LOS ANGELES — GG Allin’s 1988 song “Suck My Ass It Smells” landed at number seven on international pop charts following a leaked email containing all the songs from the soundtrack of the next season of “Stranger Things,” multiple disgusted sources confirmed.
“Each season of the show is getting a little bit darker, and we wanted that reflected in our music choices,” said Matt Duffer, one half of the creative team behind “Stranger Things.” “Season one we had The Clash, last season we had Metallica, but these kids have been through a lot and they are obviously more jaded. We felt it made sense that they would want to listen to music about shooting junk, eating shit, and self-mutilation. I don’t want to give too much away, but Dustin actually gets sprayed with diarrhea twice this season and GG Allin is the perfect soundtrack for that.”
Sadie Sink, who plays Max Mayfield, was instrumental in getting GG Allin on the soundtrack.
“In real life I would never listen to Kate Bush, she’s boring as hell. I grew up listening to bands like Anal Cunt, Regurgitate, and Cock and Ball Torture,” said Sink while playing a copy of Cripple Bastard’s “Almost Human” on her turntable. “I pushed for more extreme music to be added to the show. We can’t just have another season of nostalgia baiting, we need to push the limits a little bit. I want the characters on the show to be more comfortable with shitting in public, and I want the characters to constantly threaten to kill themselves on stage. It’s the only way the show can evolve.”
Critics were surprised to see the offensive song becoming such a hit with Gen Z content creators.
“Almost immediately after the leak the hashtag #suckmyassitsmells was trending and we had hundreds of Tiktok videos of people doing the ‘Suck My Ass Challenge’ where you smear shit on your walls and cut your forehead open with a broken bottle,” said culture critic Davis Powell. “Some of them are pretty funny, like when a parent catches their teenager in the act and basically has a nervous breakdown on camera. There was one where a dad fainted and hit his head on the toilet, I shared it with everyone I knew and I heard the guy ended up in a coma. So random.”
“Stranger Things 5” is expected to debut on Netflix in early 2034.