“a grownup record that swings from coping to not coping”
“The sensitive superstar has ditched folk-pop for songs with choruses meant to incite cell-phone-lit sing-alongs in stadiums.”
“the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streak”
“Ed Sheeran is older now; he’s married and newly a father. With all this change comes a new set of trite observations about love, life, and partying amid anonymous and synthetic pop music.”
