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David Hasselhoff - True Survivor

Music Video | Sweden | 2015

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Synopsis

David Hasselhoff performs "True Survivor" amid a delirious collage of 1980s action imagery. Wearing leather, denim, and fingerless gloves, he sings beside a white Lamborghini, grips a keytar, and strides through smoke, explosions, computer hacking, and stylized combat. The video also features vikings, dinosaurs, arcade-inspired characters, and footage connected to the short film *Kung Fury*. Its climactic image finds Hasselhoff riding a Tyrannosaurus rex into the sunset, turning the entire clip into an extravagant retro action fantasy.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "True Survivor" was released on April 16, 2015, through Universal Music AB. The song was written by Jorgen Elofsson and Swedish synthwave musician Mitch Murder for *Kung Fury*.
  • The video doubles as a promotional bridge to *Kung Fury*, a Kickstarter-funded Swedish short film built around exaggerated 1980s martial-arts, science-fiction, and action-movie imagery.
  • Its visual language deliberately recalls David Hasselhoff's 1980s image, especially the glossy cars, dramatic fog, heroic poses, leather styling, and pulsing electronic soundtrack associated with *Knight Rider*.
  • Much of the clip's appeal comes from treating every retro action cliche as a serious spectacle: computer terminals, keytars, flamethrowers, Vikings, explosions, and a Lamborghini all appear without any attempt to make the combination seem reasonable.
  • The visual-effects studio Fido created eight effects shots specifically for the music video. The company also produced around 90 percent of the visual effects for *Kung Fury*, covering more than 400 shots.
  • Hasselhoff's involvement gave the project an instantly recognizable 1980s connection, while the video's deliberately excessive style helped generate wider attention for the otherwise independently produced film.
  • The song became one of Hasselhoff's most widely shared late-career recordings, helped by the video's strong online reception and its status as a viral celebration of retro pop culture.

Lyrics

Dominos falling
Riot in the streets
Baby this time there's no retreat
There's no surrender

A devil is rising
A shadow from the past
Feeding the flames with fire
On the edge of fury

All the time
Running in and out of time
Hear the ticking on the countdown clocks tonight

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© David Hasselhoff - True Survivor. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.

Title Relations

┌──────────────────────────────────┐  Soundtrack single   ┌───────────┐
│ David Hasselhoff "True Survivor" │ ───────────────────> │ Kung Fury │
└──────────────────────────────────┘                      └───────────┘
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