Tim Minchin Sings "When I Grow Up"

THE STORY
"ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, A SHOW COMES OUT BLAZING AND RESTORES YOUR FAITH IN BROADWAY. MATILDA IS THAT SHOW."
New York Post
MATILDA THE MUSICAL is more than a show, it's a phenomenon. Based on the beloved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl, MATILDA is the story of an extraordinary girl who dreams of a better life. Armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, Matilda dares to take a stand and change her destiny.
This celebrated smash hit is presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company, one of the most acclaimed theater companies in the world, and the Dodgers, Tony Award®-winning producers of hits like Jersey Boys. Tony Award-winning director MATTHEW WARCHUS (God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests) helms this exhilarating and ingenious new musical The New York Times says is, "even more glorious than we were promised."
For tickets: us.matildathemu...

[@cultivatinggrace]

@timminchin, I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I was a small girl being very abused when the first movie came out. I had also already read the book by then, mid-90s. I’m now nearly 40, and I have to say the book and original movie meant so much to me, as a neurodivergent girl in an extremely toxic environment. It meant so much to me back then, and I returned to both the book and movie over and over during my childhood. Watching the musical on Netflix now, I’m stuck by how much I’ve grown up. I’m also struck by how much your work on the musical means so much to me now. Thank you.

[@derlan9]

It hits different when you already see yourself grown up and..ye.. "Nobody but me is gonna change my story"

I was crying so much during this song and during the closing of the show that the girl sitting beside me asked me if I was the mom of the girl who was playing Matilda. The nostalgia of it all clearly didn't strike her like it was supposed to. Anyway, it's one of the best musicals I've ever seen. Absolutely amazing.

[@digdoug9678]

Our local children's musical theater is putting this show on this summer. This song is not written for the kids, it's for you and me - the adults who haven't forgotten what it's like to be an innocent kid. My oldest son is too old to be in the musicals anymore - he's off to college "growing up." My oldest daughter and younger son are both in the musical. She is the Acrobat and he is Nigel. My youngest daughter didn't make the audition cut, but she knows all the words to all the songs anyway. And this summer she found a boyfriend and is growing up fast before my eyes. So, yeah, this song hits pretty close to home and me and my wife get teary-eyed every time we hear it (and since we are both working back stage, its been like 50 times now!). I remember thinking to myself about my oldest son, "He's going to be in the 5th grade! Where has the time gone?" Seems like yesterday. We just have to keep remembering "These are the good old days." Thanks for letting me ramble.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

I'm 62, it made me cry as well! {:o:O:}

[@seansines]

She will get it when she’s older 😊

[@screamingpiano]

"And when I grow up, when I grow up I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath the bed each night to be a grown-up!" This line always tears me up! It's so true, you discover the courage you never had as a kid and you're finally facing all your fears.

[@KyKanda]

He's wearing shoes! omg!

[@janvier9690]

Tim Minchin... Grew up...

[@ellej.winsett3701]

I think the best thing about this show is that I can imagine Tim singing all of the songs... especially this one. also brb sobbing.

[@oztish]

Look up Tim Minchin Friday Night Crack Up on KZbin and enjoy HIS rendition of “My House” from Matilda. There’s about 1 min 45 sec of talking before the song gets going. It’s sublime and so much better than the musical version in the female voice.

[@annadressler2920]

and I will spend all day just lying in the sun, and I won't burn 'cause I'll be all grown-up! This is just so wonderful.

[@bttrl8thnspncr]

"When I grow up, I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath the bed each night to be a grown up" **ugly cries**

[@larrystylinson1506]

I saw Matilda in London and it was amazing.. Also I can't tell if this is supposed to be happy or sad - it sometimes gives me a happy feeling but often I feel extremely nostalgic and sad and want to cry

[@ryanbarham8464]

Larry Stylinson It's both. An optimistic look to the future, as well as a sad look to the past.

[@aureliaohya1641]

Ryan Barham agreed

[@aureliaohya1641]

it is

[@smileyfacepancakes]

Larry Stylinson That’s how good the song is!!!

[@obiependragon9660]

Its both! Life is both. I'm 25 responding to this 8 yr old comment, I feel like a baby yet like an old woman at the same time. You gotta stop and smell the flowers and see what your life is up to. This random guy once said, "if you don't stop and look around once and a while, you could miss it." He missed some school but i trust him

[@mizuhonova]

I was tearing up when I heard this song for the first time at the theater. It made me feel like a kid again.

