Last Year Was Complicated

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AlbumJun 10 / 201612 songs, 42m 42s
Contemporary R&B Electropop
Noteable

A polished break-up album from one of pop’s leading men, *Last Year Was Complicated* reflects Nick Jonas’ transition into adulthood. But he\'s careful not to overstate the album\'s purpose. It\'s sexy without being scandalous (“I’ll never get over not getting under you,” he winks on the R&B-leaning “Under You,”) and meditative but not mopey (he toyed with naming the album after the heartbreaking ballad \"Unhinged\" before going with something a little less woeful). And with help from Max Martin (Taylor Swift, The Weeknd), his signature, smart pop sound remains perfectly intact, even if Jonas himself is on the mend.

6.3 / 10

On Last Year Was Complicated, Nick Jonas follows in the tried-and-true “I'm having sex now, guys” footsteps of boybanders past.

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The album offers an even more vibrant collection of colorful, propulsive beats than Nick Jonas did.

Jonas users in a sound best described as bachelor pop