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Joe Keery may play it cool as Steve Harrington, but that doesn’t mean you can keep asking him for his hair routine. In this episode of “Ask Me Anything,” the artist behind Djo opens up about the end of ‘Stranger Things' and what he’ll miss most, shares the biggest things people get wrong about him, and reveals the song that almost didn’t make it onto his album ‘The Crux.’

Stream 'Stranger Things' season 5 Vol. 1 on Netflix November 26th.
Stream Vol. 2 December 25th and the final episode December 31st.
Check out Joe's digital feature here: https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a69420679/joe-keery-music-interview-2025/

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00:00Have you accidentally spoiled the Stranger Things plot line?
00:03No, and I don't plan on doing that.
00:05Hey, I'm Joe Keery and today I'm letting Elle ask me anything.
00:11All right, let's get into it.
00:13What's the one thing you wish people knew about you?
00:15Nothing.
00:17I don't think there's...
00:18People know plenty.
00:20Is there anything people always get wrong about you?
00:22There's one thing.
00:23When I first was on Stranger Things,
00:25it said on my Wikipedia that I was from Costa Rica.
00:28So that's not right.
00:31The other thing is my birthday is wrong,
00:33but I actually really like that.
00:35So I'm like, this is good.
00:37This is good.
00:38Maybe someone can't steal my identity or my passwords
00:40because all my passwords are just my birthday, by the way.
00:43We're so far down the rabbit hole now
00:45that even people close to me are like,
00:47hey, bud, happy birthday.
00:49I'm like, you don't know me, motherfucker.
00:52But you are a Taurus.
00:55Yeah.
00:56Yeah, I am a Taurus.
00:59I shouldn't have told you that.
01:03What's the most Taurus thing about you?
01:05I'm a creature of habit.
01:07I really like having a little space for myself
01:11and like having all my stuff set up.
01:13Do you believe in sociological compatibility
01:16when it comes to relationships?
01:18I think it's like, you know, it's fun to talk about.
01:21But do I believe in it?
01:23I don't know.
01:24I'll tell you when I meet my wife.
01:26What is the worst pronunciation of Joe you've ever heard?
01:30D-J-O.
01:32No, I don't know.
01:33Probably D-J-O maybe.
01:35I mean, it's confusing.
01:37Don't you know Novak Djokovic?
01:39That makes it a little easier.
01:41What's something you stole from the Stranger Things set?
01:44Finn Wolfhard.
01:45I stole him.
01:46And he's just in my house.
01:48I put him in this really cool area.
01:50He's great.
01:51He's so cool.
01:52I took him.
01:53Give him a little food.
01:54He's fine.
01:55No, I'm just kidding.
01:56I'm just kidding.
01:57That's horrible.
01:58Drop your haircare routine.
02:00Every time I do that, people are like,
02:02this bro doesn't shower.
02:03So I'm not going to do that.
02:05Do people comment on your hair a lot?
02:07Yeah.
02:08All the time.
02:09Yeah.
02:10Do you get sick of it?
02:12So sick of it.
02:14Absolutely so sick of it.
02:16So there's no secret?
02:18No.
02:19You should see my parents.
02:20I'm like a product of my parents.
02:22Yeah.
02:23And my grandmother too.
02:24Actually.
02:25My grandmother's like,
02:26we have actually the same hair.
02:28You got it from me.
02:30We kind of do it the same haircut.
02:32Just like thick, you know.
02:34Fuck me.
02:35What's one item that's always on your tour rider?
02:39Berries.
02:40It's a luxury item.
02:41I put some of them on my yogurt,
02:43but I don't want to use them all.
02:44And I'm like,
02:45sometimes they go bad because I'm like,
02:47I can't eat all these.
02:48If you're only in town for one day,
02:50these berries have to be eaten.
02:52Have you accidentally spoiled
02:54the Stranger Things plot line?
02:56No.
02:57And I don't plan on doing that.
02:58I feel like if anybody is an actual fan of the show,
03:00they just want to like wait for it to come out.
03:02But I've like,
03:03I've talked to some people about certain things.
03:05Yeah.
03:06Like my dad will read a lot of the scripts.
03:10I'll be like,
03:11Hey dad.
03:12Because he just is interested in that.
03:14Him on the other hand,
03:16he might spoil it.
03:18Name one artist your fans would be surprised to know
03:23you listen to.
03:25Rafi.
03:26Maybe Rafi.
03:27You guys know Rafi?
03:30Nobody knows Rafi?
03:31It's like children's music.
03:33I got some cute nieces.
03:36So I'll listen to some Rafis from time to time.
03:38What's currently on your TikTok FYP?
03:41Don't have a TikTok, motherfucker.
03:45Sorry.
03:46What's the name of the cast group chat?
03:49It's like so basic.
03:50It's like ST chat.
03:52It's not exciting.
03:53Everybody's always like,
03:54What's up with the chat?
03:55What's up with the group chat?
03:57It's like,
03:58Hey, anyone in New York?
