Her brand of sexiness has a coy, subtle quality that never tries too hard, from the fun, flirty “Hands to Myself” to the blissed-out “Survivors” to the intoxicating “Me & the Rhythm” - a riff on the classic theme of losing yourself on the dance floor (“Everybody wants to be touched/Everybody wants to get some”) that nonetheless finds her sounding completely in control of her own euphoria.
Where some former child stars tack toward aggressive maturity when they reach their twenties, Gomez finds ways to transcend that cliche. “It’s my time to butterfly,” she sings on the self-care anthem “Revival.” The Gomez of this relaxed, confident pop collection butterflies with such ease that it feels like she’s revealing her true personality for the first time.
Selena Gomez wills a new era of her career into existence within the first two minutes of her second solo album.
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