Selena Gomez's new album Rare is exactly as strong as its punch lines are sharp, as its beats are buoyant, though results vary
Rare is sleek to a degree that makes 2015’s Revival seem sluggish Photo: YouTube The path to Selena Gomez’s third album has been beset on all sides by hardships. Gomez has fought a battle with lupus that led to intensive therapy, kidney transplant surgery, and cruel internet speculation about fluctuations in her weight.
This past fall, “Lose You to Love Me” struck a stately balance between the singer’s journey to wellness and the drama in her press clippings. It’s a song about learning to stand up for yourself, about avoiding situations that make you feel like a supporting character in your own story, about reaching the epiphany that your own healing and happiness are just as important as everyone else’s.
Rare is sleek to a degree that makes 2015’s Revival seem sluggish . Verses are curt and pithy. “Ring” packs a venomous bite into two lines in: “Yeah, I received your message, all 23 / You know I’m Jordan with it, G-O-A-T.” Only one song bothers with a third verse, and only to make space for a short, sweet spot from R&B singer 6LACK. The result is pure locomotion, a series of two-and-a-half- to three-minute radio killers that shoot first and don’t stick around to ask questions.
Rare is almost inarguably Selena Gomez’s best album. There’s very little in the way of filler, and none of the lesser tunes are allotted enough time to drag. That said, the towering “Lose You to Love Me,” and the closer “A Sweeter Place” — where Selena and Kid Cudi ponder what it takes to go from living well to living the best possible lives — suggest that even greater writing and deeper reflection were possible throughout the length of this album.
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