Arriving a year after his 2022 album, Slingshot, Canadian songwriter and producer Jeremy Haywood-Smith returns to close the loop with a new EP, Grow On. Grow On is a continuation of the sonic playground Haywood-Smith cultivated between 2018 and 2020 and seeks to “leave nothing behind artistically” from the last record, while shedding some light on the creative path ahead. The EP’s title, which is also a lyric in the Slingshot single, “Thank You”, was inspired by Haywood-Smith’s late mother and her advice to him to “grow up and grow on”. This advice stuck with him over the years, especially between 2018 and 2020, a time that brought many life changes, including his mother’s untimely passing. Although Slingshot - a nod to looking back in order to move forward - was ultimately chosen as the album’s name, the phrase never left his mind.