Growing Up - Commentary

[00:01.02] What did I tell ya? So good
[00:02.92] That is "Want It Again" from Thomas Rhett
[00:04.87] Off his "Country Again (Side A)" album, which we're listening to now
[00:08.37] And talking to Thomas about writing all these songs
[00:10.76] The next one is "Growing Up"
[00:12.61] And I feel like you've had a couple of songs sort of in this same vein
[00:16.97] On previous albums, but I love 'em
[00:19.32] Tell us about "Growing Up"
[00:20.99] "Growing Up" was actually written on the same trip as "Want It Again"
[00:24.23] I think we actually wrote those songs back to back, which was crazy
[00:26.62] But my buddy, Matt Dragstrem, had this kinda old school country track looping
[00:30.47] And we just started throwing out titles
[00:32.09] I mean, that's-that's what we do in these sessions
[00:33.70] Is people just sit on their phones and be like
[00:35.02] "I got this title called whatever and I got this other title"
[00:37.92] And I'd had this title called "Growing Up" in my phone for about a year
[00:41.22] 'Cause I feel like I did a lot of growing up in 2019
[00:43.91] And especially in 2020, I feel like I grew up a ton
[00:46.40] And so kinda one of those, nostalgic looking back of going, I used to be this way
[00:51.16] And then it's like every couple years
[00:53.06] There were certain things in my life that would change
[00:54.94] So like the hook on the first chorus is like
[00:57.41] "Just a little less Jack in my cup, man, I guess I'm growing up"
[01:00.38] Second one is "Just a little less jack up my truck, man, I guess I'm growing up"
[01:04.12] And it seems like every couple years I look back at my life, and I'm like
[01:07.62] "Man, I used to kinda do this and think this was me being a mature adult"
[01:11.44] And then you look back at yourself two years ago and where you're at today
[01:14.34] And you're kinda like, "Dang, I've done a lot of growing"
[01:16.52] And uh, this is one of my favorite tracks on the record
[01:18.66] I love the way that we produced it
[01:20.29] And I just love the way that it all came together so fluid
[01:22.64] It kinda reminds of "Sixteen" a little bit
[01:24.86] Which is one of my favorite tracks on my two records ago
[01:27.45] But yeah, I love that song
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