Lady Gaga has shared her contribution to the upcoming Top Gun sequel. Airheads, which is to say fans of things that fly, have been waiting a long time for Top Gun: Maverick to hit theaters with the sequel not only following the 1986 original, but was also pushed back significantly by the pandemic.
It's finally due for release on May 27, however, and if Gaga's "Hold My Hand" is anything to go by then we're in for a treat.
The song, produced by Gaga and BloodPop, is a power ballad with muscle and heart. In it Gaga sings "Pull me close, wrap me in your aching arms" over stadium-sized drums and the fully-committed vocals you want from a song designed to soundtrack Tom Cruise doing loop-de-loops in a fighter jet.
A press release notes that the version of “Hold My Hand” used in the movie features additional production and score by Harold Faltermeyer and Hans Zimmer.
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