 A demo of "Hold Up" was first written and recorded by Diplo and Koenig in 2014, paraphrasing "Maps" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.Koenig, the frontman for the indie rock band Vampire Weekend, had tweeted the lyrics "hold up...they don't love u like i love u" – interpolated from the chorus of "Maps" – in 2011.This tweet had confused people as the song was written in 2011 but, as he explained on Twitter, it was just a random tweet at the time.