"Just because I find myself in this story It doesn't mean that everything is written for me..." Thank you, Matilda. We all need these words. Even grownups. ^____^

The "when i grow up..." harmonies always give me chills Matilda is one of my favorite musicals!!

I listened to this basically every day when I was eleven. I didn't know English very well but now that I'm older I do, and it makes my heart fill up with joy, pride and admiration finally listening again and understanding this beautiful, beautiful song. The when I grow up tune makes me want to cry... how beautiful is the naivité of children

This brings back so many memories… We sang this song for my primary school graduation

I love this song because I am a grown up but yet...i think we all wonder what we'll be or where we'll go. That sense of bravery and adventure that Matilda has is something I think we should all try to maintain regardless of age

These kids are in their 20s now. Some of those who play the teenagers are maybe pushing 40. I really miss simpler times when the hardest part of life was just doing math homework. Wish I hadn't grown up so fast

Honestly I’m crying!It makes me remember that when I was a little kid all I wanted to do was grow up.But once your their it’s horrible and all you want is to be a little kid again

Listening to these songs over again as a 20-something just brought so many emotions out of me. The lyricism and age-defying story of Matilda are one of a kind

The first time I've listened to this, I am in grade 6... still a child :) Now I am grade11 and almost a grown up.. life is a bit tough when ur old..

This found me. I haven't watched this since I was maybe 8 or 9 and I was obsessed with this clip and sang it all the time 😭 I'm a teen now and this song just bring so much comfort and it was only today when it's meaning just sank into me. Thank you for reminding me that we write our own stories Matilda 💞

We did this musical as our school musical in primary. I was lucky enough to get the part of Matilda and the memories of that time are fond. At the time, I was going through a rough patch mentally. "Just because you find that life's not fair, it doesn't mean you just have to grin and bear it!" I remember singing this part with such emotion and many people were a little shocked by it. Many people showed the amount of faith they had in my theatre career, so I got into it. Later this year, I will be eighteen and this musical will have a huge place in my heart forever

this song actually made me sob.

We went to the Cambridge Theatre in London last night and watched this, i only really knew this song which was my favorite in the show, but it was a great production, the whole cast was good but the kids really stole the show.

swinging on their stomachs and singing?? the talent is unreal

This song is so lovely and makes me emotional. I was a teen when I watched this and now im in my 20s. Everything they sing is so on point and teaches you to finesse the challenges of the world and never mope about it

this song is my favortie because it makes me wonder what I'll be when i grow up

The way I’m gonna sob at bows bc not only is it this song, this will be my last show with my cast :(

0:32 HER EYE ROLL THO- ✋🏼😂

I am pretty sure one or two of the matildas are a part of a theatre company that is on youtube called Spirit Young Performer's Company but I could be wrong. Just cool to see them in this.

we did this show as my last musical in middle school. we just finished the final straightplay and this song reminds me of when i did my first musical with my school and even if it was just 1 or 2 years ago, i feel so much older and grown up. i’m gonna miss everyone in my cast and i’m sad that we won’t ever get to be in a show together, but life isn’t fair. 😔

Just because I found myself in this story doesn't mean that everything's written for me doesn't mean that I have to change my story. See I'm not as good as singing this song so when I grow up I'll be better thanks for a great example Matilda You're my new favorite movie Love you

Watching this after my company did the show two months ago and I got to play Mrs. Phelps. Legitimately one of my favorite experiences ever

When I was 8 I played Matilda in the west end I will never forget it

I’m a teaching assistant and our Y6’s had this song for their leavers assembly. Such a beautiful song!!

Listening to this as no longer a kid makes this song so emotional

The fact that most of those kids will be around 20 now...

This is like 7 years old and the comments are weirdly recent

i remember watching this when i was younger and i randomly got reminded of this song recently and now im 17 years old so idk its weird but nostalgic kinda

The first 50 seconds is my fave lol i laughed so much

I'm 21 and was first introduced to this song through the Netflix version, and I SOBBED. I missed a lot of my childhood due to having protective parents, and I didn't really get time to grow up either. This is very cathartic

I just found this video and realized that I kind of think I have seen it somewhere before… So I asked my mom about it, and she told me that when I was like 2 years old I always sang this song and would stand on the table ❤️

This was one of the first musicals I ever saw as a child and it’s really what started my love for musicals. This song will always be one of my favourites

I went to this in London with my family and one of our family friends was in it playing the boy who eats the cake , this was the best performance I had seen and it’s one of my favourite I have seen in London , I also love the song that goes my mummy said I’m a miracle my mummy said ima little bit naughty , my mummy said I’m a soldier so on so on

those kids have more talent in their voice boxes than i do in my entire life!

