Chasing old sounds: Djo's "End of Beginning" with Joe Keery

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Joe Keery is best known for his acting roles, such as the reformed jock Steve Harrington in "Stranger Things" and his chilling performance in season 5 of "Fargo." But he's also a spectacular musician. Rising through the Chicago music scene in college, he has self-released two albums under the moniker 'Djo.' His latest work, "Decide" from 2022, serves as a coming-of-age story and a meditation on navigating modern life. Despite strong initial reviews, the album only gained widespread attention two years later when its breakout hit "End of Beginning" became a soundtrack for youthful nostalgia on TikTok, casting Keery as an accidental pop star. Joe Keery joined "Switched On Pop" to discuss the creation and significance of "Decide." Sign up for the Switched On Pop Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for Switch
0:01.1	Switch done Pop comes from Stereophonic.
0:03.2	Broadway's must experience new play.
0:06.0	If you only see one thing on Broadway this year,
0:08.1	make sure it's Stereophonic, written by David Adjme,
0:10.9	directed by Daniel Auchin,
0:12.4	and featuring original music by Arcade Fire as
0:14.8	Will Butler, the play follows a 1970s rock band on the verge of breaking down, breaking up,
0:21.8	or breaking through. The New York Times, the New Yorker, and New York
0:25.6	magazine call it Best of the Year and Peter Marks of the Washington Post
0:30.3	says, okay I'll go there, stereophonic is the best play of the year.
0:35.0	Get your tickets at Stereophonic Play.com slash Fox. Switch
0:45.0	on Pop.
0:50.0	Welcome to Switcht on Pop.
0:52.0	Welcome to Switch Tom Pop. I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
0:55.0	Before yesterday I had known Joe Curie as an actor, especially for his breakout role as character
1:01.0	Steve Harrington, the reformed jock in the 80s throwback
1:05.1	sci-fi show Stranger Things, but I hadn't known about his strengths as a musician
1:09.6	until recently when his song End of Beginning started popping up seemingly out of nowhere.
1:16.3	And when I'm back in Chicago. I feel it
1:25.0	another version of me.
1:28.0	I was in it.
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