Lady Gaga has finally released her highly-anticipated single for Tom Cruise‘s Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack.
After weeks of teasing the exciting project, the 36-year-old hitmaker finally put out the track Hold My Hand on Tuesday morning.
She announced the release by sharing an image of herself posed up next to the iconic Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft right in front of the famous star logo.
Iconic: Lady Gaga has finally released her highly-anticipated single for Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack
Gaga donned a green flight suit to show off her stunning figure in a clinging white tank top as she accessorized with aviator shades and a silver dog tag necklace.
Her blonde locks were disheveled as they blew in the wind while she sported natural, complementary make-up on her face.
The new track was written and produced by BloodPop and herself with additional production from Benjamin Rice.
It definitely has a ballad feel as the chorus goes ‘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.’
Of the track the 36-year-old hitmaker previously wrote: ‘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.
Of the track she previously wrote: ‘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.
‘I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours. 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.
‘I’m so grateful to Tom [Cruise] and Hans [Zimmer] and [director Joseph Kosinski] for this opportunity—and it’s been a beautiful experience working with them.
Relaxed: Gaga opted to skip the Met Gala and instead posted this make-up free selfie as she sported a vintage Whitney Houston sweater
‘Me, BloodPop, Ben Rice and everyone else who worked on it with us are so excited to share it with you. 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. And I’m so excited to give it to you on May 3. “Hold My Hand.”‘
Speaking of Tom Cruise, he happened to be one of the excited audience members watching the Grammy winner perform in her Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano show in Las Vegas over the weekend.
The superstar and the singer met backstage afterward, giving each other pecks on the cheek with the Born This Way singer posting, ‘Thank you for coming to the show last night. I love you my friend @tomcruise.’
VIP: Tom Cruise happened to be one of the excited audience members watching the Grammy winner perform in her Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano show in Las Vegas over the weekend
The A Star is Born star wore a shiny tuxedo complete with white shirt and bow tie as she performed standards such as Luck Be A Lady and Anything Goes.
Her blonde hair was pulled back in an updo. She wore stage ready makeup with a bright red lip, sparkly eye shadow and dark eyeliner.
The Mission: Impossible actor looked dapper in a black suit and shirt.
Pucker up: The two friends exchanged kisses on the cheek in photos shared on social media, with the Grammy winner writing, ‘Thank you for coming to the show last night. I love you my friend @tomcruise.’
Tom is reprising his role as a ace flyer Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick.
It’s been more than 30 years since the original film.
And he now portrays a flight instructor, training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
The highly anticipated sequel co-starring Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller opens in theaters May 27.
Top Gun: Tom is reprising his role as a ace flyer Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick as a flight instructor training Top Gun pilots for an elite mission
