"Hold You Now" is a duet between Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig and Danielle Haim of the band Haim. The pair trade verses about an erratic relationship.
Danielle Haim is the romantic partner of Father of the Bride producer Ariel Rechtshaid. "Hold You Now" is the first of a trio of country-folk ballads on the record to which she contributes vocals. Speaking to Pitchfork, Haim explained that she first met Koenig in Portugal in 2010 while she was touring with The Strokes vocalist Julian Casablancas. Eight years later, the Vampire Weekend singer started talking to Danielle about Father of the Bride; he played her "'Hold You Now," and suggested "'Maybe it should be like a duet". She readily agreed to help and it was the first song they officially collaborated on.
The song starts of with Ezra Koenig fearing their relationship is doomed. I know the reason why you think you gotta leave Later in the song, Danielle Haim tells him their falling out is just a temporary blip. This ain't the end of nothing much, it's just another round Koenig told The Irish Times he is a fan of duets in which the singers have different viewpoints. "Sometimes you hear a duet and you're like, 'Aw, come on, they just broke up one song that somebody wrote'," he said. "The duets that I really love, like old country duets, are when people talk to each other and tease each other. The two singers are offering different perspectives on the same situations."
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