But where does the syrup go?

This sounds like Japancakes with more aggressive percussion to me.

I've been bingeing on pop music recently.

Conclusions:
-fullalbumwise, katy perry sucks less than beyonce
-the best of french pop (the style, not genre) is so much better than american
-lily allen does not have complete musical ideas
-kate nash hasn't put out new music for too long
-i need a nice little gremlin to tell me about new good music videos
-people have trouble distinguishing good from bad in popular culture