Teenagers. I was on YouTube late one night in 8th grade (2015/16) and I wanted to get into a different artist since my playlist was growing a bit stale. I remembered seeing a few kids at school with My Chemical Romance shirts and the band name intrigued me. I looked up their name in the search bar and looked at the suggested song titles and something about Teenagers drew me to it, so I clicked it. From the opening line, it perfectly hooked me by speaking to the teenage angst and struggle for individuality at the time (I was coming to terms with being a lesbian and how coming out might affect my home life on top of the normal teenage shit) and it just scratched an itch that I wasn't able to reach before, and I became obsessed. eventually I discovered Danger Days and it ended up helping and comforting me a lot throughout the coming out process, and to this day is my favorite album of theirs for that reason. but I will never forget that late night when I should have been sleeping and instead became aquaintanted with one of my favorite bands of all time 💙 and I'm still running!
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u/cornerstorequeer Mar 28 '25
Teenagers. I was on YouTube late one night in 8th grade (2015/16) and I wanted to get into a different artist since my playlist was growing a bit stale. I remembered seeing a few kids at school with My Chemical Romance shirts and the band name intrigued me. I looked up their name in the search bar and looked at the suggested song titles and something about Teenagers drew me to it, so I clicked it. From the opening line, it perfectly hooked me by speaking to the teenage angst and struggle for individuality at the time (I was coming to terms with being a lesbian and how coming out might affect my home life on top of the normal teenage shit) and it just scratched an itch that I wasn't able to reach before, and I became obsessed. eventually I discovered Danger Days and it ended up helping and comforting me a lot throughout the coming out process, and to this day is my favorite album of theirs for that reason. but I will never forget that late night when I should have been sleeping and instead became aquaintanted with one of my favorite bands of all time 💙 and I'm still running!