The Song of Our Generation

    The song that I analyzing is "Team" by Lorde. I think that this song is a good fit for the song that is the voice of our generation of teenagers. It accurately describes the effect that society has on us. For example, the first verse says "call all the ladies out; they're in their finery. A hundred jewels on throats; a hundred jewels between teeth". What I think is trying to be said is that all of the girls are in their "finery" to look cool for other people. Most teenage girls these days like to wear the top-of-the-line clothing and accessories to try to be popular and fit in.  In the chorus, it explains the environment that teenagers are exposed to. "We live in cities you'll never see on screen. Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things". These lines are explaining how teenagers sort of run the town that we live in. Some teenagers like to go outside late at night and run around, acting like we're the king of the world and we are in control of the city we live in.

    A lot of teenagers (mainly girls) feel like we are already ready for a serious relationship in high school; fretting about what boy would ask them out on a date or which guy has been staring at them. In "Team", one of the lines is, "And eveyone's competing for a love they can't receive". This goes along with the idea that we are all worrying about our love lives but in reality, we shouldn't care about things like this. We're not adults yet, we still have time to mature.