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Hold Me Like a Grudge

"Hold Me Like a Grudge" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on March 24, 2023, through Fueled by Ramen and DCD2. It was released as the third single from the band's eighth studio album, So Much (for) Stardust, the same day as the album.

"Hold Me Like a Grudge"

Background[edit]

On March 13, 2023, the band announced that "Hold Me Like a Grudge" would be the next single of the album. Two days later, a clip of the song was shared.[1] On March 23, the band premiered the song on The Tonight Show.[2]

Composition[edit]

"Hold Me Like a Grudge" has been described as disco-funk[3][4] and pop rock,[5] "with [a] hip-swinging-bassline".[4]

Music video[edit]

On March 24, the same day the album was released, the band released a music video for "Hold Me Like a Grudge". The video is a continuation of the music video for the band's song, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race".[7][8] Pete Wentz called it "the most ambitious music video that we’ve attempted to make in the past 10 years."[7]

– vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriting

Patrick Stump

– bass guitar, songwriting, lyrics

Pete Wentz

– lead guitar, keyboards, songwriting

Joe Trohman

– drums, percussion, songwriting

Andy Hurley

Fall Out Boy


Additional personnel