“Within the past year, Nashville seems to have put out a bat-signal for popstars of the ‘00s. Country-pop has come a-calling for them all: it made Justin Timberlake embrace the Donald-Trump-Jr-outdoors aesthetic for ‘Man of the Woods’; it made Gwen Stefani tap up her boyfriend Blake Shelton for her festive shindig ‘You Make It Feel Like Christmas’; and, following her fascinating Flaming Lips psych-”
“You’ve heard sophisti-Kylie, disco Kylie, and Kraftwerk Kylie. On her 14th album, she tries on a new costume: Ready or not, here comes country Kylie.”
“There’s a place for Kylie’s new music, but it’s not in our hearts”