[@EpicEdwardPalmos]

What's makes Tim a pure is genius is simple he can write songs in different genre and also his Matilda songs are all amazing and inspiring.

[@phonicallychallenged2906]

I've seen the West End run of this show countless times and the moment when the swings soar above the audience will always send shivers down my spine, along with the big reveal in My House.

[@gillianongoogle3844]

Saw the show in London about a year ago -- have had this song in my head ever since. I love the way the choreography goes with the song so well, so the older children take up the swgs from the younger ones and fly up and out with the chorus. Love Tim singing this too -- very different feelng, very lighthearted and goofy. I like it!

[@MrBroadway24]

This man is brilliant.

[@nuttynatty320]

Tragically brilliant and beautiful.

[@thuaners]

I love it!!! Tim minchin is so great! Im so glad he asserted this song was no discardable, its my favourite!!

[@cailyngraziano4566]

Yesss

[@topseyturvey8111]

Amazing song and voice, he reminded me of Gilbert O'Sullivan.

[@rayezx]

Bloody genius.

[@Amzy-xq8iw]

oh my god I live this song with all my heart and it gets me so emotional. I got to see it in London in the box sears and it was one of my best memories and musicals iv ever seen. I want to see it again so much!

[@thevidiots3980]

I love this song so much.

[@IAlreadyHaveAKey]

This is one of the most beautiful songs in the world. It actually makes me so happy. :')

[@LostInTheClouds]

To quote Tom Lehrer "I went from adolescence to senility trying to bypass maturity"

[@riparianlife97701]

I got 3rd row center seats to see Tim next month! I'm so excited!

[@axelxim]

What a Genius

[@Magitroopa]

Tim is a pretty amazing singer.

[@ntjhnssntn95]

It is impossible to not like this guy. #NoHomo

[@MsBayley]

Was the hashtag honestly necessary like really

[@ntjhnssntn95]

Yes it was, mate!

[@MyPineappleDream]

I love this guy #NoHetro

[@rauc6788]

MyPineappleDream Bad ass

[@MyPineappleDream]

Davis Moniz Well you seem like a lovely little fella don't you.

[@juliearnold5412]

I wish I had been able to see it live ! Timmy and actors and every thing is uplifting and amAZING

[@DarkDeadric]

I was quite surprised when he played this at Hyde Park, had never heard it before. Beautiful song :)

[@dingcb]

beautiful, predictable chord drops. we love you for it.

[@matthewrandell5055]

Chris Bell eh?

[@juliearnold5412]

would have loved to have seen it live alas I just enjoy it here thanks JAY

[@mariakon9550]

This song has such a wonderful melody.

[@vieczurable]

Beautiful.

[@TheDodgyMushroom]

I'm not sure if this was written to be a happy song or not, but the smile on his face tells me it was... and yet I'm here kinda crying my eyes out... :/

[@urjagautum4493]

its so sad how you think this when your younger but as you grow up your perspective changes.

[@miafine2584]

I really would love to see this musical someday! But of course I would love to be in it!!

[@forkistasales]

The illustrated book of this is amazing for preschool children. It set up some incredible conversations :)

[@DaddyZeke4587]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a genius could write such brilliant lyrics.

[@rhiannongibbs8348]

Amazing song xx

[@lindaclark7868]

Magical

[@lydiahenry7167]

Pure genius.

[@obiependragon9660]

Synesthesia makes such good composers🥰

[@lorrainebeveridge181]

love it! hard to play on guitar as chords are tricky but am hanging in there😊

[@juliearnold5412]

I NEED TO FIND OUT WHEN IT COMES VANCOUVER ISLAND B.C CANADA. WISH I COULD HAVE WATCXHED THE CONCERTS IN U.K. THOSE KIDS WERE AMAZING

[@Amzy-xq8iw]

yes please! I hope it does soon!

[@jameshilton1603]

This was played at my best friends memorial service Young People's Theatre did it 💚😓

[@fernandouribe9393]

I like it.. thumbs up !

[@juliearnold5412]

ALSO TAKES ME TO MY CHILD HOOD ...SO HOMESICK... HOPE I CAN COME HOME SOME DAY

[@lindaclark7868]

Fantastic and Magical! :)

[@anguscos4506]

i love this

[@tinkarobert]

Amazing

[@planeacionestrategica3817]

Genius

[@nedsanders6726]

Indeed he did.

