Animations not playing after respawning

[iron sapphire]

I have a tool that plays a hold animation on equip but when i reset my character and try it again, the hold animation does not play

This does not happen while testing in roblox studio
it only happens in the actual game
it does not play the animation after death

    equipped = true

    holdAnimation:Play()

end)```

[chrome kiln]

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)

end)

gotta listen for character added