Loreen about the song: "This song has been powerful to create and I am so grateful for the time with my creators Petter Tarland and Niklas Carson, when we sat and discussed story, philosophized about life, talked about the challenges as well as all the positive developments we humans have experienced recently. I feel proud of how we managed to combine deep insights with rhythms from the roots. Freshwater tears are a metaphor for the beauty that can come from adversity. With pain comes opportunity for improvement, as long as we dare to feel it."