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===2010s=== [[File:David Hasselhoff Bremen 1.jpg|thumb|right|Hasselhoff performing in April 2018]] Seven years after his last album, Hasselhoff released in 2011 his twelfth studio album, ''A Real Good Feeling'', which reached number three in Austria, the top-thirty in Germany and became Hasselhoff's first album in fourteen years since ''Hooked on a Feeling'' (1997) to chart in Switzerland. Hasselhoff toured across those countries to promote the album. In 2012, he released his thirteen studio album ''This Time Around'', however, it failed to chart. In 2015, he recorded the single "True Survivor", accompanied by a music video, which featured as the lead track for the 2015 Swedish short film ''[[Kung Fury]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/ZTidn2dBYbY| archive-date=2021-10-28|title=David Hasselhoff – True Survivor (from Kung Fury)|date=April 16, 2015|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The song was composed by [[Mitch Murder]] (Johan Bengtsson). Recorded in Sweden, the song and the video is designed as an ostentatious over-the-top 1980s homage/parody, with the video featuring dinosaurs, kung fu, [[Adolf Hitler]], skateboarding, Norse Gods and time travelling. Hasselhoff claimed that he had received the offer to record the song and the video by a request from [[Universal Music Group|Sweden Universal]] to "sing a tribute to the '80s".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6546148/david-hasselhoff-true-survivor-music-video-kung-fury-interview|title=David Hasselhoff Gives the Story Behind That Bonkers 'True Survivor' Music Video – Billboard|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Hasselhoff performed a live version of the song during the 2016 [[Guldbagge Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/article22105438.ab|title=De uppträder på Guldbaggegalan|work=aftonbladet.se|date=January 18, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainmentbooksblog.blogspot.se/2016/01/hasselhoff-ready-for-guldbaggegalan.html|title=Hasselhoff ready for Guldbaggegalan – Helsingborgs Dagblad|work=entertainmentbooksblog.blogspot.se|date=January 18, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> "True Survivor" debuted and peaked at number 94 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], becoming his first chart entry in Canada. In 2017, a retro music video called "Guardians' Inferno" was released as a bonus on the ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'' home release, where Hasselhoff does the singing.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-david-hasselhoff-stars-in-video-w496207 'Guardians of the Galaxy': David Hasselhoff Stars in Retro 'Inferno' Video]</ref> In September 2019, Hasselhoff released his fourteenth studio album, ''Open Your Eyes''. The album consists of covers of popular songs such as "[[Sweet Caroline]]" and "[[Lips Like Sugar]]", with all but one song featuring collaborations from other artists, including [[Todd Rundgren]] and [[Steve Stevens]]. The album charted in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, with the former reaching the top-thirty there.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |title=David Hasselhoff's new album features covers of 'Sweet Caroline' and David Bowie's 'Heroes' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-hasselhoff-new-album-open-your-eyes-sweet-caroline-heroes-david-bowie-covers-2539703 |website=NME |access-date=August 20, 2019 |date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> A promotional music video for the title track was released on YouTube on September 9,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Legaspi |first1=Althea |title=See David Hasselhoff's New Video for 'Open Your Eyes' Cover With Stooges' James Williamson |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-hasselhoff-open-your-eyes-video-watch-882513/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 30, 2019 |date=September 10, 2019}}</ref> followed by the album's release on CD, [[LP record|vinyl]], digital download and streaming services on September 27, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://davidhasselhoff.bandcamp.com/album/open-your-eyes|title=Open Your Eyes, by David Hasselhoff|website=David Hasselhoff|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> To promote the album, as well as celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album ''[[Looking for Freedom (album)|Looking for Freedom]]'' and the [[Looking for Freedom (song)|song of the same name]], Hasselhoff toured across Austria, Germany and Switzerland on the Freedom! The Journey Continues Tour, which took place in October 2019.
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