When you're young — say, under 18 — you have this idea that you’ll eventually cross a threshold and every family-related issue will fade into the background, like the soft hum of white noise. And you won’t have to pay much attention to it, because you'll be busy doing your own grown-up thing. You'll be out of the house, all occupied and moved away. But, as Conan Gray lays out on his sophomore album Superache, the arduous stuff you grew up with never goes away; it just shape-shifts as your perspective evolves.
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INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 16: Conan Gray poses backstage during the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 16, 2022 in Indio, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella)
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