Yes, that’s Jeremy Renner singing in The Umbrella Academy

No, that wasn’t a subtitle glitch, and your ears did not deceive you: At the end of “Kugelblitz,” the fourth episode of The Umbrella Academy season 3, that was indeed Jeremy Renner’s cover of “House of the Rising Sun” playing over the action.

[Ed. note: Light spoilers for episode 4 of Umbrella Academy season 3, which is now out on Netflix.]

The song technically bookends the episode (though the opening features the much more famous iteration of the song by The Animals), adding a sort of spooky charm to the continuation of Harlan’s story. We see how Sissy’s son was inadvertently responsible for the deaths of the Umbrella Academy’s mothers, helping to create the titular Kugelblitz that’s currently endangering the world. Harlan, in his deep grief over the death of his mother, used the power he had inherited from Viktor 1963 to accidentally kill the women.

Unfortunately, it’s possible to be a little distracted from the pathos of the scene by the Renner of it all. It’s easy to imagine learning from. Umbrella Academy To think that Jeremy Renner could have a musical career is a little strange. You are welcome, Renner, in addition to acting, is a singer-songwriter and plays keyboard, guitar, and drums. Renner has recorded two EPs and sung on many film soundtracks. He even helped to create the film’s soundtrack. Arctic Dogs.

So, Jeremy Renner is the logical choice to deliver the punch in episode 4, especially when it comes down to the fact that he was the one who had the most guts. Umbrella Academy co-creator and My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way’s rendition is right there? All I can say is that Steve Blackman was aware people may be surprised by his rendition. He also thought the cover was perfect for this moment.

“I needed a different version of it, and there’s a thousand different versions of that song,” Blackman tells Polygon. “But Jeremy Renner’s had a really interesting ending; the way he brought out the sort of final bit of the song really worked with what Viktor was doing. […] It resonated with me in my mind of what the emotional place was.”

In a show full of notable needle drops and dance sequences, the Renner cover might not linger in the audience’s mind in the same way. The lyric videos should not be missed if the Renner cover does linger in your mind.