Conan Gray Breaks Down “Crush Culture” On Genius’ Series ‘Verified’

19-year-old Conan Gray rose to fame on YouTube covering songs by Lorde, Frank Ocean, and Adele before making the jump into original music with his 2017 viral hit, “Idle Town.” The singer-songwriter recently released his EP, Sunset Season, which includes the track “Crush Culture,” where he blasts the stress and messiness of teen dating life. Produced by Gray and his frequent collaborator Daniel Nigro, the song has picked up over 2.3 million Spotify streams since its release in late October.

“The definition of crush culture is all of the flurry that happens around love,” Conan Gray tells Genius. “People who are in love texting each other. All these people flirting with you and all these people talking to you, but then all these people ignoring you and not wanting to talk to you. It’s just like the whole mess of it.”

Conan Gray recently sat down with Genius for the latest episode of Verified and broke down his track. Watch him go line-for-line with “Crush Culture” in the video above, and check out past episodes, too.