What High Schooler doesn’t long for a typical teenage romance? The song “Best Friend” by Rex Orange County reminds me of that experience. The lyrics “ I wanna be your favorite boy, I wanna be the one that makes your day” represents the affection and the longing for a lover— something that everyone, especially teenagers want. At our age, connection and true understanding is so vital to our lives. We crave understanding not just with feeling, but with so much more, we want to be seen and heard by people our age. We want to feel a different type of love, a type of love that isn’t perfect or strict, we want to be able to be comfortable and not feel like we are getting judged all the time. We want someone we can connect with and be able to have a person that understands now day struggle. We want someone we can relate to. We as teens all want one to depend on and lean on. The song was released on January 25, 2017, and since then it has garnered 789 million streams showcasing its popularity across a broad spectrum of people.
