Stranger Things: How Kate Bush's Famous Song Explains Max's Grief
This article contains spoilers for vol. 1 of season 4 of Stranger ThingsMax Mayfield (Sadie Sink) has been an important part of Stranger Things ever since her introduction. Fans love Max's bold personality, her relationship with Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin), and her friendship with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). But when fans catch up with Max in season 4, she's having a hard time and is nothing like her old self because she's grieving a huge loss.
Fans see Max listening to her favorite song in these new episodes, and the use of a famous Kate Bush song is absolutely perfect and couldn't be better. This song helps fans see the sad state that Max is in as she works through her feelings.
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Max is definitely having a horrible time in volume one of season 4 of this beloved show. Max and Lucas broke up on Stranger Things, and fans are shocked to learn this when the new season begins. One of the biggest moments in season 3 of Stranger Things was Billy Hargrove's (Dacre Montgomery) death. Max is now carrying around this loss and she doesn't know what to think or how to feel. It's clear from the first moment that this character appears onscreen again that Max feels like she has no one.
In the season 4 premiere called «The Hellfire Club,» Max walks down her high school hallway listening to a song on headphones. That song is Kate Bush's «Running Up That Hill,» which was released in 1985. This is the song that music fans most likely associate with the singer, along with «Wuthering Heights» and «This Woman's Work.» Max is clearly feeling so much pain, loss, and grief, and that's why she connects so much with this particular song.
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