticism,” Landis writes. “I listen to pop on the radio, and occasionally find a niche band on YouTube I get obsessed with. I don’t read music reviews or go to music websites or even actively seek out new bands. I am your basic bitch KIIS FM guy.”