Or they could be like me and utterly indifferent because they don't like the genre.
There's an utterly and of course completely objective way to test pop songs.
Find a metal cover and listen to it, like Shake It Off from the aforementioned Taylor Swift:
Or some older pop like Toto's Africa:
Obviously the latter one is objectively so much better. Pop songs that work as metal are good! Why? Well, because, that's why. That should be easily to understand for you all. I know I'm right.