In reply to StarXavi.

You seem to be one of the only ones with sense on this forum. So thank you.
Speaking of the lack of production, I realized that Max Martin produced the song....and now I'm not surprised the song is so sparse. His most recent work seems to be lacking A LOT and always has an underwhelming FLAT chorus a la Katy Perry's Bon Appetite, as well as other works.........absolutely no climax

What gets me though is that these artists are signing off on it and not pushing for more from him. If it were me, I'd be telling him to add 3 to 5 more bars of gumption in those choruses. Haha! Make him work for the fat paycheck