“Guys My Age” serves as the lead single from Hey Violet’s debut album (under the name Hey Violet) From The Outside. It marks the beginning of their extreme electro-pop experimentation, with following singles and the album going in the same direction.

Lyrically the song is about a bad history with romantic affiliations with ‘guys her age.’ She sings about how she needs someone more mature to really love her well. They don’t know how to treat her, touch her, need her, and keep her.

The song marks Hey Violet’s first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #68

Rena revealed that the orignal demo of the song was “a little different” than the finished version:

The original lyrics were a lot dirtier. At the time, I was like, “This is awesome, this is great.” Then when I thought about it, I was like, “You know what, I’m not that open about my sex life.” I’m just not and I’m comfortable not being open about it because I have my own private thing. If it sells the song, then I’m okay with it, but it didn’t sell the song. It wasn’t really necessary.