Anais Gutierrez
Steve Aoki and Louis Tomlinson made their US TV debut on Tuesday. The pair presented their collaboration “Just Hold On” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The duo released their dance-pop single last December. The single stayed in the top 10 UK charts for four weeks. They previously debuted the song live on The X-Factor, now they debut it on American tv. Check it out!
“Just Hold On.”
American DJ, Steve Aoki, and former One Direction member, Louis Tomlinson came up with a single that perfectly mixes EDM and pop. They presented it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and it was a total hit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKN6xaXXF-U
Debuting in The United States.
Aoki and Tomlinson’s collab was released last December. The duo debuted the song live on The X-Factor finale. This happened just a few days after Louis’ mother passed aways after a long battle with cancer. Louis was praised for his performance under such difficult circumstances by Simon Cowell. This is the second time he performs the song.
Tuesday’s performance marked Steve Aoki and Louis Tomlinson late night debut as a duo, and also Louis’ late night debut as a solo artist. Louis’ has a new musical direction after five albums with One Direction, and boy did he delivered!
Number 1 Hit.
The collaboration is the first work between the British singer and the Grammy-nominated US DJ and producer. Written by Louis, Aoki, Eric Rosse, Sasha Sloan and Sir Nolan and also produced by Aoki. “Just Hold On” is part of Ultra, and is a total hit.
The song peaked at Number 2 and stayed in the top 10 for four weeks in the UK charts. In the US it debuted number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song’s audio video already has 10 million views.
A great performance.
The artists made a simple performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Louis was front and center, while Steve was in the background, playing the keyboard and his drum pad. The crowd went crazy with the dance hit.
As part of their visit to The Tonight Show, the pair talked about their tour stories. Aoki remembered once a fan climbed a wall and scaled a beam to get a high five from him. Louis recalled the old days in One Direction when the boys used to steal a golf cart and get chased by security.
Source: Billboard
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