Djo

Joseph David Keery (born 24 April 1992), also known by his musical stage name Djo, is an American actor, singer, musician, and songwriter. He rose to international prominence for his role as Steve Harrington in the sci-fi series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He has also starred in films such as Spree (2020) and Free Guy (2021) and the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023–2024).

As a musician, Keery was a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Post Animal, which he left in 2018 due to acting commitments. He took on the stage name Djo (pronounced "Joe") for his musical projects and released the solo albums Twenty Twenty (2019), Decide (2022), and The Crux (2025). Decide featured "End of Beginning", which became a sleeper hit and his first Billboard Hot 100 entry after it went viral on TikTok in 2024. He rejoined Post Animal in 2025, during which time he also headlined his solo Back on You World Tour with Post Animal as a supporting act.

Early life
Joseph David Keery was born in April 1992 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the second of five children. He attended Newburyport High School. When he was young, he participated in Theater in the Open, a performing arts camp at Maudslay State Park. He acted during high school at his older sister's insistence. He joined The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, graduating in 2014 with a BFA in acting.

Career
In his early twenties, Keery released music under the stage name Cool Cool Cool. From 2015 to 2018, he was the co-founder, drummer, guitarist, and vocalist for Chicago psychedelic rock band Post Animal. Keery originally contributed drums on their first EP Post Animal Perform the Most Curious Water Activities (2015), before current drummer Wesley Toledo joined during their second EP The Garden Series (2016). Their debut full-length album When I Think of You in a Castle (2018) saw Keery performing guitar and vocals.

Keery stopped touring with the band in 2017 and officially left due to acting commitments in 2018. He stated in a Bustle interview, "It's important to disassociate Steve from Stranger Things to the band because I think it will eventually hurt the band... I think it's important that they're hitting the pavement for a while and making a name for themselves and it's not necessarily associated with Stranger Things."

On July 19, 2019, Keery self-released the solo single "Roddy" under the stage name Djo. Djo released a second single titled "Chateau (Feel Alright)" on August 9, 2019. On September 13, 2019, Djo released his debut album Twenty Twenty. In a positive review of the album, NME called Keery "a musician of very high calibre who... dabbles in the kind of inventive, warped psychedelia that gently twists your melon and constantly shapeshifts around you" and compared his music to that of Tame Impala and Ariel Pink.

On September 9, 2020, he released a new single, "Keep Your Head Up". In 2022, he took part in a summer music festival tour. His second album Decide was announced in June 2022, along with the release of its first single "Change". The album was released on September 16, 2022, and received positive reviews. In 2024, the sixth track of the album, "End of Beginning", was released as a single after gaining popularity and becoming viral on social media.

On April 4, 2025, Keery released his third album, The Crux, which was preceded by the singles "Basic Being Basic", "Delete Ya", and "Potion". The album was well received, and the album cover, credited under art director William Wesley II, was nominated for the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover.

Keery went on the Back on You World Tour to promote the album, with Post Animal as openers for the majority of show dates. On May 2, the tour was extended with the Another Bite Tour, a second leg that mostly covered the United States. During the tour, Post Animal announced their new album Iron, set for release on before releasing on July 25, 2025, along with Keery's re-joining of the band for the album. Iron was preceded by three singles: "Last Goodbye", "Pie in the Sky", and "What's a Good Life".

In September 2025, Keery released the singles "Carry the Name", "It's Over", and "Awake" before surprise-releasing The Crux Deluxe on September 12, featuring 12 new tracks. On November 4, he announced another tour in South America and Mexico to begin in March 2026.