About
Holdin’ On, also known as My Hope Will Never Die, is an electronic dance song performed by the British electronic music band group I SEEMONSTAS. The song is best known as appearing in various YouTube videos as a buildup to the climax in montage parodies often after the main character fakes death or just a generalized buildup where the song is about to drop the bass
Origin
On September 6, 2012, I SEEMONSTAS released the official music video on YouTube[1] which gained 722,000 views and 5,000 likes as of December 2014. (shown below)
Spread
On October 1st, 2012, American electronic dance artist and DJ Sonny John Moore, better known by his stage name Skrillex, and fellow producer artist only known by his stage name Nero remixed the song[2] and uploaded it onto YouTube, acquiring 3 million views and 33,000 likes since December 2014. (shown below)
The song was laid to rest until late 2013, when YouTuber VEXDrum&Bass uploaded Skrillex and Nero’s remix of the song, only this time the title was branded with Dr as the artist. As of December 2014, the video[3] has earned almost 485,000 views and 7,000 likes. (shown below)
In February of 2014, a montage parody of the new Sonic Boom trailer was uploaded onto YouTube featuring the song after joking about Skrillex’s pseudo death, describing it as a “spooky motorboat accident”. As of December 2014, the video[3] has earned 26,000 views and 300 likes. (shown below)
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – I Keep Holdin’ On by I SEEMONSTAS
[2] YouTube – Holdin’ On
[3] YouTube – Dr – I Keep Holding On