Will Steve die? Djo's boom as "Stranger Things" ends

Steve from “Stranger Things” steals the crown from Taylor Swift

ByJohn

Does anyone know how DJmany like Joe Keerymillions of viewers like Steve Harringtonone of the symbolic faces of “Stranger Thingyes”. The American actor, 33, is also a musician and with the song “End Of Beginnings” has reached an unexpected goal: number one in the Official UK Singles Charttwo years after the song’s release. Here is the whole story of the song and its musical journey. Released in 2022, the track returned to the center of attention thanks to a viral trend on TikTok and, above all, the echo of finale of “Stranger Things”.

A surprising result. The single entered the charts for the first time Official UK Singles Chart in February 2024reaching the fourth position the following month. He has spent ever since 28 weeks in the Top 100until the final climb that took him to number one immediately after the conclusion of the Duffer brothers’ series. The song “stole” the lead from Taylor Swift and her “The fate of Ophelia” in both the UK and Global Spotify charts where the singer-songwriter came in second. THEThe success of the song was also fueled by TikTok, where thousands of users used the song as the background for travel videos and urban nostalgia, often accompanied by the lyricsthe: “And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it / Another version of me, I was in it / I wave goodbye to the end of beginning.”

With the pseudonym DJKeery is guitarist and founding member of Post Animala garage and psych-rock band from Chicago, and has developed an increasingly recognized solo project. His latest album, “The Crux”came out last April; “End Of Beginnings”the sixth track of the album, was released as a single in 2024 after the viral explosion on social media. In an interview with NMEKeery explained the meaning of the song thus: “I’m not trying to live in the past. I have new memories that I connect to Chicago. I’m not 27 anymore. That’s part of me, maybe, but it’s not all of it“With “Stranger Things” reaching its final chapter, Steve Harrington says goodbye to Hawkins and conquers the chartsdemonstrating that, sometimes, the end of a story can really coincide with the beginning of another.

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