Everything We Know So Far

No, before you get your hopes up, it’s likely not going to be THAT Joel moment. If you know, you know.

In fact, Druckmann has discussed how Part II sees Joel sing a song to Ellie in a bid to bond with her and improve their now somewhat strained relationship. In the game, Joel sings Pearl Jam’s “Future Days,” but this will likely have to be changed, as the timelines just wouldn’t match up. Why? Because the song was released in 2013, and with the timeline of The Last of Us beginning its apocalypse in 2003, that song would never have even been released, and let’s face it, we weren’t aware of Joel having any songwriting skills.

As Druckmann elaborates, “I could tell you we haven’t made a decision. We have talked about it for those exact reasons that you mentioned, that now it makes no sense for Joel to know that song. Now, we could say, ‘Okay, it’s a parallel dimension and the song came out earlier.’ There’s ways, but that feels a little bit like a cheat. I will say that Pearl Jam specifically has now, like, even more so been engrained into the world of ‘The Last of Us,’ that if we don’t do that song, well, there’s other songs we could play with.”