For as long as he can remember, Finn Wolfhard has been deeply moved by both listening to and making music. As a little kid, it happened when mainlining his parents’ old Beatles records, and as he matured, it was sparked by endearingly imitating beloved rock bands such as The Replacements and Guided By Voices. For Wolfhard, who began acting at age 10 and went on to star in the Netflix sensation Stranger Things plus two Ghostbusters reboots, these creative outlets “were a way for me to establish control for myself and a little bit of peace. Music for me has always been something that I can control. And while I'm really grateful for acting and for a long time, it really provided me that peace, it's just a different thing now that I'm an adult and that it's a career. I still enjoy it a lot, but when I am by myself and get to play guitar and write a song, it's a different kind of feeling I'm after.” Now, after several releases with the bands Calpurnia and The Aubreys, Wolfhard unveils his first solo release under his own name, Happy Birthday. A dizzying rush of nine songs, the album grew out of Wolfhard’s personal challenge to pen 50 songs by the end of 2022.