"Hold Me Down" is a song by American singer Halsey, which samples Son Lux's "Easy".
It was released on June 1, 2015, through Astralwerks as a promotional single from her debut studio album, Badlands (2015).
[1][2] It has since accumulated over 100 million streams on Spotify and has been certified Gold in Australia and the US.
[3] During a show in June 2015, one of the song's first live performances, Halsey explained the inspiration and meaning behind the song: "I was meeting a bunch of mean, old men who thought they knew better than I.
"[citation needed] She later performed the song during VEVO Lift Live in August 2015 following the album's release.