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The Twenty-Something Teens - by Madison Huizinga

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A number of weeks ago, Olivia Rodrigo released “vampire,” the lead single off her upcoming sophomore album GUTS, and was met with swarms of heartfelt tweets containing expressions along the lines of “Big day for twenty-something teenage girls.” Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR (2022) unraveled the tale of a seventeen-year-old scorned by first heartbreak, personal insecurity, and public scrutiny. While the album has been cherished by fans of all ages, young women in their early twenties have especially identified with the songs’ intense themes. Instead of actively relating to Rodrigo’s experiences in real-time, many seemed to possess a kind of retroactive angst - shaking their fists at the high school boys that mistreated them and the veil of comparison that attempts to enwrap teenage girls. But is the angst as retroactive as we think? Olivia Rodrigo stans aren’t the only ones to wield the label “twenty-something teenage girls.” Fans of other young women artists - like actresses Rachel Sennot

Olivia Rodrigo at the 2022 Grammys. Photo by Getty Images for The Recording A. A number of weeks ago, Olivia Rodrigo released “vampire,” the lead single off her upcoming sophomore album GUTS, and was met with swarms of heartfelt tweets containing expressions along the lines of “Big day for twenty-something teenage girls.” Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR (2021) unraveled the tale of a seventeen-year-old scorned by first heartbreak, personal insecurity, and public scrutiny. While the album has been cherished by fans of all ages, young women in their early twenties have especially identified with…

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