ZM's Bree & Clint - Djo - The Full Chat - ZM's Bree & Clint

Episode Date: April 17, 2024

Bree & Clint caught up with actor, singer, songwriter, and backwards hat guy Joe Keery, aka Djo! They covered everything from other secret project we may not have discovered from him yet, how he'd love to play RnV in NZ, and he gave his best judgement on Bree and Clint's Fridayoke covers of End of Beginning. Catch the full chat right here! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

hey hey what's up backwards hat gang backwards hat gang let's go let's go baby let's go i literally joe yesterday um was very vulnerable and said that i'm not a person that can rock a backwards hat so today the first time ever i'm trying it what are your thoughts yeah it's like you've done it every day since you've been born it's it's no stretch it's so natural eh especially when you when you tell people about it it's just so natural well i would have never known but now i know if i'm getting an endorsement that's all i need hey we've jumped the gun and we haven't even done our very special intro for joe keery aka Joe! Hey man, welcome to the Brian Clint Show. Hey, thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it all the way across the world.

If you can't tell already mate, we're very casual on this show and we're so excited that you're here. Your song is blowing up. It's at the top of the charts here in nz everyone is loving it how are you mate you know i'm good i'm just kind of same old me just going about my business getting my groceries and doing my work you know i'm just like yeah same same old same old can you be same old you with a truly viral hit song like this like surely there are parts of your i mean you got to talk to radio stations on the other side of the world what else has changed in your life since this blew up you know to be honest with you actually not that much okay because i'm not playing really any live shows i'm not um maybe seeing the size of the shows change or something um yeah it's kind of it's difficult to sort of feel in a way it's kind

of numbers on a page at the moment but it has been really cool to like have some people come up to me and just talk about how much they appreciate the song that's obviously amazing so that's been probably the biggest yeah and coolest thing well enjoy that lap it up because i feel like things are about to change very very quickly for you I need to ask you though this album came out in 2022 and then obviously TikTok has done its thing when was the moment that you realized the song was gaining momentum do you remember the moment someone told you yeah my Adam uh Tyne who we work on music together he produced and mixed the last album with me and mixed the first album as well and he um his wife is a librarian her name is Carolina and I think she

had noticed some trends going on so she she was the one who made the both of us aware it's huge it has been monstrous on TikTok in particular for about four five maybe even six months now you're not really on the app much. Is that right? You don't use TikTok super a lot? No, not really. This has been, I mean, I have, no, I created my first TikTok just the other month ago.

Whoa! I've seen it. The TikTok of you, Joe, saying that I don't use TikTok has 31 million likes. Yeah, it's like so funny yeah just sitting on the train like stuck in stuck on the train is there anything else that you did back in 2022 that you're waiting for people to discover like secret like i can't wait for people to check out my pottery and my ceramics they are going to love this. They are going. My ashtray line is going to go hot.

Yeah. I'm going to jump online right now and buy it before everyone else does. Yeah. That's a good idea. You haven't got like a secret YouTube channel where you like review sandwiches from around your area or anything like that? I should do that. I should do that.

You should just start planting the little Easter eggs for us to discover two years from now. Little this. I have from now. Little this. I have some surprises. Little this, little that. I like it. Hey, mate, I read a really interesting fact that I wanted to ask you about the song. And it was the fact that it was actually recorded live all with instruments rather than being put together in a studio afterwards.

Is that true? Yeah, the core three instruments were done that way. So we tracked the drums and the bass and the guitar all together. And then we obviously like would add a little of this, a little of that. You know, it's not like we went in there and we came out and this is what happened. But what I really kind of gained from that experience was just like I think when you boil things down to their simplest

versions and just kind of rely on what is this song rather than the tricks of modern production it can kind of be just a nice simple way to get to the core and the heart of what you're trying to say rather than trying to fancy everything up you know you say simple we've discovered it's quite a complex track um personally but we'll get to that we'll get to that shortly oh there's a little easter egg for you we've got we've got something for that before then do you tour your music yet and uh if you don't are you pulling together a band what does a live joe show look like definitely. We've done like a thing in the past where we've had some of my friends from Chicago and from Boston and kind of guys come in who are available

and play some shows, usually five, maybe sometimes six guys. And so we've done that before. And then in the future, yeah, it'd be great to – it's just an excuse to hang out with my friends. That's literally the only thing it is. It's like, well, let's get all the friends to hang out. Let's get the band back together. Yeah, and we'll get paid for it.

