Don’t let that title fool you: Meg Mac’s fourth album is not a celebratory affair. In fact, the title track is a cover of Lesley Gore’s 1963 break-up saga, which the Sydney singer-songwriter recasts as a slow and spectral synth-pop ballad. Yet the original message of “I’ll cry if I want to” remains the song’s gravitational centre, and it follows other teary scenes described on this melancholic pop record. Mac forged it in close collaboration with London producer Nathan Jenkins, who has worked similar magic with artists like Carly Rae Jepsen and on his own as Bullion. Their pairing here ensures that an emotionally stormy number like “Outdone” feels resilient more than anything else, with its meticulous melodic cues serving Mac’s powerful, soul-influenced vocal turn. “The Tune I’ll Be Singing Until I’m Dead” is even more defiant, divulging a cathartic pop tale about the kind of pain that makes us stronger in the end. The arrangements are tidy and minimalistic throughout, which only foregrounds the simmering drama of the lyrics and singing alike. And fear not: There are multiple examples of self-determined uplift that seize upon the valuable teaching moment in an otherwise messy ending.