#GROWING UP HOW TO#

“It means that however hard life can be, because life is hard sometimes, when you face life as a grown-up person it can be quite difficult. When asked about the meaning of the song for her, VICTORIA explained that “Growing Up Is Getting Old” is a song which describes an emotional journey from childhood to becoming an adult and realizing that getting older is inevitable.

#GROWING UP HOW TO#

She says that after the cancellation of the 2020 contest, including the rule that new songs must be submitted, she struggled a lot in the beginning with finding new music that would compare to “Tears Getting Sober.” Eventually, she returned to “Growing Up Is Getting Old” and realized how to tweak and improve it into the song we all know and love now! Personal connections VICTORIA explains that “Growing Up Is Getting Old” was even created before “Tears Getting Sober”, her Eurovision entry from 2020. It was a very, very magical moment, because we made it in like 5 hours.” VICTORIA describing the creation of “Growing Up Is Getting Old” And my other songwriter heard the start of “Growing Up Is Getting Old” and she was like, ‘Oh my god this is actually so good!’ We were sitting with the team, seeing what we can do, and I wrote some other notes and that was half of the song at the time. We had a session with the team and I was like ‘I wrote a note yesterday, can I show it to you?’. “I was feeling down at the moment, and I wanted to write a song that gives me hope. The magical creation of “Growing Up Is Getting Old”ĭespite being VICTORIA’s 2021 entry, “Growing Up Is Getting Old” was actually written in 2019 at a songwriting camp in Bulgaria.

Growing up