What a good time. Obviously Coachella is happening at the moment. What would be the dream festival for you to play? Man, great question. Maybe like Fuji Rock. For whatever reason, that one is one that's just like kind of has always stuck out to me. And obviously like Glastonbury.

That's just like a legendary, cool festival. We're going to put this out online. It's manifesting it. And then next year we're going to ask you what it was like to play those two festivals. It's all going to happen. It'll be just a great excuse for me to get my ashtray line a little bit higher. Yeah, yeah. Of which we will have stockpiled by then and we'll be reselling great excuse for me to get my ashtray line a little bit higher.

Yeah, yeah. Of which we will have stockpiled by then and we'll be reselling on the black market. I'll be in on it. Yeah, it's like a symbiotic kind of circle jerk. Exactly, exactly. Yeah, it's perfect. There's a festival here in New Zealand called Rhythm and Vines. You probably haven't heard of it, but we could pull some strings to get you in on that.

Let's go. New Year's Eve festival, first place in the strings to get you in on that. Let's go. I would love to. New Year's Eve Festival, first place in the world to see the sunrise on New Year's Day. Wow, is it really on New Year's Eve? Yeah. Yeah. Wow, that's fantastic. No way.

That's so cool. Okay, we'll make that happen. Okay, great. Do we do this thing with Joe? Yeah. Joe seems chill. He seems cool. He seems friendly.

I think he'll be into it. I feel like we've struck up a rapport now on that this might ruin it. I don't know. I think this will grow it. So we have a segment here on the Brie and Clint show, Joe, where once a week Brie and I cover a song, and it's a competition to see who can do the best cover of it. It's who's the least shit singer, Joe.

That's what it is. Oh, so you guys are going to sing the song? Not live. We've already done it Because we picked your song Before we even knew That we were interviewing you Because it's the biggest song In New Zealand

And in the world right now So we obviously did that song And did it go well? Yeah No It didn't It went horribly wrong No autotune?

You guys couldn't just You know Click the autotune on there? No We tried to do your harmonies instead Oh my We can't sing So Bear in mind You guys can just click the auditorium on there? No, we tried to do your harmonies instead. Oh, my. We can't sing.

So bear in mind this has already been broadcast nationally around New Zealand, and we can't take that back. But we'd love you to judge it if you could. Let me make sure these are secure so I'm getting the full auditory. Is this the short version? This is the short version. We'll just take you in from the chorus. Joe, we'd like to know from you, who does the short version? This is the short version We'll just take you in from the chorus Joe, we'd like to know from you Who does the best Joe?

Is it Brie? Oh no And when I'm back in Chicago I feel it Another version of me I was in it I wave goodbye to the end of beginning It's really good.

It's really good. Good job. Just keep in mind, we are horrible singers. That's us really trying. Is it Bray or is it me, Clint? And when I'm back in Chicago, I feel it. Another version of me. I was in it.

I wave goodbye to the end of beginning You know, Brie, I'm sorry. I think it was Glenn. I think it was Glenn. Do you know who the people of New Zealand chose? Brie. It was a landslide for me. And I stand by the people of New Zealand, Joe.

They've got a good ear. Oh, man, I just ruined my chances at that festival. No, no, you're a good man with a good ear. You've got the right idea. Hey, we love the tunes. We love the whole vibe. We'd love to see you here in New Zealand if we can make it happen. Thanks for talking to us today, Joe.

We really appreciate it. Thanks, mate. Yeah, thank you, guys. You guys are fun. Thanks for taking the time.