Growing Pains

“Growing Pains” is the first supporting-single from Alessia Cara’s sophomore album, The Pains of Growing.

The title of the song comes from her brother, Dario, who was in his teen years at the time. He was telling her about some pain he was experiencing, saying it was “growing pains.” She remembered those two words, and thought they were perfect for the song.

The song began to be teased by Alessia on June 1st when she began posting pictures with no captions on her Instagram and Twitter. In one of these, she revealed that the song would be released on June 15th when she posted a picture of a band-aid with the date “June 15.”

On June 10th, Alessia sent lines of the song to 25 different individuals, challenging her fans to put their “thinking caps on,” and piece it together. After hours of confirming bits to be correct, she eventually revealed the title, artwork, and lyrics to the song when it was successfully put together.