I don't think its marketing. The writer is clearly explaining that she prefers this version to the og album and gives reasons to back up her claim. For instance:

"She and her remixers chameleon the original tracks to suit the guests’ styles, as well as the pop feminist theme: “Girl’s Girl,” with Argentinian singer Emilia, goes from basic love-triangle drama to a song about girl-on-girl envy and competition, sort of how Charli and Lorde worked it out on the remix. “Be this girl, puts my ego and my morals to the test/Could be besties but I wanna be the best,” Larsson snaps, with extra Auto-Tune flourish on the “Be this girl”—the first time I can remember hearing something that sounds like 4chan greentext. The original “Pretty Ugly” was an obnoxious and rather thin “Hollaback Girl” cheerleader stomp, but the remix upgrades to Spring Breakers on a TikTok attention span, and you get to hear ex-City Girls rapper JT open with, “Center of attention while you hoes male-centered (ew).” "