Jeangu Macrooy - "Grow"

looic28 June 2024Last Updated: 8 October 2025

Jeangu Macrooy

Nationality: Pays-Bas
Born: 1993-11-06 (32 years old)
Birth Place: Paramaribo
Music Genre: No data

Jeangu Macrooy (Dutch pronunciation: [ʑɑ̃ːˈɡy maːˈkroːi]; born 6 November 1993) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer-songwriter and actor. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands since 2014. Macrooy's music is described as modern soul. His audience is mainly based in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium, France and Germany. He was due to represent host nation the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song "Grow", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, he represented the country in the 2021 contest with "Birth of a New Age".

Jeangu Macrooy - Music Video & Performance

Grow - Lyrics

When I'm sad
I am unreasonable
Just like a little kid
Mad at the world

When I'm alone
I am defenceless
Just like the boy I was
Afraid in the dark

Don't take it personally
Don't be offended
Don't mind my mood
Changing like the weather
God knows I try to hold it all together
Oh, I'm getting older
And it ain't what I thought it would be

Wide awake
The planet spins around
A little too fast for me
Most of the time

Lost control
My thoughts are flickering
Just like satellites
Lost in the sky

Don't take it personally
Don't be offended
Don't mind my mood
Changing like the weather
God knows I try to hold it all together
I'm getting older
And it ain't what I thought it would be

One day I'll find
Some peace of mind
And then I'll stop being afraid
I won't make it through the night

The more I learn
The less I know
Through every high and every low
Oh, oh, the more I learn (Grow)
The less I know (Grow)
Through every high and every low (Grow)
I'll grow, oh-oh
The more I learn (Grow)
The less I know (Grow)
Through every high and every low (Grow)
I'll grow, oh-oh