Pop star Doja Cat reportedly hit up Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers in the popular Netflix series, to try and slide into the DMs of his co-star, Joseph Quinn.
Quinn portrays the Metallica-loving, leather jacket-wearing metalhead Eddie Munson in this year’s Stranger Things 4. Doja Cat is the hip-hop artist who wowed viewers with a metal performance at the 2020 MTV EMAs and subsequently covered the ’90s alt-rockers Hole. Is she currently crushing on the English actor who cut his teeth in British television?
That appeared to be the case this week in a TikTok video by Schnapp that has apparently since been removed, according to NME. On Thursday (July 7), the U.K. entertainment outlet gave a play-by-play of screenshots of messages between Schnapp and Doja Cat he showed in the post:
The video opens with a screenshot of a fan who tweeted a photograph of Quinn … writing, ‘Doja look how fine Joseph Quinn is.’ In response, Doja wrote, ‘It’s fucking criminal.’ Schnapp’s video then shows a screenshot of his messages with Doja, where the singer wrote, ‘Noah can you tell Joseph to hmu? Wait no. Does he have a girlfriend?’
After Schnapp encouraged her to ‘slide into his DMs,’ Doja replied, ‘I don’t know his Instagram or his Twitter. He doesn’t have a DM to slide in.’ Schnapp then sent over Quinn’s Instagram profile, writing, ‘Right here ma’am.’
Her attraction is no mystery. As Munson, Quinn has waved the heavy metal flag throughout Stranger Things 4, which premiered on Netflix in May, both by sporting a Dio back patch on his jacket or rocking the guitar with aplomb. Quinn even listened to a lot of heavy metal to prepare for role.
In the Season 4 finale from July 1, Munson performs Metallica’s 1986 thrash metal classic “Master of Puppets” in a pivotal scene. Tye Trujillo, the 17-year-old son of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, contributed guitar playing to the “Master of Puppets” recording used on on the show. The song is also part of the most recent Stranger Things soundtrack, which features further heart-pumping tunes by KISS, Journey, Talking Heads and more. Watch the [spoiler alert!] scene where Munson plays “Puppets” below.
It’s unclear exactly how Doja Cat feels about Metallica and “Master of Puppets.” But fans and followers of the singer may already be aware of her love for Quinn, as she hasn’t been shy showing her passion in the past:
