adolescence

"To take this otter that was cute and cuddly, but in desperate need of help, and to feed her and nurture her through adolescence and help her develop into a fully-grown adult, then off she went and hung out with her own family - observing that circle of life happening but also being a part of it was incredibly rewarding," he says.

For me, and for countless others who grew up as Directioners, it feels like the end of something which was an integral part of our adolescence.

For her, the pretty, low-key tunes on “Amy Allen” are both a fond throwback to her adolescence, when she’d “just sit on my bed and write a poem and put it to music,” and a means of preserving the present for the future.

The hard experiences that you lived in your adolescence and when you were a young adult, that’s what made you what you are.

Partly this was due to the body dysmorphia I suffered from, beginning in adolescence, when I developed early.