Lady Gagais preparing to take flight in her new music video.
On Friday, the 36-year-old pop icon unveiled the melodramatic visual for her latest single “Hold My Hand” from the upcoming filmTop Gun: Maverick.
Last week, Gaga released “Hold My Hand” and encouraged fans to “have faith in humanity” in anInstagrampost about the uplifting track.
“I wanted to say that I wrote the song for the INCREDIBLE movie#topgun#topgunmaverickbut also for people who feel like they’re not gonna be ok or WE ARE never gonna be ok and that life taught me through hard times to have faith in humanity when it’s hard to have faith in yourself,” Gaga wrote alongside a selfie posted May 2.
“When you feel lonely, sad, removed from the world, far away from yourself and others#holdmyhandOne day you may even be strong enough to hold your own 🤝,” continued the caption. “I love you with my whole heart for all the years I’ve been blessed to sing, write songs, produce and perform for you. Thank you 🙏 here we go!!! 🖤✈️”
Thelyrics of “Hold My Hand"find Gaga passionately serenading a loved one who’s hurt and in need of help. “I see that you’re hurtin', why’d you take so long / To tell me you need me? I see that you’re bleedin' / You don’t need to show me again,” she sings in the track’s pre-chorus. “But if you decide to, I’ll ride in this life with you / I won’t let go ‘til the end.”
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“So cry tonight / But don’t you let go of my hand / You can cry every last tear,” belts Gaga during its hook. “I won’t leave ‘til I understand / Promise me, just hold my hand.”
Gaga announced “Hold My Hand” on April 27 and penned a lengthy Instagram caption about making the song alongside its cover artwork, which sees the musician posing on a plane with “LG” printed on it.
“When I wrote this song forTop Gun: Maverick, I didn’t even realize the multiple layers it spanned across the film’s heart, my own psyche, and the nature of the world we’ve been living in. I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours,” wrote the “Rain on Me” singer. “I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other — a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life’s heroes.”
Gaga continued, “I’m so grateful to Tom and Hans [Zimmer] and Joe [Kosinski] for this opportunity — and it’s been a beautiful experience working with them. Me, BloodPop, Ben Rice and everyone else who worked on it with us are so excited to share it with you. This song is a love letter to the world during and after a very hard time. I’ve wanted you to hear it for so long. And I’m so excited to give it to you on May 3. ‘Hold My Hand.'”
source: people.com
