In anticipation of Stranger Things season 4's return, Spotify is finally allowing users to find their song to defeat Vecna similar to Max.
Caption Options. So, if you want to find out what your own saviour song would be to help you escape Vecna's curse (of course you do!), head over to Spotify and search for the 'Upside Down' playlist – and the first song on the list will be your special jam. The Stranger Things official Twitter account shared the news.
Thanks to Spotify , you don't need to answer that question yourself. Spotify has created an Upside Down playlist for everyone to check out their No. 1 "savior song." Whatever song is at the top of your playlist is your "savior song." Find your Upside Down playlist here.
This can be accessed by searching for the “Upside Down Playlist” on Spotify. The list contains the 50 songs your friends should try in the likely event you're pulled into the Upside Down. The Spotify description reads: “Discover your personal playlist to help you escape from Vecna and the Upside Down.”
If Vecna has you in a trance, listening to your favorite song can help pull you out of it, as we saw when Vecna attacked Max only for her friends to pull her out his trance using the synth-tastic stylings of Kate Bush, specifically her 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God).”
At his empire's height, Vecna was betrayed and destroyed by his most trusted lieutenant, a vampire called Kas the Bloody-Handed, using a magical sword that Vecna himself had crafted for him, now known as the Sword of Kas.
In fact, one of the biggest moments from the series is when Max escapes Vecna with the use of music. The song which plays during the sequence is Kate Bush's “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” and it's been rejuvenated as a modern-day hit.
When beings from the Upside Down like Vecna or the Mind Flayer take control over Stranger Things' characters, music and happy memories have the power to snap them out of it and bring them back to reality in a similar manner due to these psychological connections.
Music evokes strong memories that are both good and bad, so it makes sense that it could open a doorway out of the oppressive alienation of trauma, despair, and guilt that Max found herself in.
On the show, the song is more than just Max's favorite tune. When telepathic new villain Vecna targets the Stranger Things crew, it's music that turns out to be the teenagers' secret weapon, helping them shatter the psychic hold the monster has over them.
“Wanna know what songs would save YOU from vecna? head to your Upside Down Playlist on @Spotify to find out. The first Song on the list = your savior song.” If you are curious as to how you can utilize this feature, do not worry because we have your back.
Spotify has partnered with Stranger Things and released the Upside Down playlist, which makes use of your Spotify history to determine what song would help save you from Vecna. The Stranger Things Twitter account says that the first song in your Upside Down playlist is your saviour song.
Open the Spotify app. Click the dropdown arrow next to your profile display name. Click “Private session.” Once enabled, a closed padlock should appear to the left of your profile photo and display name.
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” by Kate Bush: Plays while Max is around. “Dream a Little Dream of Me” by Ella Fitzgerald: Vecna's origin story is revealed.
(All of which have been cited by show creators the Duffer brothers as inspirations for the villain.) But he does have a surprising weakness: music.
In the real world, he makes the victim levitate while in their trance, before snapping their bones and neck, and crushing their eyes. The murder site then becomes a small gate into the Upside Down, as part of a long term goal to apparently bleed both dimensions into one.
Max has escaped Vecna, so she is safe from Vecna. But you don't just beat depression once and go about the rest of your life. Vecna is still around every corner, and Max has to keep focusing on the things she loves—her friends, her favorite song, her inner strength—because this is a long-haul battle.
Nancy Wheeler: “Love Is A Battlefield” by Pat Benatar.
Together, their powers combined are the exact powers of 001/Henry. Fans are now theorising that the powers of both 011 and 008, who have the combined power of 001, is what is needed to finally match and defeat Vecna. To put it simply, 011 + 008 + [with the combined power of] 001 = 020, a.k.a. Erica's critical hit.
In the finale, Will reveals to Mike that he has retained some kind of link to the Mind Flayer, and that he can "feel" that Vecna is still alive.
Of course, it's "Running Up That Hill," blasted into Max's headphones that breaks Vecna's hold on her.
Don't Stop Me Now – Queen. “Don't Stop Me Now” by Queen had 1.1k votes, securing the number two top song choice for defeating Vecna. Redditor nucularnoah chose “Don't Stop Me Now – Queen.” To which marvello96 joked, “I'm having such a good time, no really Vecna, the upside down looks amazing, I'm having a ball!”
For Max, the song that saves her is Kate Bush's 1985 song “Running Up That Hill,” a more modern angelic-sounding tune. Hearing Bush's voice creates a portal out of the Upside Down just moments before Vecna kills Max, and she's able to mentally run back to her body.