The song is co-written and co-produced by Sewell and Brian Lee (who has previously worked with Lady Gaga and Icona Pop), The Euroz and Louis Bell.

Sewell moved from Brisbane to Los Angeles to work on his music and in late 2014, provided the vocals on Kygo’s 2014 tropical house hit "Firestone".

It’s been hard for me to get up-tempo songs, because I love nothing more than sitting at the piano and melting your heart—that’s definitely what I’ll tend to do in a writing situation.

[8] Mike Wass from Idolator said ‘Hold Me Up’ is a "soulful, vaguely disco-tinged pop anthem" and is a huge song with an instantly hummable chorus".

"[10] AuspOp said ‘Hold Me Up’ is "effortlessly cool, eternally optimistic, vocally impressive and filled with enough pop sunshine to brighten even the greyest of days.