[@HiteshPatel-ok1rl]

I haVe this song for my 5th grade graduation

[@GiantPetRat]

What is it about this song that puts a lump in my throat? There's nothing dark or sad in the lyrics at all. Maybe it's the nostalgia?

[@brynpookc1127]

There's an interview where Tim says, more eloquently than I can, it addresses kids thinking how wonderful being grown up will be, and grownups are wistfully remembering all the hopes they had, maybe wondering if it's still possible to recover that sense.

[@iPyroNigma]

"And I will wake up When the sun comes up and I will spend all day just lying in the sun And I won't burn because I'll be all grown up" It definitely hits hard to adults; the line above I thought especially beautiful, since when you are a child you think adults are the best and being one solves all your problems: to the point of thinking that nothing will faze you (not even the sun). Yet, as an adult you have a better comprehension of the problems, the sun does burn you, even if you only stepped outside for a couple of minutes. Sometimes we haven't really grown up.

[@otterhero6229]

I think this song is the saddest in the whole musical. While songs like I'm Here and My House are more conventionally sad in subject matter, this song perfectly captures the youthful exuberance that makes Matilda so meaningful. And the fact that it is performed by kids, to adults, is heartbreaking. They really seem hopeful that their lives will become easier as adults, while we know that isn't true. When I saw this song in the West End, i was still only a kid so I didn't doubt their statements,. Now that I'm older, and looking back on it, I can see the unrecognised hopelessness which makes it so sad.

[@Chantelle-dj3fm]

One of my favourite musicals. Amazing! 🥰

[@shoogamoogaman]

When I listen to Matilda sing... All I hear is Tim Minchin...

[@chrisgraham3336]

that glissando :O

[@castro762]

This man is so cool! Does exist any serious song sung by him?

[@XjvsrX]

João Paulo Castro The Fence é a música mais "séria" que eu achei até agora, confere aí.

[@castro762]

Verdade, música muito legal e com uma letra bem interessante. O cara canta bem, podia cantar músicas melhores, do nível de the Fence!!

[@XjvsrX]

Pois é, mas eu curto as músicas bobas também kk

[@vaidehigarg465]

João Paulo Castro Listen to White Wine in the Sun by him

[@castro762]

I've already heard many of Tim's songs and i understood that it's good just because it's not serious

[@rileymoore674]

My school is planning to sing this

[@bobadumpling6824]

Does anyone know what key Tim is singing in? I'm pretty sure it isn't the same one as in the show...

That would be B flat if I'm not mistaken :)

[@allisonroth4616]

In the show it's in F (Tim's favorite key to play in, not sing in). Here he's performing it in G.

[@aggeman2]

Allison Roth Though he favours F sharp for singing ;)

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@aggeman2 F Shaaaaaarp!

[@chaosx___9707]

I don't wanna grow up..... :'(

[@hotpeterandre]

Course you do. No matter your age your still you. Besides as a grown up you can tell children off instead of you being told off.

[@tashaology8376]

Mollyand Hermione I wanna be a grown up child. And just because its your opinion does not mean you have the right to tell people there dreams wont come true

[@TheSupere88]

does anyone know the chords for the chorus ???

[@TomsterMusic]

I'm still buying Hot Wheels and Lego blocks! 🎵😀🎶

[@Smilesallnightlong]

1:14

[@ImCalebRosengard]

He wrote the entire musical?

[@PastyMancer]

Just the music (Lyrics & Song, not choreography and stuff).

[@graavy]

He wrote the music, not the script

[@qwertyTRiG]

Music and lyrics, but not the talking bits.

[@MrM450N]

He's wearing shoes...

[@waldenhouse]

Nice. A bit of Gilbert O'Sullivan; (40 years too late!)

[@jietroraximoff2805]

When i clicked on the video, I thought the guy singing would be cringy, particularly because he's singing a song that was written to be sung by pre-teens. Better than I thought though.

[@danfulcher6118]

"the guy singing" :O That's Tim fucking Minchin, my dude!

[@jietroraximoff2805]

@@danfulcher6118 sorry man but I don't know who that is.

[@dingcb]

synaesthetic? that's a medical condition!

[@neestovekin8251]

"Condition"? You make it sound dangerous. It's wonderful for creativity.

[@coffeegoodforyou5836]

so the story is basically growing up and being unhealthy and fighting imaginary monsters