{"id":2069950,"date":"2025-10-05T06:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2069950"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:36:02","slug":"at-acl-fest-djo-proves-hes-more-than-a-stranger-things-heartthrob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/at-acl-fest-djo-proves-hes-more-than-a-stranger-things-heartthrob\/","title":{"rendered":"At ACL Fest, Djo proves he\u2019s more than a &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; heartthrob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Saturday at the Lady Bird stage, a famous actor coasted on a vanity project that\u2019s not only gone viral \u2014 it\u2019s stuck to the heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For the uninitiated,\u00a0Djo made an introverted bedroom-pop song that went mega viral on TikTok: \u201cEnd of Beginning.\u201d It\u2019s a coming-of-age instant classic about leaving town but remembering to stay true to the places that shaped you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Djo also has 10 other songs that hundreds of passionate fans sang every word to as the sun went down. We\u2019ll remember this dude\u2019s big hooks 20 years from now \u2014 Killers-style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I legit thought\u00a0Djo was 21. He was on the youthful Netflix thriller \u201cStranger Things.\u201d He writes romance like a literature major who has more of a comment \u2014 not really a question, when his hand goes up mid-lecture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He\u2019s all philosophy, but not fleshed out yet as a person. The world is his oyster all the while.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And that\u2019s the biggest sore spot with the 33-year-old\u2019s troubadour\u00a0synth pop. The narrator is a player who seems content to bounce between situationships and break up with you via a text that ends with \u201clol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He\u2019ll clown a muse for being basic. Then clown himself because he\u2019s painfully self-aware.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Djo performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park in Austin, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The issue with\u00a0Djo \u2014\u00a0real name Joseph Keery \u2014 in other words, is that he\u2019s an actor. His TV fame-bolstered music platform is still being tuned on the go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Imagine a Cars song about deleting girls off your phone. And there are Fountains of Wayne\u00a0synths, but also distortion pedals to sound more brooding. And on certain songs, Djo snarls like Devo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Or he\u2019ll play a sullen acoustic song where he borrows Kurt\u00a0Cobain\u2019s vocal affectations circa \u201cNirvana Unplugged.\u201d Then break-off the kind of \u201890s Brit pop you\u2019d hear between \u201cFriends\u201d scenes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Djo performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park in Austin, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1441\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/2v2ZGXv5xVfdYSxurP5o2A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDE7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/austin_american_statesman_hearst_articles_361\/fd0a04202ae34c9ab4919073c165134a\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Djo performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park in Austin, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI just graduated top of my class \u2014 so why do I feel so bad?\u201d\u00a0Djo bemoaned, sounding like Elvis Costello howling about entering the workforce.<br \/>And he\u2019s still learning to be a rock frontman. Like, Djo doesn\u2019t really need to play the guitar because he has two other guitar players onstage. But he slings them over his shoulder anyway because guitars look cool while you\u2019re holding a mic stand with two hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Djo whispers like Eagle Eye Cherry. He sits at the keyboard and belts piano pop that bounces along like Paul\u2019s section of \u201cA Day in the Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So yes, as a performer, Keery\u2019s acting instincts turn him into a chameleon. But he\u2019s so charismatic that 88% of his moves could become karaoke standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday at the Lady Bird stage, a famous actor coasted on a vanity project that\u2019s not only gone viral \u2014 it\u2019s stuck to the heart. For the uninitiated,\u00a0Djo made an introverted bedroom-pop song that went mega viral on TikTok: \u201cEnd of Beginning.\u201d It\u2019s a coming-of-age instant classic about leaving town but remembering to stay true [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2069951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[337913,361556,387605],"class_list":["post-2069950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-austin-city-limits","tag-djo","tag-zilker-park-in-austin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/At-ACL-Fest-Djo-proves-hes-more-than-a-Stranger.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069952,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069950\/revisions\/2069952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}