As I struggle to sit comfortably in my hard-as-a-rock seat on my thirteen-hour Amtrak ride, I watch the skyscrapers in New York fade into worndown factories in Philadelphia, which turn into monstrous monuments in Washington, D.C. I drift in and out of sleep to the sound of Khalid's soothing voice as I make my way to my family's new home. My life changed drastically during the Summer of 2017. I graduated from high school. I moved from a quaint suburb in Connecticut to Charlotte, North Carolina, an up-and-coming, bustling city in the Bible Belt. I began my studies at my dream university a thousand miles from "home". One of the only constants on my extensive quest was Khalid's latest album, particularly the song "American Teen".
This song reminds
This song reminds