Corgan aimed the album's message at people aged 14 to 24 years, hoping "to sum up all the things I felt as a youth but was never able to voice articulately."
Corgan riktade albumets budskap till människor i åldrarna 14 till 24, i hopp om att "sammanfatta alla de känslorna jag hade i min ungdom men aldrig kunde uttrycka ordentligt".