"At Seventeen" was part of Ian's seventh studio album, Between the Lines, with her having been inspired to write the ballad after reading a New York Times article. She was only 23 when she read an ...
Janis Ian’s song “At Seventeen” spoke to audiences of all kinds and had a universal relevance. Janis Ian wrote “At Seventeen” about the “pain of adolescence” and not fitting in, but the themes of the ...