I'll be the first to say I'm not a perfect person, and I'm definitely not a perfect or prolific writer. There's always room for improvement with anything I write, and I thank those that always point out the areas that need work.

Last year, I took a creative writing class where we turned in a number of different writing styles (as one does) such as poetry, fiction stories, and nonfiction essays, and I was particularly proud of a nonfiction piece I submitted.

After a workshop and some peer review, I was told that my work lacked emotion. That's a fair criticism, and it certainly gives me something to focus on as I continue to write, but to the professor who wants more emotion from me, I hope you like Carly Rae Jepsen.

Two years ago, amidst all of the smash hit pop albums such as Adele's 25, Justin Bieber's Purpose, Demi Lovato's breakout album Confident and Selena Gomez's Revival emerged an album that would hearken back to pop music's wilder times and easily be known as the most underrated piece of music composition since Panic! At the Disco's Vices and Virtues or even further back to all of Toto's Toto IV album ("Africa" isn't the only banger on that album). On June 24th, 2015, the world was blessed with E•MO•TION byCarly Rae Jepsen.

In E•MO•TION, Jepsen explores the fun and upbeat world of 1980s pop with the first track's sweeping saxophone solo introducing you to only a taste of what's to come. With production and songwriting help from musical powerhouses Greg Kurstin, Sia, and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend, the album is packed with colorful dance pop tracks but gives enough space so that Jepsen can find her own voice in this new sound she delves into from the arcade blips in "Black Heart" to the twinkling synthesizers surrounding "All That," or "Never Get to Hold You," a Target exclusive bonus track with its singular reassuring beat that feels comforting while taking a late evening stroll.

Pitchfork may have praised E•MO•TION with a 7.4 out of 10, but they mention even with its "winning moments" it lacks the personality of a great pop album, which to that I respectfully disagree. Similarly to the way it was marketed and released, E•MO•TION subtle entrance into pop gives not only Carly Rae Jepsen space to see if this next step in her music career will prove successful but also us, the consumer to make whatever we want from that album. It's not declaring itself as an album full of powerhouse ballads or feminist bangers or as an experimental art project. You can argue that E•MO•TION could be any of those things, but it doesn't have to be if you don't want to, and I think it's this album's flexibility that creates its personality. The only criteria needed to enjoy this album is your appreciation of 80s pop. Sure, you can call it girly pop but I feel sorry for the poor soul whose masculinity is so fragile that they won't even allow themselves to give Carly Rae Jepsen a chance. Your loss, bro.

Jepsen's lyrics about boy troubles or realizing the one you love will never be into you or celebrity relationships present a general enough narrative that you can admire her lyrics (such as the line from "LA Hallucinations" Buzzfeed buzzards and TMZ crows/ What can I say that you don't already know?) and feel like you're not just listening to the story but you're part of the story. Think of Taylor Swift's "Out of the Woods," which looks back on a relationship that ended after a car accident. I'm not saying that song is bad, I'm just saying I find it less immersive than, say, "Making the Most of the Night" by Jepsen.

So how do I feel when listening to the album?

Have you ever belted out song lyrics in the car like they were a divine proclamation? Have you ever yelled those lyrics out the window as you drive under suburban street lights with the youthful rush of beating curfew fueling every blood vesseled road in your body? Or maybe you're looking out over a bridge or balcony or some type of edge with the knowledge that if someone asked you what you were thinking about you'd say nothing because you really weren't thinking at all? You were just staring out into whatever landscape the horizon presented you?

If that feels too romanticized for you, that's okay. It's just what I feel when I listen to the album, as romantic and angsty and adolescent as it is.

What I'm saying is if we can let The Chainsmokers make a career from their beginnings as the "#Selfie" song makers, we can and should emit more praise to "Call Me Maybe" girl and now underrated 80s pop muse Carly Rae Jepsen.