It’s Djo-time! Joe Keery is gearing up to release new music under his music alias, Djo, once again! ICYMI, the Stranger Things actor has been releasing music under “Djo” since 2019, when he dropped his first album Twenty Twenty. Now, he’ll be dropping more music with much more eyes on him since he went viral on TikTok last year for his song “End of Beginning.”
Keep reading for everything we know about Djo’s third album:
When Does Djo’s New Album Come Out?
It’s unclear when the album will drop exactly, or what the project is called. However, he’s set to release the first single from the album, “Basic Being Basic,” on January 24, followed by an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Djo has started posting on his Instagram, @djotime, once again, and has shared several clips from what appear to be upcoming music videos and/or promotional clips for the album.
On top of that, he’s also started to seemingly share the album’s tracklist in several Instagram posts. So far, he’s announced 11 song titles, which include: “Lonesome Is A State of Mind,” “Basic Being Basic,” “Link,” “Potion,” “Delete Ya,” “Egg,” “Fly,” “Charlie’s Garden” and “Gap Tooth Smile,” “Golden Line” and “Back on You.”
Who Is Djo?
Joe dropped his first single “Roddy” under Djo in July 2019, before releasing two studio albums. Prior to his success as Djo, he was part of the psychedelic rock band Post Animal while he lived in Chicago, and released multiple albums and EPs until leaving the band in 2019.
Along with creating an alias, Joe also wears a long-haired wig while performing as a means to separate his music and acting career.
“I had a little pipe dream that it would be an Andy Kaufmann sort of thing where, if you know, you know. But then, I kind of figured that the word would get outm” Joe admitted to Paste Magazine in March 2024 of his alias. “But my main intention was that, if people could hear the songs for the first time — or maybe the first two times — without the full onslaught that it was this dude from Stranger Things, then they could listen to it with an open mind.”
He flew under the radar for a bit (OG listener over here), however, it seems it may be hard for him to do so going forward after his song “End of Beginning” became one of the most popular tunes of 2024.
“It’s pretty unbelievable,” he told Dork in May 2024 of the viral track, which was released for his 2022 album, Decide. “You always hope your music finds its place in the world, and it seems like that one has, in a really big way.”
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