The 1980s was a wild time, right? Big hair, big shoulders, interballistic missiles pointing in every direction. As a 40-something who was there, it’s quite the thing to see 80s culture permeate music, film and fashion once again.
Joe Keery - who plays Steve Harrington in Stranger Things - knows a thing or two about the enduring influence of this decade. The cult Netflix show, which wraps up later this year, is a delightful mashup of mullets and monsters. But outside of acting, Keery has been beavering away on a bedroom synth, gradually cultivating a huge musical catalogue - much of it, dare I say, 80s-inspired.
Disguised by the moniker 'Djo', the 33-year-old actor has amassed a staggering 1.5bn listens of his viral track End of Beginning. And although it was released three years ago, the