Welcome to Black People Love Paramour while it's still called that because who knows how much longer it's still going to be called that unclear.

Black People Love Paramore is a pop culture podcast not about the band Paramore but about the common and uncommon interests of black people in order to help us feel a little bit more seen.

I am your host, Sequoia.

And today we have our beautiful, wonderful, well-lit,

almost chocolate, close to chocolate now that it's summertime.

Co-host, Jewel, but before we get to the episode, y'all already know the general housekeeping. Give us a rating. Give us a review. You can talk to us on, really, anywhere. You can talk to me on Instagram. You talk to me on TikTok. You can talk to us on YouTube. All the comments sections are open for love primarily, but also, you know, if you want to talk a little shit that's fine

too i'm gonna talk my shit at the end of the day i might have to after that introduction you just gave

the way that you treated me a guest you just said that you're not light skin so now i'm saying that

you're not light skin and you're mad at me for saying that you're not anyways if you are going to

listen on a podcasting app though,

that is the Spotify's, the Apple podcast. Rate us please and give us five stars because we're

five star bitches. And if you want to be a self-proclaimed five-star bitch at that or a self-proclaimed

mocha grande as we are, hit the show show notes there's a link for you to buy

some merch with all of that aforementioned stuff on it boom today's episode is a fun one i'm actually

pretty excited about one this one is songs turning 18 this year so there's been so many songs

that turn 18 this year and i came up been so many songs that turned 18 this year. And I came up with

this episode from a TikTok. There was like a compilation video that came about my TikTok, FYP,

of pop punk songs that turned 18 in the year 2025. And I guess because I'm like, damn, not my

favorite childhood songs are graduating from

high school this year. Like they're legal adults this year. That's terrifying. So yes. And who better

do it with than our resident actual emo, Jewel, because I was a baby emo and Jewel was a full-blown.

I had a lot of feelings in my chest.

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