This Matilda is brilliant, her expressions are so good,....I also love the sheer joy of those on the wings...

I've only heard this song a handful of times but I played it to my class this morning and was caught totally unware by Miss Honey's part - was definitely trying not to cry in front of thirty 10-year-olds, knowing the story those few lines are just so sad! (I was successful, fortunately!)

Ahhh my eyes become teary the first seconds I rewatch this..

I first listened to the song when my 10 yrs-old daughter played Matilda Drama this year at her school. It showed me the way kids wish to be as a grown-up if the parents are too strict or too deciplined. They need space to grow the way they need to be not to grow they way we want them too be. The bravery and adventure that Matilda has is something that we should try to maintain.

This musical was my childhood. It made a difference to my life. I saw it live on stage and I knew that then, I would go out of my way to be in it one day. I would listen to the songs every day! I danced, sung and had so much fun, I would do anything to go back to then. Soon after watching it, I started acting lessons, which I have been attending since I was 5, I really am kind of upset with the new musical, since they removed so much so it doesn’t feel magical like it used to. I will hopefully one day be on stage preforming it, it’s my dream! Love Matilda!❤

i look so small! ten years next year. thank you for all the love

I love Matilda's part...more that that I loved how all the children got up when she started singing cus it reminded me that a bit of inspiration is all you need to get up in life♥️

I wanna cry, I watched this live with my primary school when I was 10/11 and I loved this song so much because I related to this song so much as I’d always find myself wishing time away - hoping for the day I’m finally a grown up. I’m 18 now, and I still feel like that child who first watched this 7 years ago, it feels so surreal that I’m the grown up that I wished to be at 11 years old, hope I’m making her proud as I continue to grow :)

i always hoped i would find a miss honey to save me from my family now i'm a grown up waiting for a matilda to teach me how to be brave enough to save myself lol. life as a grown up is hard but harder when you don't have a loving/supportive family.

This song still hits hard

Some people react to this song with “being a grownup sucks”. Maybe if your growing up didn’t. Some of us had to deal with bullying, child abuse, and so much more. That is what this song is for.

Man this song always makes me cry. I remember when I was around 7 I went to the Albert hall to watch this live. One of the best things I’ve ever watched and still my favourite musical. I used to listen to the playlist to go to sleep

27/11/2021: i remember going to watch this at the end of primary school in year 6, at age 10. i'm 15 now and in my final year of secondary school. life was so different and carefree then. we looked forward to growing up. but this is it. this is what it's like and i wish i could tell 10-year-old me to stop dreaming and just enjoy. enjoy playing movie star planet everyday after school. enjoy reading my silly jacqueline wilson books for hours on end. enjoy not having to study all the time. i think i'm grown up and i'm just so tired of it. just have to grin and bear it i guess!

I listened to this song when I was 6 and now I’m almost 14 and it just hits different since I couldn’t wait to be all grown up and now I wild love to be younger again, my old theatre teacher made us preform this when I was 8 and I still know the lyrics 😭❤️it reminds me so much of being little

Little girl on the far right in the intro is great 😂🤣😂🤣😂 I can’t stop watching it

im in matilda for the school musical at the moment and im loving it

Wow.. This song brings so many memories! They even added it to the musical remake of Matilda. But this version is no doubt the best version.

WOW! What is it about musicals that hits me in my soul. I love how music brings different things to do different people. I’m almost 50😮, and this is the first time i’ve ever heard this song, i find it sweet and a little sad. The kids sing of so many things they can’t wait to do until when they finally grow up, but as a so called adult, i know there’s sadly no time for many of those things. As an adult i wish i had more of that courage many youngsters loose once we get older. Can’t wait to catch the rest of this show. 👍🏼

I sing this song at my elementary school after school chorus and my mom picked me up and supported at 4th grade. Lovely memories.

