Stranger Things' Joe Keery wears a disguise to perform: 'It allows me to be less self-conscious'
dailymail.co.ukStranger Things’ Joe Keery opened up about his choice to wear a disguise while he performs his music under the alias of Djo.During a new interview, the 30-year-old Stranger Things star spoke about rocking a wig and sunglasses, which make him nearly unrecognizable on stage 'Well, initially it was just a way to kind of throw people off the scent that it is me, and to kind of detach myself from the connection - or just music from the connection - to the show or anything like that,' he told UNILAD.
Incognito: Stranger Things’ Joe Keery opened up about his choice to wear a disguise while he performs his music under the alias of Djo (seen last month) He continued: 'And what it's turned into is just a really fun character to perform onstage live.
And it allows me to be less self-conscious, I think – and it's sort of like an element of surprise, too' When specifically asked if his choose to wear a wig so people would stop talking about his Steve Harrington's iconic hairdo, Keery replied: 'No, not really.''It's mostly just about just disguising myself in general,' the performer insisted.
Speaking up: During an interview, the 30-year-old Stranger Things star spoke about rocking a wig and sunglasses, that make him nearly unrecognizable, on stage; seen in March 2022The actor also went on to say he thinks that 'there's a lot of showmanship that has been maybe lost in specifically indie music in the last 10-15 years.' I think there is a lot of showmanship in pop music and pop-r'n’b, and so I’m kind of just trying to have a sort of different take on what an indie rock band can be, I guess,' he noted.
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