Viking Ding Dong

The story so far.

Written and edited by Smokiller

Viking Ding Dong, often billed simply as Ding Dong, is the stage name of Andre Holder, a soca artist and DJ described in the Caribbean press as a Trinidad and Tobago soca trendsetter. Before singing full time he worked as a radio disc jockey, and he now performs as a frontline artiste with the All Starz Band. He has said he links up with a different producer and songwriter each year. For the 2025 Tobago Carnival season he released Wanna Party on the Guitar Man riddim, a project that also featured Salty and Ms. Kerlz, with songwriting by Emmanuel Rudder and production by Richard Gosine. On 12 September 2025 he followed it with Mas Band Thoughts, featuring DJ Spider and produced by DJ Spider and Darien Bailey. Other releases shared on the JulianspromosTV soca channel include Leave It Alone and Throwback. He has also spoken openly about a fitness journey in which he lost about 35 pounds.