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4 Songs From 2005 That Defined Being a Teenager Before Social Media Took Over

In 2005, these songs defined what life was like for a teenager right before social media took over everything.

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In 2005, our version of the internet was forums and chat rooms, funny websites, and YouTube without any ads. Can you believe it? No YouTube ads, I’m serious. We didn’t attach our everyday lives to social media just yet. Myspace was on the verge of taking over our lives, but we weren’t quite there. Our cellphones couldn’t access the internet, and we closely watched how many “minutes” we used. It was a beautiful time in hindsight.

And it’s a world in which we no longer live. These songs from 2005 defined what it was like to be a teenager before social media took over everything.

“unwritten” by natasha bedingfield

For many teenage girls, this song became their anthem. Though technically released in 2004, the song hit........

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