Lady Gaga's 'Top Gun: Maverick' Song Had Director A Nervous Wreck, Thought It Would Suck
By MLC on May 5, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
Lady Gaga dropped a melodic BANGER on Tuesday, May 2.
Her new song, “Hold My Hand,” will be featured in “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 movie, “Top Gun.”
While Lady Gaga, was ecstatic to release the song after holding onto it for YEARS… the director of ‘Maverick’ felt some trepidation.
Lady Gaga Takes To The Skies With Her New Song
Joseph Kosinski admitted to having doubts about Gaga’s song and the delivery of it.
Speaking to Insider, Kosinski said, “It was nerve-wracking to hear that song for the first time.”
Kosinski Says Listening To "Hold My Hand" Was "Nerve-Wracking"
“We went over to the record label [offices], and you’re almost afraid you’re not going to like it, because how do you say ‘No thank you’ to Lady Gaga?”
Kosinksi and the producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, heard a demo of the song.
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Lo and behold, upon hearing the song, they were IN LOVE.
“As soon as we heard the song, it was like, ‘Wow, that is a classic melody. That is fantastic,'” Kosinski recalled. “Even in demo form.”
“Maverick” composer Hans Zimmer also approved of “Hold Your Hand” for the movie.
“When Hans heard it he was like, ‘I can use this as a theme for the movie,'” Kosinski said. “He worked it into his orchestral score. So, it’s much more than just a song in the movie. It’s all over the theme of the film.”
The Blast previously reported on Gaga’s comments about her new song.
The “Bad Romance” singer teased the new song on her Instagram page last month.
Gaga Says "Hold My Hand" Is A Love Letter To The World!
“When I wrote this song for Top 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,” she explained. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours,” she continued. “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.”
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She concluded, “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.”
The film, will be released on May 27. ‘Maverick’ stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, and more.
Cruise and Kilmer both starred in the original ’86 film.
In ‘Maverick,’ Cruise returns as Navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
