for you new Ladytron listeners, this song is about how model agencies seek young individuals

hey, you listening to this, you're awesome.

This song is so dark and can be interpreted in many ways which is why I love it

the little siren sounds in the back give me goosebumps

TW: anorexia Hello ppl! I see lots of people talking about how the song is abt the age of models in model agencies, so I wanted to offer another interpretation. What if the numbers actually refer to weight or the size of the models? So like 17 inches, to me, this could explain the sirens, because the models might have starved themselves to the point of health problems... Though this might just be a stretch, I think its an interesting idea

Would definitely recommend eating Chicken to this song

this slaps so hard at 3am with purple LED lights

I’ve just found this song and im honestly in love with it

this song could be us in any topic omg, grooming, a washed up pop star, adulting, etc.

The fact that this song can be interperated into so many different ways just from the listener’s past and how their brain works is absolutely magnificent

0:50 just adding a time for me

Anime in video : Kuzu no Honkai (I highly reccomend it its a more realstic take on relationships and love than in some romance animes!)

Can someone make a mashup of this and Nowhere to run?? They have similar keys and would fit so well together!

I was listening this song when I was 17, and now I’m 21…. It hits different, but still it feels interesting

Im 15 so dont know what being 17 is like neither 21 but this still slaps

Nothing will change the songwriters original meaning of this song,,, obviously,,, But the beauty of music is that it can be interpreted differently for each person listening depending on their own experiences in life. This song is very close to me for that reason.

0:57 the tiktok edit audio version :]

I was just hoping someone made this version of the song

the lyrics *"they only want you when you when you're 17 when you're 21"* really reminds me of quackity because everyone is simping over the younger him and not him now and saying stuff like "he's gotten fatter" he hasn't, he's gotten healthier. *skinny does not always equal healthy.*

Wow what a coincidence for KZfaq to recommend me this on my 17 birthday 😀👍🏻

its so funky how we can hear every little thing in this song, it's just, you're hyperfixating on ever single DETAIL and i think thats rad as fuck and also,,, serotonin

They only want you when you're innocent and easy to catch-up, but when you're grown and mature you're not fun

I've been trying to find someone who added reverb and slowed it, it's sounds awesome!

i honestly want a full version of this song, like with verses and stuff cause the message is insane

0:57 the edit version slaps :>

This song's lyrics repeat all the time, no change, but it still doesn't get boring..

This anime is so good oh my god

these lyrics are literally the truest things ive ever heard.

I literally love this song sm. I remember listening to this song on loop while we weren't be able to go to school cuz of covid miss these times

a lot of people are saying this about age, but i interpreted it differently. i imagine it like people in a modelling industry or kpop industry or anything with beauty standards, saying about waist sizes. "they only want you when you're 17," is like 17 inches waist size. its like just the people with the smallest waists go on, but the ones with larger waists are not liked as much. it just reminds me of unrealistic beauty standards.

*drinks cranberry juice out of a wine glass with homemade guimauve to feel cool*

no because the fact that its just repeating lyrics over and over again yet each repetition has a diff meaning

[lyrics] They only want you when you're 17, when you're 21 ur no fun They take a Polaroid and let you go and say they'll let you know so come on

this song slaps in the dark, and your crying to it

mikasa vibes

I'm obsessed with this song

Saying this now this song slaps while your drinking a monster energy drink at 2am with green LED’s

I remember when my dad would play this song in the car. I was like 5 at the time so I didn't understand the lyrics but it feels special now.

