"18 (Whatever That Means)" serves as a simultaneous eulogy for childhood and invocation to growth. It describes the pivotal juncture between naiveté and the subsequent chapters of life, with all the trials, tribulations, comforts, companionships, and epiphanies the era tends to entail-summed up as best as possible in 18 brief poems because, let's be real, what 18-year-old has a longer attention span than that?