Jay Som’s infatuation with Carly Rae Jepsen’s purist pop is a sign of her growing confidence

Melina Duterte is loosening up. In 2016, under her Jay Som moniker, she released the compilation Turn Into, a collection of songs from the past few years that earnestly bounces between fuzzed-out folkie dream pop and more tightly wound shoegaze, though less with glee than with purpose.…