“Just Hold On” is an EDM tribute to Louis Tomlinson’s mother, who passed away on 7 December 2016 from leukemia, just three days before the song’s release. This song was performed live on The X-Factor’s December 10 finale, as per the request of his mother. Harry Styles attended to support him. Liam P...
[Verse 1: Louis Tomlinson]
Wish that you could build a time machine
So you could see
The things no one can see
Feels like you're standing on the edge
Looking at the stars
And wishing you were them
[Pre-Chorus: Louis Tomlinson]
What do you do when a chapter ends?
Do you close the book and never read it again?
Where do you go when your story's done?
You can be who you were or who you'll become
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, if it all goes wrong
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, darling, just hold on
[Chorus: Louis Tomlinson]
The sun goes down and it comes back up
The world it turns no matter what
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, if it all goes wrong
Darling, just hold on
[Post-Chorus: Louis Tomlinson]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, darling, just hold on
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh
[Verse 2: Louis Tomlinson]
It's not over 'til it's all been said
It's not over 'til your dying breath
So what do you want them to say when you're gone?
That you gave up or that you kept going on?
[Pre-Chorus: Louis Tomlinson]
What do you do when a chapter ends?
Do you close the book and never read it again?
Where do you go when your story's done?
You can be who you were or who you'll become
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, if it all goes wrong
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, darling, just hold on
[Chorus: Louis Tomlinson]
The sun goes down and it comes back up
The world it turns no matter what
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh, if it all goes wrong
Darling, just hold on
[Post-Chorus: Louis Tomlinson]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh
Darling, just hold on
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh
If it all goes wrong
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh
Darling, just hold on
[Outro: Louis Tomlinson]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh
If it all goes wrong, darling, just hold on
Just Hold On was written by Steve Aoki & Sasha Alex Sloan & Sir Nolan & Louis Tomlinson & Eric Rosse.
Just Hold On was produced by Julian Bunetta & Jay Pryor & Sir Nolan & Steve Aoki.
Steve-aoki-and-louis-tomlinson released Just Hold On on Sat Dec 10 2016.
Both! It’s Louis Tomlinson’s the first single as a solo artist, with Steve and Louis collaborating together to produce the resulting track.
In an interview with Musikknyheter, Louis stated that:
The Steve Aoki song [Just Hold On] is an interesting one, because the melody kind of leans to quite anthemic sounds, so we’re reproducing that to give it a bit more guitar and band-feel, so that will be on the album in a different version.
During his WIRED Auto-complete interview, Tomlinson explained:
You know, it’s another one of those songs that’s saying, “Regardless of what happens in life, you just gotta try and be hopeful, really”.
“Just Hold On” is certified Gold by the RIAA.