Meghan Trainor

Thank You

Taken on a track by track basis, it can be silly fun ... but as a collective, Thank You turns into something less than the sum of its parts almost entirely due to the Trainor's tunnel vision.

Self-empowerment can shade into self-aggrandizement when it isn’t delivered in a convincing way, and Thank You only periodically rises to the challenge.

Thank You is a major step forward from 2014’s unlikable Title, and someone you’re rooting against is in it to win it.

In her attempts to capture the girl-power theatrics of early-aughts Destiny's Child, Trainor also misguidedly rehashes that era's urban-pop production, all chintzy beats and grinding synths.

Ultimately, much of Thank You is a bit of a hotchpotch, after her initial efforts were rejected and main producer Ricky Reed called on to conjure up some hits.