The lengthy await Stranger Issues Season 5 nonetheless has months left to go within the 2025 TV schedule, however Netflix lastly delivered one thing substantial to whet the appetites of followers. Following practically two months of ready after the premiere date(s) have been introduced, a trailer with practically three minutes of recent footage hit the net. On the time of writing lower than 24 hours after the teaser went reside, the YouTube video is at practically 10 million views. I used to be on the sting of my seat as a lot as anyone whereas watching, however sadly the musical hook I used to be anticipating simply didn’t ship. No less than I wasn’t Rickrolled by Rick Astley’s well-known music?
The music featured within the Stranger Issues Season 5 trailer was remixed to the purpose that it was troublesome to establish on first pay attention, however Selection confirms that the tune was Deep Purple’s “Little one in Time,” from their fourth studio album, Deep Purple in Rock. Whereas not an ‘80s music like followers could have anticipated, the 1970 launch felt becoming after Eddie Munson’s music style in Season 4. Fortunately, it wasn’t the well-known earworm that’s Rick Astley’s “By no means Gonna Give You Up,” as a result of I might need gotten that indefinitely caught in my head.
I received’t argue that “Little one in Time” was a foul match, and the title alone could have given notably passionate followers one thing to debate within the remaining months earlier than Season 5 arrives this fall for viewers with a Netflix subscription. However I simply obtained my hopes up for a extremely epic music hook for the trailer, and never simply because the reminiscence of Kate Bush’s “Operating Up That Hill” in Season 4 remains to be recent.
Stranger Issues simply has a historical past of trailers with actually, actually, actually memorable music mixes. To this date, I feel that the Season 2 trailer set to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is likely one of the greatest issues that the present has ever delivered. Heck, I most likely benefit from the Season 2 trailer greater than most of Season 3. (No, I’m nonetheless not over Hopper’s habits within the third season.) The timing was even splendid – the Thriller album launched in late 1982, and Season 2 was set in 1984.
The Season 3 trailer was set to a remix of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” (usually misnamed as “Teenage Wasteland”). Whereas that individual anthem is a product of the early ‘70s quite than the ‘80s, it was an ideal match for the themes of Season 3 and lower very effectively into the footage. Then, the primary Season 4 trailer integrated Journey’s 1983 launch “Separate Methods (Worlds Aside),” whereas the Season 4B trailer was set to a lower of “Operating Up That Hill,” for apparent causes.
After watching the Season 5 trailer, I really began trying up some late ‘80s songs that could possibly be a superb match, with the ultimate batch of episodes set in 1987. As soon as I obtained over moments just like the Jurassic Park homage and the scary shot of Mrs. Wheeler and Holly hiding in a tub, I found one of the crucial well-known songs from the ‘80s was launched in 1987: Rick Astley’s “By no means Gonna Give You Up.”
Fortunately, Stranger Issues’ ultimate season trailer didn’t come throughout as a Rickroll! Test it out beneath, in case you missed it:
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Stranger Issues is releasing the ultimate season in three elements, ending simply earlier than the tip of 2025. Half 1 releases on November 26 (a.okay.a. the day earlier than Thanksgiving within the U.S.), adopted by Half 2 on Christmas, and ending with the sequence finale on New Yr’s Eve. That leaves loads of time to revisit the primary 4 seasons streaming on Netflix, and in case you’re something like me, probably return and watch that Season 2 trailer once more.