Confident
The title is no idle boast: Demi Lovato’s fifth album is their most assured. Enlisting master craftsmen of 21st-century pop such as Max Martin, Stargate and Ryan Tedder, they\'ve built a collection of sparkling, hip-hop-laced electro-pop that’s impressively punchy in tone and melody. Self-empowerment is the motif as Lovato chews up haters (“Waitin for You”), chases sexual adventure (“Cool for the Summer”) and confronts heartbreak and grief on gale-force ballads “For You” and “Father”.
Former Disney Channel star amps it up on album five, but is more at home with the ballads
The charismatic former Disney star thinks shouting is the equivalent of showing emotion
The album is dominated by a mix of hip-hop-infused midtempo jams and equally misguided rock-tinged power ballads.
Former Disney star Demi Lovato delivers a starkly autobiographical album full of tremendous pop songs