"For a few seconds, it looked like Steve Harrington, Stranger Things's well-coiffed reformed bad boy played by Joe Keery, was a goner. Having just triumphed in his plan to use a radio tower in the Upside Down to poke a rift into the Abyss and defeat the Mind Flayer once and for all (one of many shark-jumping moments in the series finale), the character lost his footing and seemed headed for a gruesome splat."
"The whole crew lives to tell the tale - an ending that came too easily, many critics noted after the episode aired on New Year's Eve - and, in a flash-forward 18 months later to a rooftop reunion at the radio station, Steve is the only member of his young-adult coterie still living in small-town Hawkins, a beloved baseball coach and sex-ed teacher who hopes to one day be father to 'six little nuggets.'"
"But here in the real, Demogorgon-free world, 33-year-old Keery is one of the most popular musicians of the moment. His song "End of Beginning," which he released as an independent artist under the stage name Djo in 2022, has broken global streaming records for the past two weeks, with the baroque rock tune about appreciating the past bulldozing the usual pop stars on Spotify and Billboard's global charts, including a Showgirl-era Taylor Swift."
Steve Harrington narrowly avoids death in the Stranger Things finale after a staged fall; Jonathan catches him, enabling the group's final victory. A flash-forward 18 months later shows Steve as the only member still living in Hawkins, working as a beloved baseball coach and sex-ed teacher who hopes to be father to "six little nuggets." Joe Keery, 33, balances acting with a successful music career as Djo. His 2022 independent single "End of Beginning" has broken global streaming records over the past two weeks, topping Spotify and Billboard global charts and even surpassing a Showgirl-era Taylor Swift. "End of Beginning" previously resurged in 2025.
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