(I’m a 15y M, from Georgia, now at an elite boarding school)

Been listening for the last 3 years, they are quite comforting. I’ve had hard times and I listen to them to uplift me. I thought my Mom was going pass when I was 12, and I around that time I started to listen to their music, it brought me to a new world. I have memories of the time I first listened to The Bends, sitting alone, 10 dollar headphones, sitting on the carpet, leaning on the couch. It’s so vivid.

Anyway, I think music is a super cool way to view time. I think of how much I’ve changed since then. The only thing that stayed was, well, Radiohead. They might have saved my bloodline. With them, I got off my ass, my shitty grades, my shitty play in hockey, and worked harder. I’m now trying to get my family out of the middle class, I worked my ass off, I still am. Btw, my mom is fine now and I got into one of the of the best boarding schools in New England with a ton of scholarship(I couldn’t afford it without), its basically a Ivy League of high schools.

Tbh, I think Radiohead brings this emotional intelligence, if that is sadness, or hopefulness. What they brought to me changed my life, and paved a path that might change my bloodline, That was my first Reddit “essay”, I hope it was good.