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30 Something by Nao

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Nao

30 Something

Release date: 21st February 2025

From Jupiter
Track 7
3:31
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

'30 Something' by Nao is a 2025 R&B/Soul track from the album 'Jupiter'. The lyrics look at adulthood creeping up, with the narrator trying to stay “on best behaviour” while letting go of worries and insisting that everything feels different now. It has a reflective, self-revising tone, moving between the shorthand of youth and the promise of a better pattern of thoughts, days, and emotional habits.

"30 Something" is a track by Nao, from the album Jupiter, released 21st February 2025. The track is 3:31 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Nao.

About the Artist

Nao

Nao

Lyrics

30 Something

I don't give a- today
Always on best behavior
Listening to Brandy like I wanna wake up
Left behind my 20 something
But I know that a good thing's coming if I left my worries slip away
Not the same old thoughts on different days
But I'm different this time

'Cause I've been holding on to shit that don't belong to
Who am I as a 30 something
And the story I'm in always brings me right back to
Places that I've gone to, even though I don't want to
All I really know is I'm 30 something
And I've had my first kid and I'm starting to see it's
All, all, all, all good
All, all, all, all good
So, so, so, so, so, so good

Dreaming I was 23, mattress on the ground
Looking up at the ceiling as the sun is setting down
And I thought then what I know now was the best time but it's gone now
And I wake up and I come to and I realize what I'm next to
Dishes in the kitchen, yeah, my sleep ain't getting better
And I love my baby daughter, sometimes motherhood is whatever
And I swear I wouldn't change this for the soft life or the lie-ins
For Sundays watching cartoons

'Cause I've been holding on to shit that don't belong to
Who I am as a 30 something
And the story I'm in always brings me right back to
Places that I've gone to, even though I don't want to
All I really know is I'm 30 something
And I've had my first kid and I'm starting to see it's
All good
So, so, so, so, so, so good
Everything will be all good
Yeah

I live my life anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes
I live my life anyway it goes, anyway it goes, anyway it goes
I live my life anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes
I live my life anyway it goes, anyway it goes

I live my life anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes
I live my life anyway it goes, anyway it goes, anyway it goes
I live my life anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes, anywhere it goes
I live my life anyway it goes, anyway it goes

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Track details

From Jupiter

3:312025
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Album
Jupiter
Jupiter
Nao
21st February 2025
Track number
7
Release year
2025
  1. 1Wildflowers
    3:25
  2. 2Elevate
    3:06
  3. 3Happy People
    3:20
  4. 4Light Years
    3:47

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  • 5We All Win
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Carol Ades, Nao, STINT
    Producer
    STINT
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    Nao has released her fourth album 'Jupiter'
    News

    Nao has released her fourth album 'Jupiter'

    The album serves as a conceptual follow-up to her previous record 'Saturn', exploring themes of optimism and personal growth.

    21 Feb 2025 • 3:16 pm
    Nao has shared 'Light Years' ahead of her new album 'Jupiter'
    News

    Nao has shared 'Light Years' ahead of her new album 'Jupiter'

    British singer Nao releases new single 'Light Years' and announces extensive international tour supporting her upcoming fourth album 'Jupiter'.

    7 Feb 2025 • 1:46 pm
    Nao has released new single 'All of Me' ahead of her fourth album 'Jupiter'
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    Nao has released new single 'All of Me' ahead of her fourth album 'Jupiter'

    British singer Nao drops new love-themed single 'All of Me', co-written with PRGRSHN, Dyo, and Absolutely, before February's 'Jupiter' album.

    20 Dec 2024 • 10:03 am