Lady Gaga’s latest song is a powerful ballad about the universal yearning for connection. The track, called “Hold My Hand,” is the theme song of the 2022 “Top Gun” reboot, “Top Gun: Maverick.” In a series of tweets from April, Gaga detailed the process of creating the song and said she’s been “working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours.” The pop star wrote, “This song is a love letter to the world during and after a very hard time,” and also shared that her goal was to make a song representative of “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.”
The touching lyrics of “Hold My Hand” reflect this theme, including the words, “So cry tonight / But don’t you let go of my hand / You can cry every last tear / I won’t leave ’til I understand / Promise me, just hold my hand.” As noted by Genius, the song also sought inspiration from ’80s sounds reminiscent of the original “Top Gun” soundtrack, which was released in 1986. With Gaga’s fresh take on a nostalgic sound, performers involved in both of the “Top Gun” films have displayed an overwhelmingly positive reception to the track.
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