  We study the realisation of higher-form symmetries in the holographic dual of
gauge theories coupled to probe matter in the fundamental. We particularly
focus on the dual of U(N) gauge theory coupled to fundamental matter. We
demonstrate the existence of a continuous 1-form symmetry associated with the
conservation of magnetic flux and show that this symmetry is spontaneously
broken in the IR when the flavour degrees of freedom are gapped. We numerically
compute the spectral function of the 2-form current and demonstrate the
existence of the associated Goldstone mode. We compare to expectations at
weak-coupling.
