Dustin from Stranger Things sang the National Anthem at a baseball game, nailed it
Extra chocolate pudding for you!
When not playing loveable goof Dustin in Stranger Things, 13-year-old Gaten Matarazzo is also a very talented singer.
He’s appeared in musicals, playing Gavroche in Les Misérables and Benji in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and a video of him singing ‘Bring Him Home’ from the former recently went viral.
He also sung the National Anthem at a New York Mets game in 2015. This was before Stranger Things, so not because he’s Dustin, just because he’s bloody good at singing.
The New York Post discovered some footage of it this week, and though ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ has tripped up many pop stars, Gaten made it look easy.
Of particular note: The vocal harmony climb at 0:57 which sounds like a solid Bon Iver album track:
Stranger Things finally got confirmed for a second season today, with Netflix wisely stoking the fandom by issues all of its mysterious episode titles.
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