Okay but this song hits way harder when you're 18 and you can't change my mind

just in case: gif is from anime called kuzu no honkai / scums wish

I interpret it that way,like,when you're younger and you don't have a concrete opinion about things,that is,you're more manipulable,whereas when you grow up you become less manipulable and begin to understand how things really work

This is just a bop that I can’t get out of my head 😫

I’ve been wanting to find a version like this, thank you for making this 😩🙏

this song can come of as something different every time you listen to it its a quality not many songs have. implication can alter the meaning of a song entirely, and the subtlety of it is what makes this song so good.

all i think abt when hearing this song is "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"

Hits different when you're 17

this song has different perspectives to it and that why it’s such a vibe to me

💳💥💳💥💳💥💳💥

This gives me a lot of life.

this song can be interpreted in so many ways and it says a lot about society nowadays

i feel like if kotoko would make a song about what she suffered this would definitely be it

Seventeen Ladytron Solo te quieren cuando tienes diecisiete They only want you when you're seventeen, Cuando tienes 21, no eres divertido. When you're 21, you're no fun. Toman una Polaroid y te dejan ir They take a Polaroid and let you go Di que te lo harán saber, así que vamos. Say they'll let you know, so come on.

They only want you when you're seventeen, When you're 21, you're no fun. They take a Polaroid and let you go Say they'll let you know, so come on.

what a songgggg

Quanto mais lento mais bonito fica a música🖤 ☆perfeito☆

Gives me GTA stripper music vibes and I like it 💜

This song playing while having to see your rap!$t at school everyday hits really different... God damn

i liked the part where they said "they only want you when you're seventeen, when you're 21 you're no fun"

never thought ladytron slowed and in reverb would be so good.

BRO THE BEGINNING SOUNDS LIKE NOWHERE TO RUN..

Something about this song hits different😫✋🏽

i don't get why yall in the comments get so pressed that people interpret art differently. even though the writer is talking about a specific thing, the lyrics are simple enough for people to attach their own meanings, and feel a deeper connection to it. for me, i thought about how 'quarter-life crises' are becoming more common esp with women in their mid-20s. they often feel like they haven't achieved anything in life, that they're no longer young and desirable. even though they're only in the 2nd decade of their life, literally a new adult. some may think of teens groomed by pedos, only to be discarded when they're an adult. others may think of washed-up pop stars who are only desired when they're young and 'fresh' (i hate that word). that's what good art does, it makes people think about it.

2:30 really do be slappin doe 😩

For some reason this song just sounds weirdly clean like it's nice to hear

for anyone wondering, the anime is Scum’s Wish / Kuzu no Honkai

1:06 I can't unhear the roblox oof sound

I love this, Ty.

i love this

crying to this song feels so good.

yesss omg I love this song

3:24

0:57 i gotchu

Bro this song really hits deep bro

This song gives the vibes of being in a big city at 3am on the top floor of an apartment building decorated with purple LEDS and a messy room filled with posters, with someone looking out the window down at a green neon sign for a vape store while it’s raining outside

This song is so good 😩

bruh i remember listening to this in may last year and holy shit i didn't realize how much i would miss it

🎶He only wants me cause I’m 14🎶

amo esta canción-

Love this remix nice work, for me it really embodies the pressure young women face

im a simple person. i see hanabi i click🛐

mds que perfeição.🖤💫🛐

(The short lyrics for anyone who cannot hear or understand it very well, or for anyone in general. :> ) "They only want you when you're 17, when you're 21 you're no fun. They take a Polaroid and let you go, see to let you know. So c'mon."

this song sounds like what a gloomy fall-winter evening feels like

woo just turned 17 today! 🎉

amor por essa música

Thanks

YAS TY I LOVE ITT

i always get goosebumps listening to this but i love the song

amazing

the gif of the girl from scums wish with this song which sings abt the grooming & sexualization of female minors is so paradoxical. the anime profits off of the sexualization and objectification of a female minor from appeasing to those who have attraction towards children. and using a clip from that anime on a song that’s talking abt the sexualization of female minors, and the patriarchy and misogyny which has contributed to the grooming of young girls is just so fucking ironic and paradoxical

I need more song like this

0:57

i'm 21... this is a slap

thank u

She do be speaking true doe 😔🤚

I hate repetitive music, but this one is an exception.

lol i love this song. It gives me kinda ,,pov ur the oldest sister“ vibes lmaoo

I think this version is more in touch with the subject It feels dirty and seeded just like how modeling really is

This is like another version of Nowhere to run 😳😩

i fall in love