These Days Themes

Pop music, rock music, love songs, rap music, country music; every type of music has a purpose and a great impact on everyone’s lives. Most adolescents turn to music as a way to express their emotions, and to escape any problems occuring in their lives. Adolescents may have troubles with grades, relationships, their self- image and many other issues that music can help them cope. There are numerous songs dealing with love and relationships that are filled with emotion and can be very relatable. Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen sang the song “These Days”, about a hard breakup that was necessary to move on with their own lives. This song helps to relate to many adolescents including the themes and concepts of identity crisis, indecisiveness …show more content…
Dan Caplen sings towards the end, “And every once and a while I start texting, write a paragraph but then I delete the message...”. This verse of the song relates to both of the topics of rationalization and indecisiveness in relationships. What he is saying is that he wanted to text her, he wanted to share his feelings but he held back, and didn’t take a chance. He feared showing her all of his emotions only for her to think less of him and not to share those feelings. If he would have reached out to her, he might have gotten even more hurt, but now he has to hide those emotions. This feeling of doubt and unaware of what to do is very current in adolescents. Often times they are too timid and think that they might look “weird” if they reach out to the person they like. When adolescents are trying to make a choice, the questions of “Will they still like me?” “What will they think of me?” and many other questions run through their head, making their decision much harder. The same verse applies to the idea of rationalization, and holding back. He wanted to share his emotions and feelings, but decided to hold back and keep it all to himself. The break up is shown to be hard on him in the long run, and remains to preserve his self esteem by not showing how he really feels. In adolescents, the “holding back” that comes with rationalization can be misinterpreted, and opportunities are …show more content…
In many cases, the relationship ends because someone’s identity is lost, and they don’t know who they are or who they want to be. In addition, the issue of indecisiveness accounts for teens not knowing what choice is right or wrong for them. Rationalization occurs in relationships after a break up and someone doesn’t want to expose all their feelings in fear that their self esteem will lower. All three of these concepts apply and are included in the adolescence period, and play a huge role on what choices teens make and how they act. For adolescents, music is often turned to as a way to escape, relax, and sometimes just to listen to a song which they can relate to. Music is a way for teens to realize that they are not alone with whatever they are going through, and that there will be something bigger and better for