Katherine Perkins Strikes the Right Tone with Her “Hold On” Music Video Premiere

When those around us are going through tough times, it’s not always easy to know how to react, but as Katherine Perkins suggests in her new single, your heart needs to be in the right place. Today, the singer-songwriter reveals the accompanying music video for her latest single, “Hold On.” It’s the first single from her debut full-length solo album, Being Younger.

As we await the album release on June 21st via Twelve | Eight Records, Perkins is slowly introducing us to her as a songwriter. Presented as an in-studio performance video, the clip for “Hold On” enables Perkins to strike the right tone with a rather emotional song. It’s the thought that counts, and that’s the message you may take away from this striking new single.

Explaining the background behind the song, Perkins comments:

“I wrote this song as a love letter to a friend who had just gone through a mental health crisis. I had an image in my mind of wrapping her in a sense of belonging and love, of literally holding her with the song until she felt her own worth again. I lost a close friend to suicide when I was 21. It’s a kind of loss you never get over. Although all the popular wisdom tells you there’s nothing you could have done, I have always regretted not expressing my love to her when she was in the throes of a truly dark time.”

There’s a certain ambiance to Katherine Perkins’ songwriting, which probably has a lot to do with her upbringing. She grew up in Bar Harbor, Maine, a small resort town on the water. It’s in the very far northeast of the country, right on the coast, where the wind blows hard, and the light always shifts. It’s an interesting and unique place to grow up, which provided her with the right environment and inspiration to be a songwriter.

At a piano in her living room, Perkins developed Being Younger right from where she was seated. These were pandemic times, so it allowed her time to daydream about how she could build the songs out. With the piano as a starting point, she filled the songs out in her mind with drums, bass, horns, guitars, organ, and a whole lot of tambourine.

The ten tracks are her reflections on the search for light in an otherwise dark time. She deliberates on aging, making peace with the past, and saying goodbye to youthful fantasies. Like “Hold On,” other songs on Being Younger were written as personal letters to close friends. They demonstrate a high level of compassion from an artist who views humanity as an integral component of her artistry.

Katherine Perkins “Hold On” single artwork