In this week’s Trending Up, The Rembrandts’ ’90s pop-rock smash sees gains in tribute to the late Friends star, an unlikely film blockbuster’s title song blows up and more.
column, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.
This week: A shocked fanbase pays homage to the late Matthew Perry by streaming the song most associated with him, the hitThe entire world was stunned by the news on Saturday night that comedic actor Matthew Perry had died at the age of 54. The TV and film star had become a pop culture icon in the ’90s and ’00s, with lead turns in hit movies like, which he appeared on for a full decade as one of the show’s six central characters, earning an Emmy nomination and global stardom.
It’s one of many beautiful tributes that fans have played to the actor in the days following his passing — which should continue to reverberate for as long as viewers across generations need either comfort-streaming TV and/or mid-’90s pop-rock perfection.
Actually, the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” song is nearly a decade old: The Living Tombstone, an Internet-beloved gaming band made up of Sam Haft and Yoav Landau, released the track in 2014, a few weeks after the firstfranchise, The Living Tombstone’s anthem was placed at the start of the end credits of the film adaptation, where it was revisited by video game enthusiasts and discovered by unfamiliar moviegoers.
As a result, The Living Tombstone’s track experienced a significant streaming uptick upon the film’s release: in the first five days ofbeing in movie theaters , the song scored 3.05 million U.S. on-demand streams, a 618% increase compared to the previous Friday-through-Tuesday tracking period , according to Luminate. Will there be more nights at Freddy’s, considering how well the film has performed? With sequel possibilities, The Living Tombstone better get moving on some follow-up themes.
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