  Within an extended soft wall model, we study the temperature dependence of
the lowest vector meson states. Scales are adjusted by using as input the
$\rho$ meson mass in vacuum and the velocity of sound from lattice QCD which
displays a minimum at $T_{\rm c}$. The melting of the $\rho$ meson occurs at
temperatures $\mathcal{O}(T_{\rm c})$.
