His songs like “Just the Way You Are” and “Uptown Funk” feel like friendly messages set to music, which is why people of all ages find themselves singing along with Bruno’s tunes.

That’s why the culture’s counterprogramming, the endless recitation of the falsehood that you’re “perfect just the way you are,” is so pernicious. It not only inoculates a person against ...

Drake gets into a betting game with his best friend which involves courting the unsuspecting Sophia. When Sophia finally falls for him Drake must tell her that everything was just a game, a bet.