OK, so you read the headline and you probably think this article is going to be another one of those cheesy "Music Saved My Life" articles. I'm going to try and not make that the case, but it must be said that I really love Panic! At The Disco.

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Much like other people my age, I have loved this band since my middle school emo phase years in 2007-2008. You would think that after I grew out of my emo phase (let's be real, I didn't), I'd have stopped listening to them. Well, I kind of did...but only for a while.

On January 5, 2016, the band released their groundbreaking fifth studio album, "Death Of A Bachelor." After listening to samples of this album on Amazon before its release, I had low expectations, because I wasn't really impressed with "Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die."

One day, I had to clean my room and needed some music to play. I turned on Spotify and navigated to "Death Of A Bachelor." From the very first song, "Victorious," I was just hooked. Within what seemed like 5 minutes, the album was over by "Impossible Year." I was left speechless because of how much better it was than I expected!

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So, it is safe to say that from this point forward, I decided to make this album an integral part of my college soundtrack. I listened to it while walking through campus. I listened to it while studying. I even listened to it in the bathtub after a long week of dealing with people. I grew to love each song more and more every time I played them all.

As a result of me liking this album so much, I decided to take a step back in time to revisit some of their discography. I played their second album, "Pretty. Odd.", from beginning to end and had to ask myself what I was missing this whole time, not even with this album but the band in general. I always knew I liked them, but not as much as I do now!

In the fall of 2017, I bought "Death Of A Bachelor" on vinyl at Urban Outfitters (ugh, I know). Though I didn't have my record player yet, this album would finally be the start of my long-desired vinyl collection. And in case you were wondering, I still default to this album to this day when I need something to play!

So, in a weird way, this band has inspired me so much that lately, I find myself taking on challenges, trying new things (something I was doing already), and truly living my best life unapologetically and with no regrets. Brendon's voice is larger than life and the lyrics always pack a punch. Virtually everything they do continually inspires me to be a better person every day. In fact, I can see myself using "Death Of A Bachelor"'s title track at my wedding.

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