The song was written by Maegan Cottone, Nathan Duvall, Cutfather, Peter Wallevik, Daniel Davidsen, Małgorzata Uściłowska, and Patryk Kumór, and was released on 6 November 2018.

[1][2][3] Shortly after its victory in Junior Eurovision, Cutfather revealed that the song had been written around five years before submitting it to Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) for the competition.

[4] On 21 September 2018, Węgiel was announced by Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) as Poland's entrant in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, to be held in Minsk, Belarus.

[10] As winners, Poland was given the right of first refusal to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, which was held in Gliwice.

[15] By 2023, the official video for "Anyone I Want to Be" had been played on YouTube over 39 million times, thus being the most-watched video on the official Junior Eurovision YouTube channel, while the live performance in the Junior Eurovision final has over 19 million views.