Will Steve die? Djo’s boom as “Stranger Things” ends
Attention, in the following lines you may find some spoilers on the fifth season Of “Stranger Things”.
According to one fan theory linked to indiscretions come on Duffer brothersi creators from the Netflix phenomenon seriesin the’final episode from the fifth season Of “Stranger Things” and of series more generally the character of Steve Harringtonplayed by Joe Keery, he will die. THE Duffer they have in fact clearly said that a key character will meet one death defined the most «heartbreaking» throughout the history of the series. The fan speculation they focused precisely on thebeloved Stevefor how his was built narrative parable: from superficial boy to altruistic figure, protective And responsible. In terms of writinghis is a “closed” archwhich makes it expendable from the point of view dramatic. After the first seasonSteve took on the role of guardian of younger group. In the classic fictioncharacters with this role risk more because they embody the protection and the responsibility towards others: paradoxically, this increases the “emotional value” of a possible one deathwhich for fans of “Stranger Things” would undoubtedly represent one strong shock. For now Steve is still alive: in the first seven of the eight episodes from the fifth season of the series Netflix no one died. But be careful, because i Duffer Brothers have accustomed fans of “Stranger Things” to twists and turns That they tear the heart from the chest. THE’eighth and final episode will be released on the platform on December 31st. Come on social there are already a lot of them circulating nostalgic videos related to the character of Stevemade by putting together the more emotional and sweet scenes which saw him as the protagonist in these first four seasons of the series. In the background there is a song played by a mysterious DJ, “End of beginning”: Only recently did fans discover that DJ it is nothing but the same Steve Harrington aka Joe Keerywhich he has been carrying out for years in parallel with his commitment to set a electronic music project.
The boom of “End of beginning”
Only inlast week “End of beginning” he totaled up Spotify the beauty of 23.4 million listeners at level world. The song, contained in second album engraved by Keery with the Djo’s stage name, “Decides” of 2022is close to surpassing on Spotify share 2 billion total streams. Not really good numbers cult project for lovers of independent musicintention with which Joe Keery began making music under the stage name of DJ. There musicin reality, it has always been there in the life ofactoralready before “Stranger Things”. Not everyone knows that in 2015when he showed up at auditions of the series Netflixthe then 24 year old Joe Keery played the guitar in the band garage and psych-rock of the Post Animalwell integrated into the Chicago scene. The group had just released the mini-album “Post Animal perform the most curious water activities”which would be followed three years later – tra rave reviews And dozens of performances on the stages of international festivals – thelong distance debut “When I Think of you in a castle”. It was in the 2019 That Joe he decided to start his own business under the pseudonym of Djouploading the single “Roddy”his starter first solo album “Twenty twenty”Between psychedelia, electronics, indiea little bit of Mac De Marcoa little bit of Tame Impala and a little bit of Daft Punk. «When I discovered them as a kid I thought: ‘What is this madness?’. I didn’t really understand it because if I thought about bands, I thought about that of Bruce Springsteento the Led Zeppelin», he says of the duo “Random access memories”.
Numbers not exactly like an indie project
Initially thought of as a relief valvethe project DJ has grown over the years, allowing Keery to conquer performances also up very important stages and very popular like the Lollapalooza And Glastonbury. There consecration it arrived when the last one spring he published his latest album “The crux”recorded in the legendaries Electric Lady Studios Of New Yorklargely in analog and with real tools. With the record, which ranges from references to Marc Bolan to tributes to the Sparkspassing through Wings And Elocrossing theacidic electronics of the MGMT, Keery he has proven that he is not just a actor with a passion for musicbut also a very talented musician.
A pop star future
And to think that “End of beginning” it was «recorded on the PC on a plane to Chicago»just for the sake of have fun and of kill time: «He winked a little at “No more I love you” Of Annie Lennoxwhich I like very much. I hadn’t quite understood it yet text. It finally became “End of the beginning” – he says – I know well that many people have discovered mine music thanks to ‘Stranger Things’ and I am grateful to the series for this and for everything it allowed me to do». Death or non-deathwith theepisode of December 31st, highly anticipatedhis history in “Stranger Things” will reach the terminus. But beyond the Upside downthere is another one life who waits Joe Keery.
