This summer’s pop princess is back on the scene with an album full of sugar-dusted, mildly corrosive ditties. The 26-year-old continues to croon about age-inappropriate romantic situations, but with less sticky-sweet seduction as “Call Me Maybe” or “Good Time,” leaving the remaining tracks to appear unexciting in comparison. “This Kiss,” in particular, grates on listener’s earbuds with ’80s-sounding synths, offering no graspable hook. The album is a fair attempt at recapturing her fans, but her previous level of fame is impossible to sustain and this collection won’t even come close. Jepsen may be able to ride the “Maybe” wave a little longer, but these songs fail to seep into the souls or the subconscious of radio consumers.

Grade: D