Since the a riot that took place in 1979 during a Major League Baseball’s Disco Demolition Night in 1979 he message was clear: fun music that was POC, queer or female centered isn't real music.  Poptimism was a much needed correction to the rockist and (obviously racist) pretentiousness view. Issue is we’ve gone through an overcorrection: not everyone is Madonna or Frank Ocean even though their PR firms want us to believe they are.  Ex-Disney kid Ariana Grande’s had a more interesting pop trajectory than most; a genuinely talented singer she’s moved more and more into the pure r&b space and her albums have gotten better for it. On eternal sunshine (lowercase caps when you spell the name(c) she unfortunately takes a few steps back on her direct forays into r&b into a more upbeat and H&M friendlier focus. When she embraces the dance and R&B influences and gets them working well together (“True Story”) it shines.  But quite often, specifically in the first half, it comes off as retail storefront background music.  High Points: Top down friendly car ride house of ‘yes, and?’ The distorted acoustic guitar flip of 'imperfect for you'