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It's only been yesterday since Young was released yet I've listened to it more than any other songs this year.

"I can’t tell you what it means to us that this song is officially OUT. It came during a moment in my life when I genuinely felt like I had no idea what I was doing, when our career and my personal life were at a crossroads and I just wanted to not have to be an adult anymore. But we made it. We’re here. And now this song is yours. We hope you like it."

- Will Anderson, Parachute.

Ever since I hit 25 last year, I've been giving a lot of thoughts on what I want to do, what I want to achieve in life, who I want to spend my life with. Then I saw many people of my age starting to get their life together, if not already.

This of course stressed me out. I had so much to catch up with. Personal development, career, finances, relationship; they haunt my thoughts days and nights.

I justified that as going through the quarter life crisis. It helped me clear my mind and focus instead on every passing day.

However, the new year brought another devastating realisation to me: I've achieved nothing. I have graduated for almost three years yet I'm still way behind in all aspects.

I acknowledged that nothing can be achieved overnight; it's a slow process and everyone figures things out at their own pace. But recent developments in my personal relationships and career made want to drop everything and run away with someone only to realise that I have nowhere, nobody to turn to.

I looked for ways to vent that feeling away. I screamed to the lyrics of the songs by Parachute. I shed tears in the car during my daily commute to and from work. It honestly have been one of the lowest points in my life.

When I heard Parachute is releasing a new song for their next album, I was so thrilled. I had hoped to occupy myself with the new song and distract myself from the reality.

It was foolish of me to harbour such hope when I knew all too well their genre is. When I first heard Young, it wasn't even two minutes in and I was already crying in the car.

Young is so relatable. It makes me crushed, devastated, hopeful, and optimistic all the same. It encapsulates my current dilemma in a perfect way.

Seeing other fans sharing the same thoughts on the song, I do feel relieved that I'm not alone in this. Heck, even Will had felt the same and was the inspiration to him writing Young.

Parachute in Portland, Maine 6.12.16