THE HARMONIES IM GONNA CRY 😭😭 ITS SO CUTE

My daughter saw the musical and loved this whole soundtrack prior to that !!!!Now plays guitar… and plays this song ! Years later

I just found out that Matilda the Musical is now on the big screen on Netflix. I haven’t seen this musical yet. It looks fantastic. I don’t remember if Matilda ever performed here in Los Angeles. I’ll watch this show and movie.

seeing this live was one of the best things i’ve ever done and all thanks to a few leftover seats and a last minute ticket

I forgot about this for two years. Coming back next year.

I did this show last year for a school production so this song has an even more special place in my heart. It already had such an impact on me pre-me getting into theatre but omfg this song makes me wish I was a kid again and being so naive to how cruel this world can get

I love this song. It reminds me so much of my childhood dreaming about things. The burning passion to grow up and achieve things even the simplest one. This also reminds me that i have gone a but far now as a grown up person but still to far more to go

just gotta say, Minchin's writing in this is pretty similar to his weird complex writing for his own material. and this is being performed by kids who didn't write the music. that is to say that these kids performances' are really genuinely quite impressive. not only did they more or less nail these performances, but these lyrics and rhyme schemes and rhythms are complicated and difficult. even an adult might have some difficulty with these songs. And theyre performing these songs while dancing, doing swing tricks, and miming kung fu, which puts a lot of strain on the lungs. It's a genuinely really impressive performance, and something i wish we saw more of. being a kid doesn't mean you're not capable of something impressive, and this is proof.

Used to sing so much Matilda songs when I was little so nostalgic 😭😍

Fun fact: my brothers veryyy old friend was in this musical, damn the memories I remember my brother being really sad because she had to leave the school to do the musical.

0:18-0:20 that almost sounded identical

This is a pool of nostalgia

How do these kids have the courage to go on a really high swing on stage where if they made one small mistake they could plummet to their death?! These kids really are amazing (and the adults too, of course!)

I would have been 7-8 when this performance happened and I used to watch it all the time. Now I’m 17 and it still brings a smile to my face

I watch this about two years ago with my mum and it makes me so emotional this song is so amazing I cant imagine how hard the kids worked on this (in literal tears right now)

This just makes my eyes fill with tears. Brings so much memories💖

This performance is EMBEDDED in my brain omg ❤

i love this song is verry lovely

0:50 When it starts

I watched this like 4 years ago in my class with my favourite teacher of all time I’ve moved away and I sent that teacher a letter a few months ago and she hasn’t sent one back so I don’t think she still lives there

When they go on their belly on the swings I love that bit and I don't know why it's an awesome musical I've seen this in real life and it's awesome

why are these comments so recent

I remember listening to this when I was younger, I really wanted to act in Matilda lol.

This brings back so many memories because my teacher in year 3 would put this song on and listening to it again right now brings back so many memories

0:58 when he sings the branches I get chills ❤❤❤ what does he do now

i wished that as a kid, i understood this song the way i do now. little me really needed to hear "just because i find myself in this story, it doesn't mean that everything is written for me."

I used to watch this on loop when I was a lot younger. I recently tried to remember the lyrics so I could find this video again. Thankfully, I saw a tik tok of this exact video and now found it. I thank god everyday I saw that video

Now I grew up and I still love this song❤

i'm 14 and i look back at these kids who were my age 7 years ago and wonder where they are now.

The girl on the right stayed in character of annoyance in the beginning, She's going somewhere!

"nobody else is gonna put it right for me" while pushing herself on the swing i be crying yo

This has been my fav musical since I was 5

Beautiful performance 💕💕

this is so good when I grow up

we are singing this at our year 6 leavers play ... the nostalgia

i remember watching this video in school when i was younger. i agreed with these children. i wanted to grow up. i'm still only 14, but i already wish i was a kid again.

I'm a grown up and know this cos those kids on the swings at 2:40 are making me twitch in case they go head first and face plant hard on that stage 😂

I remember We sang this during 4th grade for a contest (I forgot the name of the contest) we were only third place but we were happy because we enjoyed ourselves while practicing, Time flies so fast. TT

Had to come back tooo nostalgic🥺

I've watched this 3 times to practice for quire

5:41 is such a good vibe I just like the key

The fact that someone made a musical about a movie and it's here now!

I remember watching the play musical in a feildtrip lol

I used to watch this like every day when I was 8, this brings back so much nostalgia 😭

I just got the roll Matilda and this helped me a lot

rediscovered this video today, i remember watching this for the first time when i was 9 in primary school

I’ve watched this video everyday for a few months now and I swear it gets better every time