A musician penned a tribute to Eddie Munson of Stranger Things, and the now-viral song is getting mixed reactions online.
Sapphire, a singer and songwriter who posts to TikTok under the handle @sapphireofficial, unveiled the heartfelt ballad “Eddie’s Song” on all streaming platforms last month.
“You’re stuck in another place / No you didn’t run away / This time / Oh baby, this town let you down / Now you’re drowning in the upside down,” she coos on the chorus. The viral release amassed more than 36,000 streams on YouTube and surpassed 151,000 listens on Spotify.
Listen to “Eddie’s Song”
The hit-maker took to TikTok to react to the song’s success and to thank her newfound fans as her follower count ballooned past 100,000 on the social media platform.
“It is a song that I wrote about Eddie Munson on a Saturday evening when I was just home alone, and I really just wanted to talk about Eddie’s story in song form.” she explained. “I never dreamed in a million years that it would be where it is right now.”
Sapphire continued to post as her song was played on the radio. She also put out a call for video submissions from fans so that she could create a music video to accompany the song.
“I’m literally so excited to see what you guys create,” she enthused in the post.
Although “Eddie’s Song” has been met with love from some, others have also taken to TikTok to criticize the ode to the Netflix character played by Joseph Quinn. Critics appear to take issue with the way that fans are so vocal about their love of Eddie.
“Okay eddie’s fandom just needs to be abolished from the internet for good, cause there’s no way y’all made a song for a FICTIONAL CHARACTER THAT WAS IN ONE SEASON,” one critic wrote in a video shared on the app.
Others took to Sapphire’s posts to share their negative opinions.
“Unrelease this,” one critic demanded while fans rushed to compliment the song.
“Endless gratitude,” a commenter wrote. “[Thank you] for such a touching tribute to a character who deserved so much better and is a m major source of happiness for a lot of us.”
Sapphire locked the comments on some of her posts on both TikTok and YouTube. However, she appears to largely ignore the haters.
In fact, the songwriter penned another musical tribute to Billy Hargrove. This one is called “Dear Billy,” and Sapphire shared a live performance of it on TikTok.
The official release has already amassed more than 3,000 listens on YouTube and nearly 8,000 on Spotify.
Listen to “Dear Billy”
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