Bowling For Soup were one of the pop punk bands who were big in the early part of the 21st century. They made their Top 40 debut in 2002 with "Girl All the Bad Guys Want". There was something quite American high school about their music despite the fact they were in their 30s by that point.
It would be another 2 years until their follow up Top 40 hit "1985" and then another 3 years until this, their 3rd and final Top 40 hit to date.
The fact that high school is in the title means they've stuck to the same formula. The message though is that you still have the same sort of bullshit to put up with in adult life as you did at high school. It gave those who were at high school when they first broke through to move through the times with them.
However the record also contains the lyric "And you still listen to the same shit you did back then" which you can translate as nobody is interested in your new material, they just want to hear what they listened to in high school.
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