Joe Keery on his latest album, 'The Crux'

Joe Keery on his latest album, 'The Crux'

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Joe Keery. Famous for playing Steve Harrington on "Stranger Things," Keery is also a musician and now out with his second album.

Joe Keery unpacks his 'cathartic' new Djo album: 'If you're just watering it down, what's the point?'

"Maybe the thing that you don't think you should say is the exact thing that you should," says the "Stranger Things" star-turned-musician.Neil Krug Joe Keery (a.k.a. Djo)Joe Keery is figuring it out. For the better half of the past decade, the 32-year-old Newburyport, Mass., native has been most closely associated with his role as the world's best babysitter, Steve Harrington, on Netflix's Stranger Things, a character who works at Family Video b…

Djo Is Anything but Basic on ‘The Crux’

If you look closely at the cover of the third album singer-songwriter-actor Joe Keery has released as Djo, you can see him hanging out a window, his back turned to a busy, sunny street scene in which no one seems aware of his precarious situation. The self-obscuring image can pretty easily be read as a statement of his desire to be recognized for his music, rather than the fame he’s attained starring on hit shows like Stranger Things and Fargo. …

Djo Channels Harry Nilsson And Fleetwood Mac On His New Song, ‘Potion’

Djo — the musical project of Stranger Things actor Joe Keery — has shared a final preview of his new album, The Crux, which comes out this Friday (April 7). “Potion” is an acoustic strummer that Keery described as “like your favorite pair of blue jeans.” He continued, “I’d been working on Travis picking when I wrote this song, so it’s kind of like if Harry Nilsson and Lindsey Buckingham had a baby.” (I also hear shades of Harry Styles, a noted F…

Djo, the musical project of the actor of « Stranger Things » Joe Keery, publishes his second album, « The Crux ». Djo, the musical project of the star of Stranger Things Joe Keery, gives fans a final glimpse of the universe of The Crux. On Wednesday, Keery published his single « Potion », inspired by [...] This article Djo publishes « Potion », inspired by Lindsey Buckingham, appeared first on Rolling Stone.

Album Review: Djo - The Crux - Soundsphere magazine

Stranger Things has introduced several singer-songwriters into the world, with Joe Keery (Djo) being the most prolific. His music project has blown up massively in the last year, with the track End of Beginning from his previous album exploding on TikTok and sitting at over a billion streams on Spotify. How does Djo’s new album The Crux measure up to previous efforts?  If you’re looking for a follow-up to that TikTok hit here, you won’t find it.…