Through the Eyes of a Child (Aurora song)

Aurora released the single "Starvation" from her fifth studio album What Happened to the Heart?.^[1] She subsequently embarked on her sixth concert tour, What Happened to the Earth?, which spanned from 2024 to 2025.^[2] During the tour, her song "Through the Eyes of a Child" was featured in the Netflix series Adolescence, leading to its release as the seventh single from her debut studio album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend.^[3]

Aurora wrote "Through the Eyes of a Child" when she was 13 years old, the same age as the protagonist of Adolescence, giving the song a sense of youthful sincerity.^[4] In a social media post, the show's director, Philip Barantini, stated: "It was the one thing I would listen to when we were making the show. I knew very early on that I needed to use it at the end. It’s so haunting and powerful." Reflecting on the song’s renewed resonance, Aurora commented, "It’s a strange and wonderful thing to see people connecting with this song... I hope the song gives people something good. It was always written in the hope that it would find people and treat them kindly."^[3][5] She also expressed her gratitude, describing it as an honour to have her younger self's vocals featured in such a meaningful way. She praised the show as a deep, artistic work that invites reflection, contrasting it with the more surface-level content common today.^[6]

After its feature in the Netflix series Adolescence, Aurora performed the song at the 2025 Spellemannprisen.^[7][8][9]

"Through the Eyes of a Child", the seventh track on the album, has been described as an "icily atmospheric" ballad that "showcases [a] lovely piano and voice".^[10][11]