Listen to this when
A Certain Romance
hate the town, love the people 🏚️
Who it's for
Alex Turner wrote this as a teenager observing the youth culture, and lack of romance, around him.
Restless, frustrated with hometown→Affectionate, accepting
Feelings it meets
What it is
"A Certain Romance" is the closing track of Arctic Monkeys' debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, released in January 2006; an early version appeared on the 2004 demo collection Beneath the Boardwalk. Alex Turner wrote it as a teenager, drawing on what he saw of the young people around him and the romance, or lack of it, among them.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Explicit language.
Age: Suggested 13+
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
