[2] Maro decided to be the performer due to the song's personal nature: "[it] is about and for my grandfather who unfortunately is no longer with us, but who continues to be an essential part of me and who is and always will be greatly missed.

Dictionary.com defines saudade as a "deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent".

[16] On 29 April 2022, the third episode of Eurovision House Party 2022 featuring Maro premiered, and her stand-alone performance became available on 5 May of that year.

[4] On the same day, Maro's Wiwi Jam at Home acoustic performance was uploaded to Wiwibloggs' YouTube channel.

[19] On 4 November 2021, Maro was announced as a participating songwriter of Festival da Canção 2022, Portugal's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

[21] She competed in the first semi-final on 5 March 2022, placing first with 22 points after winning the jury vote and coming second in the televote.

In the final, held on 12 March of that year, she won both the jury vote and the televote, placing first overall with 24 points, becoming the Portuguese representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

[22][23] The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place at the PalaOlimpico in Turin, Italy, and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, followed by the final on 14 May 2022.

[26] Maro wore an outfit with a gradient color scheme and performed on stage B accompanied by five backing vocalists forming a circle in a dark setting.