03:59Hey, happy birthday, Gaten.
04:01Who's the most active in the group chat?
04:03Finn?
04:04Probably.
04:05Finn's a good communicator.
04:06He's really good at like keeping in touch.
04:09He's really,
04:10he's,
04:11he's good like that.
04:12What was your reaction to end of beginning
04:14going viral on TikTok?
04:17Good.
04:18Was working on this post animal record.
04:20Made another record with my friends.
04:22And we were doing it in Bloomington, Indiana,
04:25kind of in like the middle of nowhere
04:26at a friend's house.
04:27Every couple of days I would talk to Adam
04:29and Adam would say like,
04:30Hey, you're doing pretty good.
04:31Something's going on.
04:32And we're like,
04:33Oh, cool. Great. Awesome.
04:34And then the next day you'd be like,
04:35It's really doing well.
04:37It's really getting out there.
04:39And they're like,
04:40Oh wow. I wonder what happened.
04:41It's great.
04:42When did you realize it was like viral?
04:44I guess when I got back from the trip,
04:46I was like, Oh wow.
04:47What the fuck?
04:49What's your guilty pleasure watch?
04:51Easy.
04:52Survivor.
04:53But that's not even really guilty.
04:55What about your comfort show?
04:56My comfort show is quite an uncomfortable show
04:59right now.
05:00It's Nathan Frito.
05:01It's a great fucking show.
05:02He's a genius.
05:03That show is so good.
05:06What celebrity were you the most starstruck to meet?
05:10I was at San Diego Comic Con with Finn.
05:13This is great.
05:1426, maybe seven years old.
05:17And we were waiting for the elevator
05:19and the doors open.
05:21And it's just Harrison Ford.
05:23And I love Harrison Ford.
05:25I think he's fantastic.
05:26Grew up watching all his movies and just,
05:28he's like a classic movie star.
05:30He had no fucking clue who I was.
05:32Absolutely not.
05:33But I, I know I shook his hand.
05:35I don't know how it ended up happening.
05:37Then we went into the elevator and we were like,
05:40Wow.
05:41What the fuck?
05:42And then Finn was like,
05:44And he was with Ryan Gosling too.
05:46I was like, I didn't even see Ryan Gosling
05:48because I was like zoned in on Harrison Ford.
05:51Sorry Ryan.
05:52Big fan of Fierce too.
05:54What song off the crux is the most underrated?
05:58I don't know about that,
05:59but a song that didn't almost make it was Egg.
06:02I'm really glad it did make it on.
06:04You can kind of like get in your head.
06:05You kind of want to put something together
06:06that people are going to like,
06:07but you also want to.
06:08And so now that I'm out of it,
06:10I'm like, thank God.
06:11I just was like, this has to be on this thing.
06:14It was very last minute.
06:15Have you ever caught anyone listening to your music on set?
06:18Well, when I was like putting the album together,
06:20I had like a link and I showed it to Charlie.
06:23He was honestly extremely helpful.
06:25He would listen and be like, oh, that's cool.
06:27These songs might be better if you switch the order.
06:29Or like he would be like, oh, interesting.
06:31Yeah, he might be right there.
06:32And so people found out that he had a link.
06:35And then, you know, it was like, oh, can I have a link?
06:38And so I slowly kind of like gave the link to everybody.
06:40Yeah, it was really nice.
06:42Describe the Stranger Things rap party.
06:44Sad, really fun.
06:46Actually, I had a fantastic time at the rap party.
06:49It was at this like massive warehouse sort of spot,
06:52which was kind of like, it's going to be a little weird.
06:54But I was just yakking it up with everybody.
06:56And everybody brings, you know,
06:58you work closely with everybody, cast and crew,
07:00and you get to meet people's partners.
07:02And, you know, I was just like, da, da, da, blah, blah, blah, blah,
07:05talking to everybody, having so much fun.
07:08Got a little drunk and like, just like, oh, I'm going to miss you.
07:12You know, like so good.
07:14What have you missed the most since filming Rap?
07:16Just like the people, spending time with everybody.
07:18That's the best part.
07:20What do I not miss though?
07:22I felt like I was always shirtless when it was freezing
07:25and then in a flak jacket when it was like 100 degrees.
07:28So I feel like that I don't miss.
07:30It's nice to wear shoes all the time.
07:33I feel like I was shoeless for a little while.
07:35I'll definitely miss Steve Harrington.
07:37But he lives in, lives in here.
07:41Thanks so much for watching.
07:42Check out my L-Man feature.
07:44I'm in it.
07:45And watch Stranger Things on Netflix.
07:47are they?
07:49I'm in it.
07:50You might say yes.
07:52I'm in it.
07:53I'm in it.
07:54Are you doing anything else?
07:56I'm?
07:58I love you guys.
07:59I'm in it.
08:01I love you guys.
08:02Do you approach my relationship?
08:04I love you guys.
08:06I love you guys.
08:07I love you guys too.
08:08You
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