After placing ninth on the second season of The X Factor US, Bea Miller signed a record deal with Hollywood Records and Simon Cowell's Syco Music in January 2013, and subsequently started working on new songs.

Like the weight of the world is on their shoulders, and I wanted to be able to express that so that teenagers could relate to it and realize they’re not alone.

[4] Miller performed the song for the first time on television on December 17, 2014, on Today where she was introduced as Elvis Duran's "Artist of the Month.

"[5] She sang "Young Blood" in various gigs and radio stations across the US, such as On Air with Ryan Seacrest[6]' and The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show.

The music video for "Young Blood" was uploaded to Miller's official Vevo account on July 21, 2014.

Originally, the director wanted at the end of the video to be a sunrise, but I was like 'no, that's corny,' that just means dark turns to light.