Native is the sound of pop-rock learning to monetize uplift: "Counting Stars" folk-stomped its way to streaming records, and Ryan Tedder's hook-laboratory precision — he wrote half the radio that decade — gets its flagship showcase. Inspirational-anthem assembly at industrial quality. Resistance is reasonable; the chorus wins anyway.
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