{"id":55428,"date":"2022-04-28T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=55428"},"modified":"2022-04-28T19:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:00:51","slug":"lady-gaga-top-gun-maverick-song","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lady-gaga-top-gun-maverick-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga Takes Her Knack for Cinematic Songwriting to &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55429\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55429 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1389400424.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lady Gaga, April 2022. (Photo by Rich Fury\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lady-gaga-glamour-jimmy-kimmel-live\/\">Lady Gaga<\/a> is, once again, taking her inimitable songwriting prowess to the silver screen. Having just announced her forthcoming single \u201cHold My Hand,\u201d the song has been written for the latest installment of the iconic Tom Cruise franchise <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/5-fall-movies-premieres-to-mark-on-your-calendar\/\"><em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHold My Hand,&#8221; which is available May 3, was produced by Gaga, in concert with her known collaborator, BloodPop and Benjamin Rice. Described as a \u201clove letter to the world,\u201d the score played in the feature film also includes additional production and instrumentals by Harold Faltermeyer and Hans Zimmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so grateful to Tom and Hans and Joe for this opportunity\u2014and it\u2019s been a beautiful experience working with them. Me, BloodPop, Ben Rice and everyone else who worked on it with us are so excited to share it with you,\u201d Gaga shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc3EmwyscDC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=32affa24-72d6-4ba9-9d36-b4b62902b262\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> on Wednesday, April 27.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc3EmwyscDC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc3EmwyscDC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc3EmwyscDC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With her particular knack for music in film, Gaga has acquired quite the impressive list of accolades throughout her career, beginning with her first Oscars Best Original Song nomination in 2016 for \u201cTil It Happens To You,\u201d featured in the documentary <em>The Hunting Ground<\/em>. In 2019, Mother Monster took home the gold statue for her <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/bradley-cooper-addresses-2019-oscars-performance\/\">Best Original Song, \u201cShallow,\u201d<\/a> featured in <em>A Star Is Born<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I wrote this song for <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/spring-2022-movie-preview-batman-top-gun\/\"><em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em><\/a>, I didn\u2019t even realize the multiple layers it spanned across the film\u2019s heart, my own psyche, and the nature of the world we\u2019ve been living in,\u201d said Gaga. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the film was originally slated to hit theaters in the Summer of 2020, the release was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the sequel to Cruise&#8217;s 1986 <em>Top Gun<\/em> flick, <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> is due to arrive in theaters May 27, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":55429,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,3324,3292,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lady Gaga Announces New Single For Upcoming Film &#039;Top Gun: Maverick&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lady Gaga is, once again, taking her inimitable songwriting prowess to the silver screen. 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