The consistent, repetitiveness of an everyday routine in a town you’ve spent most of your life in can be exhausting. As the days, months, and years go by you begin to realize that so much of your time has been consumed by interacting with all of the same people, in all of the same places, while doing all of the same things. After a while, you begin to feel trapped, not only physically but also mentally, causing your creativity and ambition to suffer greatly.
Rising Australian electro-pop artist Future Jr. uses his track “Suburbia Blue” to articulate what it feels like to want nothing more than to break away from the restraints of life in a small town, with familiar people going nowhere fast. “Small towns never held me, I'm more than sidewalk routine,” he sings, continuing to plead, “Take me to the city, never bought suburbia dreams.”
The young singer’s determination to be more than his surrounding is admirable. We see, so often, people who are too afraid to leave any situation they have become comfortable in, and because of that they miss out on so many experiences that are only obtainable through exploration. Venturing out on your own can be intimidating sometimes, well most of the time, but isn’t that the price we pay to be free?
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About The Curator - Larisha Paul
Larisha Paul is a journalism student at New York University with a beat in music, which is entirely fitting considering the way she lives life.
She’s the friend who always sends new music recommendations to the group chat saying, “This reminded me of you” or “This sounds like something you would like.” She’s the type of person who is constantly being talked out of impulsively buying concert tickets–but does it anyway, and the person who is always in charge of providing the perfect playlist for long drives, or for just hanging out.
She’ll talk to anyone about music for as long as they’ll let her, but please don’t ask her to narrow down her favorite anything (songs, albums, artists, bands) because she’d rather not have an actual breakdown.
