Lady Gaga's music video includes epic moments from "Top Gun: Maverick" and emotional excerpts from the first 1986 film.
Lady Gaga reveals the music video for the new song "Hold My Hand" which she recorded for the movie "Top Gun: Maverick" starring Tom Cruise.
The music video, directed by film director Joseph Kosinski, combines epic scenes from "Top Gun: Maverick," emotional excerpts from the first 1986 film, and black-and-white footage of Lady Gaga posing next to military aircraft while wearing flight jacket, a white T-shirt and aviator glasses.
In the emotional refrain of the dynamic ballad he sings: "So cry tonight / But do not leave my hand / You can cry until the last tear / I will not leave until I understand / Promise me, just hold my hand".
"Hold My Hand", released by Interscope Records / Universal Music, was written specifically for "Top Gun: Maverick", the sequel to the iconic 1986 film "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly. , Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Monica Barbaro and Jon Hamm.
The production of the single was edited by Lady Gaga and BloodPop, while additional production was made by Benjamin Rice. Harold Faltermeyer and Oscar winner Hans Zimmer have contributed additional production and music to the film version of "Hold My Hand".
Tom Cruise - Tom Gun: Maverick - premiere
I wrote the song for the incredible movie "Top Gun: Maverick", but also for people who feel that they will not be okay or that we will never be okay and that my life has taught me through difficult times to have faith in humanity when "It's hard to believe in yourself," Lady Gaga explained.
When you feel alone, sad, away from the world, away from yourself and others, "hold my hand". "One day you may even be strong enough to hold yourself," he added.
"Hold My Hand" is Lady Gaga's return to creating and producing original music for movies after the success of the soundtrack of "A Star Is Born" (A Star Is Born) in 2018, which won her an Oscar, four A Grammy, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a Critics' Choice Award.
"Top Gun: Maverick" meets Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) after more than thirty years of service as one of the top pilots in the US Navy.
Maverick is where he belongs, chasing the limits as a courageous test pilot and avoiding advancing to the point where he would be stuck on the ground. As he trains a alumni squad for a specialized mission the like of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick meets Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his late friend and Lt. Nick Bradshaw, also known as Goose.
Faced with the uncertain future and ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that requires the ultimate sacrifice of those chosen to carry it out.
