"Western Wind" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, released as the lead single from her sixth studio album The Loneliest Time on May 6, 2022, by 604, Schoolboy, and Interscope Records.
The song, co-written with and produced by Rostam Batmanglij, was released alongside a music video directed by Taylor Fauntleroy which features Jepsen "in a lush landscape wearing pretty, flowing pastel outfits, aptly capturing the season and embracing spring fever.
The video depicts Jepsen riding an electric scooter across green fields, twirling through yellow flowers, and frolicking in an assortment of diaphanous gowns.
"[8] Pitchfork's Quinn Moreland calls the song "just the right amount of easy-going", with producer Rostam Batmanglij "once again assert[ing] himself as a skillful conjurer of chill vibes", creating a track that "coasts on a sumptuous blend of mellow keys, feathery drums, and an unassuming guitar solo.
"[1] NPR Music's Hazel Cills notes that on "Western Wind", Jepsen "shakes the glitter of her last few albums out of her hair, ditching her studied electro-pop for "Thank You"-biting bongos on this relaxed song about finding love in the wilds of California" which "builds on a slightly hippie-dippie, granola trend of pop girl restraint working its way through music over the last few years — think Folklore's acoustic cottagecore, Solar Power's off-the-grid optimism, the mid-'00s, Starbucks check-out CD minimalism of Haim's jazzy 2019 single "Summer Girl".