Spotify and Netflix help you find your ‘Stranger Things’ music match

Eleven's mix is an eclectic mix of Lorde, Patti Smith, Madonna, The Runaways, and so much more.

Music is as much a big part of a good show or movie as every other component of it. And so, this new marketing campaign between Netflix and Spotify helps us embody what’s going on in Hawkins, Indiana a.k.a. the setting for Stranger Things 2. The gang is back and this time we get to learn a bit about their musical influences through character playlists of 13 of the leads, including Mike, Hopper, Jonathan, Eleven, Dustin, Joyce, Nancy, and even the Demogorgon itself. You can discover your music match through spotify-strangerthings.com. If you share your playlist on social media, watch your Spotify screen rotate and bring you to The Upside Down, at least within the app.

Google Home lets you speak to Stranger Things characters in new audio game

One way Netflix and Google are marketing the newest season of Stranger Things is through a new audio game you can play on Google Home. The trigger word to start playing the game is “Ok Google, talk to Dustin from Stranger Things” and then you’re magically transported to 1984 and talking to Dustin Henderson in Hawkins, Indiana. The game will also have you interacting with other characters in the new season of the show. You might need to binge-watch the show first before playing the game, unless you’re okay with getting spoiled.

Source: Android Authority

The final trailer for Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things 2’ is here!

It seems appropriate for Netflix to drop the final trailer of the second season of Stranger Things on Friday the 13^th. (Before that they dropped a teaser for the trailer inspired by the classic 1980 slasher film.) And we get to see more of our favorite Hawkins gang and the bigger threat they’re facing. And boy, does it look menacing.

If you can’t watch the trailer immediately, here’s the synopsis for Stranger Things 2: “It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.” 

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things 2’ gets earlier release date, comes to the service on October 27th

If you’re like us who has been waiting for the second season of Stranger Things to finally hit the service, you’ll be excited to find out that the show is coming back earlier than anticipated—at least by a few days. Netflix just announced that the ashow is coming back on October 27^th instead of the Halloween debut. We get to see a new poster for the new season, too. As The Verge’s Kwame Opam points out, the poster, which features the four boys and a scary looking monster from the first trailer, pays homage to classic Stephen King.

In the past the sci-fi horror has paid tribute to the likes of E.T., Firestarter, and Poltergiest. This time, it looks like they’re turning their attention to King. At least the artwork on the poster looks like artwork from King’s The Stand, Stand By Me, and The Mist. And that makes us extra excited for it.