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“Growing Up Is” by Ruel
From the album 4TH WALL (2023)
“Growing Up Is” by Ruel appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2022. It was first released in 2023 on the album 4TH WALL. Its best result is #47 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #299 alternative song of 2022.
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"Growing Up Is", properly titled with a blank line hanging off the end, fronted Ruel's debut album 4th Wall (2023). The Australian singer-songwriter wrote it with Julian Bunetta, M-Phazes and Aidan Rodriguez, and that empty space is the whole idea: he left the title unfinished because nobody's experience of growing up fits into one word. It was billed as a song about the untidy, thrilling rites of passage everybody stumbles through on the way.
It reached No. 68 on the ARIA singles chart, earned Ruel a Best Solo Artist nomination at the 2022 ARIA Music Awards and landed two nominations at the 2023 APRA Music Awards, for Most Performed Australian Work of the Year and Most Performed Pop Work of the Year. A live video directed by Grey Ghost, shot at Filmworx in Melbourne, went out with it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022 | 100 |
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