Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig shared the story of how he has a writing credit on Beyonce's song "Hold Up." Koenig offered the "short version" of the story by writing out a timeline of events that led to his credit. It begins with the release of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps" in 2003, which contains the line "Wait, they don't love you like I love you" repeated in the chorus. In 2011, he had thought of changing "wait" to "hold up," tweeting out his revision of the line. He goes on to reveal that three years later, he entered the studio with Diplo, who had been working with an Andy Williams loop that Koenig enjoyed. He wrote lyrics based off his old tweet, including the line "There's no other God above you, what a wicked way to treat the man who loves you." He was intending to release it as a Vampire Weekend song before being convinced to send it to Beyoncé, though he does not specify who had convinced him.
Skipping ahead, Koenig adds that much more had been done to the demo in the interim. The singer wrote "Beyoncé 100% made it her own, and I'm very glad to have been a part of it,"
