On 4 March 2021 Macrooy and the broadcaster AVROTROS announced via a livestream that Birth of a New Age would be the Dutch entry of the Eurovision Songfestival.

The recordings were shot in the Rijksmuseum, in the Tropenmuseum and in the Koepelkerk (Ronde Lutherse Kerk) in Amsterdam, under the direction of Kevin Osepa and cinematography of Jasper Wolf.

[1] While composing, Macrooy also decided to sing partly in Sranan Tongo; this is the language of the refrain, whereas the verses are sung in English.

The last part of the sentence literally signifies "that I'm half a cent", which was the smallest coin in Suriname in colonial times.

Macrooy makes use here of what is being called an odo in Suriname, in other words a life wisdom which was passed on among enslaved.

He made a mural near Ahoy Rotterdam and signed it in the presence of Macrooy, in a joint action at an aerial work platform.

[10] Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition of the festival was held with a small test audience, called "field lab".