Djo added to Laneway Festival

Sunday, Oct 13, 2024

Djo has joined Laneway Festival 2025’s lineup! This marks the first live performances in Australia and New Zealand! For more information visit the official Laneway website.

Thursday, February 6th
Western Springs, Auckland

Saturday, February 8th
Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane

Sunday, February 9th
Sydney Showground, Sydney

Friday, February 14th
Flemington Park, Melbourne

Saturday, February 15th
Bonython Park, Adelaide

Sunday, February 16th
Wellington Square, Perth

LanewayFestival.com

2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024

Hi, Joe fans! I apologize for the lack of site updates. I have added some photos of Joe attending the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party (March 10). Take a look below!

“Marmalade” Trailer

Friday, Jan 5, 2024

New Music: “D-Sides” EP

Friday, Nov 17, 2023

FX’s “Fargo” Year 5 Premiere

Friday, Nov 17, 2023

“Fargo” Installment 5 Official Trailer

Thursday, Oct 26, 2023

Joe for The Rodeo Magazine

Thursday, Sep 22, 2022

I’ve added scans of The Rodeo magazine’s volume 16 issue to the gallery. Joe’s Rodeo issue is now available to purchase at TheRodeoMag.com!

School of Rock Changed Joe’s Life Forever

Tuesday, Sep 20, 2022

BUSTLE – The 2003 film’s joyful take on learning to play music inspired the Stranger Things star to pick up instruments and make music as Djo.

When Joe Keery played his first Lollapalooza set this summer as his wig-wearing musical alter ego Djo, he brought a memento on stage. “My dad gave me this great photo of him on his 30th birthday holding me,” the Stranger Things star tells Bustle at a rooftop bar in downtown Chicago the day after his set. Seeing it taped next to his pedalboard while performing grounded him. “I was playing, looking down, and seeing this little picture. I’ve never allowed myself to be comfortable like that. It was a way to be like, ‘Oh, I feel a little bit more at home.’”

The past six years have been a whirlwind for 30-year-old Keery, whose turn as heartthrob Steve Harrington in Stranger Things made him a literal overnight sensation in 2016. Four seasons in, the Netflix’s series fandom is as rabid as ever: A fan at Keery’s Lollapalooza show carried a poster that read, “Listening to Djo keeps Vecna away,” a reference to Stranger Things’ latest monster.

Unassuming in his tattered shirt and generous with the bear hugs that bookend our conversation, Keery admits that releasing music after initially gaining popularity as an actor in a hit Netflix show is a double-edged sword. “I was pretty insecure about it,” he says over a plate of raw oysters. Though he’d been making music with the band Post Animal since 2014, it was only after he got the Netflix gig that he decided to go solo, releasing his debut album as Djo in 2019 and his sophomore album Decide on Sept. 16. “You want people to listen to the music and have an open mind. But it’s not lost on me that the majority of people are coming because they know of my work on the show and they’re interested to see what it’s all about.”

The pseudonym — pronounced “Joe” — is Keery’s way of distancing himself from the show. Djo’s synth pop track “On And On” describes “the feeling of general doom and gloom and my relationship with social media and the Internet,” says Keery, who escapes Stranger Things madness and online noise by occasionally disabling his social accounts or blasting Djo’s songs in his car. “I like to drive and listen to music, so I’ve listened to this album a lot when I was driving,” he says. Get to know more about Keery’s musical influences — including his favorite Beatle — below.
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