Since its 2016 season one debut, Netflix's Stranger Things has become an instant hit. Whether you like anything 80s pop culture, sci-fi, romance (and bromances), thrilling storylines, or cliff hangers, there is truly something for everyone to enjoy. As a result, the series has built up a large legion of fans, one of these fans being singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson — and she was so impacted by the show, which just aired its third season, that she wrote an entire album inspired by it and its beloved characters, appropriately titled Stranger Songs.

Michaelson exclusively told iHeartRadio of her new album, "I've written a lot of records just from my point of view, and I'm working on a musical adaptation of The Notebook, and so I've been writing songs from people's points of view, and it just kind of bled over into the pop world for me. I was like, 'I really enjoy doing that. I'm really enjoying writing from somebody else's standpoint.' So that concept that I was already kind of in my veins, I was doing it, mixed with my love for the show and wanting to put something new out... it just kind of felt like a fun experiment. I didn't know if it was gonna really work out because I didn't wanna alienate people who didn't know the show. I wanted the songs to be broad enough so that people could relate to them if they had no idea what the show was about. But I also wanted to really get in there for the super fans. So, I think it was just a mixture of wanting to put something new out, wanting to do it in a different way, and really enjoying writing from another person's point of view, and merging my own point of view with this character's point of view."

Having now watched the latest season of Stranger Things, here is what Ingrid is hoping for in Season 4: "Let's just say that I hope... I really wanna see one of the characters again, who might not be seen again. I'll just say it that way. My theory is that all is not lost. I'm trying to be super-vague. But yeah, I want somebody to still be alive."

Ingrid also took us through Stranger Songs, track by track, and explained how each song relates to the show. Read on below.

Track 1: "Freak Show"

"There's actually a literal line in the first episode where the bully is talking to Lucas and Dustin and Mike and he's like, 'Welcome, step right up to the freak show!' And, it hit me every time I saw it, because I watched both seasons multiple times. And yes, I watched the third one (just once). But there's something about feeling left out and feeling different, especially when you're younger and you're in school and you just want to fit in and somebody calling you out for being different, and I wanted to celebrate that difference, and say it's okay to be different and it's better to be different."

Track 2: "Young and in Love"

"We just wanted to write a song about literally being young and in love and in the summer time, and what it feels like to just be driving with the windows down. And I knew that the third season was coming out on July 4th, so there's a line in it that says, 'It's like the 4th of July in your eyes.' I just knew I wanted to have that line in a song somewhere, because I had the inside info. So that's one of like the little Easter eggs in that one. But that's more of a broad, encompassing feeling. And a lot of Season 3 is really romantic compared to the other two. Not to spoil anything, but there are a lot more relationships. So, I feel like it's a really nice companion to Season 3."