The other half is trying to figure out how to grow up myself. When I got back to the cabin the next day, Ryan (Lewis) had made a new beat that would eventually become the song that you're listening to. I was going back to the city once a week to attend birthing class with Tricia. I was finally having fun in the studio for the first time in years. "5 months later we were recording in a remote cabin away from the density that is Seattle. Either way, the addition of Ed Sheeran to the mix makes things interesting, and while this isn't as catchy as 'Thrift Shop,' it's certainly worth a listen.
The press release for this track makes clear that 'Growing Up' is not an official lead single, though the usage of the word 'lead' leads me to believe it'll likely be included on a release at some point. When Tricia walked out of the bathroom, I knew. We haven't heard from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis since way back in 2012, so this is pretty big news. But in actuality the hypothetical 'dad' version of me looked completely different than the man whose heart was beating out of his chest on the carpet, praying to a god or spirit I hadn't talked to in months.
I basically assumed that I'd have it all together. I held on to clear expectations of where I wanted to be in my career, my age, my level of self-care, and my maturity. "I've always had some make-believe image in my head of who I would be as a father. Scared of the process of staring at myself through a page and seeing something that I wasn't proud of. But I think back to that night: praying on the floor at 2 am as Tricia went to the bathroom to take a pregnancy test I'd just purchased from Walgreens. It would make for a far more polished and respectable story. Macklemore the story behind the song in a letter to his fans on his website: "I wish that I could say that I was in a 'better place" when I found out the news.